[Event "25th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Kiev URS"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Geller, Efim"]
[Black "Petrosian, Tigran"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]
[ECO "B11"]
[PlyCount "22"]

1. e4 c6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Nf3 Bg4 4. h3 Bxf3 5. Qxf3 Nf6 6. g3 e6 7. Bg2 dxe4 8.
Nxe4 Nxe4 9. Qxe4 Qd5 10. O-O Qxe4 11. Bxe4 Nd7 1/2-1/2

[Event "25th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Kiev URS"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Petrosian, Tigran"]
[Black "Bannik, Anatoly"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]
[ECO "E62"]
[PlyCount "44"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 d6 5. Bg2 g6 6. d4 Bg7 7. O-O Bg4 8. d5
Ne7 9. e4 O-O 10. Qb3 b6 11. Ne1 a5 12. Nd3 Qc8 13. Qc2 Bd7 14. f3 Ne8 15. Kh1
f5 16. Bg5 Nf6 17. Rae1 fxe4 18. fxe4 h6 19. Bc1 Qa6 20. b3 Rf7 21. Rf2 Raf8
22. Ref1 Qc8 1/2-1/2

[Event "25th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Kiev URS"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Petrosian, Tigran"]
[Black "Boleslavsky, Isaak"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]
[ECO "E62"]
[PlyCount "36"]

1. c4 g6 2. Nc3 Bg7 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 d6 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O Nc6 7. d3 Nh5 8. d4
e5 9. d5 Ne7 10. e4 c5 11. Ne1 Kh8 12. Nd3 f5 13. Rb1 Nf6 14. f3 Neg8 15. b3
fxe4 16. fxe4 Bh6 17. Bxh6 Nxh6 18. Qd2 Kg7 1/2-1/2

[Event "25th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Kiev URS"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Petrosian, Tigran"]
[Black "Furman, Semen"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]
[ECO "D41"]
[PlyCount "32"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. d4 c5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. g3 cxd4 7. Nxd5 Qxd5 8.
Qxd4 Qb5 9. e4 Qb4+ 10. Bd2 Nc6 11. Qxb4 Bxb4 12. Bb5 Bd7 13. Rd1 Bxd2+ 14.
Rxd2 Ke7 15. Ke2 Rhd8 16. Rhd1 Be8 1/2-1/2

[Event "25th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Kiev URS"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Black "Petrosian, Tigran"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]
[ECO "A16"]
[PlyCount "19"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. b4 c6 6. Nf3 d5 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. Qb3
Nxc3 9. dxc3 Be6 10. Qb2 1/2-1/2

[Event "25th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Kiev URS"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Vasiukov, Evgeny"]
[Black "Petrosian, Tigran"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]
[ECO "B19"]
[PlyCount "31"]

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 Qc7 10. Bd2 e6 11. O-O-O O-O-O 12. Kb1 Ngf6 13. Rhe1 c5 14. Qe2
Bd6 15. dxc5 Nxc5 16. Ne5 1/2-1/2

[Event "25th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Kiev URS"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Petrosian, Tigran"]
[Black "Mikenas, Vladas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]
[ECO "A28"]
[PlyCount "82"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. d3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. g3 Nde7 7. Bg2 Nf5 8.
O-O Be7 9. a3 O-O 10. b4 Be6 11. Bb2 f6 12. Nd2 Rb8 13. Qa4 a6 14. Rac1 Nfd4
15. e3 Nb3 16. Nxb3 b5 17. Qxa6 Rb6 18. Qxb6 cxb6 19. Bxc6 Bxb3 20. Bxb5 Qa8
21. e4 Rd8 22. Nd5 Bxd5 23. exd5 Kf8 24. Bc6 Qc8 25. Rc4 Qf5 26. Re4 Bd6 27.
Rfe1 Kg8 28. d4 Rf8 29. R1e2 Rf7 30. Kg2 h5 31. h3 g5 32. Be8 Rh7 33. dxe5 fxe5
34. Bxh5 Rxh5 35. g4 Qf7 36. gxh5 Qxh5 37. Kh2 Qf7 38. Bxe5 Bxe5+ 39. Rxe5 Qf4+
40. Kg2 Qh4 41. R2e4 Qh5 1-0

[Event "25th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Kiev URS"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Reshko, Aron"]
[Black "Petrosian, Tigran"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]
[ECO "B39"]
[PlyCount "143"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. e4 Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Nc3 Ng4 8.
Qxg4 Nxd4 9. Qd1 Ne6 10. Qd2 d6 11. Be2 Bd7 12. Rc1 Bc6 13. O-O O-O 14. f3 a5
15. Rfd1 Nc5 16. Qc2 Qb6 17. Rb1 Rfc8 18. Qd2 Qb4 19. Nd5 Bxd5 20. exd5 Na4 21.
Bd4 Bxd4+ 22. Qxd4 Rc7 23. h4 Nb6 24. b3 Nd7 25. h5 gxh5 26. f4 Nf6 27. Rd3 Qc5
28. Qxc5 Rxc5 29. a3 Kf8 30. Rd2 Rac8 31. Rd4 Ke8 32. Bd3 Kd7 33. Bf5+ e6 34.
Bh3 Ng4 35. Rbd1 Ke7 36. dxe6 fxe6 37. Rxd6 R8c7 38. a4 R5c6 39. R6d3 Kf6 40.
Re1 Rc5 41. g3 Re7 42. Kg2 Rcc7 43. Kf3 Rcd7 44. Rxd7 Rxd7 45. Bxg4 hxg4+ 46.
Kxg4 Rd3 47. Re5 Rxb3 48. Rxa5 b6 49. Rb5 Rc3 50. Rxb6 Rxc4 51. a5 Ra4 52. Ra6
Ra3 53. Ra8 h5+ 54. Kh4 Kg7 55. a6 Ra5 56. Kh3 Ra2 57. Kh4 Kg6 58. Kh3 Kg7 59.
a7 Kh7 60. Kh4 Ra5 61. Re8 Rxa7 62. Kxh5 Ra5+ 63. Kg4 Ra6 64. Kg5 Kg7 65. Re7+
Kf8 66. Rb7 Ra3 67. Kf6 Kg8 68. g4 Ra4 69. Ke5 Kf8 70. Rd7 Ke8 71. Rd4 Ra6 72.
Rd6 1-0

[Event "25th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Kiev URS"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Petrosian, Tigran"]
[Black "Shianovsky, Vladislav"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]
[ECO "E69"]
[PlyCount "51"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 d6 3. Nc3 g6 4. g3 Bg7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. Nf3 Nbd7 7. O-O e5 8. e4
c6 9. h3 Qb6 10. d5 cxd5 11. cxd5 Nc5 12. Ne1 a5 13. Nd3 Nxd3 14. Qxd3 Qd8 15.
Bg5 h6 16. Be3 b6 17. Qd2 Kh7 18. Rab1 Nd7 19. f4 f5 20. exf5 gxf5 21. Nb5 Ba6
22. Nxd6 Bxf1 23. Rxf1 Qf6 24. fxe5 Nxe5 25. Nxf5 Nc4 26. Qc2 1-0

[Event "25th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Kiev URS"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "19"]
[White "Bonch-Osmolovsky, Mikhail"]
[Black "Petrosian, Tigran"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]
[ECO "C48"]
[PlyCount "31"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Nd4 5. Nxd4 exd4 6. e5 dxc3 7. exf6 Qxf6
8. dxc3 c6 9. Bd3 d5 10. O-O Be6 11. Be3 Bd6 12. Qh5 g6 13. Qh6 Bf8 14. Bd4
Qxd4 15. Qxf8+ Rxf8 16. cxd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "25th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Kiev URS"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Petrosian, Tigran"]
[Black "Goldberg, Grigory"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]
[ECO "D72"]
[PlyCount "119"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e4 Nb6 7. Ne2 O-O 8. O-O
c6 9. Nbc3 Na6 10. b3 Be6 11. Bg5 Nc7 12. Qd2 Qd7 13. Bh6 Bh3 14. Bxg7 Kxg7 15.
Bxh3 Qxh3 16. Rad1 Rad8 17. Qe3 Qd7 18. Nf4 Ne6 19. Nce2 Nxf4 20. Nxf4 e6 21.
Qc3 Kg8 22. Rd3 f5 23. Re3 fxe4 24. Rxe4 Nd5 25. Nxd5 exd5 26. Re3 Rde8 27.
Rfe1 Rxe3 28. Qxe3 Qf5 29. Kg2 Kg7 30. f4 Rf7 31. b4 Rd7 32. a3 Rf7 33. Qd2 Qf6
34. Qe3 Qf5 35. Qe5+ Qf6 36. Re2 Kg8 37. Kf3 Kg7 38. g4 Kg8 39. Qe8+ Kg7 40.
Qe5 Kf8 41. Qxf6 Rxf6 42. g5 Rf7 43. h4 Kg7 44. Re6 Rc7 45. f5 gxf5 46. Kf4 b6
47. Kxf5 c5 48. bxc5 bxc5 49. dxc5 Rxc5 50. Re7+ Kg8 51. Rxa7 Rc4 52. h5 Rc1
53. Rd7 Rf1+ 54. Ke6 Re1+ 55. Kxd5 Rg1 56. Kc6 Rxg5 57. Rd5 Rg3 58. a4 Ra3 59.
a5 Kf7 60. Rb5 1-0

[Event "25th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Kiev URS"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "18"]
[White "Petrosian, Tigran"]
[Black "Nezhmetdinov, Rashid"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]
[ECO "A38"]
[PlyCount "32"]

1. c4 c5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. Nc3 Nc6 5. d3 d6 6. Nf3 Nf6 7. O-O O-O 8. a3 a6
9. Rb1 Rb8 10. Ne1 Bd7 11. b4 cxb4 12. axb4 b5 13. cxb5 axb5 14. Bd2 Ne8 15.
Nc2 Qc8 16. Na3 Nc7 1/2-1/2

[Event "25th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Kiev URS"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Sakharov, Yury"]
[Black "Petrosian, Tigran"]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]
[ECO "C17"]
[PlyCount "83"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. Bd2 Ne7 6. a3 Bxc3 7. Bxc3 cxd4 8.
Qxd4 Nf5 9. Qg4 h5 10. Qf4 g5 11. Bb5+ Nc6 12. Qd2 d4 13. Bb4 Qd5 14. Qe2 Qxg2
15. Qf3 Qxf3 16. Nxf3 Bd7 17. Nxg5 Nxe5 18. Bxd7+ Nxd7 19. O-O-O a5 20. Bd2 Rg8
21. Rhe1 a4 22. f4 Nf6 23. Re5 Nd5 24. Rde1 Kf8 25. Nh7+ Kg7 26. Ng5 Rac8 27.
Kb1 h4 28. Rg1 Kf6 29. Rge1 Rg6 30. c3 d3 31. R5e4 b5 32. Rc1 Rc4 33. Rce1 Kg7
34. Kc1 Nd6 35. Rxc4 Nxc4 36. Re4 Nxd2 37. Kxd2 Nxf4 38. Rxf4 Rxg5 39. Rxh4
Rg2+ 40. Kxd3 Rxb2 41. Kd4 Rb3 42. Rh5 0-1

[Event "25th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Kiev URS"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Petrosian, Tigran"]
[Black "Chistiakov, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]
[ECO "D35"]
[PlyCount "72"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 d5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Nc3 c6 6. Qc2 Nbd7 7. Bf4 Be7 8.
e3 O-O 9. Bd3 Re8 10. h3 Nf8 11. Ne5 Bd6 12. O-O-O c5 13. Rhe1 c4 14. Bf1 Bb4
15. f3 Be6 16. e4 Bxc3 17. bxc3 Qa5 18. Kb2 b5 19. Ka1 Rac8 20. Qb2 a6 21. g4
N6d7 22. Nxd7 Nxd7 23. Bd6 Qd8 24. f4 Nb6 25. e5 f5 26. Be2 Ra8 27. Rg1 Ra7 28.
Rb1 Rf7 29. g5 Rb7 30. Qa3 Qd7 31. Bd1 Ra8 32. Qa5 Qe8 33. Rg2 Bf7 34. Bc2 Be6
35. Bd1 Bf7 36. Bc2 Be6 1/2-1/2

[Event "25th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Kiev URS"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Sokolsky, Alexei"]
[Black "Petrosian, Tigran"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]
[ECO "E81"]
[PlyCount "53"]

1. c4 g6 2. Nc3 Bg7 3. d4 d6 4. e4 Nf6 5. f3 c6 6. Be3 a6 7. Bd3 O-O 8. Nge2
Nbd7 9. Qd2 b5 10. b3 e5 11. d5 cxd5 12. cxd5 Nh5 13. Rc1 f5 14. exf5 gxf5 15.
Ng3 f4 16. Nxh5 fxe3 17. Qc2 Qh4+ 18. Ng3 Nc5 19. Ne4 Nxe4 20. Bxe4 Ra7 21. Qc6
Qd8 22. Ke2 Bh6 23. Rc2 Rg7 24. Qa8 Qa5 25. Qc6 Qd8 26. Qa8 Qa5 27. Qc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "25th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Kiev URS"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Petrosian, Tigran"]
[Black "Khasin, Abram"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]
[ECO "E06"]
[PlyCount "65"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. d4 c6 7. Nc3 b6 8. Ne5
Bb7 9. e4 dxc4 10. Nxc4 Ba6 11. b3 b5 12. Ne5 b4 13. Ne2 Bxe2 14. Qxe2 Qxd4 15.
Bb2 Qb6 16. Rac1 Rd8 17. Qf3 Qa6 18. Rfe1 Rd2 19. Nc4 Rd8 20. Bf1 Qc8 21. Ne5
c5 22. Nxf7 Kxf7 23. e5 Qc6 24. Qf4 g5 25. Qxg5 Rg8 26. Qf4 Rg4 27. Qe3 Re4 28.
Qd3 Rxe1 29. exf6 Rxf1+ 30. Rxf1 Bf8 31. Rd1 e5 32. Qxh7+ Kxf6 33. f4 1-0

[Event "25th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Kiev URS"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Petrosian, Tigran"]
[Black "Nikolaevsky, Yury"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]
[ECO "E92"]
[PlyCount "119"]

1. c4 g6 2. Nc3 Bg7 3. d4 Nf6 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. d5 c5 8. Bg5 h6
9. Bd2 Ne8 10. h4 f5 11. h5 g5 12. exf5 Bxf5 13. Be3 a6 14. Nd2 Kh8 15. Nde4
Nf6 16. Bd3 Nxe4 17. Bxe4 Bxe4 18. Nxe4 b5 19. b3 Qe7 20. Qg4 Re8 21. Rd1 Nd7
22. Qe6 Bf8 23. Qg6 Qh7 24. Rh3 Be7 25. Qxh7+ Kxh7 26. Rf3 Rf8 27. Rxf8 Bxf8
28. Ke2 Kg7 29. Bd2 Nf6 30. Ng3 Kf7 31. Ba5 Ke7 32. Kd3 Kd7 33. Rh1 Rb8 34. Bc3
Ng8 35. Ne4 Be7 36. f3 Ra8 37. Ra1 Bf8 38. cxb5 axb5 39. a4 b4 40. Bd2 Ne7 41.
Nf6+ Kd8 42. Ke4 Bg7 43. Ng4 Kc7 44. Ne3 Rf8 45. g3 Rf7 46. Rc1 Kd7 47. a5 Rf8
48. a6 Ra8 49. Ra1 Ra7 50. Ra5 Kc7 51. Nc4 Nc8 52. Be3 Nb6 53. Nxd6 Kxd6 54.
Rxc5 Rc7 55. Rxc7 Kxc7 56. d6+ Kc6 57. Bxb6 Kxb6 58. Kf5 Bf8 59. Kxe5 Kxa6 60.
Ke6 1-0

[Event "25th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Kiev URS"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Bastrikov, Georgy"]
[Black "Petrosian, Tigran"]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]
[ECO "C17"]
[PlyCount "50"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. Bd2 Ne7 6. a3 Bxc3 7. Bxc3 cxd4 8.
Qxd4 Nf5 9. Bb5+ Bd7 10. Bxd7+ Nxd7 11. Qf4 Rc8 12. Ne2 Rc4 13. Qd2 O-O 14. Ng3
Nxg3 15. hxg3 Qc7 16. O-O-O Rc8 17. Kb1 Nxe5 18. Rh5 Ng6 19. Rdh1 d4 20. Bb4 e5
21. Rxh7 Rxc2 22. Qd1 Qc4 23. Bc3 Rxf2 24. Be1 Qc2+ 25. Qxc2 Rfxc2 0-1

[Event "25th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Kiev URS"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Blagidze, Alexander"]
[Black "Petrosian, Tigran"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]
[ECO "E86"]
[PlyCount "76"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f3 O-O 6. Nge2 c6 7. Be3 e5 8. Qd2
Nbd7 9. Rd1 a6 10. Nc1 exd4 11. Bxd4 b5 12. cxb5 axb5 13. Be2 Re8 14. O-O Bf8
15. Rfe1 Qc7 16. Qc2 Qb8 17. b3 Bb7 18. a4 b4 19. Nb1 d5 20. exd5 c5 21. Bf2
Bd6 22. g3 Bxd5 23. Nd2 Qb7 24. Nd3 Bf8 25. Bf1 Rec8 26. Nb2 Ra7 27. Qd3 Be6
28. Bg2 Qb8 29. Nbc4 Nb6 30. Nxb6 Qxb6 31. Nc4 Qa6 32. Bf1 Nd5 33. Qc2 Qb7 34.
f4 Nc3 35. Rd2 Bf5 36. Bd3 Bh3 37. Bf1 Bf5 38. Bd3 Bh3 1/2-1/2

[Event "25th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Kiev URS"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "18"]
[White "Geller, Efim"]
[Black "Bannik, Anatoly"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]
[ECO "D59"]
[PlyCount "29"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e3 O-O 6. Nf3 h6 7. Bh4 b6 8. Rc1
Bb7 9. cxd5 Nxd5 10. Bxe7 Qxe7 11. Be2 Rc8 12. O-O c5 13. Qa4 Nd7 14. Qa3 Kf8
15. Ba6 1/2-1/2

[Event "25th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Kiev URS"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Geller, Efim"]
[Black "Boleslavsky, Isaak"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]
[ECO "E55"]
[PlyCount "38"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Nf3 d5 6. Bd3 O-O 7. O-O dxc4 8. Bxc4
Nbd7 9. Qe2 a6 10. Rd1 b5 11. Bb3 Bb7 12. Bd2 cxd4 13. exd4 Nb6 14. Rac1 Be7
15. Bf4 Nbd5 16. Nxd5 Nxd5 17. Bg3 Rc8 18. Ne5 Bf6 19. Rc5 Be7 1/2-1/2

[Event "25th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Kiev URS"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Geller, Efim"]
[Black "Furman, Semen"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]
[ECO "E55"]
[PlyCount "62"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Bd3 d5 7. O-O dxc4 8. Bxc4
b6 9. Qe2 Nbd7 10. Rd1 cxd4 11. exd4 Bb7 12. Bd2 Rc8 13. Ba6 Bxa6 14. Qxa6 Bxc3
15. Bxc3 Qc7 16. Rac1 Nd5 17. Bd2 Qb8 18. h3 h6 19. a3 Rfd8 20. Re1 Ne7 21. Be3
Nd5 22. Bd2 Ne7 23. Bb4 Nc6 24. Rc3 Qa8 25. Rec1 Ndb8 26. Qa4 a5 27. Ne5 b5 28.
Qxa5 Nxa5 29. Rxc8 Rxc8 30. Rxc8+ Kh7 31. Nd7 Nac6 1/2-1/2

[Event "25th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Kiev URS"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Black "Geller, Efim"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]
[ECO "B74"]
[PlyCount "85"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be2 Bg7 7. Be3 Nc6 8.
O-O O-O 9. Nb3 Be6 10. f4 Qc8 11. h3 Rd8 12. Bf3 Bc4 13. Rf2 e5 14. Rd2 Bh6 15.
Rxd6 Qc7 16. Rxd8+ Rxd8 17. Qe1 exf4 18. Bf2 Ne5 19. Nd4 Bg7 20. Rd1 Rd7 21. b3
Nxf3+ 22. Nxf3 Be6 23. Nd4 Qe5 24. Rd3 a6 25. Nxe6 Qxe6 26. Qd1 h6 27. Bd4 Kh7
28. Qf3 Nxe4 29. Qxe4 Qxe4 30. Nxe4 Rxd4 31. Nd6 b5 32. Nxf7 g5 33. Kf2 Re4 34.
Nd6 Re6 35. Kf3 Kg6 36. c4 bxc4 37. bxc4 Bf8 38. c5 Re5 39. Rc3 Bxd6 40. cxd6
Rd5 41. Rc6 Kf5 42. Rxa6 h5 43. Ke2 1/2-1/2

[Event "25th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Kiev URS"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Vasiukov, Evgeny"]
[Black "Geller, Efim"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]
[ECO "C92"]
[PlyCount "76"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. c3
d6 9. h3 Nd7 10. d4 Bf6 11. a4 Bb7 12. axb5 axb5 13. Rxa8 Qxa8 14. d5 Na5 15.
Bc2 Rb8 16. Na3 Ba6 17. b4 Nc4 18. Nxc4 bxc4 19. Ba4 Nb6 20. Bc6 Bb7 21. b5
Bxc6 22. bxc6 Qa2 23. Be3 Na4 24. Qa1 Qxa1 25. Rxa1 Nxc3 26. Nd2 Bd8 27. f3 f5
28. Kf1 fxe4 29. fxe4 Bh4 30. g4 h6 31. Rc1 Rf8+ 32. Kg2 Ne2 33. Rxc4 Bg5 34.
Bxg5 hxg5 35. Nf3 Nf4+ 36. Kg3 Ne2+ 37. Kg2 Nf4+ 38. Kg3 Ne2+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "25th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Kiev URS"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Geller, Efim"]
[Black "Mikenas, Vladas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]
[ECO "A29"]
[PlyCount "77"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. d3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. g3 Be7 7. Bg2 Nb6 8.
O-O Be6 9. Be3 Nd5 10. Bd2 O-O 11. Rc1 Qd7 12. a3 f6 13. b4 Rfd8 14. Qc2 Nxc3
15. Bxc3 a5 16. b5 Nd4 17. Nxd4 exd4 18. Bd2 Bxa3 19. Ra1 Bb4 20. Bxb7 Rab8 21.
Bc6 Qf7 22. Rfb1 Bb3 23. Rxb3 Bxd2 24. b6 cxb6 25. Bb5 Rbc8 26. Bc4 Rxc4 27.
dxc4 Bb4 28. Rd1 Rc8 29. Rxd4 b5 30. Rbd3 Rxc4 31. Rd8+ Bf8 32. Qd2 Qc7 33.
R3d7 Rc1+ 34. Kg2 Qc6+ 35. Qd5+ Qxd5+ 36. Rxd5 Rc7 37. Rxb5 a4 38. Rbb8 Rf7 39.
Ra8 1-0

[Event "25th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Kiev URS"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Reshko, Aron"]
[Black "Geller, Efim"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]
[ECO "A49"]
[PlyCount "30"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. b3 Bg7 4. Bb2 O-O 5. Bg2 d6 6. d4 a5 7. a4 d5 8. O-O Bf5
9. c4 c6 10. Nc3 Na6 11. Ne5 Nb4 12. Rc1 Rc8 13. Ba3 Re8 14. e3 Nd7 15. Nxd7
Qxd7 1/2-1/2

[Event "25th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Kiev URS"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Shianovsky, Vladislav"]
[Black "Geller, Efim"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]
[ECO "E53"]
[PlyCount "116"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Bd3 d5 7. O-O Nbd7 8. Bd2
a6 9. cxd5 exd5 10. Rc1 c4 11. Bb1 Re8 12. Ne1 Nf8 13. f3 b5 14. a3 Ba5 15. g3
Ra7 16. Ng2 Rae7 17. g4 h6 18. Qe1 Bc7 19. Ne2 Ne6 20. Qf2 a5 21. Kh1 Nf8 22.
Ngf4 Ne6 23. Nxe6 Rxe6 24. Ng3 Bxg3 25. Qxg3 Nh7 26. Rce1 b4 27. axb4 axb4 28.
Bxb4 Rxe3 29. Qf2 Rxe1 30. Rxe1 Nf6 31. Bc2 Qb6 32. Bc3 Rxe1+ 33. Qxe1 Qe6 34.
Qe5 g6 35. h3 Kh7 36. Kg2 Bd7 37. Kf2 Ng8 38. h4 Qf6 39. h5 Qe6 40. Ke3 Nf6 41.
Kf4 Kg7 42. hxg6 fxg6 43. Qxe6 Bxe6 44. Ke5 Bf7 45. Ba4 Nh7 46. Bc6 h5 47. gxh5
gxh5 48. Bxd5 Bxd5 49. Kxd5 Ng5 50. f4 h4 51. Be1 Nf3 52. Bxh4 Nxh4 53. Kxc4
Ng2 54. b4 Kf7 55. b5 Ke7 56. b6 Kd6 57. Kb5 Nxf4 58. Ka6 Nd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "25th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Kiev URS"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Bonch-Osmolovsky, Mikhail"]
[Black "Geller, Efim"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]
[ECO "B67"]
[PlyCount "55"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 a6 8.
O-O-O Bd7 9. f4 b5 10. Bxf6 Qxf6 11. Bxb5 axb5 12. Ndxb5 Qd8 13. Nxd6+ Bxd6 14.
Qxd6 Ne7 15. f5 Nc8 16. Qg3 Qf6 17. Kb1 Ra7 18. e5 Qh6 19. f6 Bc6 20. fxg7 Rg8
21. Qd3 f5 22. exf6 Qxf6 23. Rhf1 Qe7 24. Qc4 Bd7 25. Nb5 Nb6 26. Nc7+ Kd8 27.
Nxe6+ Ke8 28. Nc7+ 1-0

[Event "25th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Kiev URS"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Geller, Efim"]
[Black "Goldberg, Grigory"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]
[ECO "E60"]
[PlyCount "79"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 c6 4. d5 cxd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. Nc3 Bg7 7. Bg2 O-O 8. Nf3
Nbd7 9. O-O Nc5 10. Nd4 a5 11. h3 Bd7 12. Be3 a4 13. Qd2 Qa5 14. Rab1 Rfc8 15.
Rfc1 Rc7 16. b4 axb3 17. axb3 Qa6 18. b4 Na4 19. Ra1 b5 20. Nc6 Be8 21. Qd3 Qb7
22. Nxa4 bxa4 23. b5 Rcc8 24. Qc4 a3 25. Qb3 Kf8 26. Kh2 Nd7 27. Rxa3 Rxa3 28.
Qxa3 Ra8 29. Qb3 h5 30. b6 h4 31. g4 Nc5 32. Rxc5 dxc5 33. f4 g5 34. Bxc5 Bf6
35. Qd3 gxf4 36. Qh7 f3 37. Bxf3 Bxc6 38. dxc6 Qc8 39. Qf5 Ke8 40. b7 1-0

[Event "25th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Kiev URS"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Geller, Efim"]
[Black "Nezhmetdinov, Rashid"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]
[ECO "C99"]
[PlyCount "42"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. c3
d6 9. h3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. d4 Qc7 12. Nbd2 cxd4 13. cxd4 Bb7 14. Nf1 Rac8 15.
Re2 Nc6 16. Ng3 g6 17. Bh6 Rfe8 18. Rc1 Nxd4 19. Nxd4 exd4 20. Qxd4 Qc5 21. Qd3
Qc4 1/2-1/2

[Event "25th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Kiev URS"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Sakharov, Yury"]
[Black "Geller, Efim"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]
[ECO "B64"]
[PlyCount "36"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 Be7 8.
O-O-O O-O 9. f4 h6 10. Bh4 Nxe4 11. Bxe7 Nxd2 12. Bxd8 Nxf1 13. Nxc6 bxc6 14.
Be7 Re8 15. Rhxf1 Rxe7 16. Rxd6 Bb7 17. g3 c5 18. Re1 Kf8 1/2-1/2

[Event "25th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Kiev URS"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Geller, Efim"]
[Black "Chistiakov, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]
[ECO "B29"]
[PlyCount "87"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. e5 Nd5 4. Nc3 Nxc3 5. dxc3 d5 6. exd6 Qxd6 7. Be3 Nc6 8.
Qe2 e5 9. Ng5 Qc7 10. O-O-O h6 11. Ne4 b6 12. Qh5 Be7 13. Bc4 Rf8 14. Rd2 Bd7
15. Rhd1 Nd4 16. cxd4 cxd4 17. Ba6 Rg8 18. f3 Kf8 19. Bf2 f5 20. Bg3 f4 21.
Bxf4 exf4 22. Qd5 Qc6 23. Bb7 Qxd5 24. Bxd5 Rc8 25. Bxg8 Kxg8 26. Rxd4 Be6 27.
Rd7 Bxd7 28. Rxd7 Bc5 29. Rxa7 Rc6 30. Nxc5 Rxc5 31. Re7 Rh5 32. h3 Rg5 33. Re2
Kf7 34. Kd2 Kf6 35. c4 Ra5 36. a3 Kg5 37. Re6 Rc5 38. Kd3 b5 39. cxb5 Rd5+ 40.
Kc4 Rd2 41. b4 Rxg2 42. b6 Rc2+ 43. Kb5 Rc8 44. a4 1-0

[Event "25th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Kiev URS"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Sokolsky, Alexei"]
[Black "Geller, Efim"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]
[ECO "A00"]
[PlyCount "44"]

1. b4 Nf6 2. Bb2 e6 3. b5 a6 4. a4 Be7 5. e3 O-O 6. Nf3 axb5 7. axb5 Rxa1 8.
Bxa1 d5 9. d4 c5 10. dxc5 Ne4 11. Nbd2 Qa5 12. Be2 Bd7 13. O-O Bxb5 14. Bxb5
Qxb5 15. Nxe4 dxe4 16. Qd4 Bf6 17. Qxe4 Bxa1 18. Rxa1 Qxc5 19. Qxb7 Qxc2 20. h3
Qc6 21. Ra7 Qxb7 22. Rxb7 Nc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "25th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Kiev URS"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Geller, Efim"]
[Black "Khasin, Abram"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]
[ECO "E64"]
[PlyCount "84"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 d6 3. Nf3 g6 4. g3 Bg7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O c5 7. d5 e6 8. dxe6
Bxe6 9. Ng5 Nc6 10. Nxe6 fxe6 11. Nc3 Qe7 12. Bg5 h6 13. Bd2 Kh7 14. Qa4 Nd7
15. Qc2 Nd4 16. Qe4 Nf6 17. Qd3 Rad8 18. e3 Nc6 19. e4 Ng4 20. Qe2 Nge5 21. Be3
Na5 22. b3 Nec6 23. Qd2 Nd4 24. f4 Nac6 25. Rae1 a6 26. Rf2 b5 27. Bf1 b4 28.
Nd1 a5 29. Bd3 Qd7 30. Ref1 a4 31. bxa4 Ne7 32. Nb2 b3 33. axb3 Nxb3 34. Qd1
Bd4 35. Bxd4 Nxd4 36. Qg4 Rb8 37. Qh4 Rb3 38. Rd2 d5 39. g4 g5 40. fxg5 Nf3+
41. Rxf3 Rxf3 42. exd5+ Kg8 1-0

[Event "25th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Kiev URS"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Geller, Efim"]
[Black "Nikolaevsky, Yury"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]
[ECO "D35"]
[PlyCount "67"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Be7 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bf4 c6 7. Qc2 O-O 8. e3
Nbd7 9. Bd3 Re8 10. O-O Nf8 11. Rab1 a5 12. a3 Nh5 13. Be5 Bg4 14. b4 axb4 15.
axb4 Bxf3 16. gxf3 Bd6 17. f4 Re6 18. Kh1 Rh6 19. Rg1 Be7 20. f5 Bd6 21. Rg4
Qe7 22. f4 Bxb4 23. Rbg1 f6 24. Ne2 Nd7 25. Ng3 Nxg3+ 26. R4xg3 Kh8 27. Rxg7
Qxg7 28. Rxg7 Kxg7 29. Qb2 Kf7 30. Qxb4 Ra2 31. Kg1 Rhxh2 32. Qxb7 Rag2+ 33.
Kf1 Ke8 34. Bd6 1-0

[Event "25th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Kiev URS"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "19"]
[White "Bastrikov, Georgy"]
[Black "Geller, Efim"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]
[ECO "C17"]
[PlyCount "49"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. Bd2 Ne7 6. a3 Bxc3 7. Bxc3 cxd4 8.
Qxd4 Nbc6 9. Qg4 Nf5 10. Nf3 h5 11. Qf4 Qb6 12. Bd3 d4 13. Bd2 Nce7 14. O-O Nd5
15. Qe4 Bd7 16. Qe2 O-O-O 17. c4 dxc3 18. bxc3 Bc6 19. Rab1 Qc5 20. c4 Nd4 21.
Nxd4 Qxd4 22. cxd5 Qxd5 23. f3 Qxd3 24. Qxd3 Rxd3 25. Bb4 1/2-1/2

[Event "25th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Kiev URS"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Blagidze, Alexander"]
[Black "Geller, Efim"]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]
[ECO "A33"]
[PlyCount "56"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nf3 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 e6 6. Ndb5 Bb4 7. a3 Bxc3+ 8.
Nxc3 d5 9. e3 O-O 10. cxd5 exd5 11. Be2 Bf5 12. Nb5 Re8 13. O-O Rc8 14. b4 d4
15. Nxd4 Nxd4 16. exd4 Bc2 17. Qd2 Ne4 18. Qf4 Nc3 19. Bh5 Bg6 20. Bf3 Bd3 21.
Bh5 Qd5 22. Bf3 Qc4 23. Qg4 h5 24. Qg3 Bxf1 25. Bh6 Qxd4 26. Rxf1 h4 27. Qg5
Rcd8 28. Bxb7 Rd6 0-1

[Event "25th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Kiev URS"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "19"]
[White "Bannik, Anatoly"]
[Black "Boleslavsky, Isaak"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]
[ECO "B65"]
[PlyCount "34"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 Be7 8.
O-O-O O-O 9. f4 Nxd4 10. Qxd4 h6 11. Bh4 Qa5 12. e5 dxe5 13. Qxe5 Qxe5 14. fxe5
Nd5 15. Bxe7 Nxe7 16. Bd3 Nc6 17. Rhe1 Rd8 1/2-1/2

[Event "25th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Kiev URS"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Furman, Semen"]
[Black "Bannik, Anatoly"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]
[ECO "D26"]
[PlyCount "47"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Bxc4 c5 6. Qe2 cxd4 7. exd4 Be7 8.
O-O a6 9. Bb3 Nc6 10. Rd1 Na5 11. Bc2 b5 12. Nc3 Bb7 13. Bg5 Nd5 14. Ne4 Nb4
15. Bb1 Bd5 16. Bd2 Nc4 17. Bc3 Nc6 18. Bd3 Nd6 19. Ne5 Nf5 20. Nxc6 Bxc6 21.
Nc5 Nd6 22. Bc2 Bd5 23. Bb3 Nf5 24. Bc2 1/2-1/2

[Event "25th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Kiev URS"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Bannik, Anatoly"]
[Black "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]
[ECO "B80"]
[PlyCount "83"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. g3 Be7 7. Bg2 a6 8. O-O
Qc7 9. Nce2 Nbd7 10. h3 Nc5 11. g4 g5 12. Ng3 Rg8 13. c4 Ncd7 14. b3 Ne5 15.
Be3 Bd7 16. a4 h5 17. Nf3 Nxf3+ 18. Bxf3 hxg4 19. hxg4 Nh7 20. a5 Bc6 21. Bb6
Qc8 22. b4 Nf8 23. Rc1 Ng6 24. b5 Bd7 25. Nh5 Ne5 26. Be2 f6 27. c5 dxc5 28.
Bxc5 Bxc5 29. Nxf6+ Ke7 30. Nxg8+ Qxg8 31. Rxc5 Qh7 32. Kg2 Ng6 33. Rh1 Nf4+
34. Kf3 Qf7 35. Kg3 Rf8 36. f3 Nxe2+ 37. Qxe2 Qf4+ 38. Kg2 Bxb5 39. Rh7+ Kd6
40. Rxb5 axb5 41. Qd3+ Kc6 42. Qc3+ 1-0

[Event "25th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Kiev URS"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Bannik, Anatoly"]
[Black "Vasiukov, Evgeny"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]
[ECO "B80"]
[PlyCount "86"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Be2 Be7 8. Qd2
O-O 9. Rd1 Qc7 10. O-O b5 11. a3 Bb7 12. Qd3 Nbd7 13. Qg3 Nc5 14. f3 Rfd8 15.
b4 Ncd7 16. f4 Rac8 17. Rf3 Qb6 18. Kf1 Re8 19. Qh4 Rxc3 20. Rxc3 Nxe4 21. Rh3
Nxg5 22. fxg5 h6 23. Nf3 Bxf3 24. Rxf3 Bxg5 25. Qd4 Qxd4 26. Rxd4 d5 27. a4 Rb8
28. axb5 axb5 29. Ra3 Ne5 30. Rd1 g6 31. Rda1 Kg7 32. Ra8 Rxa8 33. Rxa8 Bd2 34.
Rb8 Nc6 35. Rxb5 Nxb4 36. Rc5 f5 37. Bb5 d4 38. Ke2 Bc3 39. Bc4 Kf6 40. Rb5 e5
41. Rb6+ Kg7 42. Rb7+ Kf6 43. Rb6+ Kg7 1/2-1/2

[Event "25th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Kiev URS"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Mikenas, Vladas"]
[Black "Bannik, Anatoly"]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]
[ECO "E70"]
[PlyCount "62"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Bg5 c5 6. d5 h6 7. Bf4 Qa5 8. Bd3 Nh5
9. Bd2 e5 10. dxe6 Bxe6 11. f4 Nc6 12. Nf3 Nb4 13. Qe2 Bg4 14. Nd5 O-O 15. O-O
Bxf3 16. Qxf3 Qd8 17. Nxb4 cxb4 18. g4 Nf6 19. Rad1 Nd7 20. Bc1 Qc7 21. b3 Rae8
22. Bc2 Re7 23. Rf2 Rfe8 24. Re2 a5 25. Qd3 Nf6 26. Qxd6 Qc8 27. Qb6 Nxe4 28.
h3 Re6 29. Qa7 Nc3 30. Rxe6 Qxe6 31. Rf1 Bd4+ 0-1

[Event "25th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Kiev URS"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Bannik, Anatoly"]
[Black "Reshko, Aron"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]
[ECO "B17"]
[PlyCount "75"]

1. e4 c6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Nf3 Ngf6 6. Ng3 c5 7. Bd3 e6 8.
O-O Be7 9. c4 cxd4 10. Nxd4 Ne5 11. Be2 O-O 12. Be3 Nc6 13. Nxc6 bxc6 14. Qxd8
Rxd8 15. Bf3 Bb7 16. Rfd1 Kf8 17. Ne2 Nd7 18. Nd4 Ne5 19. Be2 c5 20. Nb3 Ba6
21. Na5 Rac8 22. f4 Rxd1+ 23. Rxd1 Nc6 24. Nxc6 Rxc6 25. Rd7 Bf6 26. Rxa7 Bd4
27. Bxd4 cxd4 28. Bf3 Rxc4 29. Rxa6 Rc1+ 30. Kf2 Rc2+ 31. Ke1 Rxb2 32. Ra7 h6
33. a4 g5 34. f5 exf5 35. Bd5 f4 36. Rxf7+ Ke8 37. Rh7 Rb1+ 38. Kd2 1-0

[Event "25th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Kiev URS"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Bannik, Anatoly"]
[Black "Shianovsky, Vladislav"]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]
[ECO "C97"]
[PlyCount "144"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. c3
d6 9. h3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. d4 Qc7 12. Nbd2 Bb7 13. Nf1 Rac8 14. dxe5 dxe5 15.
Ng3 Rfd8 16. Qe2 g6 17. Bg5 Ne8 18. Rad1 Bxg5 19. Nxg5 Qe7 20. Nf3 Nd6 21. Nh2
h5 22. Nf3 Kg7 23. Nd2 b4 24. Nb3 Nac4 25. cxb4 cxb4 26. Bd3 a5 27. Bxc4 Nxc4
28. Rxd8 Qxd8 29. Rd1 Qe7 30. Nc1 Qe6 31. Nd3 Ba6 32. Rc1 Qd6 33. Ne1 Nd2 34.
Qd1 Rxc1 35. Qxc1 h4 36. Nh1 Qd4 37. Nc2 Qd3 38. f3 b3 39. axb3 Nxb3 40. Qg5
Qxc2 41. Qxe5+ Kh7 42. Qf6 Bc4 43. Qxh4+ Kg7 44. Ng3 Qxb2 45. Nf5+ gxf5 46.
Qg5+ Kh8 47. Qh4+ Kg8 48. Qd8+ Kh7 49. Qh4+ Kg6 50. exf5+ Kxf5 51. Qe4+ Kf6 52.
Qf4+ Ke6 53. Qxc4+ Kd6 54. Qxf7 Qd4+ 55. Kh2 a4 56. f4 Nd2 57. Qf8+ Kc6 58. h4
Qe3 59. Qf6+ Kb5 60. Qf5+ Kb4 61. Qf8+ Qc5 62. Qb8+ Kc3 63. Qh8+ Kc2 64. h5 a3
65. h6 a2 66. h7 Nf1+ 67. Kh1 Ng3+ 68. Kh2 Ne2 69. Qe5 Qxe5 70. fxe5 a1=Q 71.
h8=Q Qg1+ 72. Kh3 Qh1+ 0-1

[Event "25th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Kiev URS"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Bannik, Anatoly"]
[Black "Bonch-Osmolovsky, Mikhail"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]
[ECO "C64"]
[PlyCount "117"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Bc5 4. c3 f5 5. d4 fxe4 6. Ng5 Be7 7. dxe5 Bxg5 8.
Qh5+ g6 9. Qxg5 Qxg5 10. Bxg5 Nxe5 11. Bf4 Nf7 12. Bxc7 Nf6 13. Nd2 O-O 14. Bg3
d5 15. O-O Nh5 16. Bc7 Be6 17. Nb3 Rfc8 18. Bg3 Nxg3 19. hxg3 Ne5 20. Nd4 Bd7
21. Be2 Rf8 22. Rad1 Rf6 23. Rd2 Raf8 24. Nc2 Bg4 25. Nb4 Bxe2 26. Rxe2 Rd8 27.
Rd1 Rfd6 28. Red2 Nc4 29. Rxd5 Rxd5 30. Nxd5 Kf7 31. b3 Nb2 32. Rd4 Nd3 33. c4
Nb4 34. f3 Nxa2 35. Rxe4 Rd7 36. Re1 a5 37. Ra1 Nb4 38. Nxb4 axb4 39. Ra4 Ke6
40. Rxb4 Ke5 41. Rb6 Kd4 42. Kf2 Re7 43. g4 g5 44. Rb4 h6 45. Rb6 Kc3 46. c5
Rc7 47. Rxh6 Kxb3 48. Rg6 Rxc5 49. Rb6+ Kc4 50. Rxb7 Kd5 51. Rb6 Ke5 52. Rg6
Rc2+ 53. Kg3 Ra2 54. Rxg5+ Kf6 55. Rb5 Rc2 56. Rb6+ Kg7 57. g5 Ra2 58. f4 Rc2
59. Kf3 1-0

[Event "25th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Kiev URS"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Goldberg, Grigory"]
[Black "Bannik, Anatoly"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]
[ECO "C71"]
[PlyCount "223"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6 5. Qe2 Bd7 6. c3 g6 7. d4 Bg7 8. Bg5
Nge7 9. d5 Nb8 10. Bc2 c5 11. dxc6 Nbxc6 12. Nbd2 Qc7 13. Rd1 b5 14. Nf1 Be6
15. Bb3 Bxb3 16. axb3 f6 17. Bc1 Rd8 18. Ne3 Na5 19. Qc2 O-O 20. O-O Rd7 21. b4
Nc4 22. Nxc4 Qxc4 23. Be3 Qe6 24. Nd2 f5 25. f3 Rc8 26. Nb3 Nc6 27. Ra1 f4 28.
Bf2 Nd4 29. Nxd4 exd4 30. Rxa6 dxc3 31. Rd1 Rc4 32. b3 Rxb4 33. Rd5 Rd8 34. h4
Qc8 35. Raxd6 Rxd6 36. Rxd6 Bf8 37. Rd5 Be7 38. Kh2 Kf7 39. h5 Qc6 40. hxg6+
hxg6 41. Be1 Bf6 42. Bf2 Be7 43. g4 Kf8 44. Kg2 Rxb3 45. Qxb3 c2 46. Bc5 c1=Q
47. Rd8+ Qe8 48. Rxe8+ Kxe8 49. Qxb5+ Kf8 50. Bxe7+ Kxe7 51. g5 Qc2+ 52. Kh3
Qc8+ 53. Kg2 Qc2+ 54. Kh3 Qc8+ 55. Kh4 Qh8+ 56. Kg4 Qh5+ 57. Kxf4 Qh2+ 58. Ke3
Qg1+ 59. Kd2 Qg2+ 60. Ke3 Qg1+ 61. Kd2 Qg2+ 62. Qe2 Qxg5+ 63. Qe3 Qb5 64. Qc3
Qg5+ 65. Kd3 Qg3 66. Qg7+ Ke6 67. Qf8 Qe1 68. Qc8+ Ke5 69. Qc7+ Ke6 70. Qc4+
Ke5 71. Qd4+ Ke6 72. Qd5+ Kf6 73. Qd6+ Kf7 74. Qh2 Ke6 75. Qa2+ Ke5 76. Qb2+
Ke6 77. Qg2 Qd1+ 78. Ke3 Qc1+ 79. Kf2 Kf6 80. Qg3 Qb2+ 81. Kg1 Qd2 82. Qf2 Qf4
83. Qd4+ Ke6 84. Qd5+ Kf6 85. Kg2 Qe3 86. Qd6+ Kf7 87. Qe5 Qe2+ 88. Kg3 Qe1+
89. Kg4 Qg1+ 90. Qg3 Qc5 91. Qf4+ Kg7 92. Qd2 Qh5+ 93. Kg3 Qe5+ 94. Kg2 Kf6 95.
Qe3 Ke6 96. f4 Qb2+ 97. Kg3 Qb1 98. Kg4 Qd1+ 99. Kh4 Qh5+ 100. Kg3 Qb5 101. e5
Qb1 102. Kh4 Kf7 103. Qa7+ Kg8 104. Qd7 Qe1+ 105. Kg5 Qg3+ 106. Qg4 Qd3 107.
Qe6+ Kg7 108. Qf6+ Kh7 109. Qf7+ Kh8 110. Qf8+ Kh7 111. Qh6+ Kg8 112. Qxg6+ 1-0

[Event "25th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Kiev URS"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Nezhmetdinov, Rashid"]
[Black "Bannik, Anatoly"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]
[ECO "C97"]
[PlyCount "67"]

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. b4 cxb4 13. cxb4 Nc4 14. Nbd2 Bb7 15.
Nxc4 bxc4 16. d5 Nd7 17. a4 a5 18. b5 Rfc8 19. Ra3 Qd8 20. Rc3 f5 21. exf5 Nf6
22. Be4 Rc5 23. Ng5 Nxe4 24. Nxe4 Rxd5 25. Qg4 Rd4 26. Bh6 Bf6 27. Bxg7 Rxe4
28. Rxe4 Bxg7 29. Rexc4 h5 30. Qxh5 Rc8 31. Rxc8 Bxc8 32. b6 Bd7 33. b7 Kf8 34.
Qg6 1-0

[Event "25th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Kiev URS"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Bannik, Anatoly"]
[Black "Sakharov, Yury"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]
[ECO "D36"]
[PlyCount "35"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 e6 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 Be7 7. e3 O-O 8. Bd3
Nbd7 9. O-O Re8 10. Qc2 Nf8 11. Rab1 a5 12. a3 Bg4 13. Ne5 Bh5 14. h3 Bg6 15.
Rfd1 Bxd3 16. Rxd3 N6d7 17. Bxe7 Rxe7 18. Nxd7 1/2-1/2

[Event "25th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Kiev URS"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Chistiakov, Alexander"]
[Black "Bannik, Anatoly"]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]
[ECO "C86"]
[PlyCount "122"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Qe2 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. a4
b4 9. d3 d6 10. a5 Bg4 11. Be3 Na7 12. Nbd2 c5 13. Bc4 Nc6 14. Nb3 Ne8 15. Bd5
Rc8 16. h3 Bd7 17. Nfd2 Nc7 18. Bc4 Bg5 19. Qh5 Bf4 20. Bxf4 exf4 21. Nf3 g6
22. Qh6 Qf6 23. Rfe1 Rce8 24. Ng5 Qg7 25. Qh4 Ne6 26. Bxa6 Ne5 27. Bb7 h6 28.
Nxe6 fxe6 29. f3 g5 30. Qf2 Bc6 31. Bxc6 Nxc6 32. Ra2 Re7 33. a6 Ra8 34. e5
Nxe5 35. d4 Nc6 36. dxc5 d5 37. Qd2 Qf6 38. Qd3 h5 39. Kf1 g4 40. hxg4 hxg4 41.
fxg4 Rh7 42. Raa1 Rh1+ 43. Kf2 Qh4+ 44. Ke2 Ne5 45. Rxh1 Qxg4+ 46. Kd2 Nxd3 47.
Kxd3 Qg3+ 48. Kd2 Qxg2+ 49. Kd3 Qe4+ 50. Kd2 Qe3+ 51. Kd1 f3 52. Re1 Qf4 53. a7
e5 54. c6 e4 55. Nd4 e3 56. Nxf3 Qxf3+ 57. Re2 d4 58. b3 d3 59. cxd3 Qf1+ 60.
Re1 Qxd3+ 61. Kc1 Qd2+ 0-1

[Event "25th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Kiev URS"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Bannik, Anatoly"]
[Black "Sokolsky, Alexei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]
[ECO "C16"]
[PlyCount "59"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 Ne7 5. Nf3 b6 6. Bd2 Bxc3 7. Bxc3 Qd7 8. h4
h6 9. Rh3 a5 10. Ng1 Ba6 11. Bxa6 Nxa6 12. Ne2 O-O-O 13. Qd3 Kb7 14. Bd2 Nc6
15. a3 a4 16. Rf3 Qe7 17. O-O-O f6 18. exf6 gxf6 19. Qg6 f5 20. Re3 Qxh4 21. g3
Qh2 22. Rxe6 Qxf2 23. Be1 Qf1 24. Ba5 Qf2 25. Rxc6 Qxe2 26. Rxc7+ Kxc7 27.
Qxb6+ Kc8 28. Qc6+ Kb8 29. Qb6+ Kc8 30. Qc6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "25th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Kiev URS"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Khasin, Abram"]
[Black "Bannik, Anatoly"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]
[ECO "B65"]
[PlyCount "155"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 Be7 8.
O-O-O O-O 9. f4 Nxd4 10. Qxd4 h6 11. Bh4 Qa5 12. Qd3 Rd8 13. g4 Bd7 14. g5 Nh5
15. Qf3 Nxf4 16. Kb1 Ng6 17. Be1 Qxg5 18. h4 Qf6 19. Qe3 Qf4 20. Qh3 h5 21. Be2
Qe5 22. Qf3 b5 23. Bg3 Qc5 24. Rhf1 Rf8 25. Bf2 Qc7 26. Qxh5 Rab8 27. Bd3 Nf4
28. Qf3 Nxd3 29. Rxd3 b4 30. Ne2 Bb5 31. Rd2 Bf6 32. Rg1 Be5 33. Bd4 f5 34.
Bxe5 dxe5 35. Ng3 fxe4 36. Qxe4 Rf4 37. Qg6 Qf7 38. Qxf7+ Rxf7 39. Ne4 Bc6 40.
Ng5 Rf6 41. b3 Bd5 42. Re1 Rf5 43. Rde2 Kf8 44. Rxe5 Rxe5 45. Rxe5 Ke7 46. Re2
Rf8 47. a3 a5 48. axb4 axb4 49. Nh3 Rf3 50. Rh2 Be4 51. Nf2 Bf5 52. Rg2 Rxb3+
53. Kc1 Rc3 54. Nd1 Rc4 55. Ne3 Re4 56. Nxf5+ exf5 57. Rxg7+ Kf6 58. Rh7 Rd4
59. Rh8 Kg7 60. Rh5 f4 61. Kb2 Kg6 62. Rh8 Rd5 63. Kb3 f3 64. Rg8+ Kh5 65. Kxb4
Rf5 66. Rg1 f2 67. Rf1 Kxh4 68. c4 Kg3 69. c5 Kg2 70. Rxf2+ Rxf2 71. c6 Kf3 72.
Kc5 Ke4 73. c7 Ke5 74. Kc6 Rf8 75. Kd7 Rf7+ 76. Kc6 Rf8 77. Kd7 Rf7+ 78. Kc6
1/2-1/2

[Event "25th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Kiev URS"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Nikolaevsky, Yury"]
[Black "Bannik, Anatoly"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]
[ECO "C96"]
[PlyCount "55"]

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 Nc6 12. dxc5 dxc5 13. Nbd2 Be6 14. Nh2 c4 15.
Qf3 Nd7 16. Ndf1 Nc5 17. Rd1 Qe8 18. Ne3 Rd8 19. Nhg4 Rxd1+ 20. Qxd1 Qd7 21.
Qxd7 Nxd7 22. b4 h5 23. Nh2 Nb6 24. Nhf1 Rd8 25. Nd2 g6 26. Kf1 Bg5 27. Nf3 Bf6
28. a4 1/2-1/2

[Event "25th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Kiev URS"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Bannik, Anatoly"]
[Black "Bastrikov, Georgy"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]
[ECO "B41"]
[PlyCount "69"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 c5 3. c4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e6 5. Nc3 a6 6. e4 Bb4 7. Bd3 Nc6 8. Nc2
Be7 9. Be2 Qc7 10. O-O O-O 11. f4 Bc5+ 12. Kh1 d6 13. Rb1 Ne7 14. Bd3 Ba7 15.
Qe2 Nc6 16. Qe1 Bd7 17. Qh4 Ne8 18. Bd2 Qd8 19. Qh3 Rc8 20. Rbd1 f5 21. exf5
exf5 22. Nd5 Ne7 23. Ba5 b6 24. Bc3 Nxd5 25. cxd5 b5 26. a4 Bb6 27. axb5 axb5
28. Rfe1 Nc7 29. Nb4 Bc5 30. Nc6 Bxc6 31. dxc6 b4 32. Be5 Qe7 33. Bxd6 Bxd6 34.
Rxe7 Bxe7 35. Bxf5 1-0

[Event "25th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Kiev URS"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Bannik, Anatoly"]
[Black "Blagidze, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]
[ECO "E58"]
[PlyCount "97"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 c5 6. Nf3 d5 7. O-O Nc6 8. a3
Bxc3 9. bxc3 Qc7 10. cxd5 exd5 11. a4 c4 12. Bc2 Bg4 13. Qe1 Bh5 14. Nh4 a6 15.
f3 b5 16. Rb1 Rab8 17. Ba3 Rfd8 18. Qg3 Qd7 19. Bc5 Bg6 20. Nxg6 hxg6 21. Rfe1
Ne8 22. Qf2 Nc7 23. h4 Ne6 24. Ba3 Qc7 25. f4 bxa4 26. f5 gxf5 27. Rxb8 Nxb8
28. Qxf5 Nf8 29. Rf1 Qd7 30. Bxa4 Qe6 31. Qxe6 fxe6 32. Rb1 Nbd7 33. Rb7 Rb8
34. Rxb8 Nxb8 35. Kf2 Nbd7 36. Bb4 Nf6 37. Bc2 Kf7 38. Kf3 N8d7 39. Kf4 Ne8 40.
h5 Nf8 41. g4 Nf6 42. Bc5 e5+ 43. Kf5 g6+ 44. hxg6+ Nxg6 45. dxe5 Nh4+ 46. Kg5
Nf3+ 47. Kf4 Ne1 48. exf6 Nxc2 49. Kf5 1-0

[Event "25th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Kiev URS"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Boleslavsky, Isaak"]
[Black "Furman, Semen"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]
[ECO "C97"]
[PlyCount "54"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. d4 Qc7 12. Nbd2 Bd7 13. Nf1 Rfe8 14. Ne3 g6 15.
dxe5 dxe5 16. Nh2 Rad8 17. Qf3 Be6 18. Nhg4 Nxg4 19. hxg4 Nc4 20. Nd5 Bxd5 21.
exd5 Nb6 22. Be4 Rd6 23. Be3 Nc4 24. Bc1 Nb6 25. Bh6 Bf8 26. Bg5 Be7 27. Be3
Nc4 1/2-1/2

[Event "25th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Kiev URS"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Boleslavsky, Isaak"]
[Black "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]
[ECO "B41"]
[PlyCount "38"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. c4 Nf6 6. Nc3 Bb4 7. Bd2 O-O 8. e5
Bxc3 9. Bxc3 Ne4 10. Qc2 d5 11. exd6 Nxc3 12. Qxc3 Qxd6 13. O-O-O Qf4+ 14. Qe3
Qxe3+ 15. fxe3 Nd7 16. Be2 Ne5 17. b3 Re8 18. Rd2 f5 19. Rf1 Nf7 1/2-1/2

[Event "25th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Kiev URS"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Vasiukov, Evgeny"]
[Black "Boleslavsky, Isaak"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]
[ECO "B63"]
[PlyCount "109"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 Be7 8.
O-O-O Nxd4 9. Qxd4 O-O 10. e5 dxe5 11. Qxe5 Qb6 12. Be3 Ng4 13. Bxb6 Nxe5 14.
Bc7 Ng4 15. Bg3 Nf6 16. Bb5 a6 17. Be2 b5 18. Bf3 Ra7 19. Bd6 Bxd6 20. Rxd6 Bd7
21. Rhd1 Rc8 22. Rb6 Rf8 23. h3 Bc8 24. Bc6 h6 25. Rd6 g5 26. b3 Kg7 27. a4
bxa4 28. Nxa4 a5 29. c4 Bd7 30. Nc5 Bxc6 31. Rbxc6 Rfa8 32. Kb2 h5 33. Ka3 h4
34. Ka4 Nh5 35. Ne4 Kh6 36. Rc5 Rg8 37. Rxa5 Rxa5+ 38. Kxa5 Nf4 39. c5 Nxg2 40.
f3 Nf4 41. c6 Nd5 42. Nc5 Ra8+ 43. Na6 Kg6 44. b4 Nxb4 45. Kxb4 Rxa6 46. Kb5
Ra8 47. c7 Rc8 48. Kc6 Kf6 49. Rd4 e5 50. Rg4 Kg6 51. Re4 Kf6 52. Kd7 Rh8 53.
c8=Q Rxc8 54. Kxc8 Ke6 55. Rg4 1-0

[Event "25th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Kiev URS"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Boleslavsky, Isaak"]
[Black "Mikenas, Vladas"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]
[ECO "C63"]
[PlyCount "61"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 f5 4. Nc3 fxe4 5. Nxe4 d5 6. Nxe5 dxe4 7. Nxc6 bxc6
8. Bxc6+ Bd7 9. Qh5+ Ke7 10. Qe5+ Be6 11. f4 Nh6 12. f5 Nxf5 13. O-O Qd4+ 14.
Qxd4 Nxd4 15. Bxa8 Nxc2 16. Bxe4 Nxa1 17. d4 Kd7 18. Be3 Bd6 19. Rxa1 Re8 20.
Bf2 Bg4 21. Re1 Rf8 22. d5 Bxh2+ 23. Kxh2 Rxf2 24. Kg3 Re2 25. Rxe2 Bxe2 26.
Bxh7 Bc4 27. a3 Bxd5 28. Kf2 Kd6 29. g3 Kc5 30. Ke3 Kc4 31. Bc2 1/2-1/2

[Event "25th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Kiev URS"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Reshko, Aron"]
[Black "Boleslavsky, Isaak"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]
[ECO "A49"]
[PlyCount "41"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. b3 Bg7 4. Bb2 O-O 5. Bg2 d6 6. d4 Nbd7 7. O-O e5 8. dxe5
Ng4 9. Nbd2 Ngxe5 10. Rb1 Re8 11. Nxe5 Nxe5 12. e4 Bg4 13. f3 Bd7 14. Qe2 Bc6
15. f4 Nd7 16. Bxg7 Kxg7 17. b4 f5 18. Qd3 Qf6 19. exf5 Qxf5 20. Qxf5 gxf5 21.
Rfe1 1/2-1/2

[Event "25th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Kiev URS"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Shianovsky, Vladislav"]
[Black "Boleslavsky, Isaak"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]
[ECO "E81"]
[PlyCount "63"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f3 O-O 6. Nge2 e5 7. Bg5 c6 8. d5 Qc7
9. Qd2 Nbd7 10. g4 Nb6 11. b3 a5 12. a4 Nbd7 13. O-O-O cxd5 14. Nb5 Qc6 15.
exd5 Qb6 16. Qe3 Qxe3+ 17. Bxe3 Ne8 18. Ng3 Nc5 19. Bxc5 dxc5 20. Ne4 b6 21. h4
f6 22. Kc2 Rf7 23. h5 Bf8 24. hxg6 hxg6 25. Bd3 Rh7 26. Rxh7 Kxh7 27. d6 Kg7
28. Nec3 Bd7 29. Nc7 Rd8 30. N3d5 Bxd6 31. Nxe8+ Bxe8 32. Nxb6 1/2-1/2

[Event "25th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Kiev URS"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Boleslavsky, Isaak"]
[Black "Bonch-Osmolovsky, Mikhail"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]
[ECO "C64"]
[PlyCount "131"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Bc5 4. c3 Nge7 5. d4 exd4 6. cxd4 Bb4+ 7. Bd2 Bxd2+
8. Qxd2 d5 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. Bxc6+ bxc6 11. O-O O-O 12. Nc3 f6 13. Nxd5 Qxd5 14.
Qf4 Rf7 15. Rfe1 Be6 16. Nd2 Rd8 17. Nb3 Qd6 18. Qxd6 Rxd6 19. Nc5 Bf5 20. Rad1
Rf8 21. f3 h5 22. Kf2 Kf7 23. h4 Rd5 24. Rd2 Rfd8 25. Red1 Re8 26. b4 Red8 27.
a3 Re8 28. Rc1 Bc8 29. Nb3 Rd6 30. Na5 Bd7 31. Rc5 Kg6 32. Nc4 Rd5 33. Rxd5
cxd5 34. Ne3 c6 35. Rc2 Rb8 36. Rc5 Kf7 37. Nd1 Rb5 38. Nc3 Rb7 39. Ra5 Ke7 40.
Na4 Rc7 41. Ke3 Kd6 42. Nc5 Bf5 43. a4 Bc8 44. b5 cxb5 45. axb5 Bf5 46. Kd2 Bc8
47. Ra3 Re7 48. Ra1 g5 49. g3 gxh4 50. gxh4 Rg7 51. Ke3 Rc7 52. Rg1 Re7+ 53.
Kf4 Bd7 54. Nxd7 Rxd7 55. Ra1 Rb7 56. Ra6+ Ke7 57. Kf5 Rxb5 58. Rxa7+ Kd6 59.
Ra6+ Ke7 60. Re6+ Kd7 61. Rxf6 Rb1 62. Kg5 Rd1 63. Rf4 Ke6 64. Kxh5 Rg1 65. Kh6
Rg3 66. h5 1-0

[Event "25th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Kiev URS"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Goldberg, Grigory"]
[Black "Boleslavsky, Isaak"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]
[ECO "B25"]
[PlyCount "48"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. Nge2 d6 6. d3 e5 7. Nd5 Nce7 8. c4
Nxd5 9. cxd5 Ne7 10. O-O O-O 11. f4 Bd7 12. fxe5 dxe5 13. Be3 b6 14. Qd2 Nc8
15. b4 cxb4 16. Qxb4 Re8 17. Rac1 Bf8 18. Qb3 Nd6 19. Rc2 Rc8 20. Rfc1 Rxc2 21.
Rxc2 Nb7 22. d4 exd4 23. Bxd4 Bc5 24. Qe3 Qe7 1/2-1/2

[Event "25th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Kiev URS"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Boleslavsky, Isaak"]
[Black "Nezhmetdinov, Rashid"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]
[ECO "C76"]
[PlyCount "67"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6 5. c3 Bd7 6. d4 g6 7. O-O Bg7 8. Be3 b6
9. d5 Nce7 10. Bxd7+ Qxd7 11. c4 h6 12. Nfd2 f5 13. f3 Nf6 14. Nc3 O-O 15. b4
Kh7 16. c5 dxc5 17. bxc5 fxe4 18. fxe4 Ng4 19. Qe2 Nxe3 20. Qxe3 Bf6 21. Nc4 b5
22. Rxf6 Rxf6 23. Nxe5 Qc8 24. Rd1 b4 25. Ne2 Ng8 26. Nd4 Qe8 27. Ndc6 g5 28.
d6 cxd6 29. cxd6 Qe6 30. h3 Qxa2 31. d7 b3 32. d8=Q Rxd8 33. Qa7+ Kh8 34. Nxd8
1-0

[Event "25th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Kiev URS"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Boleslavsky, Isaak"]
[Black "Sakharov, Yury"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]
[ECO "B32"]
[PlyCount "106"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e5 5. Nb5 a6 6. Nd6+ Bxd6 7. Qxd6 Qf6 8.
Qd1 Qg6 9. Nc3 Nge7 10. h4 h6 11. h5 Qf6 12. Be3 O-O 13. Qd2 b5 14. O-O-O b4
15. Na4 a5 16. Nb6 Rb8 17. Qd6 Qxd6 18. Rxd6 Rd8 19. Bc4 Kf8 20. Rhd1 Ke8 21.
Bb3 Nd4 22. Bxd4 exd4 23. Nxc8 Nxc8 24. Rd5 Ra8 25. Rf5 f6 26. Rxd4 Ne7 27. Rb5
Nc6 28. Rd3 Rab8 29. Rxb8 Rxb8 30. Ba4 Ke7 31. Rd5 Ra8 32. f4 Ra7 33. Kd2 Nd8
34. e5 Nf7 35. exf6+ gxf6 36. g4 Nd6 37. Kd3 Ra8 38. g5 hxg5 39. fxg5 fxg5 40.
Rxg5 Nf7 41. Rb5 Kf6 42. Kd4 d6 43. Kd5 Rh8 44. Kc6 Ne5+ 45. Kxd6 Nc4+ 46. Kc5
Rc8+ 47. Kd4 Nxb2 48. Bb3 a4 49. Rxb4 axb3 50. cxb3 Rd8+ 51. Ke4 Nd3 52. Rb5
Nc1 53. a4 Ra8 1/2-1/2

[Event "25th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Kiev URS"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Chistiakov, Alexander"]
[Black "Boleslavsky, Isaak"]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]
[ECO "E87"]
[PlyCount "82"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f3 O-O 6. Be3 e5 7. d5 c5 8. Bd3 Ne8
9. Nge2 a6 10. Qd2 f5 11. exf5 gxf5 12. O-O-O b5 13. Rdg1 Nd7 14. g4 e4 15.
fxe4 fxe4 16. Nxe4 bxc4 17. Bb1 Ne5 18. Ng5 h6 19. Ne6 Bxe6 20. dxe6 Rb8 21.
Nc3 Qe7 22. g5 hxg5 23. h4 g4 24. h5 Qxe6 25. h6 Bf6 26. Bf4 Kh8 27. Rh5 Nf3
28. Qc2 Rb7 29. Rd1 Bd4 30. Qe4 Qxe4 31. Bxe4 Re7 32. Rf5 Rxf5 33. Bxf5 Rf7 34.
Bg6 Rxf4 35. Bxe8 Bxc3 36. Rxd6 Be5 37. Rxa6 g3 38. Rg6 Rf6 39. Rg4 Nh2 40. Rg7
Rf1+ 41. Kc2 Rf2+ 0-1

[Event "25th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Kiev URS"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "18"]
[White "Boleslavsky, Isaak"]
[Black "Sokolsky, Alexei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]
[ECO "C08"]
[PlyCount "49"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. exd5 exd5 5. Ngf3 Nf6 6. Bb5+ Bd7 7. Bxd7+ Nbxd7
8. O-O Be7 9. dxc5 Nxc5 10. Nd4 O-O 11. Nf5 Re8 12. Nb3 Ne6 13. Nxe7+ Qxe7 14.
Be3 a6 15. Nd4 Rac8 16. c3 Rcd8 17. Re1 Ne4 18. f3 Nd6 19. Bf2 Nc4 20. Qc2 Qf6
21. Rad1 Nf4 22. b3 Nd6 23. Rxe8+ Rxe8 24. Re1 Rxe1+ 25. Bxe1 1/2-1/2

[Event "25th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Kiev URS"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Boleslavsky, Isaak"]
[Black "Khasin, Abram"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]
[ECO "B41"]
[PlyCount "45"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. c4 Nf6 6. Nc3 Bb4 7. Bd2 Qb6 8. Nc2
Bc5 9. Ne3 d6 10. Rb1 O-O 11. Bd3 Nc6 12. O-O Ne5 13. Qe2 Bd7 14. Kh1 Rac8 15.
f3 Qc7 16. Rfd1 Rfd8 17. Rbc1 Nxd3 18. Qxd3 Qb8 19. a4 Bc6 20. b3 Qa7 21. Rb1
Bd4 22. Ne2 Be5 23. Bc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "25th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Kiev URS"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Nikolaevsky, Yury"]
[Black "Boleslavsky, Isaak"]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]
[ECO "E70"]
[PlyCount "88"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 O-O 7. f4 c5 8. d5 Qa5
9. Qd2 e6 10. Bd3 exd5 11. exd5 a6 12. Nge2 b5 13. O-O bxc4 14. Bc2 Nbd7 15.
Rf3 Bb7 16. Rd1 Rfe8 17. Ba4 Qc7 18. Bxf6 Bxf6 19. f5 g5 20. Rh3 Kg7 21. Ng3
Bd4+ 22. Kh1 Nf6 23. Bxe8 Rxe8 24. Re1 Rxe1+ 25. Qxe1 Ng4 26. Nh5+ Kf8 27. Rf3
Qe7 28. Qxe7+ Kxe7 29. f6+ Kd7 30. h3 Nf2+ 31. Kh2 Nd3 32. Ng7 Nxb2 33. Nf5
Bxf6 34. Nxh6 Bxc3 35. Rxc3 Bxd5 36. Ng4 Be6 37. Nf6+ Kc6 38. Ne4 d5 39. Nxg5
d4 40. Rc1 c3 41. Rf1 Bc4 42. Rf6+ Kc7 43. Rf2 d3 44. Ne4 c2 0-1

[Event "25th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Kiev URS"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Boleslavsky, Isaak"]
[Black "Bastrikov, Georgy"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]
[ECO "B32"]
[PlyCount "44"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Qc7 5. Nb5 Qb8 6. c4 Nf6 7. N5c3 e6 8.
Be2 Bc5 9. Nd2 O-O 10. O-O Rd8 11. Nb3 Be7 12. Be3 b6 13. Qd2 Bb4 14. Qc2 Bb7
15. f3 h6 16. a3 Bxc3 17. Qxc3 d5 18. exd5 exd5 19. Rad1 dxc4 20. Bxc4 Qe5 21.
Qxe5 Nxe5 22. Be2 Bd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "25th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Kiev URS"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Blagidze, Alexander"]
[Black "Boleslavsky, Isaak"]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]
[ECO "B47"]
[PlyCount "56"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. g3 Nf6 7. Bg2 Nc6 8. Nb3
Be7 9. O-O O-O 10. f4 b5 11. a3 Bb7 12. g4 d5 13. exd5 Nxd5 14. Nxd5 exd5 15.
c3 Rfe8 16. Kh1 Rad8 17. Bd2 d4 18. Qc1 Qd7 19. h3 h5 20. Qd1 Bf8 21. cxd4 Nxd4
22. Nxd4 Bxg2+ 23. Kxg2 Qxd4 24. Bc3 Qc4 25. Qc1 Re2+ 26. Kg3 Rd3+ 27. Kh4 Be7+
28. g5 Rxh3+ 0-1

[Event "25th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Kiev URS"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Black "Furman, Semen"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]
[ECO "A16"]
[PlyCount "30"]

1. c4 g6 2. g3 Bg7 3. Bg2 Nf6 4. Nc3 O-O 5. Rb1 c6 6. Nf3 d5 7. cxd5 cxd5 8.
Qa4 Nc6 9. b4 d4 10. b5 dxc3 11. bxc6 bxc6 12. O-O cxd2 13. Bxd2 Bf5 14. Ba5
Qc8 15. Rbc1 Be4 1/2-1/2

[Event "25th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Kiev URS"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Furman, Semen"]
[Black "Vasiukov, Evgeny"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]
[ECO "E63"]
[PlyCount "41"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 d6 6. Nc3 Nc6 7. O-O a6 8. Qd3
Bf5 9. e4 Bg4 10. d5 Bxf3 11. Qxf3 Nd4 12. Qd1 c5 13. dxc6 Nxc6 14. Bg5 Rc8 15.
Rc1 Re8 16. b3 Qa5 17. Bd2 Qa3 18. Rc2 Nd7 19. Bh3 Rcd8 20. Bxd7 Rxd7 21. Ne2
1/2-1/2

[Event "25th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Kiev URS"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Furman, Semen"]
[Black "Mikenas, Vladas"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]
[ECO "D26"]
[PlyCount "61"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 dxc4 4. e3 a6 5. Bxc4 e6 6. Qe2 c5 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8.
O-O b5 9. Bd3 O-O 10. e4 Bb7 11. e5 Bxf3 12. Qxf3 Nd5 13. Qg3 Qc7 14. Nd2 Nc6
15. Nf3 Rfd8 16. Qh3 Nxe5 17. Bxh7+ Kf8 18. Be4 Nxf3+ 19. Qxf3 Rac8 20. Bg5 Be7
21. Rac1 Qe5 22. Bxe7+ Nxe7 23. Rxc8 Rxc8 24. Bb7 Rb8 25. Rb1 a5 26. g3 Nf5 27.
Be4 Nd6 28. Bd3 Nc4 29. Qe2 Qd4 30. b3 Ne5 31. Rd1 1/2-1/2

[Event "25th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Kiev URS"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "19"]
[White "Furman, Semen"]
[Black "Reshko, Aron"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]
[ECO "E59"]
[PlyCount "41"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. Nf3 c5 7. O-O Nc6 8. a3
Bxc3 9. bxc3 dxc4 10. Bxc4 Qc7 11. Bb5 a6 12. Bxc6 Qxc6 13. Ne5 Qc7 14. a4 Nd7
15. Nxd7 Bxd7 16. Ba3 Rfc8 17. Qb3 cxd4 18. cxd4 Qc2 19. Qxc2 Rxc2 20. a5 Rac8
21. Rfc1 1/2-1/2

[Event "25th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Kiev URS"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Furman, Semen"]
[Black "Shianovsky, Vladislav"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]
[ECO "A56"]
[PlyCount "59"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 e5 4. Nc3 d6 5. e4 g6 6. f3 Nh5 7. Be3 Bg7 8. Qd2 f5
9. exf5 gxf5 10. Bd3 O-O 11. Nge2 Nd7 12. Ng3 e4 13. Nxh5 Qh4+ 14. Bf2 Qxh5 15.
fxe4 Ne5 16. Be2 Qg6 17. O-O f4 18. Kh1 f3 19. gxf3 Nxf3 20. Qd3 Bg4 21. Bg3
Qh5 22. Rf2 Bd4 23. Rg2 Bh3 24. Nb5 Bxb2 25. Rag1 Bxg2+ 26. Rxg2 Kh8 27. Nxd6
Bd4 28. Nf5 Rae8 29. Bxf3 Qf7 30. Nxd4 1-0

[Event "25th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Kiev URS"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Bonch-Osmolovsky, Mikhail"]
[Black "Furman, Semen"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]
[ECO "C97"]
[PlyCount "74"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. d4 Qc7 12. Nbd2 Bd7 13. Nf1 Rfe8 14. Ne3 g6 15.
dxe5 dxe5 16. Nh2 Be6 17. Qf3 Nc4 18. Neg4 Nxg4 19. hxg4 f6 20. Qg3 Qc8 21. b3
Na5 22. g5 b4 23. gxf6 Bxf6 24. Bg5 Bxg5 25. Qxg5 Nc6 26. Qe3 bxc3 27. Qxc3 Nd4
28. Bd3 a5 29. Rac1 Qd7 30. Bc4 Kg7 31. Bxe6 Qxe6 32. Qe3 Rac8 33. Rc4 Re7 34.
f3 h5 35. Rec1 Rec7 36. Nf1 Qf6 37. Qf2 Qg5 1/2-1/2

[Event "25th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Kiev URS"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Goldberg, Grigory"]
[Black "Furman, Semen"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]
[ECO "C68"]
[PlyCount "24"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. Nc3 f6 6. d4 exd4 7. Qxd4 Qxd4 8.
Nxd4 Bd6 9. Nde2 Ne7 10. Bf4 Be6 11. Bxd6 cxd6 12. O-O-O O-O-O 1/2-1/2

[Event "25th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Kiev URS"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Furman, Semen"]
[Black "Nezhmetdinov, Rashid"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]
[ECO "E94"]
[PlyCount "97"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Be2 O-O 6. Nf3 e5 7. O-O exd4 8. Nxd4
Re8 9. f3 c6 10. Kh1 Nbd7 11. Nc2 Qe7 12. Bg5 h6 13. Be3 Nb6 14. Qd2 Be6 15. b3
d5 16. cxd5 cxd5 17. e5 Nfd7 18. f4 f6 19. Nd4 Bf7 20. Rad1 Kh7 21. Bb5 Rad8
22. Nf3 Rf8 23. Bd4 fxe5 24. fxe5 Be6 25. Rde1 Rc8 26. Bd3 Nc5 27. Bb1 Bf5 28.
Bxf5 Rxf5 29. Qe3 h5 30. Nb5 Bh6 31. Qe2 Ne6 32. Nd6 Rcf8 33. Nxf5 Rxf5 34. Be3
Bxe3 35. Qxe3 Qb4 36. Ng1 Qg4 37. h3 Qb4 38. Rxf5 gxf5 39. Rf1 Qe4 40. Qxe4
fxe4 41. Rf6 Nd8 42. e6 Nc6 43. Ne2 Kg8 44. Kg1 Nc8 45. Rf7 d4 46. Rd7 d3 47.
Nc3 Nb6 48. Rd8+ Kg7 49. Nxe4 1-0

[Event "25th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Kiev URS"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Sakharov, Yury"]
[Black "Furman, Semen"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]
[ECO "C43"]
[PlyCount "89"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. d4 exd4 4. e5 Ne4 5. Qxd4 d5 6. exd6 Nxd6 7. Nc3 Nc6 8.
Qf4 g6 9. Bd2 Bg7 10. O-O-O O-O 11. h4 h6 12. Bd3 Be6 13. Rhe1 a5 14. a3 Rb8
15. Ne4 Bf5 16. Bc3 Bxe4 17. Bxg7 Kxg7 18. Bxe4 Na7 19. Ne5 Nac8 20. Re3 Nb6
21. c4 Qf6 22. Qxf6+ Kxf6 23. c5 Ndc4 24. Ng4+ Kg7 25. cxb6 Nxe3 26. Nxe3 cxb6
27. Rd7 Rfd8 28. Rxd8 Rxd8 29. Bxb7 f5 30. Bf3 Rd4 31. h5 b5 32. hxg6 Kxg6 33.
Kc2 b4 34. a4 f4 35. Ng4 Rc4+ 36. Kd3 Rc1 37. Ne5+ Kf5 38. Nc4 b3 39. Nxa5 Rc2
40. Nxb3 Rxb2 41. Nd4+ Ke5 42. Ne2 Ra2 43. Nc3 Rxf2 44. a5 Rf1 45. Nd1 1-0

[Event "25th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Kiev URS"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Chistiakov, Alexander"]
[Black "Furman, Semen"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]
[ECO "A17"]
[PlyCount "35"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. g3 b6 5. Bg2 Bb7 6. O-O O-O 7. Qb3 a5 8. a3
Bxc3 9. Qxc3 a4 10. d3 d5 11. Bg5 dxc4 12. dxc4 Nbd7 13. Rfd1 Qc8 14. Ne5 Nxe5
15. Bxb7 Qxb7 16. Qxe5 Ra5 17. Qe3 Ng4 18. Qd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "25th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Kiev URS"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Furman, Semen"]
[Black "Sokolsky, Alexei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]
[ECO "E52"]
[PlyCount "87"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 d5 5. Bd3 O-O 6. Nf3 b6 7. O-O Bb7 8. cxd5
exd5 9. Bd2 Bd6 10. Rc1 a6 11. Qb3 Nbd7 12. Bf5 Re8 13. Rfd1 Nf8 14. Be1 g6 15.
Bh3 h5 16. g3 N8h7 17. Bg2 Kg7 18. Ne2 Ne4 19. Bb4 Nhf6 20. Bxd6 cxd6 21. h3
Qe7 22. Nh2 a5 23. Nf1 Ba6 24. Re1 Bc4 25. Qc2 Rac8 26. Qb1 b5 27. f3 Ng5 28.
b3 Bxe2 29. Rxe2 h4 30. g4 b4 31. Rec2 Qd7 32. Rxc8 Rxc8 33. Rxc8 Qxc8 34. f4
Nge4 35. g5 Nh5 36. Bxe4 dxe4 37. Qxe4 Qxh3 38. Qg2 Qf5 39. Kh2 Qd3 40. Qf2 f6
41. Qg2 fxg5 42. fxg5 Qf5 43. Nd2 d5 44. Nf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "25th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Kiev URS"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Furman, Semen"]
[Black "Khasin, Abram"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]
[ECO "A73"]
[PlyCount "121"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 d6 4. Nc3 g6 5. e4 Bg7 6. Be2 O-O 7. Nf3 e6 8. O-O
exd5 9. cxd5 Bg4 10. h3 Bxf3 11. Bxf3 Nbd7 12. Bf4 Ne8 13. Qc2 Qe7 14. Be2 Nc7
15. Rfe1 Rfe8 16. Bf1 Rab8 17. a4 a6 18. Qd2 Be5 19. Bh6 b5 20. axb5 axb5 21.
Ra7 Qd8 22. b4 cxb4 23. Na2 Ra8 24. Rxa8 Qxa8 25. Nxb4 Qa5 26. Nc6 Qxd2 27.
Bxd2 Bg7 28. Ba5 Na6 29. Bxb5 Nac5 30. f3 Ra8 31. Bc7 Bf8 32. e5 dxe5 33. Nxe5
Nxe5 34. Rxe5 Nb7 35. Re2 Bc5+ 36. Kh2 Bd6+ 37. Bxd6 Nxd6 38. Bc6 Rd8 39. Kg3
Kf8 40. Kf4 Nf5 41. Ra2 Ke7 42. g4 Nh4 43. Ra7+ Kf6 44. g5+ Kg7 45. Ke4 Nf5 46.
Bd7 h6 47. f4 hxg5 48. fxg5 Nd6+ 49. Ke5 Nc4+ 50. Kd4 Nd2 51. Ke3 Nc4+ 52. Ke4
Nd6+ 53. Kd4 Kf8 54. Rc7 Rb8 55. Ke5 Ne8 56. Ra7 Ng7 57. d6 Nh5 58. Rc7 Ra8 59.
Bc6 Rd8 60. Bd5 Re8+ 61. Kd4 1-0

[Event "25th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Kiev URS"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "18"]
[White "Nikolaevsky, Yury"]
[Black "Furman, Semen"]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]
[ECO "B48"]
[PlyCount "52"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. Be3 Nf6 8.
O-O Be7 9. Qe2 O-O 10. f4 d6 11. Kh1 Bd7 12. Rae1 b5 13. Nf3 b4 14. Nb1 a5 15.
Nbd2 Rab8 16. Bg1 e5 17. f5 Rfe8 18. Bc4 Nd8 19. h3 Bc6 20. Bh2 Nb7 21. Bxf7+
Kxf7 22. Qc4+ Kf8 23. Ng5 Nd8 24. Ndf3 Qb7 25. Bxe5 Bb5 26. Qd4 Nc6 0-1

[Event "25th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Kiev URS"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Bastrikov, Georgy"]
[Black "Furman, Semen"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]
[ECO "B35"]
[PlyCount "87"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Nge2 g6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Bc4 O-O 8.
Bb3 Ng4 9. Qxg4 Nxd4 10. Qh4 e6 11. Bg5 f6 12. Bh6 b5 13. O-O b4 14. Bxg7 Kxg7
15. Na4 f5 16. Qxd8 Rxd8 17. e5 Bb7 18. Rfd1 Nxb3 19. axb3 Rac8 20. c4 Kf7 21.
Rd4 Ke7 22. Rad1 g5 23. f3 Rc7 24. R1d2 h6 25. Kf2 Ba8 26. Rd6 Bb7 27. R2d4
Rcc8 28. Ke3 Rc7 29. Rd3 Rc6 30. Rxc6 Bxc6 31. Rd6 f4+ 32. Kf2 Bxa4 33. bxa4
Rc8 34. Rd4 Rc5 35. Re4 b3 36. Ke2 Ra5 37. Kd3 Rxa4 38. Kc3 Ra1 39. Kxb3 Rg1
40. Re2 Kd8 41. Kb4 Kc7 42. Kc5 a5 43. Kb5 Ra1 44. h4 1/2-1/2

[Event "25th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Kiev URS"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Furman, Semen"]
[Black "Blagidze, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]
[ECO "E50"]
[PlyCount "57"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. d5 Bxc3+ 8.
bxc3 Na5 9. O-O d6 10. e4 h6 11. Ne1 Re8 12. f3 Qd7 13. g4 b6 14. Ng2 Ba6 15.
Ne3 Rad8 16. Rb1 exd5 17. cxd5 Bxd3 18. Qxd3 Qa4 19. Rb2 Nd7 20. Rg2 Ne5 21.
Qe2 b5 22. h4 Ng6 23. Nf5 Qc4 24. Qe1 Ne5 25. Bxh6 Nd3 26. Qd2 gxh6 27. Nxh6+
Kf8 28. Nf5 Re5 29. Ne3 1-0

[Event "25th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Kiev URS"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Vasiukov, Evgeny"]
[Black "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]
[ECO "B41"]
[PlyCount "58"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. c4 Nf6 6. Nc3 Bb4 7. Bd3 Nc6 8. Nc2
Bxc3+ 9. bxc3 d5 10. exd5 exd5 11. Qe2+ Be6 12. Ba3 Qc7 13. O-O Qe5 14. c5 Qxe2
15. Bxe2 Ne4 16. Bd3 O-O 17. Bxe4 dxe4 18. Rfb1 Rfd8 19. Rxb7 Bxa2 20. Nb4 Na5
21. c6 Be6 22. h3 Rdc8 23. Bb2 Nc4 24. Bc1 a5 25. c7 Nd6 26. Rb8 Raxb8 27.
cxb8=Q Rxb8 28. Bf4 Rb6 29. Rxa5 f6 1/2-1/2

[Event "25th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Kiev URS"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Mikenas, Vladas"]
[Black "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]
[ECO "B43"]
[PlyCount "72"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. Nxc6 bxc6 8.
O-O Nf6 9. Qe2 e5 10. f4 Bd6 11. Be3 h5 12. Na4 Rb8 13. h3 Kf8 14. Rfe1 h4 15.
Bd4 exd4 16. e5 Bb4 17. exf6 gxf6 18. c3 dxc3 19. bxc3 Ba3 20. c4 d6 21. Rab1
Rxb1 22. Rxb1 Rg8 23. Kh1 d5 24. Nb6 Be6 25. f5 dxc4 26. fxe6 cxd3 27. Nd7+ Ke7
28. exf7+ Kxf7 29. Qxd3 Qg3 30. Qf1 Bd6 31. Kg1 Qh2+ 32. Kf2 Rg5 33. Qc4+ Kg7
34. Qxc6 Rf5+ 35. Ke2 Qf4 36. Kd3 Qg3+ 0-1

[Event "25th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Kiev URS"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "18"]
[White "Reshko, Aron"]
[Black "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]
[ECO "E17"]
[PlyCount "89"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 e6 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. b3 Nbd7 7. Bb2 b6 8. cxd5
exd5 9. Nc3 Bb7 10. Rc1 Re8 11. d4 Bf8 12. e3 c6 13. Rc2 Bd6 14. Qc1 Qe7 15.
Nb1 Ne4 16. Ba3 f5 17. Bxd6 Qxd6 18. Qa3 Qxa3 19. Nxa3 a5 20. Nb1 a4 21. Nbd2
axb3 22. axb3 Ra3 23. Bh3 Nd6 24. Rfc1 g6 25. g4 fxg4 26. Bxg4 Nf6 27. Ne5 c5
28. Bh3 Re7 29. Nef3 c4 30. Ne5 b5 31. Bg2 Kf8 32. Rb1 Bc8 33. bxc4 dxc4 34. e4
c3 35. Nf1 Nfxe4 36. Bxe4 Nxe4 37. Rxb5 Ba6 38. Rb8+ Kg7 39. f3 Nd6 40. Ne3 Nb5
41. Rd8 Nxd4 42. Rxd4 Rxe5 43. Rd7+ Kf8 44. Kf2 Rb5 45. Rc7 1/2-1/2

[Event "25th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Kiev URS"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Shianovsky, Vladislav"]
[Black "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]
[ECO "D46"]
[PlyCount "91"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 e6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 Bb4 7. O-O O-O 8. Qe2
dxc4 9. Bxc4 Bd6 10. e4 e5 11. Bg5 h6 12. Bh4 Qe7 13. Rae1 Re8 14. Qc2 exd4 15.
e5 Nxe5 16. Nxe5 Bxe5 17. f4 dxc3 18. Rxe5 Qf8 19. Qxc3 Rxe5 20. fxe5 Nd5 21.
Bxd5 cxd5 22. Qc7 b6 23. Rc1 Be6 24. Qd6 Qe8 25. b3 Kh7 26. h3 Rc8 27. Rc7 Qb5
28. Rxc8 Bxc8 29. Qc7 Be6 30. Bf2 Qe2 31. Qxa7 b5 32. Qd4 Qxa2 33. Qd3+ Kg8 34.
Qxb5 Qa1+ 35. Qf1 Qxe5 36. Qd3 Qa1+ 37. Kh2 Qa2 38. Bd4 Qa3 39. Qg3 Qf8 40. b4
Bd7 41. Qe5 Bc6 42. Kh1 Kh8 43. b5 Bxb5 44. Qxd5 Ba4 45. Bxg7+ Qxg7 46. Qa8+
1/2-1/2

[Event "25th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Kiev URS"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Black "Bonch-Osmolovsky, Mikhail"]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]
[ECO "D35"]
[PlyCount "76"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. d4 Be7 6. Bf4 c6 7. Qc2 Na6 8. a3
Nc7 9. e3 Ne6 10. Be5 Bd6 11. Bd3 Qe7 12. O-O h6 13. Rae1 O-O 14. Nh4 Ng5 15.
f4 Nge4 16. Bxe4 Nxe4 17. Nxe4 Bxe5 18. fxe5 Qxh4 19. Ng3 f5 20. Rf4 Qg5 21.
Ref1 Be6 22. R1f3 Rf7 23. h4 Qg6 24. Nxf5 Bxf5 25. Rxf5 Raf8 26. Rxf7 Qxc2 27.
Rxf8+ Kh7 28. h5 c5 29. Rc8 Qd1+ 30. Kh2 cxd4 31. e6 Qe1 32. Rc7 Qh4+ 33. Rh3
Qe4 34. Kg1 Qe5 35. Rxb7 dxe3 36. Kf1 d4 37. Ke1 Qe4 38. e7 Qxg2 0-1

[Event "25th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Kiev URS"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Black "Goldberg, Grigory"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]
[ECO "D80"]
[PlyCount "67"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. e3 Bg7 5. Qb3 c6 6. cxd5 cxd5 7. Nge2 O-O 8.
Nf4 Nc6 9. Be2 Na5 10. Qb4 g5 11. Nd3 Nc4 12. h4 h6 13. hxg5 hxg5 14. e4 a5 15.
Qb3 Nxe4 16. Nxe4 dxe4 17. Qxc4 Be6 18. Qb5 exd3 19. Qxd3 Re8 20. Qh7+ Kf8 21.
Bxg5 Qxd4 22. Be3 Qf6 23. Rh5 Qg6 24. Qxg6 fxg6 25. Rb5 a4 26. a3 Bb3 27. Rb1
Bc2 28. Rc1 Bb3 29. Rc7 Bxb2 30. Bc5 Bf6 31. Rbxb7 Bd5 32. Ra7 Bxg2 33. f3 Rxa7
34. Rxa7 1/2-1/2

[Event "25th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Kiev URS"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Nezhmetdinov, Rashid"]
[Black "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]
[ECO "B11"]
[PlyCount "76"]

1. e4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. Nc3 Bg4 4. h3 Bxf3 5. Qxf3 Nf6 6. g3 e6 7. Bg2 Nxe4 8.
Nxe4 dxe4 9. Qe2 f5 10. O-O Qf6 11. d3 exd3 12. Qxd3 Nd7 13. Be3 Bc5 14. Rad1
Ne5 15. Qb3 Bxe3 16. Qxe3 Nf7 17. Rfe1 e5 18. Qc5 h5 19. Rd3 Rh6 20. Red1 Qe6
21. Qb4 b6 22. Qd2 h4 23. gxh4 Rxh4 24. Rd7 Kf8 25. Qc3 Rh6 26. Qa3+ Kg8 27.
Re7 Qf6 28. Rdd7 Rf8 29. Qb3 Rg6 30. Kf1 e4 31. a4 a5 32. c3 b5 33. axb5 cxb5
34. h4 b4 35. cxb4 axb4 36. Qxb4 Ne5 37. Qb3+ Kh7 38. Rc7 Qa6+ 0-1

[Event "25th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Kiev URS"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Black "Sakharov, Yury"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]
[ECO "D47"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1. c4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. e3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. d4 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Bb3
Be7 9. O-O O-O 10. a3 a5 11. e4 Ba6 12. e5 Nd5 13. Ne2 b4 14. Re1 bxa3 15. bxa3
a4 16. Bc2 c5 17. Nf4 N7b6 18. Nxd5 Nxd5 19. dxc5 Rc8 20. h4 Nc3 21. Qxd8 Rfxd8
22. Bg5 Kf8 23. Bxh7 Rxc5 24. Kh2 Bb7 25. Bxe7+ Kxe7 26. Ng5 Rd4 27. Kh3 Rcc4
28. g3 Rd2 29. f3 Bc6 30. Rac1 g6 31. h5 Rdd4 32. hxg6 fxg6 33. Bxg6 Nb5 34.
Rxc4 Rxc4 35. Re3 Rc1 36. Be4 Be8 37. Nh7 Ra1 38. Nf6 Nxa3 39. Nxe8 Kxe8 40.
Rc3 Ke7 41. Bd3 1-0

[Event "25th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Kiev URS"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "19"]
[White "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Black "Chistiakov, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]
[ECO "D35"]
[PlyCount "99"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 Be7 6. e3 O-O 7. Bd3 h6 8. Bf4
c5 9. Nf3 Nc6 10. O-O Bg4 11. Be5 c4 12. Bc2 Qd7 13. Qe2 Qe6 14. Bxf6 Bxf6 15.
b3 Rfe8 16. Qd2 Bxf3 17. gxf3 cxb3 18. Bxb3 Rad8 19. Ne4 Be7 20. Ng3 g6 21. Kg2
Qf6 22. f4 Bb4 23. Qd3 h5 24. Rg1 h4 25. Ne2 Kf8 26. Kh1 Qe6 27. Rg2 a6 28.
Rag1 Ne7 29. Bc2 Rc8 30. Qb3 Bd6 31. Rg5 f5 32. Bd3 b5 33. Qb1 Qf6 34. Qf1 Kf7
35. Qh3 Rh8 36. Rd1 Ke8 37. Ng1 Rc7 38. Nf3 Rc3 39. Bb1 Bb8 40. Kg2 Qc6 41. Kh1
Qc4 42. Rgg1 b4 43. Qg2 a5 44. Nd2 Qc6 45. Qf1 Kf7 46. Bd3 Qb6 47. Nf3 Bd6 48.
Rc1 Rxc1 49. Qxc1 Rc8 50. Qd1 1/2-1/2

[Event "25th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Kiev URS"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Sokolsky, Alexei"]
[Black "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]
[ECO "A42"]
[PlyCount "48"]

1. c4 g6 2. Nc3 Bg7 3. d4 d6 4. e4 Nc6 5. d5 Nd4 6. Be3 e5 7. dxe6 Nxe6 8. Qd2
Ne7 9. O-O-O O-O 10. Nge2 f5 11. f4 Qe8 12. h3 fxe4 13. g4 Qc6 14. Ng3 Nc5 15.
Bxc5 Qxc5 16. Ngxe4 Qb4 17. Bd3 Be6 18. Nb5 Qxd2+ 19. Rxd2 Bd7 20. Re1 Bxb5 21.
cxb5 Rxf4 22. Nxd6 cxd6 23. Rxe7 Rd4 24. Kb1 Rf8 1/2-1/2

[Event "25th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Kiev URS"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Khasin, Abram"]
[Black "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]
[ECO "B09"]
[PlyCount "124"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. f4 Bg7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 c6 7. O-O b5 8. e5
Nfd7 9. a4 b4 10. Ne4 Nb6 11. Bd2 a5 12. Qe1 Be6 13. Neg5 Bf5 14. Nxh7 Kxh7 15.
g4 e6 16. gxf5 exf5 17. Ng5+ Kg8 18. e6 Bxd4+ 19. Kh1 fxe6 20. Nxe6 Qf6 21.
Nxf8 Kxf8 22. c3 bxc3 23. bxc3 Bc5 24. Bf3 Nc4 25. Rb1 d5 26. Rb7 Nd6 27. Rh7
Kg8 28. Rh3 Nd7 29. Qg3 Qg7 30. c4 Nf6 31. cxd5 Nde4 32. Bxe4 Nxe4 33. Qd3 Rd8
34. Bxa5 Rxd5 35. Qb3 Qd4 36. Qb8+ Bf8 37. Qb7 Nf6 38. Be1 Qe4+ 39. Kg1 Bc5+
40. Bf2 Bxf2+ 41. Rxf2 Rd1+ 42. Rf1 Rxf1+ 43. Kxf1 Qh1+ 44. Ke2 Qg2+ 45. Kd1
Qxh3 46. Qxc6 Qd3+ 47. Kc1 Kg7 48. Qc7+ Qd7 49. Qe5 Kf7 50. a5 Ne4 51. Kc2 Qc6+
52. Kd3 Nc5+ 53. Kd2 Nb3+ 54. Kd1 Qc1+ 55. Ke2 Qd2+ 56. Kf3 Qxa5 57. Qh8 Qd5+
58. Kg3 Qd3+ 59. Kg2 Qd4 60. Qb8 Qe4+ 61. Kg3 Nd4 62. Kh4 Qe1+ 0-1

[Event "25th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Kiev URS"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Black "Nikolaevsky, Yury"]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]
[ECO "A48"]
[PlyCount "92"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bf4 Bg7 4. e3 O-O 5. Nbd2 d6 6. h3 Nbd7 7. c3 c5 8. Be2
b6 9. O-O Bb7 10. a4 a6 11. Bh2 Re8 12. b4 cxb4 13. cxb4 Rc8 14. Qb3 Bd5 15.
Qb2 Nb8 16. Rfc1 Qd7 17. Nc4 Qb7 18. a5 Bxc4 19. Rxc4 b5 20. Rcc1 Rxc1+ 21.
Rxc1 Rc8 22. Ne1 Rxc1 23. Qxc1 Qc6 24. Qc2 Nd5 25. Qd2 Nc3 26. Bf3 Qc4 27. Nd3
Bh6 28. Qc2 Bf8 29. g4 e6 30. Kg2 Nc6 31. Bxc6 Qxc6+ 32. f3 Qc4 33. Bg3 Nd5 34.
Qxc4 Nxe3+ 35. Kf2 Nxc4 36. d5 e5 37. Bh4 f5 38. Ke2 Kf7 39. Bd8 Be7 40. Bc7
Ke8 41. Bb8 Bg5 42. Ba7 Bd2 43. Bb6 Ke7 44. Bc7 Be3 45. Bb8 Bd4 46. Nc1 Kd7 0-1

[Event "25th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Kiev URS"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Black "Bastrikov, Georgy"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]
[ECO "A36"]
[PlyCount "135"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 c5 3. g3 Nc6 4. Bg2 g6 5. a3 Bg7 6. Rb1 a5 7. d3 O-O 8. Nh3 d6
9. Nf4 e6 10. Bd2 Bd7 11. Nb5 Qe7 12. O-O Rfc8 13. e3 Be8 14. Qe2 Ne5 15. Nc3
Bc6 16. f3 Be8 17. b3 Nc6 18. Be1 Rd8 19. Qc2 b6 20. Na4 Ra6 21. Rf2 d5 22. Bf1
d4 23. e4 Ne5 24. Ng2 Bc6 25. h3 Ned7 26. Re2 Ne8 27. f4 f5 28. exf5 gxf5 29.
Nh4 Qf7 30. Bg2 Bxg2 31. Kxg2 e5 32. fxe5 Nxe5 33. Rf2 Nd6 34. Bd2 Qb7+ 35. Kh2
Rf8 36. Rbf1 Raa8 37. Bf4 Rae8 38. Qd1 Qc6 39. Nf3 Ng6 40. Bd2 f4 41. gxf4 Nf5
42. Ne5 Nxe5 43. fxe5 Ne3 44. Rxf8+ Bxf8 45. Bxe3 dxe3 46. Nc3 Bg7 47. Ne4
Bxe5+ 48. Kg2 Kh8 49. Qh5 Rg8+ 50. Kf3 Bd4 51. Ke2 Qg6 52. Qxg6 Rxg6 53. Kf3
Rg8 54. a4 Re8 55. Rg1 Rf8+ 56. Ke2 Rf5 57. Rg2 h6 58. Rg6 Rh5 59. Nf6 Bxf6 60.
Rxf6 Rxh3 61. Rxb6 Kg7 62. Rb5 h5 63. Rxa5 Rg3 64. Rxc5 h4 65. Rh5 h3 66. a5
Kg6 67. Rh8 Kf5 68. a6 1-0

[Event "25th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Kiev URS"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Blagidze, Alexander"]
[Black "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]
[ECO "B06"]
[PlyCount "78"]

1. d4 d6 2. e4 g6 3. Be3 Bg7 4. Qd2 Nc6 5. f3 e5 6. d5 Nce7 7. Nc3 f5 8. O-O-O
a6 9. h3 f4 10. Bf2 Nf6 11. Kb1 b5 12. Nce2 Nh5 13. Nc1 O-O 14. Nb3 Bd7 15. Na5
Qb8 16. Qb4 Rc8 17. c4 Ng3 18. Bxg3 fxg3 19. c5 dxc5 20. Qxc5 Bf8 21. Qe3 c5
22. dxc6 Be6 23. Ne2 Qc7 24. Nb3 Nxc6 25. Rc1 Qf7 26. Nxg3 Nd4 27. Be2 Bxb3 28.
axb3 Qf4 29. Qxf4 exf4 30. Rhd1 Rxc1+ 31. Kxc1 Rc8+ 32. Kb1 Bc5 33. Rxd4 Bxd4
34. Nf1 Rc5 35. Nd2 Be3 36. b4 Rg5 37. Kc2 Rxg2 38. Kd3 Bxd2 39. Kxd2 Kg7 0-1

[Event "25th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Kiev URS"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Mikenas, Vladas"]
[Black "Vasiukov, Evgeny"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]
[ECO "B99"]
[PlyCount "101"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Be7 8. Qf3
Qc7 9. O-O-O Nbd7 10. Qg3 h6 11. Bxf6 Bxf6 12. h4 Nc5 13. Qe3 Bd7 14. g4 Rc8
15. Rh2 Qa5 16. Kb1 b5 17. e5 dxe5 18. fxe5 Qc7 19. exf6 Qxh2 20. fxg7 Rg8 21.
Nf5 Kd8 22. Nd6 Rc6 23. Nxf7+ Ke8 24. Ne5 Rc7 25. Nxd7 Rxd7 26. Rxd7 Kxd7 27.
Qxc5 Qxh4 28. Be2 Qe1+ 29. Bd1 Ke8 30. Qc8+ Kf7 31. Qd7+ Kg6 32. a3 Rxg7 33.
Qd3+ Kg5 34. Ka2 Rf7 35. Qh3 Kg6 36. Be2 Kg7 37. Qe3 Qf2 38. Qxe6 Qf6 39. Qxf6+
Kxf6 40. Kb3 Ke5 41. Kb4 Kd4 42. Ka5 Rf6 43. a4 bxa4 44. Nxa4 Rg6 45. b4 Ke3
46. Bxa6 Rxg4 47. b5 Kd2 48. c3 h5 49. b6 Rg8 50. b7 h4 51. Bf1 1-0

[Event "25th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Kiev URS"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Vasiukov, Evgeny"]
[Black "Reshko, Aron"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]
[ECO "B15"]
[PlyCount "80"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nf6 5. Ng5 Bf5 6. Bc4 e6 7. Bb3 h6 8.
N5f3 Bd6 9. Ne2 Nbd7 10. Ng3 Bh7 11. Qe2 O-O 12. O-O Qc7 13. Re1 c5 14. c3 cxd4
15. cxd4 Nb6 16. Ne5 Nbd5 17. Nh5 Bxe5 18. dxe5 Nxh5 19. Qxh5 Rfd8 20. Bd2 Rac8
21. Qh4 Qe7 22. Qg3 Kh8 23. Rac1 Qd7 24. h3 Bg6 25. Ba5 b6 26. Bd2 Qb5 27. Qh4
Qd7 28. Bg5 Rxc1 29. Rxc1 Rc8 30. Rxc8+ Qxc8 31. Bxd5 exd5 32. Be3 Qd7 33. Qb4
Kg8 34. Bd4 Qc7 35. Bc3 Qd7 36. Qd4 Bf5 37. a4 Be6 38. a5 bxa5 39. Bxa5 a6 40.
Bc3 Qb5 1/2-1/2

[Event "25th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Kiev URS"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Shianovsky, Vladislav"]
[Black "Vasiukov, Evgeny"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]
[ECO "E70"]
[PlyCount "84"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 O-O 5. f3 c5 6. dxc5 b6 7. cxb6 Qxb6 8. e5
Ne8 9. f4 d6 10. Nf3 Nc6 11. Be2 Be6 12. Nd5 Qb7 13. O-O dxe5 14. Nxe5 Nxe5 15.
fxe5 Rd8 16. Qb3 Bxd5 17. cxd5 Qxb3 18. axb3 Rxd5 19. e6 fxe6 20. Be3 Bxb2 21.
Rxa7 Nd6 22. g4 Rxf1+ 23. Kxf1 Kf7 24. Ra8 e5 25. Bc4 Nxc4 26. bxc4 Rd3 27. Ke2
Rc3 28. Ra2 Ba3 29. h4 e4 30. h5 gxh5 31. gxh5 Ke6 32. h6 Kf5 33. Kf2 Kg4 34.
Ke2 Bd6 35. c5 Bf4 36. Bxf4 Kxf4 37. Ra7 Rc2+ 38. Kd1 Rh2 39. Rxe7 Rxh6 40. c6
Ke3 41. c7 Rd6+ 42. Kc2 Rc6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "25th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Kiev URS"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Vasiukov, Evgeny"]
[Black "Bonch-Osmolovsky, Mikhail"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]
[ECO "A08"]
[PlyCount "67"]

1. e4 e6 2. d3 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 c5 6. Ngf3 Nc6 7. O-O O-O 8. Re1
b6 9. c3 Bb7 10. e5 Ne8 11. Nf1 Nc7 12. Bf4 Rb8 13. h4 d4 14. c4 b5 15. b3 Qd7
16. N1h2 bxc4 17. bxc4 Rfc8 18. Ng4 Ne8 19. h5 Nb4 20. Ng5 Bxg2 21. Kxg2 Bxg5
22. Bxg5 h6 23. Bf4 Qb7+ 24. Kg1 Kf8 25. Re4 Rc7 26. Nxh6 gxh6 27. Bxh6+ Kg8
28. Qg4+ Kh7 29. Qg5 f5 30. exf6 Rf7 31. Qg6+ Kh8 32. Rxe6 Nc2 33. Rxe8+ Rxe8
34. Bg7+ 1-0

[Event "25th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Kiev URS"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Vasiukov, Evgeny"]
[Black "Goldberg, Grigory"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]
[ECO "B15"]
[PlyCount "161"]

1. e4 c6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nf6 5. Nxf6+ exf6 6. Bc4 Bd6 7. Qe2+ Qe7
8. Bd2 Be6 9. O-O-O O-O 10. Nf3 Nd7 11. Rhe1 Rfe8 12. Kb1 b5 13. Bxe6 fxe6 14.
Qe4 Rac8 15. Re2 Nf8 16. Rc1 c5 17. Rce1 Qf7 18. dxc5 Bxc5 19. Ba5 e5 20. Qd3
a6 21. Rd1 Re6 22. Qf5 Qg6 23. g4 Qxf5 24. gxf5 Rd6 25. Red2 Rxd2 26. Rxd2 Kf7
27. Ne1 Be7 28. b3 g6 29. fxg6+ hxg6 30. Ng2 Ke6 31. Ne3 Nd7 32. Nd5 Bd6 33. f3
f5 34. Nb4 Bxb4 35. Bxb4 Rc6 36. Rg2 Kf6 37. h4 Nc5 38. Rh2 Ne6 39. h5 gxh5 40.
Rxh5 Kg6 41. Rh2 f4 42. Kb2 Ng5 43. Rf2 Kf5 44. Be7 Nh3 45. Rd2 Ng1 46. Rd3 e4
47. fxe4+ Kxe4 48. Bh4 Rh6 49. Bf2 Nh3 50. Ba7 Rh7 51. Bc5 f3 52. Rd4+ Ke5 53.
Rd8 Rf7 54. b4 f2 55. Bd4+ Ke6 56. Bxf2 Nxf2 57. Ra8 Nd1+ 58. Kc1 Nc3 59. Kd2
Na4 60. c4 Rd7+ 61. Ke3 Rd6 62. c5 Rc6 63. Kd4 Kd7 64. Ra7+ Kc8 65. Kd5 Kb8 66.
Kxc6 Kxa7 67. Kc7 Nc3 68. c6 Nd5+ 69. Kd6 Nb6 70. Kc7 Na8+ 71. Kc8 Kb6 72. Kd7
Nc7 73. Kd6 Ne8+ 74. Kd7 Nf6+ 75. Kd6 Ne8+ 76. Kd7 Nc7 77. Kd6 Na8 78. Kd7 Ka7
79. Kc8 Nb6+ 80. Kc7 Na4 81. Kd8 1/2-1/2

[Event "25th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Kiev URS"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Nezhmetdinov, Rashid"]
[Black "Vasiukov, Evgeny"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]
[ECO "B47"]
[PlyCount "147"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be2 Nf6 7. O-O Nc6 8.
Bg5 Be7 9. Nxc6 bxc6 10. Qd4 e5 11. Qc4 Qb8 12. Bxf6 Bxf6 13. b4 O-O 14. a4 Be7
15. Rab1 a5 16. b5 Qd6 17. Rfd1 Qc5 18. Qxc5 Bxc5 19. Bg4 Ra7 20. bxc6 dxc6 21.
Bxc8 Rxc8 22. Kf1 Kf8 23. Ke2 Ke7 24. Rb3 g6 25. Na2 Rd7 26. Rxd7+ Kxd7 27. Nc1
f6 28. Rh3 h5 29. Nb3 Bb6 30. Rg3 Rg8 31. Nd2 Ke6 32. Nc4 Bc7 33. Rb3 Kd7 34.
h3 Rf8 35. Rg3 Rg8 36. Ne3 Ke6 37. Nf5 Bb8 38. Nh4 g5 39. Nf5 Rh8 40. h4 g4 41.
f3 gxf3+ 42. Kxf3 Bd6 43. Rg7 Rb8 44. Ra7 Bf8 45. Rxa5 Rb2 46. Ra8 Kf7 47. g4
hxg4+ 48. Kxg4 Rxc2 49. Ra7+ Ke8 50. h5 Rg2+ 51. Kh3 Re2 52. Ra8+ Kf7 53. h6
Bxh6 54. Nxh6+ Kg6 55. Nf5 Rxe4 56. Ne7+ Kg5 57. Rg8+ Kh5 58. a5 Ra4 59. Nxc6
f5 60. Ra8 Ra3+ 61. Kg2 e4 62. a6 f4 63. a7 Ra2+ 64. Kf1 Ra1+ 65. Ke2 Ra2+ 66.
Kd1 Ra1+ 67. Kc2 Ra2+ 68. Kb3 Ra6 69. Rh8+ Kg4 70. a8=Q Rxa8 71. Rxa8 f3 72.
Kc2 Kg3 73. Kd1 Kf2 74. Ne5 1-0

[Event "25th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Kiev URS"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "18"]
[White "Vasiukov, Evgeny"]
[Black "Sakharov, Yury"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]
[ECO "B18"]
[PlyCount "94"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. Nf3 Nd7 7. Bd3 Ngf6 8.
Bxg6 hxg6 9. Qe2 e6 10. Bf4 Qa5+ 11. c3 Nh5 12. Nxh5 Qxh5 13. Bg3 Be7 14. O-O-O
Qf5 15. Rhe1 O-O 16. Qc2 b5 17. Rd3 a5 18. Ne5 Bg5+ 19. Kb1 Nb8 20. h4 Bf6 21.
Bh2 Bxe5 22. Rxe5 Qf6 23. Rg5 Nd7 24. Bd6 Qd8 25. Bxf8 Nxf8 26. Rdg3 a4 27. a3
Rc8 28. h5 Qf6 29. hxg6 Nxg6 30. Qe2 Rd8 31. Qf3 Qxf3 32. Rxf3 Nh4 33. Rh3 Nf5
34. Rgh5 Kf8 35. Rh8+ Ke7 36. Rxd8 Kxd8 37. Rh7 Ke7 38. g4 Nh6 39. f3 Kf8 40.
Rh8+ Ke7 41. Ra8 Kd6 42. Ra7 g5 43. Kc2 e5 44. Kd3 f5 45. Rg7 e4+ 46. Ke3 Kd5
47. Rxg5 exf3 1-0

[Event "25th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Kiev URS"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Chistiakov, Alexander"]
[Black "Vasiukov, Evgeny"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]
[ECO "B53"]
[PlyCount "103"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Qxd4 Bd7 6. Bg5 Nc6 7. Qd2 a6 8.
Be2 e6 9. O-O h6 10. Bxf6 Qxf6 11. Rad1 Qd8 12. Qe3 b5 13. a3 Be7 14. Na2 O-O
15. Nb4 Nxb4 16. axb4 e5 17. Nd2 Qc7 18. c3 Be6 19. f4 exf4 20. Qxf4 a5 21.
bxa5 Rxa5 22. Nf3 Ra2 23. Qd2 b4 24. cxb4 d5 25. exd5 Rd8 26. Qc3 Qxc3 27. bxc3
Rxd5 28. Rxd5 Bxd5 29. Rd1 Be4 30. Nd4 Bg5 31. Bf3 Be3+ 32. Kh1 Bxf3 33. gxf3
Bd2 34. Nb5 g5 35. Rb1 Bf4 36. Nd4 Rxh2+ 37. Kg1 Rd2 38. Nf5 Kh7 39. b5 Kg6 40.
Ne7+ Kh5 41. b6 Kh4 42. Nf5+ Kh3 43. b7 Bb8 44. c4 h5 45. c5 Rc2 46. Ne3 Bh2+
47. Kf1 Rxc5 48. Ke2 g4 49. fxg4 hxg4 50. b8=Q Bxb8 51. Rxb8 Kg3 52. Rb1
1/2-1/2

[Event "25th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Kiev URS"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Vasiukov, Evgeny"]
[Black "Sokolsky, Alexei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]
[ECO "A08"]
[PlyCount "67"]

1. e4 e6 2. d3 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. Ngf3 Nf6 5. g3 g6 6. Bg2 Bg7 7. O-O O-O 8. Re1
Nc6 9. c3 b6 10. exd5 exd5 11. Nb3 Bf5 12. Bf4 a5 13. a4 Nh5 14. Bg5 Qd7 15. d4
c4 16. Nbd2 h6 17. Be3 Rab8 18. b3 Bd3 19. bxc4 dxc4 20. Ne5 Nxe5 21. dxe5 Bxe5
22. Nxc4 Bxc3 23. Nxb6 Qd6 24. Nd5 Bxe1 25. Qxd3 Bb4 26. Bxh6 Qe5 27. Rd1 Rfd8
28. Qf3 Bf8 29. Bd2 Bb4 30. Be3 Rbc8 31. g4 Ng7 32. Bd4 Qd6 33. Nf6+ Kf8 34.
Nh7+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "25th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Kiev URS"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "19"]
[White "Khasin, Abram"]
[Black "Vasiukov, Evgeny"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]
[ECO "E75"]
[PlyCount "111"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Be2 O-O 6. Bg5 c5 7. d5 e6 8. Qd2
exd5 9. exd5 Qb6 10. O-O-O Re8 11. f3 Nbd7 12. Nh3 a6 13. Nf2 Qa5 14. Rhe1 Nb6
15. Nce4 Qxd2+ 16. Rxd2 Nxe4 17. Nxe4 Be5 18. Bd3 Bf5 19. Rde2 Bxe4 20. Rxe4
Reb8 21. f4 Bg7 22. b3 Bf8 23. h4 Nd7 24. h5 b5 25. hxg6 hxg6 26. Rh1 Bg7 27.
Re7 bxc4 28. bxc4 Nf8 29. f5 gxf5 30. Bxf5 Rb4 31. Rh4 Rab8 32. Bd2 R4b7 33.
Rxb7 Rxb7 34. Rg4 Kh8 35. Bf4 Rb6 36. Rg3 Rb4 37. Bd3 Rb6 38. Re3 Bb2+ 39. Kc2
Bf6 40. Rh3+ Kg7 41. Rg3+ Ng6 42. Bxg6 Rb2+ 43. Kc1 fxg6 44. Bxd6 Rxa2 45. Bxc5
Be5 46. Rb3 Rxg2 47. Rb7+ Kf6 48. d6 Bf4+ 49. Kb1 Rd2 50. Bb4 Rd1+ 51. Kc2 Rc1+
52. Kd3 Rd1+ 53. Kc2 Rh1 54. d7 Rh8 55. d8=Q+ Rxd8 56. Be7+ 1-0

[Event "25th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Kiev URS"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Nikolaevsky, Yury"]
[Black "Vasiukov, Evgeny"]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]
[ECO "E70"]
[PlyCount "76"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 d6 3. Nc3 g6 4. e4 Bg7 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 O-O 7. f4 c5 8. d5 b5
9. cxb5 a6 10. bxa6 Qa5 11. Qd2 Nxa6 12. Nf3 Nb4 13. Be2 Nxe4 14. Nxe4 Bf5 15.
O-O Bxe4 16. Bxe7 Rfc8 17. Bxd6 Nc2 18. Rac1 Nd4 19. Qd1 Nf5 20. Be5 Ne3 21.
Qb3 Nxf1 22. Bxf1 c4 23. Qe3 Bxd5 24. Bxg7 Kxg7 25. Kh1 Bxf3 26. gxf3 c3 27.
bxc3 Qxa2 28. f5 Qa7 29. Qf4 Qc7 30. Qd4+ f6 31. Bg2 Rd8 32. Qe4 Ra2 33. fxg6
Rdd2 34. Rb1 f5 35. Qh4 Rxg2 36. Qd4+ Kxg6 37. Rb6+ Kh7 38. f4 Rxh2+ 0-1

[Event "25th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Kiev URS"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Vasiukov, Evgeny"]
[Black "Bastrikov, Georgy"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]
[ECO "B09"]
[PlyCount "157"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. f4 Bg7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 c5 7. dxc5 Qa5 8. O-O
Qxc5+ 9. Kh1 Nc6 10. Nd2 Nd4 11. Nb3 Nxb3 12. axb3 Bd7 13. e5 Ne8 14. Be3 Qc7
15. Nd5 Qd8 16. Rxa7 Rxa7 17. Bxa7 Bc6 18. Bf3 e6 19. Bb6 Qd7 20. Nc3 f6 21.
exd6 Nxd6 22. Qd3 Rc8 23. Rd1 Bxf3 24. Qxf3 Rc6 25. Na4 e5 26. c4 Qe6 27. Bg1
e4 28. Qe2 f5 29. c5 Nf7 30. b4 g5 31. b5 Rc8 32. Nb6 Re8 33. Nd5 Rd8 34. Nc7
Qc8 35. Nd5 Qe6 36. Nc7 Qc8 37. Rxd8+ Qxd8 38. Ne6 Qd3 39. Qf2 Qxb5 40. Nxg7
Kxg7 41. fxg5 Kg6 42. Qd4 Nxg5 43. Qd6+ Kh5 44. Qf4 Qd7 45. h4 Nf7 46. b4 Kg6
47. Be3 h5 48. Kh2 Kf6 49. Bf2 Qd3 50. Be3 Qc4 51. Qb8 Qd3 52. Bf4 Qd7 53. Qf8
Ke6 54. Qg7 Kd5 55. Qc3 Ke6 56. Qg7 Kd5 57. Qb2 Kc4 58. Qe2+ Kxb4 59. Qxh5 Kxc5
60. g4 b5 61. g5 Qd5 62. Qe2 Ne5 63. h5 Ng4+ 64. Kg3 Qd4 65. Qc2+ Kd5 66. Qa2+
Kc6 67. Qa6+ Kd7 68. Qxb5+ Ke7 69. Qb7+ Ke8 70. Qb8+ Ke7 71. Qc7+ Ke8 72. g6
Qg1+ 73. Kh4 Qd4 74. Qf7+ Kd8 75. Bg5+ Kc8 76. Qxf5+ Kb7 77. Qxg4 Qf2+ 78. Qg3
Qf1 79. Bf4 1-0

[Event "25th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Kiev URS"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Blagidze, Alexander"]
[Black "Vasiukov, Evgeny"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]
[ECO "D32"]
[PlyCount "51"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nf3 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 e6 6. e3 d5 7. cxd5 exd5 8.
Be2 Bd6 9. O-O O-O 10. Nxc6 bxc6 11. b3 Qc7 12. h3 Qe7 13. Qc2 Re8 14. Bd3 Bd7
15. Rb1 Rac8 16. Re1 Ne4 17. Bb2 Rcd8 18. f4 Bb4 19. Bxe4 dxe4 20. Red1 Bc5 21.
Qe2 Bf5 22. Na4 Rd3 23. Nxc5 Qxc5 24. Bd4 Qd5 25. Rbc1 Rd8 26. Rf1 1/2-1/2

[Event "25th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Kiev URS"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Mikenas, Vladas"]
[Black "Reshko, Aron"]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]
[ECO "B11"]
[PlyCount "89"]

1. e4 c6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Nf3 Bg4 4. h3 Bxf3 5. Qxf3 Nf6 6. d4 dxe4 7. Nxe4 Qxd4 8.
Bd3 Nbd7 9. Be3 Qd5 10. O-O e6 11. Rfd1 Be7 12. Nxf6+ Nxf6 13. Qg3 Bd6 14. f4
O-O-O 15. Bg6 Bxf4 16. Qxf4 Qxd1+ 17. Rxd1 Rxd1+ 18. Kh2 hxg6 19. Bxa7 e5 20.
Qa4 Nd7 21. Qc4 Rd5 22. b4 Kc7 23. Be3 f6 24. a4 g5 25. Qe4 Ra8 26. c4 Rd6 27.
a5 c5 28. bxc5 Rc6 29. Qg6 Rxa5 30. Qxg7 Ra3 31. Bg1 Rd3 32. Qh7 Rd2 33. Be3
Rb2 34. Kg3 Rb3 35. Kf2 Ra6 36. Qe7 Ra2+ 37. Kf3 Raa3 38. Qd6+ Kd8 39. c6 Rxe3+
40. Kg4 bxc6 41. Kf5 c5 42. Ke6 Red3 43. Qe7+ Kc7 44. Qe8 Ra6+ 45. Ke7 0-1

[Event "25th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Kiev URS"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Mikenas, Vladas"]
[Black "Shianovsky, Vladislav"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]
[ECO "E70"]
[PlyCount "133"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 O-O 7. f4 c5 8. d5 Qa5
9. Bd3 e6 10. Ne2 exd5 11. exd5 b5 12. Bxf6 Bxf6 13. cxb5 a6 14. O-O Nd7 15.
Kh1 axb5 16. Bxb5 Bg7 17. Qa4 Nb6 18. Qxa5 Rxa5 19. a4 Bd7 20. Bxd7 Nxd7 21.
Rab1 Rb8 22. b3 Rb4 23. Nb5 c4 24. bxc4 Rxc4 25. Nxd6 Rc2 26. Ng1 Rxa4 27. Rb7
Nc5 28. Rb8+ Kh7 29. Rc8 Raa2 30. Nf3 f5 31. Ne8 Ne4 32. Rxc2 Rxc2 33. Rb1 Rc8
34. Nxg7 Kxg7 35. Rb7+ Kf6 36. Rb6+ Kg7 37. h4 Rd8 38. Ne5 g5 39. Rb7+ Kg8 40.
Nc6 Rd6 41. Ne7+ Kh8 42. hxg5 hxg5 43. fxg5 Nxg5 44. Rb8+ Kh7 45. Rf8 Ne4 46.
Rf7+ Kh8 47. Kg1 Rd8 48. Rxf5 Kg7 49. Re5 Nc3 50. Re3 Nb5 51. Rd3 Kf6 52. Nc6
Rd6 53. Rf3+ Kg5 54. Nb4 Nc7 55. Rc3 Rd7 56. Kf2 Kf6 57. Rf3+ Kg6 58. Rd3 Kf5
59. Kf3 Ke5 60. g4 Rf7+ 61. Kg3 Nb5 62. Rf3 Rg7 63. Rf5+ Kd6 64. Nc2 Nc3 65.
Ne3 Ne2+ 66. Kh4 Nd4 67. Rh5 1-0

[Event "25th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Kiev URS"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Bonch-Osmolovsky, Mikhail"]
[Black "Mikenas, Vladas"]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]
[ECO "B17"]
[PlyCount "95"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Nf3 Ndf6 6. Nxf6+ Nxf6 7. Bc4 Bf5
8. Qe2 e6 9. c3 Qc7 10. Ne5 Bd6 11. Bb3 O-O 12. g4 Bxe5 13. gxf5 Bf4 14. fxe6
fxe6 15. Be3 Rae8 16. O-O-O Kh8 17. Rde1 Nd5 18. c4 Nf6 19. Bc2 b5 20. cxb5
cxb5 21. Kb1 Bxe3 22. fxe3 e5 23. Qxb5 exd4 24. exd4 Rxe1+ 25. Rxe1 Qxh2 26.
Qc5 Qb8 27. a3 Rd8 28. Re7 Rd5 29. Qxa7 Qxa7 30. Rxa7 g5 31. Re7 g4 32. Re1 h5
33. a4 g3 34. Bd1 Rf5 35. Bc2 Rg5 36. a5 g2 37. Rg1 h4 38. Bf5 Rxf5 39. Rxg2
Rxa5 40. Rg6 Ng8 41. Kc2 Kh7 42. Rg1 Nf6 43. Rh1 Rh5 44. b4 Kg6 45. Kd3 Kg5 46.
Rg1+ Ng4 47. b5 h3 48. b6 0-1

[Event "25th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Kiev URS"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "18"]
[White "Goldberg, Grigory"]
[Black "Mikenas, Vladas"]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]
[ECO "E38"]
[PlyCount "62"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 c5 5. dxc5 Na6 6. Nf3 Nxc5 7. Bd2 Bxc3 8.
Bxc3 Nce4 9. Nd2 Nxc3 10. Qxc3 O-O 11. g3 d5 12. Bg2 b6 13. O-O Qe7 14. e4 dxe4
15. Nxe4 Nxe4 16. Bxe4 Bb7 17. Bxb7 Qxb7 18. Rfd1 Rfd8 19. Rd4 Rd7 20. Rad1
Rad8 21. b4 h5 22. c5 bxc5 23. bxc5 Rxd4 24. Rxd4 Rc8 25. Qc2 Qc6 26. a4 g6 27.
Qc3 Kh7 28. Rc4 Rd8 29. f3 Qd5 30. Kg2 Qd1 31. Rf4 Kh6 0-1

[Event "25th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Kiev URS"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Mikenas, Vladas"]
[Black "Nezhmetdinov, Rashid"]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]
[ECO "C84"]
[PlyCount "74"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Nc3 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. Nd5
Nxe4 9. d4 exd4 10. Re1 Nf6 11. Nxd4 Nxd5 12. Bxd5 Bf6 13. Nf5 Rb8 14. Qg4 Ne5
15. Rxe5 Bxe5 16. Nh6+ Kh8 17. Nxf7+ Rxf7 18. Bxf7 Qf6 19. Bb3 d6 20. Qh5 Bb7
21. c3 b4 22. Bc2 g6 23. Qh6 Qe6 24. cxb4 Bg7 25. Qe3 Qg4 26. f3 Qxb4 27. a3
Qc4 28. Qd3 Qh4 29. Bd2 Bd4+ 30. Be3 Bxb2 31. Rb1 Be5 32. f4 Bg7 33. g3 Qh3 34.
Qe4 Qc8 35. Qb4 c5 36. Qb6 Qe6 37. Bf2 Qd5 0-1

[Event "25th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Kiev URS"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Mikenas, Vladas"]
[Black "Sakharov, Yury"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]
[ECO "E81"]
[PlyCount "63"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f3 O-O 6. Bg5 c5 7. d5 a6 8. Qd2 Qa5
9. a4 e6 10. Ra3 exd5 11. Nxd5 Qxd2+ 12. Kxd2 Nxd5 13. cxd5 Re8 14. Rb3 Nd7 15.
Bf4 b5 16. axb5 axb5 17. Bxb5 Ra1 18. Kc2 f5 19. Ra3 Rxa3 20. bxa3 Be5 21. Bxe5
Rxe5 22. Ne2 Nf6 23. Nc3 fxe4 24. fxe4 Nxe4 25. Re1 Bf5 26. Bd3 Nf2 27. Rxe5
Bxd3+ 28. Kd2 dxe5 29. Ke3 Kf7 30. Kxf2 Ke7 31. Ke3 Bf1 32. Kf2 1/2-1/2

[Event "25th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Kiev URS"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Chistiakov, Alexander"]
[Black "Mikenas, Vladas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]
[ECO "B43"]
[PlyCount "94"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. Nc3 a6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Qc7 6. Be2 Bb4 7. O-O Nf6 8.
Bf3 Nc6 9. Nxc6 bxc6 10. Re1 e5 11. Qd3 O-O 12. Bg5 Be7 13. Rad1 Rd8 14. Na4 d6
15. c4 Rb8 16. b3 h6 17. Bxf6 Bxf6 18. Qe2 Qa5 19. h3 Be6 20. Bg4 d5 21. Bxe6
fxe6 22. Qg4 Re8 23. Re3 Rbd8 24. Rc3 dxe4 25. Rxd8 Rxd8 26. Qxe6+ Kh8 27. Qxc6
e3 28. Rxe3 Qd2 29. g3 Qxa2 30. h4 Qb1+ 31. Kg2 Rd1 32. Qa8+ Kh7 33. Qe4+ Qxe4+
34. Rxe4 Rb1 35. c5 Rxb3 36. c6 Bd8 37. Rc4 Bc7 38. Nc5 Rb2 39. Ne6 Bb6 40. c7
Rxf2+ 41. Kh3 Bxc7 42. Rxc7 Kg6 43. h5+ Kf6 44. Nd8 Rd2 45. Rf7+ Kg5 46. Ne6+
Kxh5 47. Rxg7 Rd3 1-0

[Event "25th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Kiev URS"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Mikenas, Vladas"]
[Black "Sokolsky, Alexei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]
[ECO "A38"]
[PlyCount "71"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 c5 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. Rb1 Nc6 6. a3 a5 7. Nf3 e5 8. d3 d6
9. O-O O-O 10. Ne1 Be6 11. Nd5 Bxd5 12. cxd5 Ne7 13. e4 Nd7 14. Nc2 f5 15. a4
c4 16. dxc4 fxe4 17. Qe2 Nc5 18. b3 Nf5 19. Bxe4 Nd4 20. Nxd4 exd4 21. Ba3 b6
22. Bxc5 bxc5 23. Rbe1 Qd7 24. Qd2 Rab8 25. Bc2 Rf3 26. Bd1 Rc3 27. Re6 Rf8 28.
Rfe1 Bf6 29. Kg2 Rf7 30. Bg4 Kg7 31. Rxf6 Qxg4 32. Rxf7+ Kxf7 33. Qh6 Qf3+ 34.
Kg1 Qf6 35. Qxh7+ Kf8 36. Qd7 1-0

[Event "25th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Kiev URS"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Khasin, Abram"]
[Black "Mikenas, Vladas"]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]
[ECO "B10"]
[PlyCount "74"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. O-O e5 5. d3 Ne7 6. e4 c6 7. Nbd2 O-O 8. Re1
f6 9. c3 Na6 10. b4 Kh8 11. Rb1 Nc7 12. a4 b6 13. Ba3 Ba6 14. c4 dxc4 15. dxc4
Bc8 16. Qc2 Be6 17. Rbd1 Qe8 18. Nf1 Qf7 19. Ne3 Bh6 20. b5 c5 21. Nd5 Nc8 22.
Bb2 Nxd5 23. cxd5 Bg4 24. h3 Bd7 25. Nd2 a6 26. bxa6 Rxa6 27. Ra1 Qe7 28. Bf1
Rxa4 29. Rxa4 Bxa4 30. Qxa4 Bxd2 31. Rd1 Ba5 32. f4 Nd6 33. fxe5 fxe5 34. Qa1
Re8 35. h4 c4 36. Ba3 c3 37. Bh3 Qc7 0-1

[Event "25th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Kiev URS"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Nikolaevsky, Yury"]
[Black "Mikenas, Vladas"]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]
[ECO "B97"]
[PlyCount "76"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Qb6 8. Qd2
Qxb2 9. Rb1 Qa3 10. Rb3 Qa5 11. Bxf6 gxf6 12. f5 Nc6 13. Nxc6 bxc6 14. Bd3 Qc5
15. Na4 Qa7 16. Be2 Rb8 17. Rxb8 Qxb8 18. O-O Be7 19. Nc3 Qb4 20. Rf3 h5 21. h3
h4 22. Kh1 Qa5 23. Qd4 Kf8 24. Qc4 Qb6 25. Qd3 a5 26. Nd1 Qb1 27. a3 d5 28.
exd5 exd5 29. Rf1 Qa1 30. Rf3 Bd6 31. Qc3 Qxc3 32. Rxc3 Bd7 33. Bf3 Kg7 34. g4
hxg3 35. Bg4 Rb8 36. Rd3 c5 37. Kg2 d4 38. Kf3 Bc6+ 0-1

[Event "25th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Kiev URS"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Bastrikov, Georgy"]
[Black "Mikenas, Vladas"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]
[ECO "A13"]
[PlyCount "134"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nf3 d5 3. e3 c5 4. Be2 Nf6 5. O-O Nc6 6. a3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 a6 8. d4
b5 9. Bd3 cxd4 10. exd4 Bb7 11. Nc3 Be7 12. Be3 O-O 13. Qe2 Rc8 14. Rfd1 Qd6
15. Qd2 Rfd8 16. b4 Qb8 17. Qb2 h6 18. h3 Bd6 19. Rac1 Ne7 20. Nd2 Qa8 21. f3
Ned5 22. Nxd5 Nxd5 23. Bf2 Nf4 24. Bf1 Be7 25. Rxc8 Rxc8 26. Rc1 Rd8 27. Re1
Rd5 28. Ne4 Rh5 29. Qc1 Qb8 30. Bg3 Bg5 31. Kh2 Bd5 32. Nxg5 hxg5 33. Qe3 Rh8
34. Rc1 Kh7 35. Rc5 Rd8 36. Bd3+ g6 37. Be4 Qd6 38. Bxd5 exd5 39. h4 Kg7 40.
Qc1 Qf6 41. Qe3 Qd6 42. Rc1 Rh8 43. Re1 Rc8 44. Rc1 Rh8 45. Qd2 Re8 46. Rc2 Rh8
47. Kh1 Re8 48. Qc1 Qf6 49. hxg5 Rh8+ 50. Kg1 Qxd4+ 51. Bf2 Qe5 52. Qd2 Qa1+
53. Qe1 Qxe1+ 54. Bxe1 Ne6 55. Bg3 Nxg5 56. Be5+ f6 57. Rc7+ Nf7 58. Bd4 Rd8
59. f4 Rd6 60. g3 Kg8 61. Rc8+ Rd8 62. Rc7 Rd6 63. Bc5 Re6 64. Rd7 Nh6 65. Rxd5
Ng4 66. Rd8+ Kf7 67. Rd7+ Ke8 1/2-1/2

[Event "25th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Kiev URS"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "19"]
[White "Mikenas, Vladas"]
[Black "Blagidze, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]
[ECO "D82"]
[PlyCount "110"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 g6 4. Bf4 Bg7 5. e3 dxc4 6. Bxc4 O-O 7. Nf3 Nbd7 8.
h3 c6 9. O-O b5 10. Bd3 Bb7 11. a4 b4 12. Ne4 Nd5 13. Bh2 c5 14. a5 Rc8 15. Qe2
N5f6 16. Ned2 cxd4 17. exd4 Nb8 18. Rfe1 e6 19. Nc4 Ne8 20. Be5 Nc6 21. a6 Ba8
22. Bxg7 Nxg7 23. Qe3 Ne7 24. Nce5 f6 25. Ng4 Bd5 26. Be4 h5 27. Ngh2 Bxe4 28.
Qxe4 Qd5 29. Qe2 Rc6 30. Nf1 Ngf5 31. Qd2 Qb5 32. g4 hxg4 33. hxg4 Ng7 34. Ng3
g5 35. Ne4 Nd5 36. Nc5 Nf4 37. Re3 Ne8 38. Rb3 Rb6 39. Ra4 Nd5 40. Qd3 Qc6 41.
Qg6+ Ng7 42. Ra1 Nf4 43. Qe4 Qxe4 44. Nxe4 f5 45. gxf5 g4 46. Ne5 Ne2+ 47. Kf1
Nxd4 48. Rd3 Rxf5 49. Nxg4 Nc2 50. Rc1 Rc6 51. Nh6+ Kh7 52. Nxf5 Nxf5 53. Ke2
Ncd4+ 54. Kd2 Rxa6 55. Rg1 Nh4 1-0

[Event "25th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Kiev URS"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Shianovsky, Vladislav"]
[Black "Reshko, Aron"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]
[ECO "B15"]
[PlyCount "82"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nf6 5. Nxf6+ exf6 6. Be2 Be6 7. Nf3 Be7
8. O-O O-O 9. c4 Qd6 10. Be3 Rd8 11. Qd2 Nd7 12. Rfd1 Nf8 13. b3 Ng6 14. Ne1 a5
15. Nd3 Qd7 16. Nf4 Nxf4 17. Bxf4 a4 18. Be3 h6 19. Bf3 axb3 20. axb3 Bg4 21.
Bxg4 Qxg4 22. h3 Qf5 23. Rxa8 Rxa8 24. d5 Rd8 25. Bf4 cxd5 26. cxd5 Bd6 27. Qa5
Qd7 28. Bxd6 Qxd6 29. b4 g6 30. b5 Rd7 31. Qa8+ Kg7 32. f3 h5 33. Kf2 Qe5 34.
d6 Qb2+ 35. Kf1 Qe5 36. h4 Qh2 37. Rd4 Qh1+ 38. Kf2 Qh2 39. Qc8 Qe5 40. Qxd7
Qxd4+ 41. Kg3 g5 1/2-1/2

[Event "25th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Kiev URS"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Reshko, Aron"]
[Black "Bonch-Osmolovsky, Mikhail"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]
[ECO "A18"]
[PlyCount "65"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. e4 d5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. e5 Ne4 6. Nf3 c6 7. d3 Nxc3 8.
bxc3 Be7 9. d4 Bf5 10. Bd3 Bxd3 11. Qxd3 Na6 12. O-O O-O 13. Be3 Nc7 14. Nd2 f5
15. exf6 Bxf6 16. Bf4 Nb5 17. a4 Nd6 18. Be5 Bxe5 19. dxe5 Nf5 20. f4 Qb6+ 21.
Kh1 Qe3 22. Qxe3 Nxe3 23. Rf3 Nc4 24. Nxc4 dxc4 25. g4 Rad8 26. Kg2 Rd2+ 27.
Kg3 Re2 28. Rd1 g5 29. fxg5 Rxf3+ 30. Kxf3 Rxe5 31. Rd7 b5 32. axb5 cxb5 33.
Rxa7 1/2-1/2

[Event "25th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Kiev URS"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Reshko, Aron"]
[Black "Goldberg, Grigory"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]
[ECO "A34"]
[PlyCount "84"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 c5 3. e4 Nc6 4. g3 d6 5. Bg2 h5 6. h3 e5 7. d3 Be7 8. Nge2 h4
9. g4 Be6 10. f4 exf4 11. Bxf4 Nd7 12. Nd5 g5 13. Bh2 Nde5 14. O-O Rh6 15. a3
Qd7 16. Rb1 O-O-O 17. b4 Rf8 18. bxc5 dxc5 19. Nxe7+ Qxe7 20. Nc3 Rf6 21. Rf5
Bxf5 22. Nd5 Qd7 23. exf5 Rd6 24. Qa4 Re8 25. Qb5 b6 26. Qa6+ Qb7 27. Qa4 f6
28. d4 cxd4 29. c5 Rxd5 30. Bxd5 Rd8 31. Be4 Kd7 32. cxb6 axb6 33. Qb3 Kc7 34.
Qf7+ Kc8 35. Qxf6 Qc7 36. Bxc6 Qxc6 37. Qxe5 d3 38. Qe6+ Qxe6 39. fxe6 d2 40.
Rd1 Rd3 41. Be5 Re3 42. Rxd2 Rxe5 1/2-1/2

[Event "25th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Kiev URS"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Nezhmetdinov, Rashid"]
[Black "Reshko, Aron"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]
[ECO "B17"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Bc4 Ngf6 6. Ng5 Nd5 7. N1f3 h6 8.
Ne4 N7b6 9. Bb3 Bf5 10. Ng3 Bh7 11. O-O e6 12. Re1 Be7 13. Ne5 O-O 14. c3 Nd7
15. Nh5 N7f6 16. Nxf6+ Nxf6 17. Qf3 Nd5 18. Nd3 Bd6 19. c4 Nb4 20. Nxb4 Bxb4
21. Rd1 Bd6 22. Bd2 Qh4 23. g3 Qe4 24. Qxe4 Bxe4 25. Re1 Bf5 26. Bc3 Rfe8 27.
Re3 Red8 28. Rae1 Bc7 29. d5 cxd5 30. cxd5 exd5 31. Re7 Rac8 32. Bd4 b6 33. Kg2
Kf8 34. Bc3 Be4+ 35. R1xe4 dxe4 36. Rxf7+ Ke8 37. Rxg7 Bd6 38. Bf6 Rb8 39. Bf7+
Kd7 40. Bd5+ Ke8 41. Bxe4 1-0

[Event "25th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Kiev URS"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Reshko, Aron"]
[Black "Sakharov, Yury"]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]
[ECO "A09"]
[PlyCount "67"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Qa4+ Nc6 4. g3 a6 5. Qxc4 e5 6. Nc3 Bd6 7. Bg2 Nge7 8.
d4 exd4 9. Nxd4 Ne5 10. Qa4+ Qd7 11. Qc2 O-O 12. O-O Qg4 13. e4 Qh5 14. Nce2
N7c6 15. Nxc6 Nxc6 16. Bf4 Ne5 17. Rac1 f6 18. f3 Kh8 19. Be3 Qf7 20. b3 Bd7
21. Bd4 Bb5 22. f4 Ng4 23. Rf3 Rad8 24. h3 Nh6 25. Bb2 b6 26. a4 Bc5+ 27. Kh1
Bd7 28. g4 Nxg4 29. hxg4 Bxg4 30. Ng3 Qg6 31. Rf2 Bd1 32. Rxd1 Bxf2 33. Nf1
Qh5+ 34. Nh2 0-1

[Event "25th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Kiev URS"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Reshko, Aron"]
[Black "Chistiakov, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]
[ECO "A41"]
[PlyCount "73"]

1. Nf3 d6 2. d4 Bg4 3. e4 Nd7 4. Be3 c6 5. Nbd2 Ngf6 6. c3 e5 7. Qb3 Bxf3 8.
gxf3 Qc7 9. f4 Be7 10. Rg1 g6 11. Be2 exd4 12. cxd4 d5 13. e5 Ng8 14. f5 gxf5
15. Qc2 Bb4 16. Qxf5 Ne7 17. Qc2 Ng6 18. O-O-O O-O-O 19. f4 Kb8 20. Nf3 Rhe8
21. a3 Be7 22. f5 Ngxe5 23. dxe5 Nxe5 24. Qa4 b6 25. Nxe5 Bd6 26. Nxc6+ Ka8 27.
Bxb6 Qxb6 28. Nxd8 Rxd8 29. Kb1 Rb8 30. Qd4 Qxd4 31. Rxd4 Bxh2 32. Rgd1 Be5 33.
Bf3 a6 34. Rxd5 Rxb2+ 35. Kc1 Rf2 36. Rxe5+ Rxf3 37. Re7 1-0

[Event "25th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Kiev URS"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Reshko, Aron"]
[Black "Sokolsky, Alexei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]
[ECO "A18"]
[PlyCount "129"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. e4 d5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. e5 d4 6. exf6 dxc3 7. Bb5+ c6 8.
Qe2+ Be6 9. Bc4 Qxf6 10. dxc3 Bc5 11. Bxe6 fxe6 12. Nf3 O-O 13. O-O Nd7 14. Be3
Bxe3 15. Qxe3 Nb6 16. Rfe1 Rae8 17. Rad1 Nd5 18. Qe5 Qg6 19. Qe4 Qf6 20. Rd2
Qh6 21. Qh4 Qg6 22. Ne5 Qf5 23. Qe4 Qh5 24. g3 Qg5 25. Rd3 Rf4 26. Qg2 Rff8 27.
f4 Qf5 28. Rd4 h5 29. Qe4 Qh3 30. Nf3 Qg4 31. Ng5 Rf5 32. Qe2 Qxe2 33. Rxe2 Rf6
34. Rde4 Nc7 35. Re5 g6 36. Ne4 Rff8 37. Nc5 b6 38. Nxe6 Nxe6 39. Rxe6 Rxe6 40.
Rxe6 Kf7 41. Rxc6 Rd8 42. Rc7+ Kf6 43. Kg2 Rd2+ 44. Kh3 Rxb2 45. Rxa7 Rc2 46.
Ra6 Kf5 47. Rxb6 Rxa2 48. c4 Rc2 49. Rc6 Rc1 50. Rc8 Rc2 51. c5 Kf6 52. c6 Kg7
53. c7 Kh7 54. g4 hxg4+ 55. Kxg4 Kg7 56. h4 Rc5 57. h5 gxh5+ 58. Kh4 Rc4 59.
Kxh5 Rc5+ 60. Kg4 Rc4 61. Kg5 Rc1 62. f5 Rg1+ 63. Kf4 Rf1+ 64. Ke3 Rc1 65. f6+
1-0

[Event "25th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Kiev URS"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Khasin, Abram"]
[Black "Reshko, Aron"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]
[ECO "B17"]
[PlyCount "29"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Nf3 Ngf6 6. Nxf6+ Nxf6 7. Bc4 Bf5
8. Ne5 e6 9. Bb3 Bd6 10. Qe2 Qe7 11. f3 h6 12. Bd2 Nd7 13. a3 Nxe5 14. dxe5 Bc5
15. Qc4 1/2-1/2

[Event "25th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Kiev URS"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Nikolaevsky, Yury"]
[Black "Reshko, Aron"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]
[ECO "E48"]
[PlyCount "101"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 d5 5. Bd3 O-O 6. Ne2 c5 7. cxd5 cxd4 8.
exd4 Nxd5 9. O-O Nc6 10. Ne4 Be7 11. a3 b6 12. N2g3 Nxd4 13. Qh5 f5 14. Ng5 Nf6
15. Qd1 h6 16. Nf3 Nxf3+ 17. Qxf3 Qd5 18. Qe2 Bb7 19. f3 Qd7 20. Bb5 Bc5+ 21.
Kh1 Qf7 22. Bf4 Bd5 23. b4 Be7 24. Rfe1 Ne8 25. Rad1 Bg5 26. Be5 Bf6 27. Qd3
Bxe5 28. Rxe5 Rd8 29. Nxf5 exf5 30. Rxd5 Rxd5 31. Qxd5 Qxd5 32. Rxd5 Nc7 33.
Re5 Nxb5 34. Rxb5 Rd8 35. Kg1 Rd1+ 36. Kf2 f4 37. Rf5 Rd2+ 38. Kf1 Ra2 39. Rxf4
Rxa3 40. Kf2 Ra4 41. Ke3 a5 42. Kd3 Rxb4 43. Rxb4 axb4 44. Kc4 Kf7 45. Kxb4 Ke6
46. Kb5 Ke5 47. Kxb6 Kf4 48. Kc5 Ke3 49. Kd5 Kf2 50. Ke6 Kxg2 51. f4 1/2-1/2

[Event "25th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Kiev URS"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Reshko, Aron"]
[Black "Bastrikov, Georgy"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]
[ECO "A37"]
[PlyCount "99"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Nf3 g6 4. g3 Bg7 5. Bg2 d6 6. O-O e5 7. d3 Nge7 8. Rb1
O-O 9. a3 f5 10. Bd2 h6 11. b4 Kh7 12. Ne1 Rb8 13. Nd5 f4 14. gxf4 cxb4 15.
axb4 Nxd5 16. cxd5 Nd4 17. e3 Nf5 18. fxe5 dxe5 19. e4 Nd4 20. Nc2 Nxc2 21.
Qxc2 Qh4 22. Be3 b6 23. f3 Rb7 24. Qf2 Qh5 25. Rbc1 Rbf7 26. b5 Bf6 27. Qe2 Bg5
28. Qd2 Bxe3+ 29. Qxe3 Bh3 30. Rc2 g5 31. Rcf2 Bd7 32. d4 Bxb5 33. dxe5 Bxf1
34. Rxf1 Rf4 35. h3 Qf7 36. e6 Qe7 37. Qd3 Qc5+ 38. Kh2 Kg7 39. Rd1 g4 40. hxg4
Qe7 41. Qc3+ Kh7 42. Kg3 R4f6 43. e5 Rg6 44. Qe3 h5 45. Rh1 Kg7 46. Rxh5 Rc8
47. Rf5 Qb4 48. Rf7+ Kg8 49. Rf4 Qb2 50. e7 1-0

[Event "25th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Kiev URS"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Blagidze, Alexander"]
[Black "Reshko, Aron"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]
[ECO "B20"]
[PlyCount "125"]

1. e4 c5 2. d3 Nc6 3. Ne2 g6 4. c3 Nf6 5. f4 d6 6. g3 c4 7. Bg2 cxd3 8. Qxd3
Qb6 9. h3 Bg7 10. Nd2 O-O 11. Nb3 a6 12. Be3 Qc7 13. O-O b5 14. Nbd4 Bb7 15. a4
bxa4 16. Rxa4 e5 17. Nc2 Rfd8 18. c4 Nb8 19. Nb4 Nbd7 20. Nd5 Nxd5 21. cxd5 Nc5
22. Qc2 a5 23. Ra3 Rdc8 24. f5 gxf5 25. Rxf5 Nd7 26. Rc3 Qd8 27. Qd2 Qf8 28. g4
Rxc3 29. Nxc3 a4 30. Nb5 Nc5 31. Qb4 Rc8 32. Na7 Rb8 33. Qa3 Ra8 34. Nb5 Rc8
35. Rf2 Ba6 36. Na7 Rb8 37. Bxc5 dxc5 38. Qxa4 Bd3 39. Nc6 Ra8 40. Ne7+ Kh8 41.
Qd7 Bh6 42. Qd6 Ra7 43. g5 Bg7 44. Nf5 Qxd6 45. Nxd6 Kg8 46. Bf1 Bf8 47. Ne8
Bb1 48. d6 Ba2 49. Rf5 Be6 50. Rxe5 Ra8 51. Bb5 Rd8 52. d7 Bxh3 53. Nf6+ Kg7
54. Re8 Bxd7 55. Bxd7 Rxe8 56. Nxe8+ Kg6 57. Bf5+ Kxg5 58. Bxh7 c4 59. Kf2 Bc5+
60. Ke2 Bd4 61. Nd6 Bxb2 62. Nxf7+ Kf4 63. Nd6 1-0

[Event "25th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Kiev URS"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Shianovsky, Vladislav"]
[Black "Bonch-Osmolovsky, Mikhail"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]
[ECO "C10"]
[PlyCount "58"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bg5 Be7 6. e5 Ne4 7. Bxe7 Qxe7 8. a3
Nxc3 9. bxc3 Na5 10. Qd2 Bd7 11. Be2 O-O 12. O-O c5 13. Bd3 Rac8 14. Rfe1 h6
15. h3 cxd4 16. cxd4 Nc4 17. Qc1 Rc7 18. Nh2 f5 19. exf6 Qxf6 20. Nf3 Be8 21.
Bxc4 Rxc4 22. Qd2 Bg6 23. c3 Rfc8 24. Re3 Be4 25. Ne5 R4c7 26. f3 Bh7 27. Rae1
Qf4 28. R1e2 h5 29. Qe1 h4 1/2-1/2

[Event "25th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Kiev URS"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Goldberg, Grigory"]
[Black "Shianovsky, Vladislav"]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]
[ECO "A21"]
[PlyCount "86"]

1. c4 g6 2. Nc3 Bg7 3. g3 d6 4. Bg2 e5 5. d3 f5 6. e4 Nf6 7. Nge2 O-O 8. O-O c6
9. b3 a5 10. Ba3 Na6 11. Qd2 Nb4 12. Rad1 Be6 13. d4 fxe4 14. dxe5 dxe5 15. Qb2
Qe7 16. Nxe4 Nxe4 17. Bxe4 Bh3 18. Rfe1 Rxf2 19. Kxf2 Qc5+ 20. Nd4 exd4 21.
Bxb4 axb4 22. Rd3 Rf8+ 23. Kg1 Bh6 24. Bg2 Bxg2 25. Kxg2 Be3 26. Qe2 Rf2+ 27.
Qxf2 Bxf2 28. Kxf2 Qf5+ 29. Ke2 Qh5+ 30. Kf1 Qxh2 31. Re2 Qh3+ 32. Kf2 Qd7 33.
Rf3 b6 34. Ke1 Kg7 35. Kd2 c5 36. Rf4 h5 37. g4 Qd6 38. Ref2 h4 39. R2f3 Kh6
40. Re4 Qh2+ 41. Re2 Qg1 42. Rf8 Qxg4 43. Rh8+ Kg5 0-1

[Event "25th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Kiev URS"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "19"]
[White "Nezhmetdinov, Rashid"]
[Black "Shianovsky, Vladislav"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]
[ECO "B07"]
[PlyCount "59"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. Be3 Nf6 5. f3 O-O 6. Qd2 e5 7. Nge2 c6 8. dxe5
dxe5 9. O-O-O Qe7 10. h4 Be6 11. g4 Na6 12. Qd6 Qxd6 13. Rxd6 Rfe8 14. Ng3 Nc7
15. h5 Bf8 16. Rd2 Nd7 17. Rdh2 Bc5 18. Bd2 Nf8 19. Nf5 b5 20. hxg6 fxg6 21.
Nh6+ Kg7 22. f4 Rad8 23. f5 Bc8 24. g5 gxf5 25. exf5 Rxd2 26. Kxd2 e4 27. Be2
Re5 28. f6+ Kg6 29. Rg2 e3+ 30. Ke1 1-0

[Event "25th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Kiev URS"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Shianovsky, Vladislav"]
[Black "Sakharov, Yury"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]
[ECO "C74"]
[PlyCount "95"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6 5. c3 g5 6. d4 g4 7. Nfd2 Bg7 8. d5 b5
9. Bc2 Nce7 10. a4 Rb8 11. axb5 axb5 12. Nf1 Ng6 13. Ne3 h5 14. g3 Nf6 15. b4
Ne7 16. Nd2 Bd7 17. O-O h4 18. Bd3 Ra8 19. Ba3 Bh6 20. Qe2 Rb8 21. Bb2 Kf8 22.
Ra5 Kg7 23. Rfa1 Qg8 24. Ra7 Qh7 25. Ndf1 Rbc8 26. c4 Bxe3 27. Nxe3 bxc4 28.
Nxc4 Qh5 29. Bc1 Ne8 30. Nb6 cxb6 31. Rxd7 Ng8 32. Bd2 Ngf6 33. Rb7 Nh7 34.
Rxb6 Rc3 35. Bxc3 Ng5 36. Kf1 Nf3 37. Qe3 Nxh2+ 38. Ke2 Nf3 39. gxh4 Qxh4 40.
Kd1 Qh2 41. Be2 Rh3 42. Bxf3 f6 43. Rb8 Rxf3 44. Qa7+ Kg6 45. Rxe8 Qh1+ 46. Kc2
Rxc3+ 47. Kxc3 Qxa1+ 48. Qxa1 1-0

[Event "25th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Kiev URS"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Chistiakov, Alexander"]
[Black "Shianovsky, Vladislav"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]
[ECO "C24"]
[PlyCount "75"]

1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. d3 c6 4. Nf3 d5 5. Bb3 Bd6 6. O-O Bg4 7. h3 Bh5 8. Qe2
Qe7 9. Bg5 dxe4 10. dxe4 Nbd7 11. Nbd2 h6 12. Bxf6 Qxf6 13. c3 Nc5 14. Rfd1
O-O-O 15. Qe3 g5 16. Nc4 Bxf3 17. Rxd6 Rxd6 18. Qxc5 Rd3 19. gxf3 Rxf3 20. Nxe5
Rxh3 21. Nxf7 g4 22. Qf5+ Qxf5 23. exf5 Rf8 24. Rd1 Kc7 25. Be6 Rf3 26. Rd7+
Kb6 27. Nd8 a5 28. Rxb7+ Kc5 29. b4+ axb4 30. cxb4+ Kd4 31. Rd7+ Kc3 32. Nxc6
g3 33. fxg3 Rxg3+ 34. Kf2 Rg5 35. a4 h5 36. b5 h4 37. Rh7 Rg4 38. b6 1-0

[Event "25th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Kiev URS"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Shianovsky, Vladislav"]
[Black "Sokolsky, Alexei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]
[ECO "B34"]
[PlyCount "81"]

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. f4 Nh6 10. Qd2 Qa5 11. a3 Rb8 12. O-O-O O-O 13. h3 f5 14. Bc4+ Nf7
15. g4 d6 16. exd6 exd6 17. Bxf7+ Kxf7 18. Bd4 d5 19. Bxg7 Kxg7 20. Rhe1 Qc5
21. g5 Rb7 22. h4 Bd7 23. Na4 Qc4 24. Nc3 Kf7 25. b3 Qc5 26. Kb2 Re8 27. h5
Rxe1 28. hxg6+ hxg6 29. Rxe1 Rb8 30. Na4 Qd6 31. Qd4 Rg8 32. Qxa7 Re8 33. Rxe8
Kxe8 34. Qd4 Kd8 35. Nc5 Bc8 36. b4 Kc7 37. a4 Qe7 38. a5 Qe1 39. Qe5+ Qxe5+
40. fxe5 f4 41. Kc1 1-0

[Event "25th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Kiev URS"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Khasin, Abram"]
[Black "Shianovsky, Vladislav"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]
[ECO "C76"]
[PlyCount "187"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6 5. c3 Bd7 6. d4 g6 7. O-O Bg7 8. dxe5
dxe5 9. Be3 Nge7 10. Bc5 b6 11. Ba3 b5 12. Bc2 O-O 13. Nbd2 Na5 14. Qe2 Re8 15.
Rfd1 Qc8 16. Nf1 Nc4 17. Bxe7 Rxe7 18. Bb3 Na5 19. Ne3 Nxb3 20. Nd5 Re8 21.
axb3 Be6 22. b4 f6 23. Ne1 Qb7 24. Nd3 c6 25. Nc5 Qf7 26. Nxe6 Rxe6 27. Nb6 Ra7
28. Rd8+ Bf8 29. Rad1 Kg7 30. Qd2 Rb7 31. Rxf8 Qxf8 32. Nd7 Qc8 33. Nc5 Rf7 34.
Nxe6+ Qxe6 35. h3 Qc4 36. Qe3 Qa2 37. Rd6 Qxb2 38. Rxc6 a5 39. bxa5 Qa1+ 40.
Kh2 Qxa5 41. Qc5 Qa2 42. Rb6 Qd2 43. Rxb5 Qf4+ 44. g3 Qxe4 45. h4 Qf3 46. Rb1
Rd7 47. Ra1 Rd2 48. Kg1 Kh6 49. Re1 Rd3 50. c4 e4 51. Qc6 Rd2 52. Qc5 f5 53.
Qe3+ Qxe3 54. Rxe3 Rc2 55. Ra3 Rxc4 56. Ra7 Rc2 57. Kf1 Kh5 58. Rxh7+ Kg4 59.
Ra7 e3 60. Ra4+ Kh3 61. fxe3 Kxg3 62. Ra6 Kf3 63. Ke1 Rg2 64. Re6 Rg4 65. Kd2
Kg3 66. Ke2 Kxh4 67. Kf3 Rg3+ 68. Kf2 Rg4 69. Kf3 Kg5 70. Ra6 Rb4 71. Rc6 Rb5
72. Rc1 Kh6 73. Rh1+ Kg7 74. Ra1 Rb6 75. Ra2 g5 76. Ra8 Rb3 77. Ra6 Kf7 78. Rc6
Rb4 79. Kg3 Re4 80. Kf2 Re6 81. Rc8 Ra6 82. Kf3 Kf6 83. Rc4 Kg6 84. Rc8 Ra2 85.
Rg8+ Kf6 86. Rf8+ Ke6 87. Kg3 Ra3 88. Kf3 Ke5 89. Re8+ Kf6 90. Rf8+ Ke6 91.
Re8+ Kf7 92. Rb8 Rd3 93. Ke2 Rd6 94. Kf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "25th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Kiev URS"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Nikolaevsky, Yury"]
[Black "Shianovsky, Vladislav"]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]
[ECO "C82"]
[PlyCount "97"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5
Be6 9. c3 Bc5 10. Nbd2 O-O 11. Qe2 Bf5 12. Nxe4 dxe4 13. Ng5 Qd3 14. Qh5 Bg6
15. Qh4 Nxe5 16. Bf4 Nc4 17. Rfd1 Qe2 18. Bxc4 Qxc4 19. b3 Qxc3 20. Rac1 Qb4
21. Qg3 Rad8 22. Bxc7 Rd3 23. Qf4 Qd4 24. Rxd3 exd3 25. Qxd4 Bxd4 26. Nf3 Rc8
27. Bf4 Rxc1+ 28. Bxc1 Bc3 29. Nd2 f6 30. Nb1 Bd4 31. Be3 Bb2 32. Kf1 Kf7 33.
Ke1 Be5 34. h3 Bd6 35. Bb6 Bb4+ 36. Kd1 Ke6 37. a3 Bd6 38. Kd2 h5 39. Ke3 d2
40. Nxd2 Bxa3 41. f4 Kd5 42. g4 hxg4 43. hxg4 Bc2 44. f5 Bd1 45. g5 fxg5 46.
Bd4 Bc2 47. f6 gxf6 48. Bxf6 g4 49. Bc3 0-1

[Event "25th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Kiev URS"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "18"]
[White "Shianovsky, Vladislav"]
[Black "Bastrikov, Georgy"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]
[ECO "B47"]
[PlyCount "121"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Qc7 5. Nc3 e6 6. Be2 a6 7. O-O Nf6 8.
Kh1 Bb4 9. Qd3 O-O 10. Bg5 Bxc3 11. Bxf6 Bxd4 12. Bxd4 Nxd4 13. Qxd4 Qxc2 14.
Bf3 Qc7 15. Rac1 Qf4 16. Rfd1 f5 17. e5 Qxd4 18. Rxd4 Rb8 19. h4 Kf7 20. b4 Ke7
21. a4 g6 22. Kh2 h6 23. Kg3 Kd8 24. Kf4 Rf7 25. Rd6 Rg7 26. Ke3 g5 27. a5 g4
28. Bd1 b5 29. axb6 Bb7 30. g3 Rc8 31. Rc5 Rxc5 32. bxc5 Bc6 33. Rd2 Bb5 34.
Be2 Bxe2 35. Kxe2 Kc8 36. Rd4 Kb7 37. Kd3 a5 38. Kc4 Ka6 39. Rd1 Rf7 40. Rb1
Rf8 41. h5 Rg8 42. c6 dxc6 43. Kc5 Kb7 44. Kd6 f4 45. Kxe6 Rf8 46. Kd7 fxg3 47.
fxg3 Rf3 48. e6 Rd3+ 49. Ke8 a4 50. Re1 a3 51. e7 a2 52. Kf7 Rf3+ 53. Kg8 a1=Q
54. Rxa1 Re3 55. Kf7 Rf3+ 56. Kg6 Re3 57. Kxh6 Kxb6 58. Kg5 Rxe7 59. Kxg4 c5
60. h6 c4 61. Rh1 1-0

[Event "25th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Kiev URS"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Shianovsky, Vladislav"]
[Black "Blagidze, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]
[ECO "C16"]
[PlyCount "95"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 Qd7 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 b6 7. a4 Ba6 8. Bxa6
Nxa6 9. Qd3 Nb8 10. Qg3 f5 11. h4 Nc6 12. Bg5 h6 13. Bd2 O-O-O 14. h5 Na5 15.
Ne2 Qf7 16. c4 Nxc4 17. a5 Kb7 18. Bb4 Ne7 19. Bxe7 Qxe7 20. a6+ Kb8 21. Nf4
Rhe8 22. Qb3 c5 23. dxc5 Qxc5 24. Qg3 Qb4+ 25. c3 Qe7 26. Rd1 Qg5 27. Qxg5 hxg5
28. Ng6 Rc8 29. h6 gxh6 30. Rxh6 Nb2 31. Ra1 Rxc3 32. Ra2 Nc4 33. Rh7 Na5 34.
Rf7 Rc7 35. Rf6 Nc4 36. g3 d4 37. Ke2 Rd8 38. Kd3 Na5 39. Ra3 Nc6 40. Rb3 Rg7
41. Rb5 Re8 42. Nf8 Rge7 43. f4 g4 44. Rb1 Ka8 45. Rb2 Kb8 46. Rb1 Ka8 47. Rb2
Nb8 48. Ra2 1/2-1/2

[Event "25th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Kiev URS"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Bonch-Osmolovsky, Mikhail"]
[Black "Goldberg, Grigory"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]
[ECO "C61"]
[PlyCount "61"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nd4 4. Nxd4 exd4 5. O-O Ne7 6. Bc4 Nc6 7. d3 d6 8.
c3 Be7 9. cxd4 Nxd4 10. Be3 Ne6 11. Nc3 c6 12. a4 O-O 13. a5 Nc7 14. Qb3 Bf6
15. d4 Qe7 16. Rfe1 g6 17. Rad1 Bg7 18. Qb4 Ne8 19. Qa3 Qh4 20. f3 Be6 21. Bf2
Qe7 22. d5 Bd7 23. e5 cxd5 24. Nxd5 Qd8 25. exd6 Kh8 26. Ne7 f5 27. Bd5 Bc6 28.
Nxc6 bxc6 29. Bxc6 Rb8 30. b4 Nf6 31. Bxa7 1-0

[Event "25th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Kiev URS"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Nezhmetdinov, Rashid"]
[Black "Bonch-Osmolovsky, Mikhail"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]
[ECO "C12"]
[PlyCount "85"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Bb4 5. e5 h6 6. Bd2 Bxc3 7. bxc3 Ne4 8. Qg4
g6 9. Bd3 Nxd2 10. Kxd2 c5 11. Nf3 Nc6 12. dxc5 Bd7 13. Qf4 g5 14. Qe3 Qc7 15.
Rab1 Rc8 16. g4 Na5 17. h4 Rg8 18. hxg5 hxg5 19. Nxg5 Qxc5 20. Qf4 Qxc3+ 21.
Ke2 Kd8 22. Rh7 Rf8 23. Rxf7 Rxf7 24. Nxf7+ Kc7 25. Nd6 Rg8 26. g5 Kb8 27. g6
Bc8 28. Kf1 Qc7 29. Qf7 Qxf7 30. gxf7 Rf8 31. Ke2 Nc6 32. Rg1 Nxe5 33. Rg8 Nxf7
34. Rxf8 Nxd6 35. f4 Kc7 36. Ke3 Bd7 37. Kd4 Nc8 38. Ke5 Ne7 39. Kf6 Kd6 40. a3
Nc8 41. c3 Nb6 42. Rf7 a6 43. Bf1 1/2-1/2

[Event "25th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Kiev URS"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Sakharov, Yury"]
[Black "Bonch-Osmolovsky, Mikhail"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]
[ECO "E39"]
[PlyCount "44"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 c5 5. dxc5 O-O 6. Nf3 Na6 7. e3 Nxc5 8.
Bd2 b6 9. Be2 Bb7 10. a3 Bxc3 11. Bxc3 d5 12. O-O Rc8 13. Rfd1 Qe7 14. Rac1
Rfd8 15. cxd5 Nxd5 16. Bd4 Nf6 17. b4 Nce4 18. Qa4 Bd5 19. h3 Ne8 20. Ba6 Rxc1
21. Rxc1 f6 22. Be2 N8d6 1/2-1/2

[Event "25th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Kiev URS"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Bonch-Osmolovsky, Mikhail"]
[Black "Chistiakov, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]
[ECO "C12"]
[PlyCount "116"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Bb4 5. e5 h6 6. Bd2 Nfd7 7. Qg4 Bf8 8. Nf3
a6 9. h4 c5 10. dxc5 Nc6 11. Qg3 Nxc5 12. O-O-O b5 13. Be3 b4 14. Bxc5 bxc3 15.
Bxf8 cxb2+ 16. Kb1 Kxf8 17. Nd4 Bd7 18. Nxc6 Bxc6 19. Qa3+ Kg8 20. Rh3 Qb8 21.
f4 Bb5 22. Rb3 Qc8 23. Qe7 Qc6 24. Bxb5 axb5 25. Rdd3 Qc4 26. g3 Rxa2 27. Rxb2
Rxb2+ 28. Kxb2 Kh7 29. Rc3 Qa4 30. Qa3 h5 31. Rc7 Qxa3+ 32. Kxa3 Kg6 33. Kb4
Ra8 34. f5+ exf5 35. Rc6+ Kh7 36. Rd6 Rc8 37. Rxd5 Rxc2 38. Kxb5 Rc3 39. Rd7
Rxg3 40. Kc5 Re3 41. Kd4 Re4+ 42. Kd5 Kg6 43. Rd6+ f6 44. e6 Re1 45. Kc6 f4 46.
Kd7 f3 47. Rd2 Kf5 48. e7 g5 49. Rd5+ Kg4 50. Rd6 Kxh4 51. Rxf6 Rxe7+ 52. Kxe7
g4 53. Rf5 Kg3 54. Kf6 h4 55. Kg5 h3 56. Rf4 f2 57. Rxg4+ Kf3 58. Rf4+ Ke3 0-1

[Event "25th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Kiev URS"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Sokolsky, Alexei"]
[Black "Bonch-Osmolovsky, Mikhail"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]
[ECO "A19"]
[PlyCount "119"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. e4 c5 4. e5 Ng8 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. d4 cxd4 7. Nxd4 Nxe5 8.
Bf4 f6 9. Qa4 Kf7 10. O-O-O Qb6 11. a3 d6 12. Ndb5 Bd7 13. Bxe5 Bxb5 14. Qxb5
Qxb5 15. Nxb5 fxe5 16. Nxd6+ Bxd6 17. Rxd6 Ke7 18. c5 Rc8 19. b4 Rc6 20. Bb5
Rxd6 21. cxd6+ Kxd6 22. Rd1+ Kc7 23. Rd7+ Kb6 24. Ba4 Nf6 25. Rd6+ Kc7 26. Rxe6
Nd5 27. Rxe5 Kd6 28. Rf5 Rc8+ 29. Kd2 Rc7 30. Rf3 Rc4 31. Rd3 Rf4 32. f3 Ke5
33. Bb3 Nb6 34. g3 Rd4 35. Ke3 Rxd3+ 36. Kxd3 g5 37. Ke3 Nc8 38. f4+ gxf4+ 39.
gxf4+ Kf6 40. Kd4 h5 41. Bd1 h4 42. Bf3 b6 43. Bg4 Ne7 44. Bd7 Ng6 45. Ke4 Ke7
46. Bf5 Nh8 47. Kd5 Nf7 48. Kc6 Nd6 49. Bd3 Ke6 50. a4 Ke7 51. b5 h3 52. Kc7
Ne8+ 53. Kb7 Kd6 54. Kxa7 Kc5 55. Bf5 Nc7 56. Bxh3 Nd5 57. f5 Nc3 58. f6 Kd6
59. Kxb6 Nxa4+ 60. Ka7 1-0

[Event "25th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Kiev URS"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Bonch-Osmolovsky, Mikhail"]
[Black "Khasin, Abram"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]
[ECO "B27"]
[PlyCount "82"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 g6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Qxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Qa4 d6 7. e5 dxe5 8.
Nxe5 Qd4 9. Nxc6 Qxa4 10. Nxa4 bxc6 11. Be3 Bg7 12. O-O-O O-O 13. Bc4 Nd5 14.
Bc5 Re8 15. Rhe1 Be6 16. Bd4 Bh6+ 17. Kb1 Nc3+ 18. Bxc3 Bxc4 19. b3 Bd5 20. f3
f6 21. Bd2 Bg7 22. c4 Bf7 23. Be3 Be6 24. Kb2 Kf7 25. Nc5 Bc8 26. Rd2 h5 27.
Ka3 f5 28. Bd4 Rd8 29. Red1 Bh6 30. Rd3 Bf4 31. g3 Bd6 32. f4 h4 33. Kb2 hxg3
34. hxg3 Rg8 35. Re3 g5 36. Nd3 a5 37. c5 Bb8 38. Rh1 e6 39. Be5 gxf4 40. gxf4
Ba6 41. Rh7+ Ke8 1-0

[Event "25th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Kiev URS"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Bonch-Osmolovsky, Mikhail"]
[Black "Nikolaevsky, Yury"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]
[ECO "B32"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e5 5. Nb5 a6 6. Nd6+ Bxd6 7. Qxd6 Qf6 8.
Qd1 Qg6 9. Nc3 Nge7 10. h4 h5 11. Rh3 d5 12. Rg3 Bg4 13. f3 O-O-O 14. Nxd5 Nxd5
15. exd5 Nb4 16. fxg4 Nxc2+ 17. Qxc2+ Qxc2 18. Rc3+ Qxc3+ 19. bxc3 hxg4 20. c4
g3 21. Rb1 Rxh4 22. Rb3 Re4+ 23. Re3 Rxe3+ 24. Bxe3 f5 25. Bd3 f4 26. Bb6 Rd6
27. Bf5+ Kb8 28. Bc5 Rf6 29. Be4 Kc7 30. Ke2 b6 31. Be7 Rh6 32. Bf8 Rh8 33. d6+
Kd7 34. Bf5+ Kc6 35. Bxg7 Rh2 36. d7 Rxg2+ 37. Kd3 Rg1 38. Kc2 g2 39. d8=Q Rc1+
40. Kb2 Rb1+ 41. Bxb1 1-0

[Event "25th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Kiev URS"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Bonch-Osmolovsky, Mikhail"]
[Black "Bastrikov, Georgy"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]
[ECO "B32"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Qc7 5. Nb5 Qb8 6. c4 Nf6 7. N5c3 e6 8.
Be3 b6 9. Be2 Bc5 10. Qd2 Bb7 11. Bf4 Ne5 12. f3 O-O 13. Na3 Rd8 14. Bg5 Be7
15. Nab5 d5 16. exd5 exd5 17. Bxf6 Bxf6 18. Nxd5 Bxd5 19. cxd5 Ng6 20. O-O-O
Qe5 21. Kb1 Rxd5 22. Qb4 Nf4 23. Bc4 Qf5+ 24. Ka1 Rxd1+ 25. Rxd1 Qc2 26. Rb1
Rd8 27. Nd6 Bxb2+ 28. Qxb2 Qxb2+ 29. Rxb2 Rxd6 30. Rc2 g6 31. Kb2 Kg7 32. g3
Ne6 33. Re2 Kf6 34. Bb3 Nc5 35. Bc4 h5 36. Kc3 Rd8 37. Rd2 Rxd2 38. Kxd2 Nb7
39. Ke3 Nd6 40. Bb3 Nb5 41. Ke4 1/2-1/2

[Event "25th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Kiev URS"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "18"]
[White "Blagidze, Alexander"]
[Black "Bonch-Osmolovsky, Mikhail"]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]
[ECO "A12"]
[PlyCount "102"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 c6 4. b3 Bf5 5. O-O h6 6. Bb2 e6 7. d3 Be7 8. Nbd2
O-O 9. c4 Nbd7 10. Rc1 Bh7 11. Rc2 Ne8 12. cxd5 exd5 13. e4 Nc7 14. Qe2 Re8 15.
Bh3 Nc5 16. Nd4 Bf8 17. f3 N7e6 18. Nxe6 Nxe6 19. Qf2 dxe4 20. dxe4 Bc5 21.
Rxc5 Nxc5 22. Qxc5 Qxd2 23. Rf2 Qd8 24. Bf1 Qe7 25. Qc3 f6 26. b4 Bg6 27. a4
Bf7 28. Re2 Qe6 29. Re3 Rad8 30. f4 Rd1 31. Kf2 Red8 32. Be2 R1d2 33. Bc1 Ra2
34. Bb2 Qb3 35. Qxb3 Bxb3 36. Rxb3 Rd2 37. Ke3 Raxb2 38. Bc4+ Kf8 39. Rc3 Rxh2
40. b5 Rhg2 41. Kd4 cxb5 42. axb5 Ke7 43. Ra3 Rbd2+ 44. Kc5 b6+ 45. Kb4 Kd6 46.
Rxa7 Rxg3 47. Rb7 Rb2+ 48. Ka4 Kc5 49. Bg8 Rg1 50. Rc7+ Kd4 51. Ka3 Rxb5 0-1

[Event "25th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Kiev URS"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Goldberg, Grigory"]
[Black "Nezhmetdinov, Rashid"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]
[ECO "C86"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. Qe2 Be7 6. O-O b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. a4
b4 9. a5 d6 10. h3 Be6 11. Bxe6 fxe6 12. c3 d5 13. d3 Bc5 14. Nbd2 Nh5 15. Nb3
Ng3 16. Qc2 Ba7 17. Re1 Rxf3 18. gxf3 Qf6 19. Be3 Nh5 20. Kh2 Rf8 21. Rg1 d4
22. cxd4 Nxd4 23. Nxd4 exd4 24. Bg5 Qe5+ 25. f4 Nxf4 26. Bxf4 Qxf4+ 27. Kh1
Qf3+ 28. Rg2 Qxh3+ 29. Kg1 c5 30. Re1 Rf6 31. Qa4 h6 32. Qe8+ Rf8 33. Qg6 Rf7
34. Rg3 Qh4 35. Qxe6 Bb8 36. e5 Qf4 37. Re2 Kh8 38. Kg2 c4 39. dxc4 Ba7 40.
Qc8+ Kh7 41. Qg4 1-0

[Event "25th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Kiev URS"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "19"]
[White "Sakharov, Yury"]
[Black "Goldberg, Grigory"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]
[ECO "B11"]
[PlyCount "126"]

1. e4 c6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Nf3 Bg4 4. h3 Bxf3 5. Qxf3 e6 6. g3 Nf6 7. Bg2 Nbd7 8. d3
Be7 9. O-O O-O 10. Qe2 dxe4 11. dxe4 Qc7 12. f4 Rad8 13. g4 g6 14. Kh1 b5 15.
b3 Bc5 16. Bb2 e5 17. fxe5 Ne8 18. e6 fxe6 19. e5 Qxe5 20. Qxe5 Nxe5 21. Ne4
Nd7 22. Nxc5 Rxf1+ 23. Rxf1 Nxc5 24. Ba3 Na6 25. Bxc6 b4 26. Bc1 Nb8 27. Bh6
Nc7 28. Be4 Nd5 29. a3 bxa3 30. Ra1 Nc3 31. Bd3 Nc6 32. Rxa3 Ne5 33. Bc4 Nd5
34. Bxd5 exd5 35. Rxa7 Nf7 36. Bf4 d4 37. Kg2 d3 38. cxd3 Rxd3 39. Rb7 g5 40.
Bg3 Nd8 41. Rb6 Nf7 42. b4 Rb3 43. b5 Kf8 44. Rb8+ Ke7 45. Bc7 Rb2+ 46. Kf1 Rb3
47. Kg2 Rb2+ 48. Kf3 Rb3+ 49. Ke4 Rxh3 50. b6 Rb3 51. Rg8 Rb5 52. Kd4 Nh6 53.
Rg7+ Kf6 54. Rxh7 Nxg4 55. Bd8+ Kg6 56. Rd7 Ne5 57. Rd6+ Kf7 58. Bc7 Ke7 59.
Rd5 Nc6+ 60. Kc4 Rxd5 61. Kxd5 Kd7 62. Bg3 Nd8 63. Kc5 Kc8 1/2-1/2

[Event "25th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Kiev URS"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Goldberg, Grigory"]
[Black "Chistiakov, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]
[ECO "A25"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 f5 4. Bg2 Nf6 5. d3 Bb4 6. Bd2 O-O 7. Nf3 d6 8. O-O
Bd7 9. Rc1 Bxc3 10. Bxc3 Qe7 11. b4 e4 12. Ne1 Rae8 13. Nc2 Ne5 14. Qd2 Qf7 15.
b5 b6 16. a4 Qh5 17. f3 exd3 18. exd3 f4 19. g4 Qg6 20. Bxe5 dxe5 21. Nb4 h5
22. h3 Qf7 23. Rce1 g5 24. Qc3 Qe7 25. Rf2 hxg4 26. fxg4 Qd6 27. Bf3 Re7 28.
Rfe2 Rfe8 29. Nd5 Nxd5 30. Bxd5+ Kh7 31. Re4 Qf6 32. Kf2 Kg6 33. Qa3 Qh8 34. d4
Bxg4 35. hxg4 Qh2+ 36. Kf1 Rh7 37. Rxe5 Rxe5 38. Rxe5 Rh3 39. Re6+ Kg7 40. Qe7+
Kh8 41. Qf8+ 1-0

[Event "25th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Kiev URS"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Sokolsky, Alexei"]
[Black "Goldberg, Grigory"]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]
[ECO "E04"]
[PlyCount "60"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Nbd7 5. Nf3 dxc4 6. Nc3 Rb8 7. a4 a6 8. e4
Bb4 9. e5 Nd5 10. Bd2 Nxc3 11. bxc3 Be7 12. O-O b5 13. axb5 axb5 14. d5 exd5
15. e6 fxe6 16. Nd4 Rb6 17. Re1 Nf6 18. Ra8 O-O 19. Bh3 Ne4 20. f3 Nc5 21. Bc1
Qd7 22. Ba3 Bb7 23. Ra7 Rf6 24. Kg2 Nd3 25. Rxe6 Rfxe6 26. Nxe6 Bxa3 27. Qe2
Qe7 28. Rxa3 Qxa3 29. Nd4 Qf8 30. Be6+ Kh8 0-1

[Event "25th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Kiev URS"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Goldberg, Grigory"]
[Black "Khasin, Abram"]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]
[ECO "E68"]
[PlyCount "100"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 d6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. e4 O-O 6. Ne2 e5 7. O-O exd4 8. Nxd4
Nbd7 9. Nc3 Re8 10. Re1 Nc5 11. f3 c6 12. Be3 Nfd7 13. Nb3 Ne5 14. Nxc5 dxc5
15. Qe2 Be6 16. Rad1 Qa5 17. Qc2 Nxc4 18. Bc1 Rad8 19. Bf1 Rxd1 20. Rxd1 Bd4+
21. Kg2 Ne3+ 22. Bxe3 Bxe3 23. b3 Rd8 24. Rd3 Rxd3 25. Bxd3 Bd4 26. Ne2 Qe1 27.
Nxd4 cxd4 28. h4 h5 29. Qe2 Qxe2+ 30. Bxe2 c5 31. g4 hxg4 32. fxg4 a6 33. Kf3
b5 34. Kf4 c4 35. Bd1 g5+ 36. hxg5 Kg7 37. Ke5 d3 38. Kd4 Kg6 39. bxc4 bxc4 40.
Ke3 Kxg5 41. a3 Bxg4 42. Ba4 Kf6 43. Bc6 Ke5 44. Bb7 a5 45. Bc6 f6 46. Bb5 Be6
47. Ba4 Bf7 48. Bb5 d2 49. Kxd2 Kd4 50. Bd7 Bg6 0-1

[Event "25th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Kiev URS"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Goldberg, Grigory"]
[Black "Nikolaevsky, Yury"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]
[ECO "A13"]
[PlyCount "53"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. b3 Be7 4. e3 b6 5. Be2 Bb7 6. O-O O-O 7. Bb2 d5 8. Ne5
Nbd7 9. f4 dxc4 10. bxc4 c5 11. Bf3 Qc7 12. Qa4 Bxf3 13. Rxf3 Nxe5 14. Bxe5 Qb7
15. d3 Nd7 16. Bc3 Rad8 17. e4 f5 18. Nd2 Bf6 19. Qc2 Bxc3 20. Qxc3 Nb8 21.
exf5 exf5 22. Re3 Rfe8 23. Rae1 Qd7 24. Nf3 Nc6 25. Rxe8+ Rxe8 26. Rxe8+ Qxe8
27. Kf2 1/2-1/2

[Event "25th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Kiev URS"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Bastrikov, Georgy"]
[Black "Goldberg, Grigory"]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]
[ECO "B11"]
[PlyCount "116"]

1. e4 c6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Nf3 Bg4 4. h3 Bxf3 5. Qxf3 e6 6. g3 Nd7 7. Bg2 Ngf6 8.
Qe2 dxe4 9. Nxe4 Nxe4 10. Bxe4 Be7 11. O-O O-O 12. Bg2 Bf6 13. d3 Nb6 14. Rd1
Qd7 15. c3 Rfd8 16. Be4 a5 17. a4 Nd5 18. d4 Qe7 19. h4 Rd7 20. Re1 Rad8 21.
Qc2 g6 22. h5 c5 23. dxc5 Qxc5 24. Bh6 Ne7 25. hxg6 hxg6 26. Be3 Qh5 27. Qe2
Qxe2 28. Rxe2 Nd5 29. Bc5 b6 30. Ba3 Be7 31. Bxe7 Nxe7 32. Ra3 Rd1+ 33. Kg2
R8d7 34. Kf3 Kg7 35. b4 f5 36. Bc2 Rc1 37. b5 Kf6 38. c4 Rd4 39. c5 bxc5 40.
Rae3 Rd6 41. Rc3 Nd5 42. Rxc5 Nb4 43. Kg2 e5 44. f3 g5 45. Rc8 f4 46. Bf5 Rxc8
47. Bxc8 Nd5 48. Bb7 Nc3 49. Rc2 Nxa4 50. Be4 Nb6 51. Kh3 Nd7 52. Rc7 a4 53.
Ra7 Nc5 54. Bc6 fxg3 55. Kxg3 Rd2 56. b6 Ne6 57. Bd7 Nf4 58. Bh3 Nh5+ 0-1

[Event "25th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Kiev URS"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Goldberg, Grigory"]
[Black "Blagidze, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]
[ECO "E35"]
[PlyCount "177"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 c6 7. e3 Be6 8. Bd3
Nbd7 9. Ne2 Bd6 10. O-O-O h6 11. Bh4 Qc7 12. f3 g5 13. Bg3 Bxg3 14. Nxg3 O-O-O
15. Kb1 Kb8 16. Bf5 h5 17. Rhe1 h4 18. Nf1 Nf8 19. h3 Ne8 20. Bd3 Ng7 21. Na4
Nd7 22. Rc1 Qd6 23. Nd2 f5 24. Nb3 Ka8 25. Qc3 Rc8 26. Nbc5 Rc7 27. e4 fxe4 28.
fxe4 Nxc5 29. dxc5 Qg3 30. exd5 Bxd5 31. Bf1 Qxc3 32. Nxc3 Be6 33. Rcd1 g4 34.
Rd6 gxh3 35. gxh3 Bf5+ 36. Kc1 Kb8 37. Kd2 Kc8 38. Re3 Rd7 39. Rxd7 Kxd7 40.
Ne4 Bxe4 41. Rxe4 Ne6 42. b4 Rf8 43. Be2 Nf4 44. Bg4+ Kd8 45. a3 Nd5 46. Be6
Nf4 47. Ke3 Nxe6 48. Rxe6 Rg8 49. Kf4 Rg3 50. Re3 Rg1 51. Kf5 Rg3 52. Ke4 Rg7
53. Kd4 Rd7+ 54. Kc4 Rg7 55. a4 Rg3 56. Kd4 Rg5 57. Re4 a5 58. bxa5 Rg1 59.
Rxh4 Rd1+ 60. Kc4 Rc1+ 61. Kb4 Rb1+ 62. Ka3 Ra1+ 63. Kb3 Rb1+ 64. Kc2 Rh1 65.
Rd4+ Kc7 66. h4 Kb8 67. Rc4 Ka7 68. Kd2 Rf1 69. Ke3 Ka6 70. Ke4 Kxa5 71. Ke5
Ka6 72. Rf4 Rc1 73. Kd6 Rd1+ 74. Ke6 Rc1 75. Rf5 Rc4 76. h5 Rxa4 77. Kf6 Rh4
78. Kg6 b5 79. cxb6 Kxb6 80. h6 Rg4+ 81. Rg5 Rd4 82. h7 Rd6+ 83. Kg7 Rd7+ 84.
Kh6 Rd6+ 85. Kh5 Rd1 86. Rg4 Rd8 87. Rg8 Rd1 88. h8=Q Rh1+ 89. Kg4 1-0

[Event "25th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Kiev URS"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Nezhmetdinov, Rashid"]
[Black "Sakharov, Yury"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]
[ECO "B11"]
[PlyCount "82"]

1. e4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. Nc3 Bg4 4. h3 Bxf3 5. Qxf3 Nf6 6. d3 e6 7. g3 Be7 8. Bg2
O-O 9. O-O Na6 10. Qe2 Nc7 11. f4 Nfe8 12. Kh2 b5 13. Nd1 f5 14. exd5 exd5 15.
c4 bxc4 16. dxc4 Nf6 17. cxd5 cxd5 18. Ne3 Ne4 19. Rd1 Qd7 20. Bd2 Bc5 21. Rac1
Bb6 22. Bxe4 fxe4 23. Bc3 Rad8 24. Be5 Qf7 25. Rc6 Ne6 26. Nxd5 Nd4 27. Rxd4
Bxd4 28. Rc7 Bxe5 29. Rxf7 Rxf7 30. Qxe4 Rfd7 31. fxe5 Rxd5 32. h4 R5d7 33.
Qc4+ Kf8 34. Kh3 Re8 35. Kg4 Rf7 36. Qc5+ Kg8 37. h5 h6 38. Qd5 Kf8 39. a4 Ree7
40. b4 Re8 41. b5 Rc8 1-0

[Event "25th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Kiev URS"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Chistiakov, Alexander"]
[Black "Nezhmetdinov, Rashid"]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]
[ECO "C49"]
[PlyCount "126"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Bb4 5. O-O O-O 6. d3 Bxc3 7. bxc3 Qe7 8.
Re1 d6 9. d4 Bg4 10. d5 Nb8 11. h3 Bc8 12. Bf1 Nbd7 13. Nh4 Nc5 14. Nf5 Qe8 15.
Qf3 Bxf5 16. exf5 e4 17. Qg3 Nxd5 18. c4 Ne7 19. f6 Nf5 20. Qf4 Qe6 21. Bb2
gxf6 22. Rad1 Ne7 23. Re3 Ng6 24. Rg3 Nd7 25. Re1 Kh8 26. Qxe4 Rfe8 27. Rge3
Qxe4 28. Rxe4 Rxe4 29. Rxe4 Kg7 30. g3 a5 31. f4 a4 32. h4 Kf8 33. Bh3 Re8 34.
Rxe8+ Kxe8 35. Kf2 Ke7 36. Bf5 Nb6 37. Bd3 Nf8 38. Kf3 f5 39. Bxf5 Nxc4 40. Bc3
c5 41. h5 d5 42. Bg7 Ne6 43. h6 f6 44. Bxh7 Kf7 45. Bd3 Nd6 46. g4 c4 47. Bf1
Nd4+ 48. Ke3 Nxc2+ 49. Kd2 Nd4 50. Kc3 Ne6 51. f5 Ne4+ 52. Kb4 N6g5 53. Kxa4 c3
54. Kb3 Nf3 55. Kc2 Ne1+ 56. Kc1 c2 57. g5 Nc3 58. g6+ Kg8 59. Bxf6 Nxa2+ 60.
Kb2 c1=Q+ 61. Kxa2 Qxh6 62. Bb5 Qd2+ 63. Kb3 Qc2+ 0-1

[Event "25th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Kiev URS"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Nezhmetdinov, Rashid"]
[Black "Sokolsky, Alexei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]
[ECO "C17"]
[PlyCount "47"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 Ne7 5. Qg4 c5 6. a3 Qa5 7. Bd2 cxd4 8. axb4
Qxa1+ 9. Nd1 Nbc6 10. b5 Nxe5 11. Qxg7 N7g6 12. h4 h5 13. Rh3 Bd7 14. Nf3 Nc4
15. Bxc4 dxc4 16. Ng5 O-O-O 17. Ra3 Qb1 18. Rxa7 c3 19. bxc3 Qxb5 20. Nxf7 Kb8
21. Nxh8 Rxh8 22. Ra1 Be8 23. Qxd4 Bc6 24. Qd6+ 1-0

[Event "25th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Kiev URS"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Khasin, Abram"]
[Black "Nezhmetdinov, Rashid"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]
[ECO "A49"]
[PlyCount "83"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. O-O d6 6. b3 a5 7. c4 Nc6 8. Bb2
Bg4 9. d5 Nb8 10. Nd4 Qc8 11. Nc3 Bh3 12. Qd2 Na6 13. Rae1 Nc5 14. e4 Bxg2 15.
Kxg2 e5 16. dxe6 fxe6 17. Ndb5 Qd7 18. f3 e5 19. Nd5 Ne8 20. Rd1 Ne6 21. Kh1
Qf7 22. Ne3 h5 23. Ng2 Kh7 24. Bc1 a4 25. b4 c6 26. Nc3 Nd4 27. Qd3 Nc7 28. f4
Bf6 29. Ne2 Nce6 30. Be3 c5 31. f5 gxf5 32. exf5 Ng7 33. Nc3 cxb4 34. Nd5 b5
35. Nxf6+ Qxf6 36. Bxd4 bxc4 37. Qxc4 exd4 38. Qxb4 Qe5 39. Qxd4 Qxd4 40. Rxd4
Nxf5 41. Rdf4 Kg6 42. Rxf5 1-0

[Event "25th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Kiev URS"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Nikolaevsky, Yury"]
[Black "Nezhmetdinov, Rashid"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]
[ECO "C99"]
[PlyCount "87"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. c3
d6 9. h3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. d4 Qc7 12. Nbd2 cxd4 13. cxd4 Bb7 14. Nf1 Rac8 15.
Bd3 Nc6 16. Ne3 exd4 17. Nf5 g6 18. Nxe7+ Qxe7 19. Bg5 Qe6 20. Bc2 Kg7 21. Bb3
Qe7 22. Qd2 Rfe8 23. Bd5 Ne5 24. Nxd4 Nc4 25. Bxc4 Rxc4 26. Rad1 Rc5 27. f3
Rec8 28. b4 Re5 29. Qf4 d5 30. Qh4 h5 31. exd5 Rc4 32. Nf5+ Rxf5 33. Rxe7 Rxh4
34. Bxh4 Bxd5 35. Bxf6+ Kxf6 36. Re2 h4 37. Rd4 g5 38. a3 Kg7 39. Re7 Bc4 40.
Rd6 Bb3 41. Rxa6 Rd5 42. Re3 Rd1+ 43. Kh2 Bc4 44. Re5 1-0

[Event "25th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Kiev URS"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Bastrikov, Georgy"]
[Black "Nezhmetdinov, Rashid"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]
[ECO "C47"]
[PlyCount "79"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. d4 exd4 5. Nxd4 Bb4 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. Bd3 d6 8.
O-O Ng4 9. Be2 Qh4 10. Bf4 Bc5 11. Bg3 Qg5 12. Na4 Bb6 13. Nxb6 axb6 14. b4 h5
15. h4 Qf6 16. Qd2 Ra3 17. Bxg4 hxg4 18. Qc1 Qc3 19. e5 d5 20. Qg5 O-O 21. h5
Qxc2 22. h6 Qg6 23. Qc1 Rd3 24. hxg7 Re8 25. a4 Rb3 26. Qd2 Ba6 27. Rfc1 Bc4
28. a5 bxa5 29. bxa5 Ba6 30. Qd4 Re6 31. Bh4 Kxg7 32. Bf6+ Kh7 33. Rc3 Rb1+ 34.
Rxb1 Qxb1+ 35. Kh2 Qe4 36. Qxe4+ dxe4 37. Kg3 Bf1 38. Kxg4 Bxg2 39. Rg3 Bf1 40.
Rg1 1-0

[Event "25th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Kiev URS"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Nezhmetdinov, Rashid"]
[Black "Blagidze, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]
[ECO "C16"]
[PlyCount "102"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 Qd7 5. Bd2 b6 6. Qg4 Bf8 7. Nge2 Ba6 8. a4
f5 9. Qg3 Ne7 10. h4 c5 11. dxc5 bxc5 12. Nb5 Nec6 13. h5 Bb7 14. h6 g6 15. a5
a6 16. Nd6+ Bxd6 17. exd6 e5 18. f4 Qxd6 19. Qb3 Ra7 20. fxe5 Nxe5 21. Bf4 Nbd7
22. Rh3 d4 23. O-O-O Bd5 24. Qa3 Qc6 25. Nxd4 cxd4 26. Rxd4 Kf7 27. Rc3 Qe6 28.
Rc5 Nxc5 29. Qxc5 Rd7 30. c4 Rhd8 31. cxd5 Rxd5 32. Rxd5 Qxd5 33. Qxd5+ Rxd5
34. Bd2 Rc5+ 35. Kb1 Nc4 36. Bb4 Rc6 37. Ka2 Ke6 38. Be2 Nd6 39. Kb3 Kd5 40.
Bd2 Ne4 41. Be3 g5 42. Bb6 Rxh6 43. Kb4 Rh4 44. Ka3 Kc6 45. b4 Kb7 46. Bc4 Nd6
47. Bd5+ Kb8 48. Bf2 Rh1 49. Kb3 Nb5 50. Kc2 h5 51. Kd3 Rd1+ 0-1

[Event "25th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Kiev URS"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Sakharov, Yury"]
[Black "Chistiakov, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]
[ECO "C11"]
[PlyCount "109"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. Nce2 c5 6. c3 Nc6 7. f4 Be7 8. Nf3
b6 9. g3 cxd4 10. Nexd4 Bb7 11. Be3 O-O 12. Nxc6 Bxc6 13. Bd4 Nc5 14. Bd3 Qd7
15. Bc2 Ne4 16. O-O f5 17. exf6 gxf6 18. Qe2 Bc5 19. Rad1 Qf7 20. Nh4 Kh8 21.
Bxe4 dxe4 22. Bxc5 bxc5 23. Ng2 Rab8 24. Ne3 a5 25. Rd2 Bb5 26. c4 Ba4 27. b3
Be8 28. Rfd1 a4 29. Rd8 Qc7 30. Rxb8 Qxb8 31. Qc2 axb3 32. axb3 Bh5 33. Rd7 Be8
34. Rd2 Bg6 35. Qc3 h5 36. Kf2 Kg8 37. Rd1 Qb7 38. Rd6 Qe7 39. Qd2 f5 40. b4
cxb4 41. Qxb4 h4 42. Qb6 hxg3+ 43. hxg3 Qh7 44. Kg1 Bf7 45. Qd4 Qh3 46. Nf1 Qg4
47. c5 e5 48. fxe5 Bg6 49. Rd8 Rxd8 50. Qxd8+ Kg7 51. Qd2 Bf7 52. c6 Bc4 53. c7
Ba6 54. Qd7+ Kh6 55. c8=Q 1-0

[Event "25th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Kiev URS"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Sokolsky, Alexei"]
[Black "Sakharov, Yury"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]
[ECO "A00"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1. b4 Nf6 2. Bb2 e6 3. b5 b6 4. Nf3 Bb7 5. e3 Be7 6. c4 O-O 7. Nc3 d5 8. Be2 c5
9. cxd5 exd5 10. d4 Nbd7 11. O-O Qc7 12. a4 c4 13. Ba3 Bxa3 14. Rxa3 Rfe8 15.
Qc2 a5 16. bxa6 Rxa6 17. Rb1 Bc6 18. Rb4 Qd6 19. Qb2 h5 20. h3 Rea8 21. Nd2 b5
22. Nxb5 Bxb5 23. Rxb5 Rxa4 24. Rxa4 Rxa4 25. Nb1 Qa6 26. Nc3 Ra5 27. Rxa5 Qxa5
28. f3 h4 29. Bf1 Nb6 30. e4 Na4 31. Qb8+ Kh7 32. Nxa4 Qxa4 33. Qc8 Qd1 34.
Qf5+ Kh8 35. Qc8+ Kh7 36. Qf5+ Kh8 37. Qc8+ Ng8 38. exd5 Qxd4+ 39. Kh1 c3 40.
d6 Qd1 41. d7 1/2-1/2

[Event "25th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Kiev URS"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Sakharov, Yury"]
[Black "Khasin, Abram"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]
[ECO "C19"]
[PlyCount "109"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 Ne7 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 c5 7. a4 Qc7 8. Nf3
b6 9. Bb5+ Bd7 10. Be2 Nbc6 11. O-O Rc8 12. Qd2 O-O 13. Re1 f5 14. c4 cxd4 15.
Ba3 dxc4 16. Bxc4 Na5 17. Ba6 Rce8 18. Nxd4 Rf7 19. Bd6 Qd8 20. Red1 Nec6 21.
Nb3 f4 22. Be2 Qg5 23. Qc3 Nb7 24. Bf3 Rc8 25. Bxc6 Rxc6 26. Qf3 Nxd6 27. Rxd6
Rxc2 28. Re1 h5 29. h3 Re7 30. Nd4 Rc5 31. Qe4 Rc4 32. Qd3 Rc7 33. Nf3 Qf5 34.
Qxf5 exf5 35. a5 bxa5 36. e6 Ba4 37. Nd4 g6 38. Ra1 Rc4 39. f3 Kg7 40. h4 Kf6
41. Rd5 Rb7 42. Kh2 Rbb4 43. Ne2 Bb5 44. e7 Kxe7 45. Re1 Kf7 46. Ng1 Rc3 47.
Nh3 Re3 48. Red1 a4 49. Rc5 Re7 50. Rc8 Be8 51. Ng5+ Kf8 52. Rdd8 Rb1 53. Nh7+
Kg7 54. Rxe8 Rxe8 55. Rc7+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "25th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Kiev URS"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Sakharov, Yury"]
[Black "Nikolaevsky, Yury"]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]
[ECO "B66"]
[PlyCount "83"]

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. Bf4 Bd7 10. Nxc6 Bxc6 11. f3 d5 12. Qe1 Bb4 13. a3 Be7 14. exd5
exd5 15. Ne2 O-O 16. Be3 Re8 17. Qd2 b5 18. Nd4 Bd7 19. Bd3 Rb8 20. Rhe1 b4 21.
axb4 Bxb4 22. c3 Bxc3 23. bxc3 Qa5 24. Nc2 Qa2 25. Qf2 Rb2 26. Kd2 Ne4+ 27.
fxe4 dxe4 28. Ra1 Qb3 29. Rab1 Rxb1 30. Bc4 Qxc4 31. Rxb1 Qd3+ 32. Ke1 Ba4 33.
Rc1 Qxc3+ 34. Kf1 Qd3+ 35. Kg1 Bxc2 36. h4 Bb3 37. Rc6 Be6 38. Kh2 a5 39. Bd4
Rd8 40. Ba1 Qd1 41. Bc3 a4 42. Qb6 0-1

[Event "25th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Kiev URS"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Sakharov, Yury"]
[Black "Bastrikov, Georgy"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]
[ECO "A51"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e5 3. d5 c6 4. Nc3 cxd5 5. cxd5 Bc5 6. e3 d6 7. Be2 O-O 8. Nf3
a6 9. a4 a5 10. O-O h6 11. Nd2 Na6 12. Nb3 Bb6 13. e4 Nb4 14. Bf3 Ne8 15. Nd2
Bc5 16. Nc4 b6 17. Be3 f5 18. exf5 Bxf5 19. Be4 Bxe4 20. Nxe4 Bxe3 21. fxe3
Rxf1+ 22. Qxf1 Nxd5 23. Rd1 Qh4 24. Qf3 Nec7 25. Rf1 Qe7 26. Nexd6 Rd8 27. Nf5
Qf6 28. Qg4 Ne7 29. Nxe7+ Qxe7 30. Nxb6 Rb8 31. Nc4 Qc5 32. h4 h5 33. Qe4 Rb4
34. b3 Rxb3 35. Rd1 Ne6 36. Rd5 Qb4 37. Rxe5 Qe1+ 38. Kh2 Nf8 39. Qd5+ Kh7 40.
Rxh5+ Kg6 41. Qf5# 1-0

[Event "25th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Kiev URS"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Blagidze, Alexander"]
[Black "Sakharov, Yury"]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]
[ECO "A81"]
[PlyCount "72"]

1. d4 f5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 g6 4. Nd2 Bg7 5. e4 fxe4 6. Nxe4 Nxe4 7. Bxe4 d5 8.
Bg2 Nc6 9. c3 e5 10. dxe5 Nxe5 11. f4 Bg4 12. Ne2 Nc6 13. h3 Be6 14. O-O Qd7
15. Kh2 O-O-O 16. Nd4 Bxd4 17. cxd4 Bf5 18. Re1 Rde8 19. a3 Rxe1 20. Qxe1 Re8
21. Qf2 Na5 22. Bd2 Nc4 23. b3 Nd6 24. g4 Be4 25. Bf1 h5 26. gxh5 Rh8 27. hxg6
Bxg6 28. Bb4 Ne4 29. Qf3 Bf5 30. Bg2 Nf6 31. Bf1 Be4 32. Qg3 Rg8 33. Qf2 Qh7
34. Be2 Bf5 35. h4 Ne4 36. Qe1 Qh6 0-1

[Event "25th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Kiev URS"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Sokolsky, Alexei"]
[Black "Chistiakov, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]
[ECO "C07"]
[PlyCount "61"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. exd5 Qxd5 5. Ngf3 Nf6 6. Bc4 Qd8 7. O-O Nc6 8.
Nb3 cxd4 9. Nbxd4 Nxd4 10. Qxd4 Qxd4 11. Nxd4 a6 12. Bf4 Bd7 13. Rad1 Rc8 14.
Bb3 Bc5 15. Be5 Ke7 16. Rfe1 Rhd8 17. Nf5+ Kf8 18. Nd6 Bxd6 19. Bxd6+ Ke8 20.
f3 Bc6 21. Be5 Ke7 22. c3 Rxd1 23. Rxd1 Rd8 24. Rxd8 Kxd8 25. Kf2 Ke7 26. Ke3
Nd5+ 27. Bxd5 Bxd5 28. Bxg7 Bxa2 29. Kd4 Bd5 30. c4 Bc6 31. Kc5 1/2-1/2

[Event "25th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Kiev URS"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "18"]
[White "Chistiakov, Alexander"]
[Black "Khasin, Abram"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]
[ECO "B21"]
[PlyCount "65"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 e6 3. f4 d5 4. Nf3 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Nc6 6. Bb5 Bd7 7. Qe2 a6 8.
Bxc6 Bxc6 9. d3 Nf6 10. O-O Be7 11. Nxf6+ gxf6 12. Be3 Qd5 13. c4 Qh5 14. Rad1
O-O-O 15. f5 Bd6 16. fxe6 Rhg8 17. Rd2 fxe6 18. Kh1 Rg4 19. Bg1 Rdg8 20. Qxe6+
Kc7 21. h3 Rg3 22. Bh2 Qg6 23. Nh4 Qg5 24. Rxf6 Qxh4 25. Qxd6+ Kb6 26. b4 R3g5
27. Rff2 Ka7 28. d4 Rxg2 29. Qxc5+ Ka8 30. Rf8+ Rxf8 31. Qxf8+ Ka7 32. Qb8+ Kb6
33. Bc7# 1-0

[Event "25th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Kiev URS"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Chistiakov, Alexander"]
[Black "Nikolaevsky, Yury"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]
[ECO "B23"]
[PlyCount "151"]

1. e4 d6 2. f4 Nf6 3. Nc3 c5 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. Bb5 a6 6. Bxc6+ bxc6 7. d3 g6 8. O-O
Bg7 9. Bd2 O-O 10. Qe2 a5 11. Na4 Nd7 12. Bc3 e5 13. fxe5 dxe5 14. Bd2 Qe7 15.
Rae1 f6 16. Be3 Rf7 17. Nd2 Ba6 18. c4 Bf8 19. Nb3 Qd8 20. Rd1 Bc8 21. Kh1 Rb8
22. Nbxc5 Bxc5 23. Bxc5 Nxc5 24. Nxc5 Qd4 25. Nb3 Qb6 26. Rd2 a4 27. Nc1 Be6
28. h3 Rbf8 29. Qf2 Qa5 30. Qe3 Qb4 31. Rdf2 Kg7 32. b3 a3 33. d4 exd4 34. Qxd4
Rd7 35. Qa1 Qe7 36. Qc3 c5 37. Nd3 Rd4 38. e5 f5 39. Nf4 Rfd8 40. Qa5 Bg8 41.
e6 Re4 42. Nd5 Qd6 43. e7 Re8 44. Qc3+ Qe5 45. Qxe5+ Rxe5 46. Nc7 R8xe7 47. Nb5
Bf7 48. Nxa3 Be8 49. Nb5 Bc6 50. Kh2 h5 51. Rd1 Re3 52. Rd6 Be4 53. Rd8 h4 54.
Nd6 Bb1 55. Nc8 R7e4 56. Rd1 Re1 57. Rxe1 Rxe1 58. Nd6 Kh6 59. a4 Be4 60. a5
Bc6 61. Rd2 Re3 62. Nxf5+ gxf5 63. Rd6+ Kg5 64. Rxc6 Rxb3 65. Rxc5 Ra3 66. Rb5
Kf4 67. c5 Ke4 68. c6 Rc3 69. a6 Rxc6 70. Ra5 Rc8 71. a7 Ra8 72. Kg1 Ke3 73.
Kf1 Kf4 74. Kf2 Kg5 75. Kf3 Kg6 76. Kf4 1-0

[Event "25th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Kiev URS"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Bastrikov, Georgy"]
[Black "Chistiakov, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]
[ECO "C11"]
[PlyCount "114"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Be7 6. Bxf6 gxf6 7. Nf3 b6 8.
Bb5+ c6 9. Bc4 Bb7 10. Qe2 Qc7 11. O-O-O Nd7 12. Kb1 O-O-O 13. Ba6 Bxa6 14.
Qxa6+ Kb8 15. c4 Rhg8 16. g3 f5 17. Nc3 h5 18. Qa4 Bf6 19. Ne2 h4 20. Nf4 c5
21. d5 Ne5 22. Qb3 Ng4 23. Qc2 hxg3 24. hxg3 e5 25. Nh5 Bh8 26. Nh4 e4 27. Nxf5
Qe5 28. Ne3 Nxe3 29. fxe3 Rd6 30. Rh4 f5 31. a4 a6 32. Rd2 Rc8 33. Nf4 Rg8 34.
Rh3 Bf6 35. Rdh2 Rd7 36. Rf2 Rb7 37. Ne6 Be7 38. Rh5 Qxg3 39. Qd2 Qd6 40. Rhxf5
b5 41. axb5 axb5 42. cxb5 Rxb5 43. Rg2 Rh8 44. Qd1 Qa6 45. Rh5 Rc8 46. Rh7 Bd6
47. Qe2 Ka8 48. Rhg7 Be5 49. Rg8 Rxg8 50. Rxg8+ Ka7 51. Rg7+ Bxg7 52. Nxg7 c4
53. Qd1 Qf6 54. Qd4+ Qxd4 55. exd4 e3 56. Kc1 e2 57. Kd2 Rxb2+ 0-1

[Event "25th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Kiev URS"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Chistiakov, Alexander"]
[Black "Blagidze, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]
[ECO "E24"]
[PlyCount "132"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. a3 Bxc3+ 5. bxc3 c5 6. f3 d5 7. e3 O-O 8. cxd5
Nxd5 9. Bd2 cxd4 10. cxd4 f5 11. Bc4 b6 12. Ne2 Qg5 13. Kf2 Qh4+ 14. g3 Qf6 15.
Qb3 Rd8 16. Rac1 Ba6 17. Rhf1 Bxc4 18. Rxc4 Nd7 19. Kg2 Qg6 20. Rc6 N7f6 21.
Rfc1 Qf7 22. Qb1 g5 23. Qd3 g4 24. f4 Ne4 25. Kg1 Qd7 26. R6c2 Rac8 27. Nc3 Nd6
28. Nxd5 exd5 29. Bb4 Nc4 30. h3 h5 31. hxg4 hxg4 32. Re1 Kg7 33. Rh2 Rh8 34.
Ree2 Qe6 35. Bd2 Rxh2 36. Rxh2 Rh8 37. Rxh8 Kxh8 38. Bc1 Kg7 39. Qc2 b5 40. Qh2
Qh6 41. Qg2 Qe6 42. Qh2 Nd6 43. Qc2 Qc8 44. Qc5 Qxc5 45. dxc5 Ne4 46. c6 Kf7
47. c7 Nd6 48. Bb2 Ke6 49. Be5 Nc8 50. Kf2 Kd7 51. Ke2 Nb6 52. Kd3 Nc4 53. Kd4
a5 54. Kxd5 Nxe3+ 55. Kc5 b4 56. axb4 axb4 57. Kxb4 Nf1 58. Kc5 Nxg3 59. Kd5
Ne2 60. Bd6 g3 61. Ke5 Nc1 62. Kf6 Nb3 63. Kxf5 g2 64. Be5 g1=Q 65. c8=Q+ Kxc8
66. Ke6 Qg8+ 0-1

[Event "25th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Kiev URS"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Khasin, Abram"]
[Black "Sokolsky, Alexei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]
[ECO "C08"]
[PlyCount "55"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. exd5 exd5 5. Ngf3 Nf6 6. Bb5+ Bd7 7. Bxd7+ Nbxd7
8. O-O Be7 9. dxc5 Nxc5 10. Nd4 O-O 11. N2b3 Re8 12. Nf5 Rc8 13. Be3 Bf8 14.
Bd4 Ne6 15. c3 Nxd4 16. Qxd4 a6 17. Ne3 Qd7 18. Rad1 Rcd8 19. Rd2 Bd6 20. Rfd1
Re4 21. Qd3 Bf4 22. Nc5 Bxh2+ 23. Kh1 Qd6 24. Nxe4 Nxe4 25. Re2 Bf4 26. Nf5 Nc5
27. Nxd6 Nxd3 28. Nxb7 1-0

[Event "25th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Kiev URS"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "19"]
[White "Sokolsky, Alexei"]
[Black "Nikolaevsky, Yury"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]
[ECO "A00"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1. b4 a5 2. b5 Nf6 3. Bb2 g6 4. e3 Bg7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. c4 d6 7. d4 Nbd7 8. Be2 e5
9. Nc3 e4 10. Nd2 Re8 11. Qc2 Qe7 12. Rc1 Nf8 13. h3 h5 14. Nd5 Nxd5 15. cxd5
Qg5 16. g3 Qxd5 17. Qxc7 Be6 18. Bc4 Qf5 19. Qxd6 Bxc4 20. Nxc4 Ne6 21. g4 Qf3
22. Rh2 Ng5 23. Nd2 Bf8 24. Qb6 Bb4 25. Bc3 Rac8 26. Nxf3 Bxc3+ 27. Ke2 exf3+
28. Kd3 Bb4 29. Rc2 Rxc2 30. Kxc2 Rc8+ 31. Kb2 Ne4 32. Qxb7 Nd6 33. Qa6 Rc3 34.
Qxd6 Bxd6 35. Kxc3 Bxh2 36. e4 Bg1 37. b6 hxg4 38. hxg4 Bxf2 39. b7 Bg3 40. e5
Be1+ 41. Kd3 1-0

[Event "25th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Kiev URS"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Sokolsky, Alexei"]
[Black "Bastrikov, Georgy"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]
[ECO "B28"]
[PlyCount "75"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 a6 3. c4 Nc6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nf6 6. Nc3 Qc7 7. Be3 e6 8. Rc1
Bb4 9. Bd3 Ne5 10. a3 Be7 11. Be2 h5 12. h3 Ng6 13. Qd2 d6 14. O-O Bd7 15. b4
h4 16. Rfd1 O-O 17. Bg5 Rfd8 18. Nf3 Be8 19. Nxh4 Nxh4 20. Bxh4 Nxe4 21. Nxe4
Bxh4 22. Qf4 Be7 23. c5 Bc6 24. cxd6 Qb8 25. Rxc6 bxc6 26. Qg3 Bxd6 27. Rxd6
Rxd6 28. Nxd6 a5 29. Bh5 Ra7 30. bxa5 Qb1+ 31. Kh2 g6 32. Bf3 Rxa5 33. Be4 Qa1
34. Nxf7 Rxa3 35. Qxg6+ Kf8 36. Qxe6 Qc1 37. Qf6 Ke8 38. Bxc6+ 1-0

[Event "25th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Kiev URS"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Blagidze, Alexander"]
[Black "Sokolsky, Alexei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]
[ECO "A12"]
[PlyCount "128"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 Bf5 4. O-O e6 5. d3 h6 6. Nbd2 c6 7. b3 Be7 8. Bb2
O-O 9. c4 Bh7 10. Rc1 Nbd7 11. Rc2 a5 12. a3 c5 13. cxd5 exd5 14. a4 b5 15.
axb5 Rb8 16. Ne5 Nxe5 17. Bxe5 Rxb5 18. Ra2 Bf5 19. Qc2 Be6 20. Rfa1 Qb6 21.
Bc3 Ng4 22. e3 Bf6 23. Rxa5 Rxa5 24. Bxa5 Qb5 25. Ra4 Rc8 26. Bf1 Qb8 27. Be2
h5 28. Bd1 Bd7 29. Ra2 h4 30. Nf1 hxg3 31. hxg3 Qe5 32. Be2 g6 33. Nh2 Nxh2 34.
Kxh2 Kg7 35. Bf3 Qf5 36. Bg2 Bb5 37. e4 dxe4 38. Bxe4 Rh8+ 39. Kg1 Qh5 40. Bc3
Bd4 41. Bxd4+ cxd4 42. Ra8 Qh2+ 43. Kf1 Rh5 44. Rd8 Re5 45. Bg2 Rf5 46. Rd5 Qh5
47. Rxd4 Rc5 48. Qd2 Qe5 49. b4 Rc8 50. Qe3 Qh5 51. g4 Qh2 52. Qd2 Bc6 53. Bxc6
Rxc6 54. Re4 Rc1+ 55. Ke2 Qh1 56. Ke3 Re1+ 57. Kd4 Rc1 58. b5 Rc8 59. Ke3 Qb1
60. Qb4 Qc1+ 61. Qd2 Qc5+ 62. Kf3 Qxb5 63. Qe3 Rd8 64. d4 Rh8 1/2-1/2

[Event "25th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Kiev URS"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Nikolaevsky, Yury"]
[Black "Khasin, Abram"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]
[ECO "C15"]
[PlyCount "72"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Bd3 dxe4 5. Bxe4 Nf6 6. Bf3 O-O 7. Ne2 e5 8.
dxe5 Qxd1+ 9. Kxd1 Ng4 10. Bxg4 Bxg4 11. f3 Bf5 12. Ng3 Be6 13. Nce4 Rd8+ 14.
Ke2 Nc6 15. c3 Ba5 16. f4 h5 17. Be3 f6 18. exf6 h4 19. Nf1 Bd5 20. Ng5 gxf6
21. Nf3 h3 22. g4 Rd7 23. Rg1 Re8 24. Kf2 Rde7 25. Nh4 Bb6 26. Rg3 Re4 27. Bxb6
Rxf4+ 28. Kg1 axb6 29. Ne3 Be6 30. Rf1 Rxf1+ 31. Kxf1 Bxa2 32. Rxh3 Ne5 33.
Nhf5 Nc4 34. Kf2 Nxb2 35. Rh6 Nd3+ 36. Kg3 Nc5 1/2-1/2

[Event "25th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Kiev URS"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Bastrikov, Georgy"]
[Black "Khasin, Abram"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]
[ECO "C16"]
[PlyCount "73"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 Ne7 5. Bd2 O-O 6. a3 Ba5 7. Bd3 Nd7 8. Nf3
f6 9. exf6 Nxf6 10. Qe2 Nf5 11. O-O-O c6 12. h3 Bb6 13. Be3 Nxe3 14. Qxe3 Bc7
15. Ne2 Qd6 16. Ne5 c5 17. c3 c4 18. Bb1 b5 19. f4 a5 20. g4 Rb8 21. g5 Nd7 22.
Qg3 Nxe5 23. fxe5 Qe7 24. Qg4 Bd8 25. h4 g6 26. Rhf1 Rxf1 27. Rxf1 b4 28. a4
Bd7 29. Bc2 b3 30. Bb1 Bxa4 31. Rf6 Bd7 32. Bxg6 Qg7 33. Nf4 Bxf6 34. exf6 Qh8
35. Bh5 Rb6 36. Nxd5 Rd6 37. Qf4 1-0

[Event "25th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Kiev URS"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Khasin, Abram"]
[Black "Blagidze, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]
[ECO "C16"]
[PlyCount "196"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 Qd7 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 b6 7. Nh3 Ba6 8.
Bxa6 Nxa6 9. Qg4 f5 10. Qh5+ g6 11. Qe2 Qa4 12. Ng5 Ke7 13. h4 h6 14. Nh3 Kd7
15. Nf4 Ne7 16. Rh3 c5 17. Nd3 Qc4 18. Nf4 g5 19. Nh5 cxd4 20. Qxc4 dxc4 21.
hxg5 hxg5 22. Bxg5 dxc3 23. O-O-O+ Nd5 24. Nf6+ Kc6 25. Nxd5 exd5 26. Rf3 Raf8
27. Bf6 Rh5 28. Rg3 Re8 29. Rg6 Re6 30. f4 Nc5 31. Rg5 Rh2 32. Rxf5 Ne4 33. g4
Nf2 34. Rh5 Rg2 35. f5 Re8 36. e6 Nxd1 37. Kxd1 Rxg4 38. Bxc3 d4 39. Be1 Rf4
40. Bg3 Rf3 41. Be5 Kd5 42. Bg7 Ke4 43. Rh4+ Kxf5 44. Rxd4 Rxa3 45. Rxc4 Rxe6
46. Kc1 Rae3 47. Kb2 Re7 48. Bd4 R3e4 49. c3 Ke6 50. Rc8 Kd7 51. Rh8 Kc6 52.
Kb3 Rd7 53. Rh6+ Rd6 54. Rh7 a5 55. Kc4 Rg4 56. Rh5 Rg2 57. Rh8 Rb2 58. Rc8+
Kb7 59. Rg8 Rb1 60. Rg7+ Kc6 61. Ra7 a4 62. Kd3 Rd1+ 63. Kc2 R1xd4 64. cxd4
Rxd4 65. Kc3 Rh4 66. Rg7 b5 67. Rg6+ Kc5 68. Rg5+ Kc6 69. Rg8 Rc4+ 70. Kb2 Kc5
71. Ka3 Rc3+ 72. Kb2 Kb4 73. Rg4+ Rc4 74. Rg2 a3+ 75. Ka2 Ka4 76. Rg8 Rc2+ 77.
Kb1 Kb3 78. Rg3+ Rc3 79. Rg1 b4 80. Rh1 Rd3 81. Rg1 Ka4 82. Rg8 Re3 83. Rg4 Kb3
84. Rg1 Kc3 85. Rc1+ Kd2 86. Rc8 b3 87. Rd8+ Kc3 88. Rc8+ Kd4 89. Rd8+ Kc5 90.
Rc8+ Kd6 91. Rd8+ Kc7 92. Rd1 Kc6 93. Ka1 Kc5 94. Kb1 Kc4 95. Ka1 Kb4 96. Rh1
Kc3 97. Rc1+ Kd2 98. Rc2+ bxc2 0-1

[Event "25th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Kiev URS"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Bastrikov, Georgy"]
[Black "Nikolaevsky, Yury"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]
[ECO "B07"]
[PlyCount "116"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Bg5 h6 5. Be3 Bg7 6. Qd2 c6 7. f3 Qc7 8. Nge2
b5 9. Nd1 Nbd7 10. Rc1 Nb6 11. b3 Ba6 12. Nec3 Bb7 13. Bd3 a6 14. Ne2 Nfd7 15.
O-O c5 16. c4 b4 17. Nf2 e5 18. d5 Nf6 19. a3 a5 20. axb4 axb4 21. Ra1 Rxa1 22.
Rxa1 Kf8 23. g3 Kg8 24. Rf1 Bc8 25. f4 exf4 26. gxf4 Ng4 27. Nxg4 Bxg4 28. Kg2
Qc8 29. Ng1 Kh7 30. h3 Bh5 31. Ne2 Bxe2 32. Qxe2 Nd7 33. e5 f5 34. e6 Nf6 35.
Kh2 Ng8 36. Bf2 Bf6 37. Qa2 Ne7 38. Re1 Kg7 39. Rg1 Qa8 40. Qb1 Kh7 41. Rg2 Qa5
42. Qe1 Bc3 43. Qd1 Bf6 44. Be2 Ra8 45. h4 Qa1 46. h5 Qxd1 47. Bxd1 gxh5 48.
Bxh5 Ra2 49. Be8 Rb2 50. Ba4 Ng6 51. Be3 Rb1 52. Re2 Rd1 53. Kg2 Ne7 54. Bf2
Kg7 55. Re3 Rd2 56. Kg1 Bd4 57. Rf3 Rxf2 58. Rxf2 Kf8 1/2-1/2

[Event "25th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Kiev URS"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Nikolaevsky, Yury"]
[Black "Blagidze, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]
[ECO "C10"]
[PlyCount "53"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Bd3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Nf6 6. e5 Ne4 7. O-O Nxc3 8.
bxc3 Bxc3 9. Rb1 Bxd4 10. Nxd4 Nxd4 11. Qg4 Qe7 12. Qxd4 O-O 13. Qg4 f5 14.
exf6 Qxf6 15. Bg5 Qf7 16. Qh4 h6 17. Rbe1 c5 18. c3 Re8 19. Bxh6 c4 20. Bc2 e5
21. Re3 e4 22. Bxg7 Kxg7 23. Rg3+ Kf8 24. Qh6+ Ke7 25. Rg7 Be6 26. Rxf7+ Bxf7
27. f3 1-0

[Event "25th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Kiev URS"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Blagidze, Alexander"]
[Black "Bastrikov, Georgy"]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]
[ECO "B07"]
[PlyCount "136"]

1. d4 d6 2. e4 Nf6 3. f3 Nbd7 4. Bd3 e5 5. Ne2 c6 6. c3 Be7 7. O-O O-O 8. Nd2
d5 9. Bc2 c5 10. dxe5 Nxe5 11. Kh1 b6 12. exd5 Nxd5 13. Ne4 Ba6 14. b3 Re8 15.
c4 Nb4 16. Bf4 Ng6 17. Bg3 Qxd1 18. Bxd1 f5 19. N4c3 Bf6 20. a3 Nc6 21. Ra2
Nce7 22. Rd2 Rad8 23. Rxd8 Rxd8 24. Bc2 Ne5 25. Rd1 Rxd1+ 26. Bxd1 g6 27. Kg1
Kf7 28. Bc2 Bb7 29. Bf2 N5c6 30. Kf1 Be5 31. h3 Ke6 32. Ke1 Kd7 33. Kd2 Nd8 34.
b4 Ne6 35. b5 Kd6 36. Bd1 Ng8 37. a4 Nf6 38. Be3 Nh5 39. h4 Nhf4 40. Nxf4 Bxf4
41. Bxf4+ Nxf4 42. g3 Nh5 43. f4 Nxg3 44. Ke3 Ne4 45. Ne2 Ke7 46. Nc1 Nd6 47.
Bb3 Be4 48. Ne2 h6 49. Nc3 Kf6 50. Nd1 g5 51. hxg5+ hxg5 52. Nb2 Nb7 53. Bd1
Nd8 54. Bf3 gxf4+ 55. Kxf4 Ne6+ 56. Ke3 Bxf3 57. Kxf3 Ke5 58. Ke3 f4+ 59. Kd3
Ng5 60. a5 bxa5 61. Na4 Ne6 62. b6 axb6 63. Nxb6 Kf5 64. Na4 Kg4 65. Nc3 Kf3
66. Ne4 Kg2 67. Kc3 f3 68. Kb3 f2 0-1

