[Event "25th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Tolush, Alexander"]
[Black "Spassky, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]
[ECO "D53"]
[PlyCount "30"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e3 h6 6. Bh4 Ne4 7. Bxe7 Qxe7 8.
Nxe4 dxe4 9. Ne2 Qb4+ 10. Qd2 Qxd2+ 11. Kxd2 b6 12. Nc3 Bb7 13. Be2 Ke7 14. h4
Nd7 15. Rad1 c5 1/2-1/2

[Event "25th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "19"]
[White "Spassky, Boris"]
[Black "Aronin, Lev"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]
[ECO "D30"]
[PlyCount "75"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. g3 Nc6 6. Bg2 Nf6 7. O-O Be7 8.
dxc5 Bxc5 9. Nbd2 O-O 10. Nb3 Bb6 11. Nbd4 Re8 12. b3 Bg4 13. Bb2 Ne4 14. Qd3
Qd7 15. a3 h5 16. e3 Bh3 17. Rfd1 Bxg2 18. Kxg2 Bxd4 19. Nxd4 Rac8 20. Nf3 Red8
21. Rac1 Qf5 22. Qe2 g5 23. h3 a6 24. Nh2 Rd6 25. g4 hxg4 26. Nxg4 Re6 27. f3
Nd6 28. Rc5 Ne7 29. Rxc8+ Ndxc8 30. Qd2 Rc6 31. Qd4 Rc2+ 32. Kg1 Kf8 33. Qh8+
Ng8 34. Bg7+ Ke7 35. Qxg8 Nd6 36. Bf6+ Ke6 37. Qd8 Nc8 38. e4 1-0

[Event "25th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Spassky, Boris"]
[Black "Taimanov, Mark"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]
[ECO "E51"]
[PlyCount "20"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 d5 5. a3 Be7 6. Nf3 O-O 7. Bd3 b6 8. O-O
Bb7 9. b3 c5 10. Bb2 Nc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "25th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Krogius, Nikolai"]
[Black "Spassky, Boris"]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]
[ECO "B28"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 a6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. O-O Nc6 6. c3 e5 7. d3 d6 8. Na3 Nge7
9. Be3 O-O 10. d4 exd4 11. cxd4 d5 12. exd5 Nxd5 13. Bg5 Qb6 14. Nc4 Qb5 15.
Nfd2 cxd4 16. Nd6 Qc5 17. N6e4 Qa7 18. Rc1 Be6 19. Nc5 Nc3 20. bxc3 Qxc5 21.
Ne4 Qa7 22. cxd4 Qxd4 23. Rb1 b5 24. a3 Bc4 25. Re1 h6 26. Be3 Qxd1 27. Rexd1
Rad8 28. Bc5 Rxd1+ 29. Rxd1 Rd8 30. Rxd8+ Nxd8 31. Be7 Ne6 32. Nf6+ Kh8 33. f4
Nd4 34. Be4 a5 35. Ne8 Ne2+ 36. Kf2 Bd4+ 37. Kf3 Nc3 38. Bc2 f5 39. g4 Bd5+ 40.
Kg3 Ne2+ 41. Kh4 0-1

[Event "25th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Suetin, Alexei"]
[Black "Spassky, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]
[ECO "B43"]
[PlyCount "25"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 a6 3. Nc3 b5 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 e6 6. Bd3 Qc7 7. O-O Nf6 8. Qe2
Bb7 9. e5 Nd5 10. Nxd5 Bxd5 11. Bf4 Nc6 12. Nxc6 Qxc6 13. f3 1/2-1/2

[Event "25th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Antoshin, Vladimir"]
[Black "Spassky, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]
[ECO "E50"]
[PlyCount "61"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Bd3 Nc6 6. Nf3 O-O 7. d5 exd5 8. cxd5
Nxd5 9. Bxh7+ Kxh7 10. Qxd5 d6 11. O-O Bxc3 12. bxc3 Kg8 13. e4 Be6 14. Qh5 f6
15. Bf4 Ne5 16. Bxe5 dxe5 17. Nh4 Bf7 18. Qg4 Qc7 19. Nf5 Bc4 20. Rfe1 Rfe8 21.
Re3 Be6 22. Rd1 Rad8 23. Red3 Rxd3 24. Rxd3 c4 25. Qg6 Rb8 26. Rd1 b5 27. h4 b4
28. cxb4 c3 29. h5 c2 30. Rc1 Bxf5 31. exf5 1/2-1/2

[Event "25th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Spassky, Boris"]
[Black "Nikitin, Aleksander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]
[ECO "E46"]
[PlyCount "31"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Ne2 d5 6. a3 Be7 7. cxd5 exd5 8. g3
c6 9. Bg2 Bf5 10. f3 Na6 11. O-O Nc7 12. e4 Be6 13. Nf4 Nd7 14. exd5 Bxd5 15.
Nfxd5 Nxd5 16. Nxd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "25th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Shamkovich, Leonid"]
[Black "Spassky, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]
[ECO "A71"]
[PlyCount "80"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. d5 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. Nc3 g6 7. e4 Bg7 8. Bg5
O-O 9. Nd2 a6 10. a4 Qc7 11. Be2 Nfd7 12. O-O f6 13. Bh4 Ne5 14. f4 Nf7 15. Nc4
Re8 16. Qb3 Nd7 17. Rae1 Rb8 18. Bg4 b5 19. axb5 Nb6 20. Be6 Nxc4 21. Qxc4 axb5
22. Nxb5 Qb6 23. Ra1 Qxb5 24. Qxb5 Rxb5 25. Ra8 Rxb2 26. Rxc8 Rxc8 27. Bxc8 f5
28. e5 Nxe5 29. fxe5 Bxe5 30. Bg5 c4 31. Ba6 c3 32. Bd3 f4 33. Bxf4 Bxf4 34.
Rxf4 Rd2 35. Be4 Re2 36. Kf1 c2 37. Bxc2 Rxc2 38. Rf6 Rd2 39. Rxd6 Kf7 40. Rd7+
Kf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "25th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Spassky, Boris"]
[Black "Zhukhovitsky, L."]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]
[ECO "B68"]
[PlyCount "103"]

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 Be7 10. Nf3 h6 11. Bxf6 gxf6 12. f5 Qc7 13. Kb1 O-O-O 14. Bc4
Kb8 15. Bb3 Rc8 16. Ne2 exf5 17. exf5 Bxf5 18. Nc3 Bf8 19. Nd4 Nxd4 20. Qxd4
Rg8 21. Qxf6 Bg6 22. Qf2 Bg7 23. Na4 Rge8 24. Rhf1 Re4 25. Nb6 Rce8 26. Nd5 Qc5
27. Nf4 Bd4 28. Qh4 Be5 29. g3 a5 30. a4 Rb4 31. Nxg6 Rxh4 32. Nxh4 f6 33. Nf5
h5 34. Rd5 Qc7 35. Rb5 b6 36. Ne3 Bd4 37. Nd5 Qd8 38. Rf4 Bc5 39. Rxf6 Re2 40.
Rf7 Rf2 41. Rh7 Rxh2 42. Nxb6 Bxb6 43. Bd5 Kc8 44. Rb7 Qe8 45. R5xb6 Qe1+ 46.
Ka2 Rxc2 47. Ra6 Rc7 48. Rb8+ Kd7 49. Rf8 Qb4 50. Rf7+ Kd8 51. Rf4 Qd2 52. Rf8+
1-0

[Event "25th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Spassky, Boris"]
[Black "Ravinsky, Grigory"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]
[ECO "D34"]
[PlyCount "68"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. g3 Nf6 7. Bg2 Be7 8. O-O
O-O 9. Bg5 Be6 10. Rc1 Ne4 11. Bxe7 Qxe7 12. dxc5 Rfd8 13. Nb5 Nxc5 14. Nbd4
Rac8 15. Nxc6 bxc6 16. Nd4 Bd7 17. Qc2 Nb7 18. Rfd1 g6 19. Qd2 c5 20. Nc2 Be6
21. b4 Nd6 22. bxc5 Rxc5 23. Nd4 Rdc8 24. Rxc5 Rxc5 25. Rb1 Qc7 26. h4 Nf5 27.
Rb2 Nxd4 28. Qxd4 h5 29. Bf3 Kh7 30. Kg2 a5 31. Rb3 Rc4 32. Qf6 Rc6 33. Qg5 Rc5
34. Rd3 d4 1/2-1/2

[Event "25th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Spassky, Boris"]
[Black "Cherepkov, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]
[ECO "E20"]
[PlyCount "45"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. f3 c5 5. d5 d6 6. Bd2 O-O 7. e4 Re8 8. Nge2
exd5 9. cxd5 a6 10. a4 Nbd7 11. Ng3 Rb8 12. Be2 Ne5 13. O-O c4 14. Kh1 b5 15.
axb5 axb5 16. Bg5 h6 17. Be3 Ned7 18. Nf5 Bc5 19. Nd4 Ne5 20. Qd2 Bd7 21. Rfe1
Qb6 22. Nc2 Bxe3 23. Nxe3 1/2-1/2

[Event "25th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Bykov, Vladimir"]
[Black "Spassky, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]
[ECO "A32"]
[PlyCount "75"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. Nc3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Bb4 6. Nb5 a6 7. Nd6+ Ke7 8.
Nxc8+ Qxc8 9. Qb3 Nc6 10. Bg5 Qc7 11. e3 Qa5 12. Bxf6+ gxf6 13. Be2 Rhg8 14.
O-O Bxc3 15. bxc3 Qc5 16. Rfd1 Na5 17. Qa4 Rad8 18. Rd4 Nc6 19. Rh4 Qg5 20.
Qa3+ d6 21. Rg4 Qa5 22. Qb3 Rxg4 23. Bxg4 Qc7 24. Be2 Na5 25. Qb4 Qc5 26. Rb1
Rc8 27. Bf3 Qc7 28. Be2 Rb8 29. Rd1 h6 30. h3 Rg8 31. Bf3 b6 32. Be2 Qc6 33.
Bf3 Qc7 34. Be2 f5 35. Rb1 Qc6 36. Bf1 Rb8 37. Be2 Qc7 38. c5 1/2-1/2

[Event "25th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Ragozin, Viacheslav"]
[Black "Spassky, Boris"]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]
[ECO "B99"]
[PlyCount "122"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 a6 3. Nc3 d6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nf6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Be7 8. Qf3
Qc7 9. O-O-O Nbd7 10. Bd3 b5 11. Rhe1 Bb7 12. Bxf6 Nxf6 13. g4 b4 14. Nce2 Nd7
15. g5 Nc5 16. Kb1 g6 17. h4 O-O-O 18. Ng3 h6 19. Qg4 hxg5 20. hxg5 d5 21. e5
Kb8 22. Qf3 Qb6 23. Nb3 a5 24. Nxc5 Bxc5 25. Rh1 a4 26. Rxh8 Rxh8 27. Rh1 Rc8
28. Ne2 Be3 29. Rh3 d4 30. Qf1 b3 31. axb3 axb3 32. Qd1 Bd5 33. Rh7 Qb7 34.
cxb3 Bf3 35. b4 Bxf4 36. Qa4 Bxe2 37. Bxe2 d3 38. Bd1 Bxe5 39. Qa5 Bf4 40. Ka2
e5 41. Bb3 Qa8 42. Rxf7 Qxa5+ 43. bxa5 Rc5 44. Rf8+ Kc7 45. Rf7+ Kd8 46. Rf8+
Ke7 47. Rf7+ Ke8 48. Ra7 e4 49. Ba4+ Kd8 50. Rd7+ Kc8 51. b4 Re5 52. a6 Re6 53.
b5 Bb8 54. Rd4 Ba7 55. b6 Bxb6 56. Bd7+ Kc7 57. Rxd3 Re7 58. Ra3 Kxd7 59. a7
Bxa7 60. Rxa7+ Ke6 61. Ra5 e3 0-1

[Event "25th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "18"]
[White "Estrin, Yakov"]
[Black "Spassky, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]
[ECO "C48"]
[PlyCount "25"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. Bb5 Nd4 5. Nxd4 exd4 6. e5 dxc3 7. exf6 Qxf6
8. dxc3 Qe5+ 9. Qe2 Qxe2+ 10. Bxe2 d5 11. Bf4 c6 12. O-O-O Bc5 13. Bg3 1/2-1/2

[Event "25th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Stoliar, Efim"]
[Black "Spassky, Boris"]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]
[ECO "B28"]
[PlyCount "80"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 a6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Bd3 Nc6 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. c4 e5 8.
Nc3 Bc5 9. O-O d6 10. Qf3 Nd7 11. Be3 O-O 12. Rfd1 Rb8 13. b3 Bd4 14. Bxd4 exd4
15. Ne2 Ne5 16. Qg3 c5 17. Nf4 a5 18. Bc2 Rb7 19. Re1 Kh8 20. Nd3 Re8 21. h3
Rbe7 22. Re2 Re6 23. Nf4 Rh6 24. Rd1 g5 25. Nd3 Rh4 26. f3 Qf6 27. Nxe5 dxe5
28. Rf1 Rg8 29. Qe1 Qd8 30. Bd3 h5 31. Qd2 Rg6 32. Ref2 Be6 33. Be2 Kg8 34. Bd1
Bd7 35. Be2 Rg7 36. Bd1 g4 37. fxg4 hxg4 38. hxg4 Rgh7 39. Rf5 Rh1+ 40. Kf2
Bxf5 0-1

[Event "25th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Spassky, Boris"]
[Black "Klaman, Konstantin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]
[ECO "A52"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e5 3. dxe5 Ng4 4. Nf3 Bc5 5. e3 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Bxd2+ 7. Qxd2 Nc6
8. Nc3 O-O 9. Be2 Ngxe5 10. Nxe5 Nxe5 11. O-O d6 12. f4 Nd7 13. Bf3 Nf6 14. h3
Rb8 15. Rad1 Bd7 16. e4 Re8 17. Qf2 a6 18. Rfe1 h6 19. c5 dxc5 20. Qxc5 b6 21.
Qf2 Qc8 22. e5 Nh7 23. g4 f6 24. Qd2 Nf8 25. exf6 gxf6 26. Qd4 Rxe1+ 27. Rxe1
Qd8 28. Nd5 Be6 29. Qxf6 Qxf6 30. Nxf6+ Kf7 31. Nd5 Rd8 32. Nxc7 Bxa2 33. Nxa6
Ne6 34. Nb4 Bb3 35. Re3 Nd4 36. Kf2 Bc4 37. Rc3 b5 38. Ke3 Nb3 39. Bd5+ Rxd5
40. Rxc4 Rd7 41. Rc6 1-0

[Event "25th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Spassky, Boris"]
[Black "Zilber, Israel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]
[ECO "C10"]
[PlyCount "44"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nf6 5. Nxf6+ Qxf6 6. Nf3 h6 7. Bd3 Nc6 8.
O-O Bd6 9. Be4 Bd7 10. c4 O-O 11. Be3 Rad8 12. c5 Bf4 13. g3 Bxe3 14. fxe3 e5
15. Bxc6 Bxc6 16. Nxe5 Qg5 17. Rf4 Bd5 18. e4 Be6 19. Qc2 Rxd4 20. Nf3 Rc4 21.
Qxc4 Qxf4 22. gxf4 Bxc4 1/2-1/2

[Event "25th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Spassky, Boris"]
[Black "Poliak, Abram"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]
[ECO "D36"]
[PlyCount "74"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bg5 Nbd7 5. cxd5 exd5 6. e3 c6 7. Bd3 Be7 8.
Qc2 h6 9. Bh4 O-O 10. Nge2 Re8 11. O-O-O Ne4 12. Bg3 Nxg3 13. hxg3 Nf6 14. Nf4
Bf8 15. Kb1 b5 16. Nce2 Bd7 17. Nc1 Rc8 18. Nb3 Ne4 19. Bxe4 Rxe4 20. Nc5 Bf5
21. Nxe4 Bxe4 22. Nd3 Bxg2 23. Rhg1 Be4 24. Ka1 a5 25. Qd2 b4 26. Rc1 Bf5 27.
g4 Bd7 28. g5 hxg5 29. f4 gxf4 30. Nxf4 Bf5 31. Qh2 g6 32. Rh1 Bg7 33. Qh7+ Kf8
34. Rcf1 Bf6 35. Nh5 Bg5 36. Rhg1 Bxe3 37. Rxf5 Qd7 1-0

[Event "25th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Mnatsakanian, Eduard"]
[Black "Spassky, Boris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]
[ECO "B95"]
[PlyCount "80"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qf3 Be7 8.
O-O-O Qc7 9. Qg3 b5 10. Bxb5+ Bd7 11. Be2 O-O 12. Nb3 Bc6 13. Bxf6 Bxf6 14.
Qxd6 Qxd6 15. Rxd6 Bxc3 16. bxc3 Bxe4 17. f3 Bc6 18. Na5 Ba4 19. Rhd1 Ra7 20.
R1d4 Bd7 21. Rb4 Rc7 22. Rdb6 Rcc8 23. Kb2 e5 24. Bxa6 Nxa6 25. Rxa6 f5 26. Nc4
Rce8 27. Ra7 Bc6 28. Rc7 Bd5 29. Ne3 Ba8 30. Ra4 Rf6 31. Raa7 Rg6 32. Nxf5 Rxg2
33. Rxg7+ Rxg7 34. Rxg7+ Kh8 35. Rg5 Bxf3 36. Nd6 Rb8+ 37. Kc1 h6 38. Rxe5 Kg7
39. c4 Ra8 40. Kb2 Bg4 1-0

[Event "25th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Tolush, Alexander"]
[Black "Aronin, Lev"]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]
[ECO "D40"]
[PlyCount "78"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c5 4. e3 Nf6 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 Be7 8. O-O
O-O 9. a3 a6 10. dxc5 Bxc5 11. Qe2 e5 12. b4 Ba7 13. h3 Qe7 14. Bb2 e4 15. Nd2
Bf5 16. Rfd1 Ne5 17. Nf1 Rac8 18. Nd5 Nxd5 19. Bxe5 Qxe5 20. Bxd5 Rc7 21. Ng3
Bg6 22. Qg4 Re7 23. Rac1 Bb6 24. h4 Kh8 25. Rc8 Rxc8 26. Qxc8+ Re8 27. Qd7 Re7
28. Qh3 h5 29. Bxb7 f5 30. Bxa6 f4 31. Nf1 Bf5 32. Qh2 Bg4 33. Rd2 Rf7 34. Bc4
Rf6 35. Be2 Qc3 36. Bxg4 hxg4 37. Rd5 Qe1 38. Rd2 g3 39. Qh3 fxe3 0-1

[Event "25th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Taimanov, Mark"]
[Black "Tolush, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]
[ECO "E59"]
[PlyCount "36"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Bd3 O-O 6. Nf3 d5 7. O-O Nc6 8. a3
Bxc3 9. bxc3 dxc4 10. Bxc4 Qc7 11. Bd3 e5 12. Qc2 Re8 13. Ng5 h6 14. Ne4 Nxe4
15. Bxe4 exd4 16. cxd4 cxd4 17. exd4 Qd6 18. Bxc6 bxc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "25th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Krogius, Nikolai"]
[Black "Tolush, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]
[ECO "A80"]
[PlyCount "47"]

1. d4 f5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Bg5 c6 4. Bxf6 exf6 5. e3 d5 6. Bd3 Bd6 7. Nge2 O-O 8.
Qd2 Be6 9. Nf4 Bxf4 10. exf4 Nd7 11. O-O Re8 12. Ne2 Nb6 13. c3 Nc8 14. Rae1
Nd6 15. Qc2 Qd7 16. Ng3 g6 17. f3 b6 18. Qf2 Qc7 19. Re2 Bf7 20. Rxe8+ Nxe8 21.
Ne2 c5 22. g3 Nd6 23. dxc5 bxc5 24. b4 1/2-1/2

[Event "25th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Suetin, Alexei"]
[Black "Tolush, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]
[ECO "B99"]
[PlyCount "73"]

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. g4 b5 11. Bxf6 gxf6 12. a3 Bb7 13. h4 O-O-O 14. f5 Ne5
15. Qe2 d5 16. fxe6 dxe4 17. Nxe4 Nc4 18. Qf3 Qe5 19. Bxc4 Bxe4 20. Qc3 Bc5 21.
Bxb5 axb5 22. Rhe1 Rxd4 23. Rxd4 Qxd4 24. Qxd4 Bxd4 25. Rxe4 Be5 26. exf7 Rf8
27. Rb4 Rxf7 28. Rxb5 Rg7 29. Rb4 h5 30. gxh5 f5 31. Rb5 Re7 32. h6 f4 33. h7
Bd4 34. Rh5 Re8 35. Rf5 Be3+ 36. Kd1 Kd7 37. Ke2 1/2-1/2

[Event "25th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Antoshin, Vladimir"]
[Black "Tolush, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]
[ECO "A81"]
[PlyCount "70"]

1. d4 f5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 d6 4. Nc3 e5 5. dxe5 dxe5 6. Qxd8+ Kxd8 7. Bg5 c6 8.
Nf3 Bd6 9. e4 Kc7 10. exf5 Bxf5 11. O-O-O Nbd7 12. Nd2 Rhf8 13. f4 Bg4 14. Nc4
Bxd1 15. Rxd1 Be7 16. fxe5 Ng8 17. Bf4 Nc5 18. e6+ Rxf4 19. gxf4 Rf8 20. f5
Rxf5 21. Ne4 Nf6 22. Nxf6 Rxf6 23. Bh3 Rh6 24. Bf5 g6 25. Bg4 Rh4 26. h3 h5 27.
Be2 Nxe6 28. Bd3 Nf4 29. Ne5 Bg5 30. Kb1 Rxh3 31. Nxg6 Nxd3 32. cxd3 Kd6 33.
Re1 Be3 34. Kc2 Bg5 35. a3 Rh2+ 0-1

[Event "25th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "19"]
[White "Tolush, Alexander"]
[Black "Nikitin, Aleksander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]
[ECO "E52"]
[PlyCount "115"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. Nf3 b6 7. O-O Bb7 8. cxd5
exd5 9. Bd2 Nbd7 10. Ne5 Qe7 11. f4 c5 12. Be1 Ne4 13. Bxe4 dxe4 14. Nxd7 Qxd7
15. a3 Bxc3 16. Bxc3 c4 17. f5 f6 18. Rf4 Qf7 19. Qg4 Bd5 20. Raf1 a5 21. Qh3
Rfd8 22. Rh4 h6 23. Rff4 Ra7 24. Rfg4 Kf8 25. Rg6 Qe8 26. Qg3 Re7 27. Rhg4 Qd7
28. Be1 Rf7 29. Qf4 Qb7 30. Bh4 Ke8 31. Be1 Rdd7 32. Qf2 Kd8 33. Qc2 Qc6 34.
Rf4 Ra7 35. h4 Rfb7 36. g4 b5 37. g5 b4 38. gxf6 gxf6 39. h5 bxa3 40. bxa3 Rb3
41. Bh4 Rf7 42. Rxh6 c3 43. Rf2 Kd7 44. Rh8 Rb2 45. Qc1 c2 46. Kh2 Rg7 47. h6
Qc7+ 48. Kh3 Rf7 49. Bg3 Qc3 50. h7 Bb3 51. Rd8+ Kxd8 52. h8=Q+ Kd7 53. a4 Bxa4
54. Qa8 Rb1 55. Qd5+ Ke8 56. Qa8+ Kd7 57. Qd5+ Ke8 58. Qa8+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "25th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Shamkovich, Leonid"]
[Black "Tolush, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]
[ECO "E49"]
[PlyCount "99"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. a3 Bxc3+ 5. bxc3 c5 6. e3 O-O 7. Bd3 d5 8.
cxd5 Qxd5 9. Qf3 cxd4 10. Qxd5 exd5 11. cxd4 b6 12. f3 Ba6 13. Ke2 Bxd3+ 14.
Kxd3 Nc6 15. Bd2 Rac8 16. Ne2 Rfd8 17. g4 h5 18. h3 g6 19. Nf4 hxg4 20. hxg4
Kg7 21. Rab1 Nh7 22. Rb5 Ng5 23. Rxd5 Nxf3 24. Bc3 Rxd5 25. Nxd5 Ng5 26. Rf1
Rd8 27. e4 Ne6 28. Ke3 Rh8 29. Nf4 Nxf4 30. d5+ f6 31. Kxf4 Rh3 32. Bb2 Na5 33.
g5 Rh4+ 34. Kf3 Nc4 35. Bxf6+ Kg8 36. Rd1 Rh3+ 37. Kf2 Ne3 38. Rd4 Ng4+ 39. Ke2
Kf7 40. d6 Nxf6 41. gxf6 Rh8 42. d7 Rd8 43. Rd6 b5 44. Kf3 g5 45. e5 a5 46. Ke4
Kg6 47. Kd5 b4 48. axb4 axb4 49. Ke6 b3 50. Rb6 1-0

[Event "25th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Tolush, Alexander"]
[Black "Zhukhovitsky, L."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]
[ECO "C90"]
[PlyCount "108"]

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. a4 b4 10. d4 Rb8 11. d5 Na5 12. cxb4 Rxb4 13. Bc2 c6 14. Nc3 cxd5 15.
exd5 Bg4 16. Rb1 Qa8 17. Bg5 Rd4 18. Qe2 Nxd5 19. Bxh7+ Kh8 20. Bxe7 Nxe7 21.
Be4 d5 22. Qe3 Rxe4 23. Nxe4 dxe4 24. Nxe5 Bf5 25. Qc5 f6 26. Qxe7 fxe5 27.
Qxe5 e3 28. Qxe3 Bxb1 29. Rxb1 Qd5 30. Re1 Nb3 31. h4 a5 32. h5 Rf6 33. Qg3 Nd4
34. Re8+ Kh7 35. Qd3+ Rf5 36. Qb1 g6 37. hxg6+ Kg7 38. Re7+ Kf6 39. Re4 Rg5 40.
Qd3 Ne6 41. Qxd5 Rxd5 42. b4 axb4 43. Rxb4 Kxg6 44. Rb5 Rd2 45. a5 Ra2 46. g3
Ng5 47. f4 Nf3+ 48. Kf1 Nd2+ 49. Ke2 Nc4+ 50. Kd3 Nxa5 51. g4 Ra4 52. Rb6+ Kg7
53. Ra6 Rxf4 54. Rxa5 Rxg4 1/2-1/2

[Event "25th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Tolush, Alexander"]
[Black "Ravinsky, Grigory"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]
[ECO "D50"]
[PlyCount "43"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 c5 5. cxd5 Qb6 6. Bxf6 Qxb2 7. Rc1 gxf6 8.
Rc2 Qb4 9. dxc5 exd5 10. Qxd5 Be6 11. Qd2 Nc6 12. e3 Rd8 13. Qc1 Bxc5 14. Bb5
Qg4 15. Nge2 Qxg2 16. Ng3 Rg8 17. Bf1 Qf3 18. Be2 Qxh1+ 19. Nxh1 Rg1+ 20. Bf1
Bc4 21. Ne2 Ne5 22. Nxg1 1-0

[Event "25th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Tolush, Alexander"]
[Black "Cherepkov, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]
[ECO "E80"]
[PlyCount "76"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. f3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Nge2 Nfd7 7. h4 O-O 8. h5
exd4 9. Nxd4 Nc6 10. Be3 Nde5 11. Qd2 Nxd4 12. Bxd4 Be6 13. hxg6 fxg6 14. O-O-O
Qe7 15. Nd5 Qf7 16. Bc3 c6 17. Ne3 Rad8 18. Be2 a6 19. Rhf1 b5 20. c5 Qf4 21.
Kb1 dxc5 22. Qxd8 Rxd8 23. Rxd8+ Kf7 24. Ng4 Nd7 25. Ba5 h5 26. Rc8 Ne5 27.
Rc7+ Kg8 28. Rxg7+ Kxg7 29. Nxe5 b4 30. Nc4 Qg3 31. Bd3 Qxg2 32. Bc7 h4 33.
Be5+ Kg8 34. Bf4 h3 35. Ne3 Qd2 36. Rd1 Qf2 37. Rf1 Qd2 38. Rd1 Qf2 1/2-1/2

[Event "25th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Bykov, Vladimir"]
[Black "Tolush, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]
[ECO "A89"]
[PlyCount "95"]

1. d4 f5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. O-O O-O 6. c4 d6 7. Nc3 Nc6 8. d5
Na5 9. Qd3 c5 10. Bd2 a6 11. Rac1 Bd7 12. b3 Rb8 13. e4 b5 14. e5 Ng4 15. e6
Be8 16. Nd1 Ne5 17. Nxe5 dxe5 18. Bc3 Nc6 19. Ne3 Nd4 20. Nc2 bxc4 21. bxc4
Nxe6 22. Qd2 Nd4 23. f4 Ba4 24. Nxd4 exd4 25. Ba5 Qd6 26. Rfe1 Bd7 27. Re2 Bf6
28. Rce1 Rb7 29. h4 Rfb8 30. Kh2 Rb1 31. Qd3 Rxe1 32. Rxe1 Rb2 33. Qa3 Rb8 34.
Kh3 h6 35. Re2 g5 36. Bd2 Kg7 37. Kh2 Kf7 38. Qf3 g4 39. Qa3 Rb1 40. Ba5 Kg6
41. Qd3 Rc1 42. Rb2 e5 43. dxe6 Bxe6 44. Rb6 Qe7 45. Qe2 d3 46. Qe3 Rc2 47.
Rxe6 Qb7 48. Bd2 1-0

[Event "25th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Ragozin, Viacheslav"]
[Black "Tolush, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]
[ECO "C78"]
[PlyCount "130"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Be7 7. a4 bxa4 ( 7...
Bb7 { %03'better is' } 8. axb5 axb5 9. Rxa8 Qxa8 ) 8. Rxa4 ( 8. Bxa4
{ %03'better is' } ) 8... O-O 9. Qe2 d6 10. c3 Nd7 11. d4 Nb6 12. Ra1 a5
{ -0.48 } 13. Rd1 Bf6 ( 13... exd4 { %03'better is' } 14. cxd4 a4 15. Bc2 Nb4 )
14. dxe5 Bxe5 15. Nd4 { ? } ( 15. Bg5 Qe8 16. Nbd2 ) 15... Bxd4 16. cxd4 a4 17.
Bc4 Na5 { ? } ( 17... Nxc4 18. Qxc4 Bd7 { ! 'with the idea' Nf5$17 } ) 18. Bd3
{ ? } ( 18. Ba2 { = } ) 18... Nb3 19. Ra3 Nxd4 20. Qh5 g6 21. Qh6 Ra5 22. Be3
Rh5 23. Qxh5 ( 23. Qf4 { ? } 23... Rh4 24. Qg3 Rxe4 $19 ) 23... gxh5 24. Bxd4
c5 25. Bc3 Qg5 26. Nd2 Bg4 27. Re1 h4 28. Bf1 Re8 29. Ba5 Ra8 30. Bc3 ( 30.
Bxb6 { ? } 30... Qxd2 $19 ) 30... Be6 { ?! } ( 30... Qe7 31. h3 Be6 32. Nf3 Bc4
$19 ) 31. Nf3 Qe7 32. Bd2 h3 { ? } ( 32... Bc4 33. Bg5 f6 34. Bxh4 Bxf1 35.
Kxf1 Nc4 { -1.22 } ) 33. e5 Bb3 34. Bg5 Qe6 35. exd6 Qxd6 36. Nd2 c4 37. Ne4
Qg6 38. Re3 f5 39. Nf6+ Kf7 40. f4 $40 h6 41. Bh4 Rd8 42. Rg3 ( 42. Ng4 { ? }
42... fxg4 43. Bxd8 Nd5 44. Re5 Qd6 45. Bh4 c3 { ! -1.22 } ) 42... Rd1 { ! }
43. Rxg6 Kxg6 44. Kf2 Rd2+ 45. Kf3 hxg2 46. Bxg2 Rxb2 47. Ra1 c3 $19 $45 48.
Rg1 Kf7 49. Bh3 Be6 50. Rc1 ( 50. Ng8 Bd5+ 51. Ke3 Rd2 { ! } 52. Nxh6+ Kf8 53.
Bf1 Rd1 $19 ) ( 50. Nh5 Bd5+ 51. Ke3 Rd2 52. Rg7+ Ke8 $19 ) 50... c2 51. Bf2
Nc4 52. Bd4 Rb3+ 53. Ke2 ( 53. Kg2 Rd3 $19 ) 53... Rxh3 54. Rxc2 Rxh2+ 55. Kd3
Rh3+ 56. Ke2 a3 57. Rc1 a2 58. Rg1 Na5 59. Nh7 Bc4+ 60. Kf2 Nb3 61. Be5 Rh2+
62. Kf3 Nd2+ 63. Kg3 Re2 64. Bd4 Nb3 65. Bf6 Re6 ( 65... Kg6 { ? } 66. Kf3+
Kxh7 67. Rg7+ { = } ) 0-1

[Event "25th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Estrin, Yakov"]
[Black "Tolush, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]
[ECO "B50"]
[PlyCount "130"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 a6 3. Nc3 d6 4. Be2 e5 5. Bc4 Be6 6. Bd5 Nc6 7. d3 Be7 8. O-O
Nf6 9. Bxc6+ bxc6 10. Ng5 Bg4 11. f3 Bh5 12. Ne2 O-O 13. Qe1 Ne8 14. Nh3 Nc7
15. f4 Bg4 16. fxe5 dxe5 17. Nf2 Be6 18. b3 Nb5 19. Nc3 f6 20. Nfd1 Qe8 21. Ne3
g6 22. Bb2 Nd4 23. Qg3 Ra7 24. Rf2 Bd6 25. Raf1 Qd8 26. Qh4 Be7 27. Qg3 Bd6 28.
Nc4 Bxc4 29. dxc4 Raf7 30. Bc1 Kh8 31. Qd3 f5 32. Bh6 Rg8 33. Be3 Qh4 34. Qd1
Rff8 35. g3 Qh3 36. Qd2 Qg4 37. Qd1 Qh3 38. Qd2 Rf6 39. Bg5 Re6 40. Be3 f4 41.
gxf4 exf4 42. Bxd4+ cxd4 43. Ne2 Rxe4 44. Nxf4 Qe3 45. Ng2 Qxd2 46. Rxd2 Rge8
47. Rf6 R8e6 48. Rxe6 Rxe6 49. h3 g5 50. Kf1 Bg3 51. Rd3 Rf6+ 52. Kg1 Bf2+ 53.
Kh2 h5 54. h4 g4 55. b4 Kg7 56. a4 Kg6 57. b5 cxb5 58. cxb5 axb5 59. axb5 Kf5
60. Rb3 Rb6 61. Rb1 Ke5 62. Rb2 Rf6 63. Rb3 Ke4 64. b6 Rf3 65. Rxf3 Kxf3 0-1

[Event "25th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Stoliar, Efim"]
[Black "Tolush, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]
[ECO "A19"]
[PlyCount "78"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. e4 c5 4. e5 Ng8 5. d4 cxd4 6. Qxd4 Nc6 7. Qe4 f5 8. Qe2
a6 9. Nf3 Qc7 10. Bd2 Bc5 11. O-O-O Nge7 12. Kb1 O-O 13. h4 b5 14. cxb5 axb5
15. Nxb5 Qb6 16. Be3 Ba6 17. Bxc5 Qxc5 18. Qe3 Qxe3 19. fxe3 Nd5 20. a4 Rfb8
21. Re1 Bxb5 22. axb5 Ncb4 23. Nd4 Ra4 24. Bc4 Rba8 25. Nb3 Nb6 26. Be2 Ra2 27.
Rd1 Na4 28. Rd2 Nc5 29. Rd4 Nxb3 30. Rxb4 Ra1+ 31. Kc2 Rxh1 32. Rxb3 Rxh4 33.
b6 Rb8 34. b7 Kf7 35. Bf3 Ke7 36. Rc3 Kd8 37. Kb3 g5 38. g3 Rh3 39. Ka4 Rxg3
0-1

[Event "25th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Tolush, Alexander"]
[Black "Klaman, Konstantin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]
[ECO "D25"]
[PlyCount "39"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Be6 5. Na3 Bd5 6. Nxc4 e6 7. a3 c5 8. dxc5
Bxc5 9. b4 Be7 10. Bb2 Nc6 11. Be2 O-O 12. O-O Rc8 13. Rc1 b5 14. Ncd2 Qb6 15.
Bxf6 Bxf3 16. Bxe7 Bxe2 17. Rxc6 Bxd1 18. Rxb6 Be2 19. Rb7 Bxf1 20. Bxf8 1-0

[Event "25th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Tolush, Alexander"]
[Black "Zilber, Israel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]
[ECO "C16"]
[PlyCount "41"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 Qd7 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 b6 7. Qg4 f5 8. Qg3
Ba6 9. Bxa6 Nxa6 10. Ne2 O-O-O 11. a4 Kb7 12. Nf4 c5 13. O-O c4 14. Ba3 g6 15.
Qh4 h5 16. Nxe6 Re8 17. Nf4 Qxa4 18. Nxd5 Qxc2 19. Bd6 Nb8 20. Qg5 Nh6 21. Qf6
1-0

[Event "25th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Tolush, Alexander"]
[Black "Poliak, Abram"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]
[ECO "D36"]
[PlyCount "87"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bg5 c6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. cxd5 exd5 7. Bd3 Be7 8.
Qc2 h6 9. Bf4 O-O 10. Nge2 Re8 11. O-O-O Nf8 12. h3 Bd6 13. g4 Bxf4 14. exf4
N6h7 15. Rdg1 Qd6 16. h4 Bd7 17. Qd2 c5 18. f5 c4 19. Bc2 b5 20. Nf4 b4 21.
Nce2 Rac8 22. Rh3 b3 23. axb3 cxb3 24. Rxb3 Rxc2+ 25. Qxc2 Ba4 26. Qd3 Bxb3 27.
Qxb3 Nf6 28. f3 Qa6 29. Kd2 N8d7 30. g5 hxg5 31. hxg5 Nh5 32. g6 Nb6 33. gxf7+
Kxf7 34. Ne6 Nc4+ 35. Ke1 Nd6 36. Rg5 Qa1+ 37. Kf2 Qh1 38. Qxd5 Qh2+ 39. Rg2
Qh4+ 40. Kf1 Ke7 41. Nxg7 Qh1+ 42. Rg1 Qh3+ 43. Ke1 Qh4+ 44. Kd1 1-0

[Event "25th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "18"]
[White "Mnatsakanian, Eduard"]
[Black "Tolush, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]
[ECO "C47"]
[PlyCount "32"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. d4 Bb4 5. d5 Ne7 6. Nxe5 d6 7. Bb5+ c6 8.
dxc6 O-O 9. cxb7 Bxb7 10. Nf3 Nxe4 11. O-O Bxc3 12. bxc3 Nxc3 13. Qd3 Nxb5 14.
Ng5 Ng6 15. Qxb5 Qc8 16. Rb1 Ba6 0-1

[Event "25th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Aronin, Lev"]
[Black "Taimanov, Mark"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]
[ECO "B28"]
[PlyCount "48"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 a6 3. c3 d6 4. d4 Nd7 5. Bd3 g6 6. O-O Bg7 7. Qe2 e5 8. dxe5
dxe5 9. Nbd2 Ngf6 10. Nc4 Qc7 11. a4 b6 12. Bg5 O-O 13. Rfd1 Bb7 14. Bc2 h6 15.
Bh4 Nh5 16. Rxd7 Qxd7 17. Nxb6 Qg4 18. h3 Qe6 19. Nxa8 Bxa8 20. Nd2 Rb8 21. b3
Nf4 22. Qc4 Qxc4 23. Nxc4 f5 24. exf5 gxf5 1/2-1/2

[Event "25th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Aronin, Lev"]
[Black "Krogius, Nikolai"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]
[ECO "C99"]
[PlyCount "46"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. c3
d6 9. h3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. d4 Bb7 12. Nbd2 cxd4 13. cxd4 Rc8 14. d5 Qc7 15.
Bd3 Nd7 16. Nf1 Nc5 17. Ng3 Nxd3 18. Qxd3 Nc4 19. Nf5 g6 20. Nxe7+ Qxe7 21. b3
Nb6 22. Bh6 Rfe8 23. Ng5 Nd7 1/2-1/2

[Event "25th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Aronin, Lev"]
[Black "Suetin, Alexei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]
[ECO "C08"]
[PlyCount "50"]

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. Re1 O-O 10. dxc5 Nxc5 11. Nb3 Nce4 12. Be3 Bd6 13. Nfd4 Qc7 14.
h3 Be5 15. c3 a6 16. Nf3 Bd6 17. Nbd4 Rfe8 18. Ng5 Nxg5 19. Bxg5 Rxe1+ 20. Qxe1
Re8 21. Qd1 Ne4 22. Be3 Bh2+ 23. Kh1 Bf4 24. Qf3 Bxe3 25. Qxe3 Nf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "25th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Aronin, Lev"]
[Black "Antoshin, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]
[ECO "C92"]
[PlyCount "46"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 Nd7 10. d4 Nb6 11. Be3 Bf6 12. dxe5 Nxe5 13. Nxe5 Bxe5 14. f4 Bf6 15.
Nd2 Re8 16. Bxb6 cxb6 17. Nf3 Bb7 18. Bd5 Qc7 19. Bxb7 Qxb7 20. Qd3 Rad8 21.
Rad1 g6 22. Qd5 Qxd5 23. Rxd5 b4 1/2-1/2

[Event "25th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Aronin, Lev"]
[Black "Nikitin, Aleksander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]
[ECO "C95"]
[PlyCount "40"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. c3
d6 9. h3 Nb8 10. d4 Nbd7 11. Bg5 Bb7 12. Nbd2 h6 13. Bh4 c5 14. Bg3 Qc7 15. Nh4
Rfe8 16. Nf5 Bf8 17. dxc5 dxc5 18. Qf3 c4 19. Bc2 g6 20. Ne3 Bg7 1/2-1/2

[Event "25th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Aronin, Lev"]
[Black "Shamkovich, Leonid"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]
[ECO "C96"]
[PlyCount "38"]

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 cxd4 12. cxd4 Bb7 13. Qe2 Rc8 14. Nc3 b4 15. Na4
d5 16. exd5 exd4 17. Qxe7 Rxc2 18. Qxd8 Rxd8 19. Nxd4 Rc4 1/2-1/2

[Event "25th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Zhukhovitsky, L."]
[Black "Aronin, Lev"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]
[ECO "D34"]
[PlyCount "114"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. g3 Nf6 7. Bg2 Be7 8. O-O
O-O 9. Be3 Ng4 10. Bf4 c4 11. Ne1 Nf6 12. Nc2 Be6 13. Bg5 Qa5 14. f4 Rad8 15.
f5 Bc8 16. Kh1 h6 17. Bd2 Qa6 18. Ne3 Nxd4 19. Nexd5 Nc6 20. e4 Rd7 21. Bf4
Nxd5 22. Nxd5 f6 23. Qe2 Bd6 24. Rfc1 Ne5 25. b3 b5 26. a4 Nd3 27. Rd1 Bxf4 28.
gxf4 Rxd5 29. exd5 Bxf5 30. axb5 Qb6 31. Rd2 Nxf4 32. Qf2 Nxg2 33. Qxb6 axb6
34. Kxg2 cxb3 35. d6 Bc2 36. d7 Rd8 37. Re1 Kf7 38. Kf2 Bf5 39. Re3 Bc2 40. Re1
g5 41. Kg3 f5 42. Kf2 Be4 43. Re3 b2 44. Rxb2 Rxd7 45. Rc3 Rd6 46. Ke1 Kf6 47.
Rd2 Re6 48. Kf2 Ke5 49. Rc8 h5 50. Rdd8 h4 51. Re8 Rxe8 52. Rxe8+ Kd4 53. h3 g4
54. hxg4 fxg4 55. Rg8 h3 56. Kg3 Bf3 57. Rc8 Be2 1/2-1/2

[Event "25th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Ravinsky, Grigory"]
[Black "Aronin, Lev"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]
[ECO "B66"]
[PlyCount "33"]

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. Bxd6 Bxd6 12. Qxd6 Qxd6 13. Rxd6 Bxe4 14.
Rd4 Bc6 15. f3 Ke7 16. Be2 Rhd8 17. Rhd1 1/2-1/2

[Event "25th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Cherepkov, Alexander"]
[Black "Aronin, Lev"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]
[ECO "E01"]
[PlyCount "101"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 Nc6 4. O-O d5 5. d4 e6 6. c4 cxd4 7. Nxd4 Bc5 8. Nb3
Bb6 9. cxd5 Nxd5 10. Nc3 Nxc3 11. bxc3 O-O 12. Ba3 Re8 13. Qxd8 Rxd8 14. Rfd1
Bd7 15. Nc5 Bxc5 16. Bxc5 Be8 17. Bd6 Rac8 18. c4 Na5 19. c5 f6 20. f4 Bc6 21.
e4 f5 22. e5 Bxg2 23. Kxg2 b6 24. Rab1 bxc5 25. Rdc1 Rd7 26. Rxc5 Rxc5 27. Bxc5
Rc7 28. Rb8+ Kf7 29. Bd6 Rc2+ 30. Kf3 Nc6 31. Rb7+ Kg8 32. Rc7 Nd4+ 33. Ke3
Rxc7 34. Bxc7 Nc2+ 35. Kd3 Nb4+ 36. Kc4 Nxa2 37. Ba5 Nc1 38. Bd2 Ne2 39. Kd3
Ng1 40. Be3 Nf3 41. h3 g5 42. Bxa7 gxf4 43. gxf4 Nh4 44. Bf2 Ng6 45. Bg3 Kf7
46. Kc4 Ke7 47. Kb5 Kd7 48. Kc5 h5 49. Kb5 Ne7 50. Be1 Nd5 51. Bd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "25th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Aronin, Lev"]
[Black "Bykov, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]
[ECO "B48"]
[PlyCount "161"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. Be3 Nf6 8.
Qe2 Bd6 9. h3 Be5 10. Nxc6 bxc6 11. O-O d5 12. Bd2 O-O 13. Rae1 Bxc3 14. Bxc3
Nxe4 15. Bxe4 dxe4 16. Qxe4 f6 17. f4 Rd8 18. Re3 Rd5 19. Rg3 Qf7 20. Qb4 a5
21. Qb6 Bd7 22. Re1 Rf8 23. Ree3 Qh5 24. Rd3 a4 25. Qa7 Qf5 26. Qxa4 h5 27. h4
Rf7 28. Qc4 c5 29. Rxd5 exd5 30. Qxc5 Qxc2 31. Kh2 Qe4 32. Qd4 Bf5 33. Re3 Qxd4
34. Bxd4 Be4 35. a4 Rc7 36. a5 Rc4 37. Bc3 Ra4 38. Re2 f5 39. Rd2 Kf7 40. Kg3
g6 41. Kf2 Ke6 42. Ke3 Kd7 43. b3 d4+ 44. Kf2 Ra3 45. Rxd4+ Kc6 46. Rb4 Bc2 47.
Rc4+ Kb5 48. Rb4+ Kc5 49. Rc4+ Kb5 50. Bd2 Bxb3 51. Rc3 Ka4 52. Ke3 Ra2 53. Rc6
Bf7 54. Rb6 Rc2 55. a6 Rc8 56. a7 Ra8 57. Rb4+ Ka3 58. Rb7 Bd5 59. Rd7 Bc6 60.
Rc7 Bxg2 61. Kd4 Rd8+ 62. Kc4 Kb2 63. Bc3+ Kc2 64. Be5 Re8 65. Rf7 Kd2 66. Rf6
Rg8 67. Rb6 Rc8+ 68. Kd4 Rd8+ 69. Rd6 Rg8 70. Rb6 Rd8+ 71. Kc5 Rc8+ 72. Kb4 Ra8
73. Rxg6 Bf3 74. Bb8 Ke3 75. Rg5 Bg4 76. Kc3 Kf2 77. Kd4 Kg3 78. Ke5 Kxh4 79.
Rxf5 Bxf5 80. Kxf5 Kg3 81. Kg5 1-0

[Event "25th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Aronin, Lev"]
[Black "Ragozin, Viacheslav"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]
[ECO "C07"]
[PlyCount "41"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. Ngf3 a6 5. Bd3 Nc6 6. exd5 Qxd5 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8.
Ne4 Be7 9. Qe2 Nf6 10. O-O Nb4 11. Nxf6+ Bxf6 12. Be4 Qh5 13. Bf4 Nd5 14. Bxd5
Qxd5 15. Be5 Bd7 16. Rfd1 Qc5 17. c4 Rc8 18. Rac1 Bc6 19. Bd6 Qh5 20. b4 Be7
21. Rc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "25th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Estrin, Yakov"]
[Black "Aronin, Lev"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]
[ECO "B94"]
[PlyCount "127"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 Nbd7 7. Bc4 Qa5 8.
Qd2 e6 9. Bb3 b5 10. f3 b4 11. Na4 Bb7 12. a3 d5 13. Bxf6 Nxf6 14. e5 Nd7 15.
f4 Rc8 16. O-O Nc5 17. Nxc5 Bxc5 18. axb4 Qxb4 19. Qxb4 Bxb4 20. Kf2 Bc5 21.
Ke3 f6 22. c3 Ke7 23. Kd2 fxe5 24. fxe5 Bb6 25. Bc2 Bc7 26. Rae1 Rcf8 27. Rf3
Rxf3 28. Nxf3 Bc6 29. Nd4 Bd7 30. Bd3 a5 31. Nf3 Rb8 32. Kc2 Ba4+ 33. Kc1 h6
34. Bg6 Rf8 35. Kd2 Rf4 36. h3 Be8 37. Bxe8 Kxe8 38. Kd3 g5 39. b3 Kd7 40. Re2
Bd8 41. Ra2 g4 42. hxg4 Rxg4 43. Re2 h5 44. Ra2 Bb6 45. Re2 Kc6 46. Kc2 Kb5 47.
Kd3 Kc6 48. Ra2 Rg3 49. Ra1 Rxg2 50. Rh1 Rg3 51. Ke2 d4 52. cxd4 Kd5 53. Rxh5
Rg2+ 54. Kd3 Rb2 55. Kc3 Rf2 56. Rh3 Rg2 57. Rh4 Rg7 58. Rf4 Rc7+ 59. Kd3 a4
60. bxa4 Ra7 61. Ne1 Rxa4 62. Nc2 Bxd4 63. Rxd4+ Rxd4+ 64. Nxd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "25th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "18"]
[White "Aronin, Lev"]
[Black "Stoliar, Efim"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]
[ECO "C99"]
[PlyCount "65"]

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 Bb7 13. Nf1 cxd4 14. cxd4 Rac8 15.
Bd3 d5 16. dxe5 Nxe4 17. Ng3 Bb4 18. Re2 f5 19. exf6 Nxg3 20. fxg3 Qxg3 21. Bf5
Rc7 22. Qd3 gxf6 23. Bh6 Rd8 24. Re4 Qd6 25. Rg4+ Kh8 26. Bf4 Qb6+ 27. Kh1 Bd6
28. Be3 Qc6 29. Rh4 Bg3 30. Rh6 Nc4 31. Bd4 Rf8 32. Bxh7 Bf4 33. Rxf6 1-0

[Event "25th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Klaman, Konstantin"]
[Black "Aronin, Lev"]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]
[ECO "D11"]
[PlyCount "98"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. g3 Bf5 4. Bg2 e6 5. c4 c6 6. Nc3 Nbd7 7. cxd5 exd5 8.
Nh4 Be6 9. Qd3 Be7 10. Nf5 Bxf5 11. Qxf5 Qb6 12. e3 O-O 13. O-O Rad8 14. Rd1
Rfe8 15. Bd2 Qc7 16. Rac1 Nb6 17. b3 g6 18. Qd3 Qd7 19. a4 Nc8 20. Ne2 Nd6 21.
Nf4 Nfe4 22. Ba5 b6 23. Be1 g5 24. Ne2 g4 25. Qc2 Rc8 26. Nf4 Ng5 27. Qe2 Nde4
28. b4 Bd6 29. b5 cxb5 30. axb5 Bxf4 31. gxf4 Nf3+ 32. Bxf3 gxf3 33. Qxf3 Kh8
34. Qe2 Rg8+ 35. Kh1 Qh3 36. f3 Rxc1 37. Rxc1 Nd6 38. e4 f6 39. Bc3 Nxb5 40.
Bb2 Nd6 41. Rg1 Rxg1+ 42. Kxg1 Qe6 43. f5 Nxf5 44. Kf2 Nd6 45. exd5 Qxe2+ 46.
Kxe2 Kg8 47. Ba3 Nb5 48. d6 Kf7 49. d7 Nxd4+ 0-1

[Event "25th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Zilber, Israel"]
[Black "Aronin, Lev"]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]
[ECO "A39"]
[PlyCount "114"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. O-O c5 6. d4 cxd4 7. Nxd4 Nc6 8.
Nc3 Qb6 9. Nb3 d6 10. Bg5 Be6 11. Nd5 Bxd5 12. cxd5 Ne5 13. Be3 Qa6 14. Bd4
Rac8 15. Qd2 Rc4 16. Rfc1 Rfc8 17. Rxc4 Nxc4 18. Qd3 b5 19. Bh3 Rb8 20. a4 Qb7
21. axb5 Qxb5 22. Rxa7 Nxd5 23. Bd7 Qxb3 24. Ra8 Qb4 25. Rxb8+ Qxb8 26. Qxc4
Bxd4 27. Qxd4 Qb7 28. Be8 e5 29. Qd2 Kf8 30. Ba4 Ke7 31. b3 Ke6 32. Qh6 Nf6 33.
Qd2 Qa7 34. e3 Ne4 35. Qc1 Nc5 36. Bb5 Qb6 37. Ba4 Qb4 38. h3 d5 39. Kg2 d4 40.
exd4 Qxd4 41. Bc6 e4 42. Ba8 f5 43. h4 Kd6 44. Qc4 Qxc4 45. bxc4 Ke5 46. Bd5
Nd7 47. Bf7 Kd6 48. h5 g5 49. h6 Nf6 50. c5+ Kxc5 51. Be6 f4 52. gxf4 gxf4 53.
Kf1 Kd4 54. Ke2 Ke5 55. Bc8 Ng8 56. Ba6 Nxh6 57. f3 e3 0-1

[Event "25th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Poliak, Abram"]
[Black "Aronin, Lev"]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]
[ECO "D01"]
[PlyCount "92"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Bg5 c6 4. Bxf6 exf6 5. e3 f5 6. Bd3 g6 7. Nge2 Bd6 8.
Nf4 Nd7 9. h4 Qb6 10. Na4 Qa5+ 11. c3 Qc7 12. b4 b5 13. Nc5 Nxc5 14. dxc5 Bxf4
15. exf4 Qxf4 16. a4 bxa4 17. Qxa4 Bd7 18. O-O O-O 19. Qa5 Qd2 20. Qc7 Be6 21.
Ba6 Qxc3 22. Bb7 Rad8 23. Rab1 d4 24. Rfc1 Qd2 25. Bxc6 Rc8 26. Qd6 Rfd8 27.
Qe7 Qf4 28. Bf3 Ba2 29. Ra1 d3 30. Qe3 Qxe3 31. fxe3 d2 32. Rc3 Be6 33. Bd1 f4
34. exf4 Rd4 35. b5 Rd5 36. c6 Rxb5 37. Kf2 Rb2 38. Ke3 Re8 39. Kd4 h5 40. c7
Rc8 41. Ke5 Rb6 42. Be2 Kf8 43. Rxa7 Ke7 44. Ra4 Bb3 45. Ra1 Re6+ 46. Kd4 Rd6+
0-1

[Event "25th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Aronin, Lev"]
[Black "Mnatsakanian, Eduard"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]
[ECO "C91"]
[PlyCount "76"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Be7 7. Re1 O-O 8. d4
d6 9. c3 Bg4 10. d5 Na5 11. Bc2 c6 12. dxc6 Nxc6 13. Bg5 Rc8 14. Nbd2 d5 15. h3
Bh5 16. Bxf6 Bxf6 17. exd5 Qxd5 18. Ne4 Qxd1 19. Nxf6+ gxf6 20. Bxd1 Rfd8 21.
Nh4 Bg6 22. Bg4 Rb8 23. Rad1 Bc2 24. Rxd8+ Rxd8 25. Bf5 Bxf5 26. Nxf5 Rd2 27.
b4 Kf8 28. a4 Ne7 29. Ne3 Rd3 30. axb5 axb5 31. Rc1 Nd5 32. Nxd5 Rxd5 33. g4
Kg7 34. c4 bxc4 35. Rxc4 h6 36. Kg2 f5 37. gxf5 Kf6 38. Rc6+ Kg5 1/2-1/2

[Event "25th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Taimanov, Mark"]
[Black "Krogius, Nikolai"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]
[ECO "D56"]
[PlyCount "73"]

1. c4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e3 h6 6. Bh4 O-O 7. Nf3 Ne4 8. Bxe7
Qxe7 9. Qc2 Nf6 10. Rc1 Nbd7 11. cxd5 exd5 12. Bd3 c6 13. O-O Re8 14. Rfe1 Ne4
15. b4 a6 16. a3 Ndf6 17. Ne5 Nxc3 18. Qxc3 Ng4 19. Nf3 Nf6 20. a4 Ne4 21. Qb2
Ng5 22. Ne5 f6 23. Ng6 Qf7 24. Nf4 f5 25. Be2 Qf6 26. b5 axb5 27. axb5 Bd7 28.
Nd3 Nf7 29. Nc5 Bc8 30. bxc6 bxc6 31. Bd3 Ra7 32. Bb1 Rae7 33. Qd2 g5 34. Nd3
Bd7 35. f4 Rxe3 36. Ne5 Rxe1+ 37. Rxe1 1/2-1/2

[Event "25th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Taimanov, Mark"]
[Black "Suetin, Alexei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]
[ECO "A37"]
[PlyCount "129"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. a3 d6 6. Rb1 a5 7. Nf3 e5 8. d3 Nge7
9. O-O O-O 10. Ne1 Be6 11. Nc2 Rb8 12. b4 axb4 13. axb4 Nxb4 14. Nxb4 cxb4 15.
Rxb4 d5 16. Ba3 dxc4 17. dxc4 Nc6 18. Rb1 Qxd1 19. Rfxd1 Rfd8 20. Bd6 Ra8 21.
Rxb7 e4 22. Nxe4 Bxc4 23. e3 f5 24. Rc7 Ra6 25. Rxc6 Rxc6 26. Nf6+ Bxf6 27.
Bxc6 Be5 28. Rc1 Rxd6 29. Rxc4 Kg7 30. Kg2 Kf6 31. h3 h5 32. Ba4 Rb6 33. Rc8
Bd6 34. Rd8 Be7 35. Rg8 Kf7 36. Ra8 Kf6 37. Bd1 Rd6 38. Bf3 Rd8 39. Ra7 Rd6 40.
Rb7 Bd8 41. Rh7 Be7 42. Be2 Bf8 43. Rc7 Be7 44. Bc4 Rd8 45. f4 Rd2+ 46. Kf1 Rc2
47. g4 hxg4 48. hxg4 fxg4 49. e4 Rc3 50. Ke2 g3 51. e5+ Kf5 52. Be6+ Kxe6 53.
Rxc3 g5 54. Rc6+ Kf5 55. Rc7 Bd8 56. Rc8 g2 57. Kf2 g1=Q+ 58. Kxg1 Bb6+ 59. Kg2
gxf4 60. e6 Kf6 61. Kf3 Be3 62. Rc6 Ke7 63. Ke4 Kf6 64. Kd5 f3 65. Rc7 1-0

[Event "25th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Taimanov, Mark"]
[Black "Antoshin, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]
[ECO "D47"]
[PlyCount "36"]

1. c4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Bd3
Bb7 9. O-O Be7 10. e4 b4 11. Na4 Qa5 12. e5 Nd5 13. Bg5 c5 14. Bxe7 Nxe7 15.
Nxc5 Nxc5 16. dxc5 Qxc5 17. Rc1 Qa5 18. Ng5 h6 1/2-1/2

[Event "25th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "18"]
[White "Nikitin, Aleksander"]
[Black "Taimanov, Mark"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]
[ECO "B43"]
[PlyCount "78"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. f4 b5 7. Bd3 Bb7 8. a3
Nc6 9. Nb3 d6 10. O-O Nf6 11. Be3 Be7 12. Kh1 Rd8 13. Rf3 b4 14. Na4 Qb8 15.
Qe2 O-O 16. Rh3 e5 17. Rf1 Rfe8 18. Nb6 bxa3 19. bxa3 exf4 20. Rxf4 Ne5 21.
Bxa6 Ng6 22. Rf1 Bxa6 23. Qxa6 Nxe4 24. Nd4 Ne5 25. Nf5 Bf8 26. Bd4 Nc5 27. Qb5
Re6 28. a4 Qb7 29. Re3 Nc6 30. Nxd6 Rexd6 31. Bxc5 Na7 32. Qc4 Rg6 33. Rg3 Rd2
34. Rxg6 hxg6 35. Rg1 Bxc5 36. Qxc5 Qe4 37. Qc7 Rxg2 38. Qd8+ Kh7 39. Rxg2 Qe1+
1/2-1/2

[Event "25th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Taimanov, Mark"]
[Black "Shamkovich, Leonid"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]
[ECO "A36"]
[PlyCount "56"]

1. c4 g6 2. Nc3 Bg7 3. g3 c5 4. Bg2 Nc6 5. e4 d6 6. Nge2 f5 7. exf5 Bxf5 8. O-O
Qd7 9. Nf4 Nf6 10. Ncd5 Nxd5 11. cxd5 Nd4 12. d3 O-O 13. Be3 Rf7 14. f3 Qb5 15.
Rf2 Raf8 16. a4 Qa6 17. Ra3 Bd7 18. Kh1 Be5 19. Bxd4 Bxd4 20. Re2 g5 21. Ne6
Bxe6 22. dxe6 Rf5 23. Qb3 Re5 24. Rxe5 Bxe5 25. a5 b5 26. axb6 Qxb6 27. Qxb6
axb6 28. Ra7 Bf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "25th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Zhukhovitsky, L."]
[Black "Taimanov, Mark"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]
[ECO "E70"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 O-O 5. f3 c6 6. Bg5 a6 7. Qd2 b5 8. h4 bxc4
9. Bh6 d5 10. h5 Be6 11. e5 Ne8 12. Bxg7 Nxg7 13. hxg6 hxg6 14. Qh6 f6 15. Qh7+
Kf7 16. Rh6 Rg8 17. exf6 exf6 18. Qxg6+ Kf8 19. Qxf6+ Qxf6 20. Rxf6+ Ke7 21.
Rh6 Nf5 22. Rh7+ Kd6 23. Nge2 Nd7 24. Kf2 c5 25. dxc5+ Nxc5 26. Nf4 Rab8 27.
Rb1 d4 28. Nxe6 dxc3 29. Nxc5 Rxb2+ 30. Rxb2 cxb2 31. Ne4+ Ke5 32. Rb7 c3 33.
Nxc3 Rc8 34. Na4 Rc2+ 35. Be2 b1=Q 36. Rxb1 Rxa2 37. Nc3 Rc2 38. Rb3 a5 39. Ra3
a4 40. Nxa4 Nd4 41. Re3+ 1-0

[Event "25th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Ravinsky, Grigory"]
[Black "Taimanov, Mark"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]
[ECO "B48"]
[PlyCount "37"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. Be3 Nf6 8.
O-O Nxd4 9. Bxd4 Bc5 10. Be2 d6 11. Qd3 b5 12. Rad1 Bb7 13. a3 Rd8 14. Rd2 e5
15. Bxc5 dxc5 16. Qxd8+ Qxd8 17. Rxd8+ Kxd8 18. Rd1+ Kc7 19. f3 1/2-1/2

[Event "25th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Cherepkov, Alexander"]
[Black "Taimanov, Mark"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]
[ECO "E62"]
[PlyCount "51"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 d6 5. Nc3 O-O 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. O-O Bg4 8. Be3
Qd7 9. d5 Na5 10. Nd2 c5 11. f3 Bh3 12. Bxh3 Qxh3 13. Bf2 Nd7 14. Rc1 Ne5 15.
Nce4 Bh6 16. Be1 Be3+ 17. Nf2 Qd7 18. b3 b5 19. f4 Ng4 20. Kg2 Nh6 21. Nf3 Bxc1
22. Qxc1 b4 23. e4 f5 24. Ng5 fxe4 25. Nfxe4 Qf5 26. h3 1/2-1/2

[Event "25th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Taimanov, Mark"]
[Black "Bykov, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]
[ECO "E91"]
[PlyCount "113"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 g6 3. e4 d6 4. d4 Bg7 5. Be2 c5 6. Nf3 O-O 7. O-O Nc6 8. d5
Ne5 9. Nxe5 dxe5 10. Be3 b6 11. a3 e6 12. b4 exd5 13. cxd5 cxb4 14. axb4 Ne8
15. Bb5 Nd6 16. Bc6 Bb7 17. Bxb7 Nxb7 18. Ra6 Nd6 19. Qd3 f5 20. Rfa1 Rc8 21.
Rxa7 Rc4 22. Nb5 fxe4 23. Qb3 Rc8 24. Nxd6 Qxd6 25. Rb7 Rb8 26. Raa7 Rxb7 27.
Rxb7 Rd8 28. Rxb6 Qxd5 29. Qxd5+ Rxd5 30. Rb8+ Kf7 31. Kf1 Bf8 32. Ke2 h5 33.
b5 Bd6 34. Rb7+ Ke6 35. b6 Rb5 36. Rg7 Kf6 37. Ra7 Ke6 38. Rg7 Kf6 39. Rg8 Kf7
40. Rc8 Ke6 41. Kd2 Kd5 42. Rg8 Bb4+ 43. Kc2 Bc5 44. Rxg6 Bd4 45. Bxd4 Kxd4 46.
Rd6+ Kc5 47. Rh6 Kd4 48. g3 Rb4 49. Rd6+ Kc5 50. Re6 Kd4 51. h3 Rb5 52. g4 hxg4
53. hxg4 Kd5 54. Rf6 e3 55. fxe3 Ke4 56. g5 Kxe3 57. Rc6 1-0

[Event "25th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Taimanov, Mark"]
[Black "Ragozin, Viacheslav"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]
[ECO "D47"]
[PlyCount "87"]

1. c4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Bd3
Bb7 9. O-O b4 10. Na4 Be7 11. e4 c5 12. e5 Nd5 13. Nxc5 Nxc5 14. dxc5 Bxc5 15.
Ng5 Be7 16. Qh5 Bxg5 17. Bxg5 Qb6 18. Rad1 h6 19. Rfe1 Rf8 20. Bd2 O-O-O 21.
Be4 f5 22. exf6 Rxf6 23. Rc1+ Kb8 24. Qe5+ Qd6 25. Qxd6+ Rxd6 26. f3 Ra6 27.
Bb1 Rb6 28. Re4 Rf7 29. Be1 g5 30. Bf2 Ra6 31. Bg3+ Ka8 32. h4 Rb6 33. hxg5
hxg5 34. Rg4 Rg7 35. Be5 Rg8 36. Bh7 Rc8 37. Rxc8+ Bxc8 38. Rxg5 Ra6 39. Bb1
Rc6 40. Be4 Rc1+ 41. Kh2 Ra1 42. f4 Kb7 43. f5 Re1 44. f6 1-0

[Event "25th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "19"]
[White "Taimanov, Mark"]
[Black "Estrin, Yakov"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]
[ECO "E07"]
[PlyCount "45"]

1. c4 e6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 Nf6 4. Nf3 Nbd7 5. b3 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. Bb2 c6 8. d4
b6 9. Nbd2 Bb7 10. e3 Rc8 11. Qe2 Qc7 12. Rfd1 Rfd8 13. Rac1 Qb8 14. e4 dxe4
15. Ng5 c5 16. Ndxe4 h6 17. Nxf6+ Bxf6 18. Ne4 Bxd4 19. Bxd4 cxd4 20. Rxd4 Nc5
21. Rcd1 Rxd4 22. Rxd4 Qe5 23. Qe3 1/2-1/2

[Event "25th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Taimanov, Mark"]
[Black "Stoliar, Efim"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]
[ECO "D29"]
[PlyCount "42"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 c5 5. Bxc4 e6 6. O-O a6 7. Qe2 b5 8. Bb3
Bb7 9. a4 Nbd7 10. Rd1 Be7 11. dxc5 Bxc5 12. Ne5 Qb6 13. Nxd7 Nxd7 14. axb5
axb5 15. Rxa8+ Bxa8 16. Nc3 Bc6 17. Bc2 Qb7 18. Qh5 Be7 19. Qh3 Nf6 20. b3 O-O
21. Bb2 Rc8 1/2-1/2

[Event "25th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Klaman, Konstantin"]
[Black "Taimanov, Mark"]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]
[ECO "B25"]
[PlyCount "78"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. d3 Nf6 6. Bg5 d6 7. Nge2 Bd7 8. h3
O-O 9. Qd2 Re8 10. g4 Qa5 11. O-O Nd4 12. f4 Bc6 13. Rf2 Nd7 14. Raf1 Qb4 15.
Qc1 c4 16. f5 Nxe2+ 17. Rxe2 cxd3 18. cxd3 Ne5 19. Rd1 Rac8 20. Rc2 Bb5 21.
Nxb5 Rxc2 22. Qxc2 Qxb5 23. d4 Nc6 24. Be3 e6 25. fxe6 fxe6 26. Bf1 Qa5 27. Bc4
Kh8 28. Qb3 d5 29. Qxb7 Nxd4 30. Qa6 Qc7 31. Bxd4 Bxd4+ 32. Kg2 Qe5 33. Be2
Qxe4+ 34. Bf3 Qc2+ 35. Qe2 Qxe2+ 36. Bxe2 Bb6 37. Bf3 Rc8 38. Rd2 Kg7 39. g5
Kf7 0-1

[Event "25th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Zilber, Israel"]
[Black "Taimanov, Mark"]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]
[ECO "E97"]
[PlyCount "102"]

1. c4 g6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. Nc3 O-O 5. e4 d6 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Nc6 8. Be3
Ng4 9. Bg5 f6 10. Bc1 exd4 11. Nxd4 f5 12. Nxc6 bxc6 13. h3 Nh6 14. Bxh6 Bxh6
15. exf5 Bxf5 16. Bg4 Bg7 17. Bxf5 Rxf5 18. Qd3 Qh4 19. Rae1 Qd4 20. Qxd4 Bxd4
21. Nd1 a5 22. Re7 Rf7 23. Rfe1 Raf8 24. Rxf7 Kxf7 25. Kf1 a4 26. Re2 c5 27.
Rc2 c6 28. Ke2 Rb8 29. Kd3 Rb4 30. Nc3 Ke6 31. Re2+ Kd7 32. Rd2 Be5 33. Re2 Bg7
34. Rd2 Bh6 35. Re2 d5 36. cxd5 cxd5 37. Kc2 Rc4 38. b3 axb3+ 39. axb3 Rd4 40.
Nb5 Rf4 41. Nc3 Kd6 42. f3 Rf8 43. Re1 Ra8 44. Rd1 d4 45. Ne4+ Kd5 46. Nf6+ Kc6
47. b4 Bg7 48. Nxh7 c4 49. Ng5 d3+ 50. Kd2 Ra2+ 51. Ke3 Re2+ 0-1

[Event "25th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Poliak, Abram"]
[Black "Taimanov, Mark"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]
[ECO "E80"]
[PlyCount "65"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f3 e5 6. d5 Nh5 7. Be3 f5 8. Qd2 Na6
9. Bd3 Nb4 10. Bb1 a5 11. a3 Na6 12. Bc2 O-O 13. Nge2 b6 14. O-O-O Nc5 15. Kb1
Nf6 16. Nc1 fxe4 17. Bxc5 bxc5 18. Nxe4 Ba6 19. Qe2 Rb8 20. Na2 Nxe4 21. Bxe4
Qc8 22. Rc1 Rb6 23. Rc3 Bh6 24. Qc2 Qb7 25. Re1 Rb8 26. Re2 Rb3 27. Nc1 Rxc3
28. Qxc3 Bxc1 29. Kxc1 Qb3 30. Rc2 Rb6 31. Bd3 Bc8 32. Qd2 Qa2 33. Qg5 1/2-1/2

[Event "25th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Mnatsakanian, Eduard"]
[Black "Taimanov, Mark"]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]
[ECO "B41"]
[PlyCount "68"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. c4 Nf6 6. Nc3 Qc7 7. Bd3 Nc6 8. Nf3
Be7 9. O-O O-O 10. h3 d6 11. Be3 Ne5 12. Na4 Bd7 13. Nb6 Rad8 14. Nxe5 dxe5 15.
Qe2 Bc6 16. Qc2 Nh5 17. Nd5 exd5 18. cxd5 Qd6 19. Be2 Bb5 20. Bxh5 Rc8 21. Qb3
Bxf1 22. Rxf1 Qb4 23. Qxb4 Bxb4 24. a3 Bc5 25. Bg4 Rc7 26. Rc1 Bd6 27. Rxc7
Bxc7 28. Bc5 Ra8 29. Be7 g6 30. Bf6 a5 31. f4 exf4 32. e5 Bd8 33. d6 Bxf6 34.
exf6 h5 0-1

[Event "25th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "19"]
[White "Suetin, Alexei"]
[Black "Krogius, Nikolai"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]
[ECO "E52"]
[PlyCount "82"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. d4 Bb4 4. e3 d5 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Bd3 b6 7. O-O Bb7 8. Qc2
Nbd7 9. Bd2 dxc4 10. Bxc4 c5 11. a3 cxd4 12. axb4 dxc3 13. Bxc3 Ne4 14. Be1 Rc8
15. Qe2 Ng5 16. Nxg5 Qxg5 17. f3 Ra8 18. e4 Rfc8 19. Bb5 Qe7 20. Bc3 Nb8 21.
Rfd1 Nc6 22. Qe1 e5 23. Rd5 f6 24. Rad1 Rd8 25. Bc4 Kh8 26. Rxd8+ Rxd8 27.
Rxd8+ Qxd8 28. Bd5 Qd7 29. Qa1 a6 30. Qf1 Ne7 31. Bb3 b5 32. Qf2 h6 33. h4 Nc8
34. Kh2 Nd6 35. Qc5 Kh7 36. Ba2 Nc4 37. Bxc4 bxc4 38. Qxc4 Bc8 39. Qc5 Bb7 40.
Qf8 Bc6 41. Qc5 Bb5 1/2-1/2

[Event "25th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Krogius, Nikolai"]
[Black "Antoshin, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]
[ECO "C87"]
[PlyCount "36"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 d6 7. Bxc6+ bxc6 8.
d4 Nd7 9. Nbd2 f6 10. Nc4 Nb6 11. Na5 Bd7 12. c4 O-O 13. c5 Nc8 14. Be3 Na7 15.
d5 dxc5 16. Nb7 Qb8 17. Nxc5 Bxc5 18. Bxc5 Rd8 1/2-1/2

[Event "25th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Nikitin, Aleksander"]
[Black "Krogius, Nikolai"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]
[ECO "C96"]
[PlyCount "53"]

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 Bb7 12. d5 Bc8 13. Nbd2 Ne8 14. b4 Nb7 15. a4
Bd7 16. axb5 axb5 17. Rxa8 Qxa8 18. Nf1 g6 19. Bh6 Ng7 20. Qa1 Rc8 21. Qb2 Qb8
22. Ra1 Nh5 23. Ng3 Nf4 24. Bxf4 exf4 25. Ne2 Bf6 26. bxc5 Nxc5 27. Nfd4
1/2-1/2

[Event "25th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Shamkovich, Leonid"]
[Black "Krogius, Nikolai"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]
[ECO "E24"]
[PlyCount "54"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. a3 Bxc3+ 5. bxc3 b6 6. f3 Ba6 7. e4 d5 8. cxd5
Bxf1 9. Kxf1 exd5 10. e5 Ng8 11. Ne2 Qd7 12. g4 Nc6 13. Kg2 O-O-O 14. Ng3 f6
15. Re1 Re8 16. f4 Nh6 17. h3 f5 18. g5 Nf7 19. h4 g6 20. h5 Nfd8 21. Qd3 Kb7
22. Kf3 Ne6 23. Ra2 Na5 24. Rh1 Nc4 25. a4 a5 26. Qd1 Rhg8 27. hxg6 hxg6
1/2-1/2

[Event "25th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Krogius, Nikolai"]
[Black "Zhukhovitsky, L."]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]
[ECO "B93"]
[PlyCount "113"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. f4 e5 7. Nf3 Nbd7 8. Bd3
Be7 9. O-O O-O 10. Kh1 b5 11. a3 Bb7 12. Qe2 Re8 13. Bd2 Qc7 14. Rae1 Nc5 15.
Qf2 exf4 16. Bxf4 Bf8 17. Qh4 Ncxe4 18. Nxe4 Bxe4 19. Rxe4 Rxe4 20. Ng5 Rae8
21. Bxe4 Rxe4 22. Nxe4 Nxe4 23. c3 Qc4 24. Re1 f5 25. Be3 Qb3 26. Qh5 Qe6 27.
Qe2 Be7 28. Kg1 d5 29. Rd1 Nxc3 30. bxc3 f4 31. Qh5 Qxe3+ 32. Kf1 Qe4 33. Qxd5+
Qxd5 34. Rxd5 Bxa3 35. Ke2 Be7 36. Kd3 Kf7 37. Rd7 Ke6 38. Ra7 Bf6 39. Rxa6+
Kd5 40. h3 Kc5 41. Ra8 Be5 42. Re8 Bf6 43. Re4 f3 44. g3 Kd5 45. Rf4 f2 46.
Rxf2 Be5 47. g4 h6 48. Rf8 Bf6 49. Re8 Kd6 50. Kc2 Kd7 51. Rb8 Kc6 52. Kb3 Kc5
53. Rc8+ Kb6 54. c4 Kb7 55. Rc5 bxc4+ 56. Rxc4 Kb6 57. Kc2 1-0

[Event "25th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Krogius, Nikolai"]
[Black "Ravinsky, Grigory"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]
[ECO "D36"]
[PlyCount "85"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 Nf6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 Be7 6. e3 O-O 7. Bd3 Nbd7 8.
Qc2 Re8 9. Nf3 Nf8 10. O-O c6 11. Rab1 a5 12. a3 Bg4 13. Ne5 Bh5 14. b4 axb4
15. axb4 Ng4 16. Bxe7 Qxe7 17. Nxg4 Bxg4 18. b5 Rad8 19. bxc6 bxc6 20. Ne2 Rd6
21. Ng3 Qg5 22. Rb6 Bd7 23. Bf5 Bxf5 24. Qxf5 Qd8 25. Rfb1 Rf6 26. Qc2 Qd6 27.
Qa4 Rg6 28. Qb4 Qe6 29. Rb8 Nd7 30. Rxe8+ Qxe8 31. Qb7 Re6 32. Ra1 Nf8 33. Ra8
Qe7 34. Qxe7 Rxe7 35. Rc8 Re6 36. Ne2 g5 37. Ng3 f6 38. Nf5 h5 39. h3 g4 40.
hxg4 hxg4 41. Kh2 Kf7 42. Kg3 Kg6 43. Nh4+ 1-0

[Event "25th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "18"]
[White "Krogius, Nikolai"]
[Black "Cherepkov, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]
[ECO "C90"]
[PlyCount "83"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Be7 7. Re1 O-O 8. d3
d6 9. c3 Be6 10. Bc2 d5 11. exd5 Qxd5 12. Nbd2 Rad8 13. Qe2 Bc5 14. h3 Rfe8 15.
Ng5 h6 16. Nxe6 Qxe6 17. Qf3 Bb6 18. Bb3 Qd7 19. Ne4 Nxe4 20. Rxe4 Na5 21. Bc2
f5 22. Re1 c5 23. Be3 Rb8 24. Rad1 Nc6 25. Qh5 Rf8 26. Bxh6 gxh6 27. Qg6+ Qg7
28. Qxc6 Kh8 29. Rxe5 Rfc8 30. Qd5 Rd8 31. Qe6 Rg8 32. g3 Bc7 33. Rxf5 Bxg3 34.
Kf1 Rbe8 35. Qf6 Bh2 36. f3 Re6 37. Qxg7+ Rxg7 38. Rf8+ Rg8 39. Rxg8+ Kxg8 40.
Bb3 c4 41. dxc4 Kg7 42. cxb5 1-0

[Event "25th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Bykov, Vladimir"]
[Black "Krogius, Nikolai"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]
[ECO "D98"]
[PlyCount "64"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Qb3 dxc4 6. Qxc4 O-O 7. e4 Bg4 8.
Be3 Nfd7 9. Be2 Nc6 10. d5 Nce5 11. Qb3 Nxf3+ 12. gxf3 Bh5 13. Rg1 Kh8 14.
O-O-O f5 15. Bd4 Bxd4 16. Rxd4 f4 17. Rdd1 a6 18. Qc4 h6 19. Qd4+ Kh7 20. Bd3
Rf7 21. e5 Qh8 22. Rde1 Qg7 23. Bc2 Kh8 24. h4 Rd8 25. Bxg6 Bxg6 26. h5 Nxe5
27. Qxe5 Qxe5 28. Rxe5 Bf5 29. Rge1 Rd7 30. b3 Kg7 31. Ne4 b6 32. Kb2 Kf8
1/2-1/2

[Event "25th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Ragozin, Viacheslav"]
[Black "Krogius, Nikolai"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]
[ECO "C90"]
[PlyCount "53"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. d3
d6 9. c3 Nd7 10. Nbd2 Bf6 11. Nf1 Nb6 12. Be3 Rb8 13. h3 Na5 14. Bc2 c5 15. g4
Nc6 16. Ng3 Be7 17. Kh1 d5 18. Rg1 dxe4 19. dxe4 Nc4 20. Qc1 Kh8 21. Nf5 Be6
22. Rd1 Qc7 23. b3 Nxe3 24. Nxe3 Qa7 25. Nd5 b4 26. c4 Nd4 27. Nxd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "25th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Krogius, Nikolai"]
[Black "Estrin, Yakov"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]
[ECO "D36"]
[PlyCount "85"]

1. c4 e6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bg5 Nbd7 5. e3 c6 6. cxd5 exd5 7. Bd3 Be7 8.
Qc2 Nf8 9. Nf3 Ne6 10. Bh4 g6 11. h3 Nh5 12. Bxe7 Qxe7 13. O-O-O Nhg7 14. g4
Nc7 15. Kb1 Be6 16. Na4 O-O-O 17. Nc5 Nce8 18. Ne5 Nd6 19. Rc1 Kb8 20. Qa4 f6
21. Nf3 Bc8 22. Rc3 Qc7 23. Rhc1 Ne6 24. Ra3 b5 25. Qb4 Nxc5 26. dxc5 Nf7 27.
Nd4 a6 28. Ra5 Ne5 29. Be2 Bb7 30. a4 Rhe8 31. axb5 axb5 32. Rc3 Kc8 33. b3 Kd7
34. f4 Nf7 35. Bxb5 Ra8 36. Rxa8 Rxa8 37. Rc2 Qa5 38. Qxa5 Rxa5 39. Be2 Nd8 40.
Ra2 Rxc5 41. Kb2 Ne6 42. Nxe6 Kxe6 43. b4 1-0

[Event "25th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Stoliar, Efim"]
[Black "Krogius, Nikolai"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]
[ECO "B97"]
[PlyCount "46"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Qb6 8. Nb3
Qe3+ 9. Qe2 Qxe2+ 10. Bxe2 Nbd7 11. O-O-O b6 12. Bf3 Bb7 13. Rd3 O-O-O 14. Rhd1
Be7 15. Bh4 Rhe8 16. Bf2 Kc7 17. g3 Nc5 18. Nxc5 dxc5 19. e5 Bxf3 20. Rxf3
Rxd1+ 21. Kxd1 Rd8+ 22. Ke2 Nd5 23. Nxd5+ Rxd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "25th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Krogius, Nikolai"]
[Black "Klaman, Konstantin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]
[ECO "D16"]
[PlyCount "66"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bg4 6. Ne5 Bh5 7. Nxc4 Nbd7 8.
g3 e6 9. Bg2 Bb4 10. O-O O-O 11. a5 Nd5 12. Bd2 Re8 13. Ne4 N7f6 14. Nxf6+ Qxf6
15. Bxb4 Nxb4 16. Qd2 Qe7 17. Ra4 Na6 18. e4 Red8 19. e5 Rab8 20. Nd6 Nc7 21.
a6 Nxa6 22. Bxc6 bxc6 23. Rxa6 Bf3 24. Rfa1 Rd7 25. R1a3 Bd5 26. f4 f5 27. Qa5
Rxb2 28. Rxa7 Rxa7 29. Qxa7 Qxa7 30. Rxa7 Rb8 31. Rc7 Rb1+ 32. Kf2 Rb2+ 33. Ke3
h5 1/2-1/2

[Event "25th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Zilber, Israel"]
[Black "Krogius, Nikolai"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]
[ECO "B38"]
[PlyCount "61"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f4 O-O 6. Nf3 c5 7. Be2 cxd4 8. Nxd4
Nc6 9. Be3 Bd7 10. O-O Rc8 11. Nxc6 Bxc6 12. Bf3 Nd7 13. Rc1 a6 14. Qb3 Qa5 15.
Nd5 Rfe8 16. Rf2 Bxd5 17. exd5 Nc5 18. Bxc5 Qxc5 19. Kf1 Qd4 20. g3 b5 21. Rfc2
bxc4 22. Rxc4 Rxc4 23. Rxc4 Qxb2 24. Qxb2 Bxb2 25. Rc7 Bd4 26. Be2 Rb8 27. Bxa6
Rb2 28. Be2 Rxa2 29. Rxe7 Bc5 30. h4 Rd2 31. h5 1/2-1/2

[Event "25th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Krogius, Nikolai"]
[Black "Poliak, Abram"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]
[ECO "D36"]
[PlyCount "51"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 Be7 6. e3 c6 7. Qc2 h6 8. Bh4
O-O 9. Bd3 Re8 10. Nge2 Nbd7 11. O-O Ne4 12. Bxe7 Qxe7 13. b4 Nxc3 14. Qxc3 Nf6
15. Qc5 Qxc5 16. dxc5 Nd7 17. Nd4 Ne5 18. Be2 Bg4 19. f3 Bd7 20. Rab1 b5 21. a4
bxa4 22. Ra1 a5 23. Rxa4 axb4 24. Rxb4 Ra3 25. Rb3 Rxb3 26. Nxb3 1/2-1/2

[Event "25th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Krogius, Nikolai"]
[Black "Mnatsakanian, Eduard"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]
[ECO "A25"]
[PlyCount "97"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 d6 3. g3 Nc6 4. Bg2 g6 5. e3 Bd7 6. Nge2 Bg7 7. O-O h5 8. d4 h4
9. d5 Na5 10. Qd3 b6 11. e4 Nb7 12. Be3 Nc5 13. Qd2 a5 14. f3 hxg3 15. hxg3 Qe7
16. Kf2 f5 17. Rh1 Nf6 18. Rxh8+ Bxh8 19. Rh1 Bg7 20. Ke1 O-O-O 21. Nc1 fxe4
22. Nxe4 Ncxe4 23. fxe4 Nh5 24. Bf2 Bf6 25. Nd3 Bg5 26. Qc3 Rf8 27. c5 dxc5 28.
Bxc5 bxc5 29. Qxa5 Kb8 30. Nxc5 Bc8 31. Qb5+ Ka7 32. Bh3 Qe8 33. Qa5+ Kb8 34.
Qb4+ Ka7 35. Bxc8 Qxc8 36. Qa4+ Kb8 37. Nd7+ Kb7 38. Qb4+ Ka7 39. Nxf8 Qg4 40.
Qa5+ Kb7 41. Qb5+ Ka7 42. Qe2 Qxe2+ 43. Kxe2 Nxg3+ 44. Kf3 Nxh1 45. Kg2 Bc1 46.
b3 Bb2 47. Nxg6 Kb6 48. Ne7 Kc5 49. Nc6 1-0

[Event "25th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Suetin, Alexei"]
[Black "Antoshin, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]
[ECO "C65"]
[PlyCount "53"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Bc5 5. Nxe5 Nxe4 6. Qe2 Nxe5 7. Qxe4 Qe7
8. d4 Ng6 9. Qd3 Bb6 10. c4 c6 11. Ba4 O-O 12. Nc3 d6 13. Be3 f5 14. f4 Bd7 15.
Rae1 Rae8 16. g3 Kh8 17. Bf2 Qd8 18. Rd1 Ba5 19. Bc2 Ne7 20. d5 c5 21. a3 Ng8
22. Rb1 Bc7 23. b4 b6 24. bxc5 bxc5 25. Rfe1 Nf6 26. Rxe8 Rxe8 27. Re1 1/2-1/2

[Event "25th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Nikitin, Aleksander"]
[Black "Suetin, Alexei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]
[ECO "B99"]
[PlyCount "120"]

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. g4 b5 11. Bxf6 gxf6 12. a3 Bb7 13. f5 e5 14. Nb3 Rc8 15.
Rd2 Nb6 16. Kb1 Nc4 17. Bxc4 bxc4 18. Nc1 Rb8 19. Nd5 Bxd5 20. Rxd5 Qb6 21. Qc3
O-O 22. Ne2 Kh8 23. Ng3 Rg8 24. h3 Rgc8 25. Rhd1 Rc6 26. Ka2 Qb7 27. Rb1 Rb6
28. Nf1 Rc8 29. Ne3 Qc6 30. Rdd1 Rb5 31. Nd5 Qb7 32. Qe3 Rb8 33. b4 cxb3+ 34.
cxb3 Rc5 35. Rb2 Qd7 36. g5 fxg5 37. f6 Rxd5 38. Qxg5 Rg8 39. Qxg8+ Kxg8 40.
Rg1+ Kf8 41. fxe7+ Kxe7 42. exd5 Qxh3 43. Rc1 Qf3 44. Rc7+ Kf6 45. Rc6 Qxd5 46.
Rxa6 e4 47. Ra4 Ke5 48. Rc4 f5 49. Rc1 e3 50. Ka1 Qd3 51. Ka2 f4 52. b4 Qb5 53.
Rb3 Ke4 54. Rh1 h5 55. Kb2 Qe2+ 56. Ka1 f3 57. b5 f2 58. b6 f1=Q+ 59. Rxf1
Qxf1+ 60. Ka2 Qf8 0-1

[Event "25th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Suetin, Alexei"]
[Black "Shamkovich, Leonid"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]
[ECO "B43"]
[PlyCount "85"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Nc3 Bb4 6. Bd2 d5 7. exd5 exd5 8.
a3 Be7 9. Be2 Nc6 10. Be3 Nf6 11. O-O O-O 12. Na4 Bd6 13. Nxc6 bxc6 14. Bc5
Bxc5 15. Nxc5 Re8 16. Re1 Qd6 17. Qd4 Qe5 18. Qxe5 Rxe5 19. f4 Re7 20. Bd3 Kf8
21. Kf2 a5 22. h3 Rb8 23. b3 Nd7 24. Rxe7 Kxe7 25. Re1+ Kd6 26. Na4 Nf6 27. g4
Bd7 28. g5 Nh5 29. Kf3 g6 30. Nc3 Bxh3 31. Rh1 Bg2+ 32. Kxg2 Nxf4+ 33. Kf2
Nxd3+ 34. cxd3 Rxb3 35. Ne2 Rxd3 36. Rxh7 Ke7 37. Nf4 Rxa3 38. Nxg6+ Ke6 39.
Nf4+ Kf5 40. Rxf7+ Kxg5 41. Ne6+ Kg6 42. Rc7 Rc3 43. Nf4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "25th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Zhukhovitsky, L."]
[Black "Suetin, Alexei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]
[ECO "E63"]
[PlyCount "98"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. O-O d6 6. c4 a6 7. Nc3 Nc6 8. h3
Rb8 9. Be3 b5 10. cxb5 axb5 11. Rc1 Na5 12. Nd2 b4 13. Ncb1 Bb7 14. Qa4 Bxg2
15. Kxg2 c6 16. Nb3 Nxb3 17. axb3 Nd5 18. Qxc6 Nxe3+ 19. fxe3 e5 20. Qd5 Qe7
21. Rc2 Rfe8 22. Rfc1 exd4 23. exd4 h5 24. Rf1 Qe4+ 25. Qxe4 Rxe4 26. Rf4 Re3
27. Rf3 Rbe8 28. Rxe3 Rxe3 29. Nd2 Bxd4 30. Nc4 Rxb3 31. Rd2 Be5 32. e3 Kg7 33.
Kf3 Kf6 34. Ke2 Ke6 35. g4 hxg4 36. hxg4 f6 37. Kf3 d5 38. Nxe5 fxe5 39. Ke2 g5
40. Kf2 d4 41. exd4 exd4 42. Rxd4 Rxb2+ 43. Ke3 Rb3+ 44. Kf2 Ke5 45. Rd8 Ke4
46. Rf8 Rb1 47. Rf5 b3 48. Rb5 Kd4 49. Kg2 Kc4 0-1

[Event "25th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ravinsky, Grigory"]
[Black "Suetin, Alexei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]
[ECO "B58"]
[PlyCount "35"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nxc6 bxc6 8.
Qd3 Be7 9. O-O O-O 10. Bg5 Rb8 11. b3 Qc7 12. Rad1 Rd8 13. Qg3 Be6 14. f4 exf4
15. Bxf4 Ne8 16. Rd3 Qa5 17. Bd2 Qc7 18. Bf4 1/2-1/2

[Event "25th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Cherepkov, Alexander"]
[Black "Suetin, Alexei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]
[ECO "E63"]
[PlyCount "48"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. O-O d6 6. c4 a6 7. Nc3 Nc6 8. a3
Na5 9. b3 Rb8 10. Bb2 c5 11. e3 b5 12. cxb5 axb5 13. Nd2 Bg4 14. Ne2 cxd4 15.
Bxd4 Qd7 16. Re1 Rfc8 17. Rc1 Rxc1 18. Qxc1 Rc8 19. Qb1 e5 20. Bb2 Bf5 21. e4
Be6 22. b4 Nc4 23. Nxc4 Bxc4 24. Nc3 Qc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "25th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Suetin, Alexei"]
[Black "Bykov, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]
[ECO "C87"]
[PlyCount "79"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6 5. c3 Bd7 6. d4 Nf6 7. O-O Be7 8. Nbd2
O-O 9. Re1 Re8 10. a3 Bf8 11. b4 g6 12. Bb2 Nh5 13. Nf1 f6 14. Qc2 Qe7 15. Ne3
Rac8 16. Bb3+ Kh8 17. Nd5 Qg7 18. a4 Nd8 19. c4 Ne6 20. Qd2 Rcd8 21. Rad1 Bc8
22. Qc1 Qf7 23. c5 Bg7 24. cxd6 cxd6 25. Nb6 Qe7 26. dxe5 fxe5 27. Qd2 Bf8 28.
Rc1 Nef4 29. Nxc8 Rxc8 30. Rxc8 Rxc8 31. g3 Ne6 32. Rc1 Re8 33. Kg2 Nf6 34. Qe3
a5 35. bxa5 Nc5 36. Rxc5 dxc5 37. Nxe5 Ra8 38. Nf7+ Kg8 39. Nh6+ Kh8 40. Ng8
1-0

[Event "25th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Suetin, Alexei"]
[Black "Ragozin, Viacheslav"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]
[ECO "C61"]
[PlyCount "85"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nd4 4. Nxd4 exd4 5. O-O Ne7 6. d3 g6 7. Bg5 Bg7 8.
Qf3 O-O 9. Bc4 d6 10. Nd2 Qe8 11. Bf6 Be6 12. Rae1 Nc6 13. Bxg7 Kxg7 14. Bb3
Bxb3 15. axb3 a5 16. Qd1 Qd7 17. f4 f6 18. Nf3 Rfe8 19. Qd2 a4 20. bxa4 Rxa4
21. Qf2 Ra2 22. Rb1 d5 23. e5 fxe5 24. fxe5 Qe7 25. Rfe1 Rf8 26. Re2 Raa8 27.
Rbe1 Rae8 28. Qg3 Qb4 29. b3 Qc5 30. h4 Rf5 31. e6 Qd6 32. Qxd6 cxd6 33. Ng5
Ne5 34. Rf2 h6 35. Rxf5 gxf5 36. Nh3 Rxe6 37. Kf1 Rg6 38. Nf4 Rg4 39. g3 Kf7
40. Kf2 Rg8 41. Nxd5 Rc8 42. Re2 Rc5 43. Nf4 1/2-1/2

[Event "25th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Suetin, Alexei"]
[Black "Estrin, Yakov"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]
[ECO "C65"]
[PlyCount "65"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Bc5 5. c3 O-O 6. d4 Bb6 7. Re1 exd4 8. e5
Ne8 9. Bg5 f6 10. exf6 Nxf6 11. cxd4 d6 12. h3 h6 13. Be3 Ne7 14. Nc3 c6 15.
Bd3 Bf5 16. Qb3+ Kh8 17. Qc2 Qd7 18. Nh4 Bxd3 19. Qxd3 Rae8 20. Re2 g5 21. Ng6+
Nxg6 22. Qxg6 Qh7 23. Qxh7+ Kxh7 24. Rd1 Ba5 25. Rde1 Kg6 26. Bd2 Bxc3 27. bxc3
Rxe2 28. Rxe2 d5 29. f3 Re8 30. Kf2 Rxe2+ 31. Kxe2 Ne8 32. g4 Nd6 33. Be1
1/2-1/2

[Event "25th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Stoliar, Efim"]
[Black "Suetin, Alexei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]
[ECO "A16"]
[PlyCount "56"]

1. c4 g6 2. Nc3 Bg7 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 O-O 5. e4 d6 6. Nge2 Nc6 7. O-O a6 8. Rb1
Rb8 9. b4 b5 10. cxb5 axb5 11. d4 e5 12. d5 Ne7 13. a4 bxa4 14. Qxa4 Nh5 15.
Bd2 f5 16. f3 f4 17. g4 Nf6 18. b5 Bd7 19. Nc1 g5 20. Nd3 h5 21. h3 Ng6 22. Nf2
Nh4 23. Qc4 hxg4 24. hxg4 Qc8 25. Qd3 Rf7 26. Rfc1 Qf8 27. Ncd1 Ne8 28. Ba5 Rb7
1/2-1/2

[Event "25th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Klaman, Konstantin"]
[Black "Suetin, Alexei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]
[ECO "B58"]
[PlyCount "38"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nf3 h6 8. O-O
Be7 9. Bc4 O-O 10. Re1 Be6 11. Nd5 Bxd5 12. Bxd5 Nxd5 13. Qxd5 Qa5 14. Bd2 Qxd5
15. exd5 Nb8 16. Nd4 Rc8 17. Nf5 Bf8 18. Bb4 Nd7 19. Bxd6 Rxc2 1/2-1/2

[Event "25th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "18"]
[White "Zilber, Israel"]
[Black "Suetin, Alexei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]
[ECO "A41"]
[PlyCount "34"]

1. c4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. e4 d6 4. f4 c5 5. dxc5 Qa5+ 6. Nc3 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 Nf6 8.
cxd6 Nxe4 9. Qd4 O-O 10. dxe7 Re8 11. Qe5 Nc5 12. Be3 Nc6 13. Qxc5 Qxc3+ 14.
Kf2 Qxa1 15. Nf3 Nxe7 16. Be2 Qxh1 17. Qe5 Bh3 0-1

[Event "25th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Suetin, Alexei"]
[Black "Poliak, Abram"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]
[ECO "C43"]
[PlyCount "41"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. d4 exd4 4. e5 Ne4 5. Qxd4 d5 6. exd6 Nxd6 7. Bd3 Nc6 8.
Qf4 Be7 9. Nc3 Be6 10. Bd2 Qd7 11. O-O-O O-O-O 12. Rhe1 h6 13. Be3 Kb8 14. Qa4
Nc8 15. Bb5 Qe8 16. Ne5 Rd6 17. Rxd6 cxd6 18. Nxc6+ bxc6 19. Bxc6 Qd8 20. Qa6
Qc7 21. Nb5 1-0

[Event "25th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Mnatsakanian, Eduard"]
[Black "Suetin, Alexei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]
[ECO "B67"]
[PlyCount "69"]

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. Nxc6 Bxc6 11. Qe1 Be7 12. e5 Nd5 13. Bxe7 Qxe7 14. Ne4
dxe5 15. fxe5 O-O 16. Bd3 Nf4 17. Rf1 Ng6 18. Qg3 Qh4 19. Qxh4 Nxh4 20. g3 Ng6
21. Ng5 Bd5 22. h4 Nxe5 23. Bxh7+ Kh8 24. Be4 Bxe4 25. Nxe4 Rac8 26. Rd6 Rc4
27. Nf2 Rc6 28. Rxc6 Nxc6 29. Ne4 Kg8 30. Rd1 Rc8 31. Rd7 Ne5 32. Rd6 Rc6 33.
Rxc6 Nxc6 34. Kd2 Kf8 35. c3 1/2-1/2

[Event "25th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Nikitin, Aleksander"]
[Black "Antoshin, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]
[ECO "C85"]
[PlyCount "33"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. d3 Nd7 8.
b3 O-O 9. Bb2 f6 10. Nbd2 Nc5 11. d4 exd4 12. Nxd4 Bd6 13. f4 Ne6 14. Nxe6 Bxe6
15. Qe2 Qe7 16. Rad1 Rfd8 17. Kh1 1/2-1/2

[Event "25th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Shamkovich, Leonid"]
[Black "Antoshin, Vladimir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]
[ECO "A07"]
[PlyCount "82"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. O-O e5 5. c4 c6 6. d3 Ne7 7. Nc3 O-O 8. Bd2 h6
9. Qc1 Kh7 10. b4 Be6 11. Rd1 Nd7 12. cxd5 cxd5 13. e4 d4 14. Ne2 f5 15. Ne1
fxe4 16. dxe4 Nc8 17. Qa3 Nd6 18. Rdc1 Qf6 19. f4 Nc4 20. Qd3 exf4 21. gxf4
Nde5 22. Qg3 Nxd2 23. fxe5 Qxe5 24. Qxe5 Bxe5 25. Nd3 Bg7 26. Rc7 Rf7 27. Rac1
Raf8 28. e5 Bf5 29. Rxf7 Rxf7 30. Rd1 Bxd3 31. Rxd2 Bc4 32. Nxd4 Bxe5 33. Nb3
b6 34. Bd5 Bxd5 35. Rxd5 Bf4 36. Kg2 g5 37. h3 Re7 38. Nd4 Kg6 39. Kf2 Re3 40.
h4 Rd3 41. hxg5 Be3+ 0-1

[Event "25th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Antoshin, Vladimir"]
[Black "Zhukhovitsky, L."]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]
[ECO "D36"]
[PlyCount "82"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Be7 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bf4 O-O 7. e3 Re8 8.
Bd3 c6 9. Qc2 Nbd7 10. h3 Nf8 11. Bh2 Bd6 12. Bxd6 Qxd6 13. O-O Qe7 14. Rab1
Ne4 15. b4 a6 16. Bxe4 dxe4 17. Nd2 Bf5 18. Ne2 Ne6 19. Ng3 Bg6 20. Nc4 h6 21.
Qe2 Rad8 22. Rb3 Bh7 23. a3 Rd5 24. Nb6 Rg5 25. Na4 Nc7 26. Nc3 h5 27. Nxh5 Qe6
28. Rfb1 Qxh3 29. Nf4 Qh6 30. Qd1 Bf5 31. Nce2 Bg4 32. Qd2 Bxe2 33. Nxe2 Nd5
34. Rc1 Rh5 35. Ng3 Rh2 36. a4 f5 37. Rc5 f4 38. exf4 Nxf4 39. Qe3 Rxg2+ 40.
Kf1 Rh2 41. Ne2 Rh1+ 0-1

[Event "25th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Antoshin, Vladimir"]
[Black "Ravinsky, Grigory"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]
[ECO "D36"]
[PlyCount "161"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 Be7 6. e3 O-O 7. Bd3 Nbd7 8.
Nge2 Re8 9. Qc2 Nf8 10. O-O-O c6 11. h3 a5 12. g4 Bd7 13. Ng3 a4 14. Rhg1 Qa5
15. Nf5 Bxf5 16. gxf5 Kh8 17. Kb1 b5 18. Ne2 Rec8 19. Nf4 Qd8 20. f3 Ne8 21. h4
f6 22. Bh6 Bd6 23. Nh5 Ra7 24. e4 Rcc7 25. Qg2 Rf7 26. Rde1 Bb4 27. Re2 dxe4
28. Rxe4 Rae7 29. Rg4 Qd7 30. Be4 a3 31. Qc2 axb2 32. Bxc6 Qd8 33. Bxe8 Qxe8
34. Bxg7+ Rxg7 35. Nxg7 Re1+ 36. Rxe1 Qxe1+ 37. Kxb2 Qe3 38. Qd1 Qc3+ 39. Kb1
Ba3 40. Rg2 Qb4+ 41. Ka1 Qc3+ 42. Kb1 Qb4+ 43. Qb3 Qe1+ 44. Kc2 Qf1 45. Rd2
Qc1+ 46. Kd3 Kxg7 47. Rg2+ Kh6 48. Qc2 Qf1+ 49. Ke4 Kh5 50. Kd5 Bb4 51. Qe2 Qc1
52. Qxb5 Qa3 53. Ke4 Be7 54. Rc2 Qd6 55. Qd5 Qg3 56. Kd3 Kh6 57. Qe4 Qd6 58.
Ke3 Qa3+ 59. Kf2 Qb4 60. Qe3+ Kh5 61. Kg2 Bd6 62. Re2 Qb7 63. Qe8+ Kh6 64. Qe4
Qa6 65. Kh3 Qc8 66. Qc2 Qd7 67. Kg2 Qg7+ 68. Kf1 Qb7 69. Qe4 Qb5 70. Kg2 Qb4
71. Qd5 Qb6 72. Kh3 Qc7 73. Rb2 Nd7 74. Rg2 Nf8 75. Qg8 Qd7 76. Qg4 Qc7 77. a4
Bb4 78. d5 Bd6 79. a5 Bc5 80. a6 Qa5 81. Qg7+ 1-0

[Event "25th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Antoshin, Vladimir"]
[Black "Cherepkov, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]
[ECO "E34"]
[PlyCount "80"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. cxd5 Qxd5 6. e3 c5 7. Bd2 Bxc3 8.
bxc3 Nc6 9. Nf3 O-O 10. c4 Qd6 11. Bc3 b6 12. Rd1 cxd4 13. Nxd4 Nxd4 14. Rxd4
Qe7 15. Be2 e5 16. Rd1 Bb7 17. Qb2 Rfe8 18. Bb4 Qc7 19. Bd6 Qc6 20. f3 Nd7 21.
O-O Re6 22. c5 bxc5 23. Bc4 Rxd6 24. Rxd6 Qxd6 25. Qxb7 Rf8 26. Bb3 Nb6 27. Rd1
Qb8 28. Bxf7+ Kh8 29. Qe7 c4 30. Qh4 Qc7 31. Bg6 h6 32. Bc2 Kg8 33. Qe4 Rf6 34.
h4 Rd6 35. Rf1 Nd7 36. h5 Kf8 37. Ba4 Nb6 38. Bc2 Nd7 39. Qa8+ Qb8 40. Qe4 Qc7
1/2-1/2

[Event "25th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Bykov, Vladimir"]
[Black "Antoshin, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]
[ECO "E54"]
[PlyCount "74"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Bd3 d5 6. Nf3 O-O 7. O-O dxc4 8. Bxc4
b6 9. a3 cxd4 10. axb4 dxc3 11. Qxd8 Rxd8 12. bxc3 Bb7 13. Be2 Nc6 14. Bb2 a5
15. b5 Nb8 16. Rfd1 Nbd7 17. c4 Nc5 18. Nd4 Rac8 19. f3 Nfd7 20. Kf2 f6 21. Ba3
Kf7 22. Ra2 Ne5 23. Rad2 Re8 24. Nc2 Ba8 25. Rd6 Na4 26. R1d4 Nc3 27. Rxb6 Nxe2
28. Kxe2 Nxc4 29. Ra6 Ne5 30. Ne1 Bd5 31. Rxa5 Ra8 32. Rda4 Rxa5 33. Rxa5 Rb8
34. Bd6 Bc4+ 35. Kf2 Rxb5 36. Rxb5 Bxb5 37. Bxe5 fxe5 1/2-1/2

[Event "25th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Ragozin, Viacheslav"]
[Black "Antoshin, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]
[ECO "C92"]
[PlyCount "155"]

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 Nd7 10. d4 Nb6 11. Be3 Bf6 12. Nbd2 Na5 13. Bc2 Nac4 14. Nxc4 Nxc4
15. Bc1 c5 16. b3 Na5 17. Be3 Qc7 18. Rc1 Rd8 19. Qe2 Be6 20. Bb1 Rac8 21. d5
Bd7 22. Nd2 Rf8 23. Nf1 Qd8 24. Kh2 Bg5 25. Qd2 Bxe3 26. Rxe3 Kh8 27. g4 g6 28.
Rg3 Nb7 29. Ne3 a5 30. Rf1 Qg5 31. Qe2 Ra8 32. Ng2 b4 33. c4 a4 34. f4 exf4 35.
Nxf4 Qe7 36. Nd3 axb3 37. axb3 Ra3 38. Qb2+ Kg8 39. e5 Na5 40. exd6 Qxd6 41.
Qe5 Qxe5 42. Nxe5 Bc8 43. d6 Be6 44. Bf5 Ra2+ 45. Kg1 Bxf5 46. gxf5 Rd2 47.
fxg6 hxg6 48. d7 Rd6 49. Rd3 Rxd3 50. Nxd3 Nxb3 51. Ne5 Nd4 52. Rxf7 Ne6 53.
Re7 Nd8 54. Nxg6 Rf6 55. Ne5 Rf8 56. Ng6 Rf6 57. Ne5 Rf8 58. Nd3 Nb7 59. Re6
Kf7 60. Rb6 Nd8 61. Nxc5 Ke7 62. Rxb4 Rf5 63. Nb7 Nxb7 64. Rxb7 Rc5 65. Rb4
Kxd7 66. Kg2 Rc8 67. h4 Kd6 68. Kh3 Kc5 69. Ra4 Rh8 70. Kg4 Rg8+ 71. Kf5 Rg1
72. h5 Rh1 73. Kg6 Rg1+ 74. Kh7 Kd6 75. Ra8 Ke7 76. h6 Kf7 77. c5 Rc1 78. Rc8
1-0

[Event "25th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Antoshin, Vladimir"]
[Black "Estrin, Yakov"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]
[ECO "E53"]
[PlyCount "47"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Bd3 O-O 6. Nf3 d5 7. O-O Nbd7 8. a3
dxc4 9. axb4 cxd4 10. Bxh7+ Nxh7 11. Qxd4 Nb6 12. e4 Qxd4 13. Nxd4 Bd7 14. Be3
Nf6 15. f3 Nc8 16. Rfd1 Ne7 17. Nc2 a6 18. Bc5 Rfe8 19. Ne3 b5 20. e5 Nfd5 21.
Bxe7 Rxe7 22. Nexd5 exd5 23. Nxd5 Rxe5 24. Nb6 1-0

[Event "25th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "19"]
[White "Stoliar, Efim"]
[Black "Antoshin, Vladimir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]
[ECO "C48"]
[PlyCount "87"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 d6 5. d4 Nd7 6. O-O Be7 7. Nd5 O-O 8.
Nxe7+ Qxe7 9. Re1 f6 10. c3 Nb6 11. h3 Nd8 12. Bf1 Kh8 13. Be3 g5 14. Nh2 Ne6
15. g3 Rg8 16. Kh1 Bd7 17. b4 Rg6 18. d5 Nf8 19. g4 h5 20. f3 Rh6 21. c4 Qh7
22. c5 Nc8 23. Bg1 a5 24. a3 Ne7 25. b5 hxg4 26. hxg4 dxc5 27. d6 Nc8 28. dxc7
b6 29. Ra2 Ra7 30. Bxc5 bxc5 31. b6 Nxb6 32. Qd6 Qf7 33. Rc2 Nc8 34. Qxc5 Rh7
35. Rd1 Ne6 36. Qe3 Rxc7 37. Rxc7 Nxc7 38. Qc3 Ne6 39. Qxa5 Nd4 40. Qd8+ Kg7
41. Rc1 Nxf3 42. Rc2 Rxh2+ 43. Rxh2 Nxh2 44. Kxh2 0-1

[Event "25th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Antoshin, Vladimir"]
[Black "Klaman, Konstantin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]
[ECO "D25"]
[PlyCount "69"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Be6 5. Na3 c5 6. Nxc4 Nc6 7. Qa4 cxd4 8.
Nce5 Bd5 9. Bb5 a6 10. Bxc6+ bxc6 11. exd4 Nd7 12. O-O f6 13. Nd3 Nb6 14. Qd1
e6 15. Nf4 g5 16. Nxd5 Qxd5 17. Re1 Bd6 18. Qe2 Kd7 19. Nd2 h5 20. Ne4 Qf5 21.
Bd2 h4 22. Rac1 Nd5 23. h3 Rhg8 24. f3 Rgc8 25. Rc2 Be7 26. Rec1 a5 27. Nc5+
Bxc5 28. Rxc5 Nf4 29. Qf2 Qd3 30. Bxf4 gxf4 31. Qxh4 Qxd4+ 32. Kh1 Rab8 33.
R5c4 Qxb2 34. Rd1+ Kc7 35. Qh7+ 1-0

[Event "25th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Antoshin, Vladimir"]
[Black "Zilber, Israel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]
[ECO "A53"]
[PlyCount "69"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 d6 3. Nc3 Nbd7 4. e4 e5 5. d5 Nc5 6. f3 Nh5 7. Be3 Be7 8. Qd2
h6 9. Qf2 O-O 10. h4 f5 11. exf5 Bxf5 12. O-O-O Nf4 13. Bxc5 dxc5 14. g3 Ng6
15. Bh3 Bxh3 16. Nxh3 Nh8 17. Ne4 b6 18. Qc2 Bd6 19. g4 Ng6 20. h5 Nf4 21. Nxf4
exf4 22. Rdg1 Be7 23. g5 hxg5 24. Qd3 Kh8 25. Rg2 Rf7 26. Rhg1 Rf5 27. Nc3 Re5
28. Ne4 b5 29. h6 gxh6 30. Rh2 bxc4 31. Qc3 Qxd5 32. Nxg5 Bf6 33. Nf7+ Qxf7 34.
Rxh6+ Qh7 35. Rxh7+ 1-0

[Event "25th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "18"]
[White "Antoshin, Vladimir"]
[Black "Poliak, Abram"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]
[ECO "E02"]
[PlyCount "111"]

1. c4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 dxc4 5. Bg2 Nbd7 6. Qa4 Be7 7. O-O O-O 8.
Qxc4 a6 9. Qc2 Rb8 10. Nbd2 b6 11. e4 Bb7 12. e5 Nd5 13. Ne4 c5 14. Neg5 g6 15.
dxc5 Nxc5 16. Qc4 Kg7 17. b4 Nd7 18. Qh4 h5 19. a3 Rc8 20. Bd2 Rc2 21. Qd4 Qc7
22. Rfc1 Rc8 23. Bf1 Rxc1 24. Rxc1 Qd8 25. Re1 b5 26. Bd3 N7b6 27. Bxg6 Rc4 28.
Qd3 Nc7 29. Qxd8 Bxd8 30. Bxh5 Rc2 31. Be3 Nc4 32. Nxf7 Bxf3 33. Bxf3 Kxf7 34.
Bf4 Rc3 35. Bh5+ Kg7 36. Bg4 Kf7 37. Bh5+ Kg7 38. Bg4 Rd3 39. h4 Nxa3 40. h5
Nc2 41. h6+ Kh7 42. Rc1 Nxb4 43. Bg5 Bxg5 44. Rxc7+ Kxh6 45. Bxe6 Bd8 46. Rc8
Bb6 47. Rh8+ Kg7 48. Rg8+ Kh7 49. Rg5 Rd2 50. Rf5 Nd5 51. Rf7+ Kg6 52. Bxd5
Bxf2+ 53. Rxf2 Rxd5 54. Rf6+ Kg5 55. Rxa6 Rxe5 56. Kf2 1/2-1/2

[Event "25th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Antoshin, Vladimir"]
[Black "Mnatsakanian, Eduard"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]
[ECO "D22"]
[PlyCount "49"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 a6 4. e3 Bg4 5. Bxc4 e6 6. d5 exd5 7. Bxd5 Qe7 8.
Qa4+ Bd7 9. Qc2 Nf6 10. Nc3 Bc6 11. Bxc6+ Nxc6 12. a3 Qc5 13. e4 Bd6 14. h3 O-O
15. Be3 Qa5 16. O-O-O Rfe8 17. Bg5 Nd7 18. Rd5 b5 19. Nxb5 Nb4 20. Nxd6 Nc5 21.
Rxc5 Nd3+ 22. Kb1 Nxc5 23. Nxe8 Rb8 24. Rd1 Na4 25. Rd8 1-0

[Event "25th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Nikitin, Aleksander"]
[Black "Shamkovich, Leonid"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]
[ECO "B07"]
[PlyCount "36"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. h4 Nf6 5. Be2 c5 6. d5 h5 7. Bg5 a6 8. a4 Qa5
9. Bd2 Nbd7 10. Nh3 Ne5 11. f3 Qc7 12. Nf2 b6 13. Nb1 e6 14. c4 exd5 15. exd5
O-O 16. Nc3 Re8 17. O-O Bd7 18. Bf4 Bf5 1/2-1/2

[Event "25th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Zhukhovitsky, L."]
[Black "Nikitin, Aleksander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]
[ECO "E14"]
[PlyCount "111"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. e3 Bb7 5. Bd3 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Be7 7. Nc3 d5 8. cxd5
exd5 9. Qa4+ c6 10. Ne5 O-O 11. O-O c5 12. Rad1 a6 13. dxc5 bxc5 14. Ne2 Qc7
15. Nf3 Ne4 16. Ba5 Qc6 17. Qc2 Nd7 18. Nf4 Ndf6 19. Bxe4 dxe4 20. Ne5 Qb5 21.
Nc4 g5 22. a4 Qc6 23. Ne2 Nd5 24. Rd2 Nb4 25. Bxb4 cxb4 26. Na5 Qxc2 27. Rxc2
Bd5 28. Nc6 Bf6 29. Nxb4 Bb3 30. Rd2 Bxa4 31. Nd5 Bd8 32. Nec3 Bc6 33. Nxe4 Rb8
34. Rfd1 Kg7 35. Nec3 a5 36. e4 a4 37. Rc2 Re8 38. f3 Rb3 39. Ra1 g4 40. fxg4
Bg5 41. Nxa4 Bxd5 42. exd5 Ra8 43. Kf2 Rb4 44. b3 Rd8 45. Rd1 Rxb3 46. d6 Be3+
47. Ke2 Kf6 48. Nc3 Bf4 49. Nd5+ Ke5 50. Nxf4 Kxf4 51. Rc7 Rb2+ 52. Kf1 f5 53.
d7 Rbb8 54. gxf5 Kxf5 55. Rc6 Rb2 56. Rc8 1-0

[Event "25th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Ravinsky, Grigory"]
[Black "Nikitin, Aleksander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]
[ECO "C48"]
[PlyCount "37"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Nd4 5. Nxd4 exd4 6. e5 dxc3 7. exf6 Qxf6
8. dxc3 Qe5+ 9. Qe2 Qxe2+ 10. Bxe2 Bc5 11. Bf4 d6 12. O-O Bf5 13. Bd3 Bxd3 14.
cxd3 Kd7 15. d4 Bb6 16. Rfe1 Rhe8 17. Kf1 d5 18. Rxe8 Rxe8 19. Re1 1/2-1/2

[Event "25th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Cherepkov, Alexander"]
[Black "Nikitin, Aleksander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]
[ECO "E31"]
[PlyCount "48"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Bg5 h6 5. Bh4 c5 6. d5 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 d6 8. e3
e5 9. Qc2 Qe7 10. Nf3 Nbd7 11. Be2 O-O 12. O-O Re8 13. Nd2 Nf8 14. Rae1 Ng6 15.
Bg3 e4 16. Kh1 Bf5 17. f3 Qd7 18. fxe4 Nxe4 19. Rxf5 Qxf5 20. Nxe4 Qxe4 21.
Qxe4 Rxe4 22. Bd3 Ree8 23. Bxg6 fxg6 24. Bxd6 Re4 1/2-1/2

[Event "25th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Nikitin, Aleksander"]
[Black "Bykov, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]
[ECO "B41"]
[PlyCount "56"]

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. Ba3 Be6 12. Qe2 Qa5 13. O-O O-O-O 14. c5
Rhe8 15. Bb4 Qc7 16. Nd4 Bd7 17. Qd2 Ng4 18. f4 Nf6 19. Rab1 Ne4 20. Qb2 Nxd4
21. cxd4 Bc6 22. Qa3 Qe7 23. Ba5 Rd7 24. Qb4 Nxc5 25. Qxc5 Qe3+ 26. Kh1 Qxd3
27. Rfc1 Qg6 28. Qa7 Rc7 1-0

[Event "25th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Nikitin, Aleksander"]
[Black "Ragozin, Viacheslav"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]
[ECO "C02"]
[PlyCount "119"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Qb6 6. a3 Nge7 7. dxc5 Qc7 8. Bb5
Bd7 9. Bf4 Ng6 10. Bg3 Bxc5 11. Qe2 h5 12. h4 O-O-O 13. Bd3 Rh6 14. b4 Bb6 15.
a4 a6 16. b5 axb5 17. axb5 Na5 18. O-O f5 19. Nbd2 Be8 20. c4 d4 21. Rfc1 Bc5
22. Bh2 b6 23. Rcb1 Qe7 24. Nb3 Nxb3 25. Rxb3 Kb8 26. Ra4 Qb7 27. Rb1 Ne7 28.
Rba1 Nc8 29. Ng5 Kc7 30. Bf4 Rg6 31. Qd1 Kd7 32. R1a2 Ke7 33. Qxh5 Rh6 34. Qf3
Qc7 35. Nh3 Kf8 36. Bxh6 gxh6 37. Nf4 Bf7 38. Qg3 Ke8 39. Qg7 Bf8 40. Qf6 Qe7
41. Qxe7+ Kxe7 42. Be2 Rd7 43. Nd3 Rc7 44. f4 Kd8 45. Bf3 Be8 46. h5 Bd7 47.
Kf2 Be8 48. Ke2 Be7 49. Kd2 Bf8 50. Rc2 Be7 51. Kc1 Bh4 52. Ra8 Bg3 53. Kb2 Ke7
54. Kb3 Na7 55. Rb8 Nc8 56. Ra2 Na7 57. Kb4 Nc8 58. Raa8 Bd7 59. Bb7 Kd8 60.
Ba6 1-0

[Event "25th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Nikitin, Aleksander"]
[Black "Estrin, Yakov"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]
[ECO "C49"]
[PlyCount "45"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Bb4 5. O-O O-O 6. d3 Bxc3 7. bxc3 d6 8.
Bg5 Qe7 9. Re1 Nd8 10. d4 Bg4 11. h3 Bh5 12. g4 Bg6 13. d5 c6 14. Bf1 cxd5 15.
exd5 Rc8 16. Re3 Qd7 17. Bxf6 gxf6 18. Nh4 f5 19. gxf5 Bxf5 20. Bb5 Qxb5 21.
Nxf5 Kh8 22. Nxd6 Rg8+ 23. Kh1 1-0

[Event "25th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Nikitin, Aleksander"]
[Black "Stoliar, Efim"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]
[ECO "C48"]
[PlyCount "44"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Nd4 5. Ba4 Bc5 6. Nxe5 Qe7 7. Nd3 Nxe4 8.
O-O Nxc3 9. bxc3 Ne6 10. Nxc5 Qxc5 11. Qf3 O-O 12. d4 Qa5 13. Bb3 d6 14. Qd3
Bd7 15. c4 Nd8 16. d5 f6 17. Bd2 Qa6 18. a4 b6 19. Rfe1 Nf7 20. a5 Rae8 21.
Reb1 Qc8 22. axb6 axb6 1/2-1/2

[Event "25th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Klaman, Konstantin"]
[Black "Nikitin, Aleksander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]
[ECO "E06"]
[PlyCount "86"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. c4 c6 7. Nc3 b6 8. Ne5 a5
9. Qc2 Ba6 10. Rd1 b5 11. Nxc6 Nxc6 12. cxb5 Nb4 13. Qb1 Bc8 14. a3 Bd7 15. e4
dxe4 16. axb4 axb4 17. Rxa8 Qxa8 18. Nxe4 Nd5 19. Bg5 Qd8 20. Bxe7 Qxe7 21. Nc5
Bxb5 22. Qa2 Qd8 23. Qb3 Qa8 24. h4 Bc6 25. Kh2 Rb8 26. Rc1 Nf6 27. Bh3 Bd5 28.
Qe3 Qa2 29. Qd2 h5 30. Nd3 Qb3 31. Ne5 Ra8 32. Rc7 Ra1 33. Rc8+ Kh7 34. Bg2 Qd1
35. Qxd1 Rxd1 36. Bxd5 exd5 37. Nf3 Ne4 38. Kg2 Rb1 39. Rc2 b3 40. Re2 f6 41.
Ne1 Nd6 42. Nd3 Nc4 43. Nc5 Na5 1/2-1/2

[Event "25th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Zilber, Israel"]
[Black "Nikitin, Aleksander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]
[ECO "A07"]
[PlyCount "106"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 Nc6 3. Bg2 e5 4. d3 d5 5. O-O Be7 6. Nbd2 O-O 7. e4 Bg4 8. h3
Bh5 9. g4 Bg6 10. Nh4 dxe4 11. Nxg6 hxg6 12. dxe4 Nd7 13. Nf3 Nc5 14. Qe2 Ne6
15. Qb5 a6 16. Qd5 Bd6 17. c3 Qb8 18. a4 Rd8 19. Qc4 Na5 20. Qa2 c5 21. Ng5 c4
22. Nxe6 fxe6 23. Bg5 Rd7 24. Rad1 Qc7 25. Qb1 Qc6 26. Qc2 Nb3 27. Qe2 Qxa4 28.
h4 Nc5 29. h5 gxh5 30. gxh5 Nd3 31. Qg4 Re8 32. Be3 Rf7 33. b3 Qxb3 34. Qg6 Qb5
35. h6 Qd7 36. Bg5 Bc5 37. Bh3 Ree7 38. Kh2 Qe8 39. f3 Nf4 40. Bxf4 exf4 41. e5
Rf8 42. Bxe6+ Kh8 43. Qxe8 Rfxe8 44. Bxc4 Rxe5 45. hxg7+ Kxg7 46. Rd7+ Kh6 47.
Bf7 Rh8 48. Rg1 Bxg1+ 49. Kxg1 Rh7 50. Rxb7 Rg7+ 51. Kf2 Kh7 52. c4 a5 53. Bd5
Rxd5 0-1

[Event "25th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Poliak, Abram"]
[Black "Nikitin, Aleksander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]
[ECO "D86"]
[PlyCount "69"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Bc4 O-O 8.
Ne2 Nc6 9. O-O b6 10. Be3 Bb7 11. f3 Qd7 12. Qd2 Na5 13. Bd3 Rfd8 14. Rfd1 Bc6
15. Rab1 Ba4 16. Rdc1 b5 17. c4 Nxc4 18. Bxc4 bxc4 19. Qb4 a6 20. d5 Bb5 21.
Nc3 c6 22. dxc6 Bxc6 23. Qxc4 Qd3 24. Nd1 Bb5 25. Qxd3 Rxd3 26. Rb3 f5 27. exf5
gxf5 28. Rxd3 Bxd3 29. Rc7 Rb8 30. Nc3 e6 31. Rd7 Bc2 32. Bd4 Bxd4+ 33. Rxd4
Rc8 34. Ne2 Bb1 35. a3 1/2-1/2

[Event "25th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Nikitin, Aleksander"]
[Black "Mnatsakanian, Eduard"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]
[ECO "C85"]
[PlyCount "84"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. d3 Nd7 8.
Nbd2 Bd6 9. Nc4 Qe7 10. b3 f6 11. Bb2 Nb6 12. Nxd6+ cxd6 13. Nd2 g5 14. d4 Be6
15. Qe2 O-O-O 16. a4 Qf7 17. Bc3 exd4 18. Ba5 Nd7 19. Bxd8 Rxd8 20. f4 gxf4 21.
Rxf4 Rg8 22. Raf1 Qg6 23. Nf3 Bg4 24. Qf2 c5 25. Nh4 Qg5 26. Nf5 Kc7 27. h4 Qh5
28. Ne7 Rg7 29. Nd5+ Kb8 30. Nxf6 Nxf6 31. Rxf6 Bh3 32. Qf4 Rxg2+ 33. Kh1 Rg8
34. Qxd6+ Ka7 35. Qb6+ Kb8 36. Rf8+ Rxf8 37. Rxf8+ Bc8 38. Qf6 Qd1+ 39. Qf1
Qxc2 40. Qf4+ Ka7 41. Rxc8 Qd1+ 42. Kg2 Qc2+ 1-0

[Event "25th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "18"]
[White "Zhukhovitsky, L."]
[Black "Shamkovich, Leonid"]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]
[ECO "D30"]
[PlyCount "128"]

1. c4 e6 2. g3 c5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. Bg2 d5 5. cxd5 exd5 6. d4 c4 7. O-O Bb4 8. b3
cxb3 9. Qxb3 Nge7 10. Bg5 O-O 11. Rc1 Ba5 12. Nc3 f6 13. Bf4 Bb6 14. Rd1 g5 15.
Be3 Bf5 16. Rac1 Qd6 17. Nb5 Qd7 18. Nc3 Na5 19. Qb4 Rfc8 20. Nd2 Nac6 21. Qb5
Be6 22. Nb3 Rd8 23. Na4 Na5 24. Qxd7 Bxd7 25. Nac5 Bc8 26. Bd2 Nxb3 27. axb3
Nc6 28. e3 Ba5 29. Bxa5 Nxa5 30. b4 Nc6 31. b5 Na5 32. Rc3 Kf7 33. Nd3 Nc4 34.
Nb4 Be6 35. e4 dxe4 36. d5 Bg4 37. f3 exf3 38. Rxc4 f2+ 39. Kxf2 Bxd1 40. Rc7+
Kg6 41. Rxb7 Rab8 42. Rxa7 Rxb5 43. Nc6 Rb2+ 44. Kg1 Re8 45. Ne7+ Kf7 46. d6
Ke6 47. Ra1 Rd2 48. Nd5 Rd8 49. Ne3 R2xd6 50. Bh3+ g4 51. Nxg4 Bxg4 52. Bxg4+
f5 53. Bf3 Rd2 54. Ra6+ R8d6 55. Rxd6+ Kxd6 56. h4 Ke5 57. Kf1 Kd4 58. Bc6 Ke3
59. Kg1 Rd6 60. Bb5 Kf3 61. Kh2 Rd1 62. h5 Re1 63. Bc4 Kg4 64. h6 Re3 0-1

[Event "25th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Ravinsky, Grigory"]
[Black "Shamkovich, Leonid"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]
[ECO "B07"]
[PlyCount "59"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Bg5 Bg7 5. f4 c6 6. Nf3 Qb6 7. b3 Bg4 8. Qd2 d5
9. Bxf6 exf6 10. exd5 O-O 11. Be2 Rd8 12. h3 Bxf3 13. Bxf3 f5 14. Rd1 cxd5 15.
Nxd5 Qe6+ 16. Kf2 Nc6 17. Nc7 Bxd4+ 18. Kg3 Qe7 19. Nxa8 Be5 20. Bd5 Bb8 21.
Kh2 g5 22. g3 gxf4 23. gxf4 Bxf4+ 24. Qxf4 Qe2+ 25. Kg3 Kh8 26. Bxc6 Rg8+ 27.
Kh4 Qe7+ 28. Kh5 Qf6 29. Rhg1 Rg6 30. Rd6 1-0

[Event "25th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Shamkovich, Leonid"]
[Black "Cherepkov, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]
[ECO "E80"]
[PlyCount "62"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f3 e5 6. Nge2 Nfd7 7. h4 O-O 8. d5 f5
9. exf5 gxf5 10. Bg5 Qe8 11. Qd2 Na6 12. h5 Ndc5 13. h6 Bh8 14. Be3 Qg6 15.
O-O-O b6 16. g4 fxg4 17. fxg4 Nb4 18. Bxc5 bxc5 19. Ng3 Rf4 20. a3 Rd4 21. Qf2
Rxd1+ 22. Nxd1 Na2+ 23. Kd2 Bxg4 24. Bd3 Qg5+ 25. Qe3 Qf4 26. Rf1 Qxe3+ 27.
Nxe3 e4 28. Bxe4 Bd7 29. Ngf5 Bxb2 30. Ne7+ Kh8 31. Rf7 Bc3+ 1-0

[Event "25th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "19"]
[White "Shamkovich, Leonid"]
[Black "Bykov, Vladimir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]
[ECO "E61"]
[PlyCount "128"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 g6 3. d4 Bg7 4. Nf3 O-O 5. Bf4 d6 6. e3 c5 7. d5 Na6 8. Be2
Nc7 9. O-O Rb8 10. h3 Bf5 11. g4 Bc8 12. e4 Nd7 13. Bd3 a6 14. a4 Ne8 15. Bg3
Qc7 16. Ng5 h6 17. Nf3 Ne5 18. Nxe5 dxe5 19. Kg2 Nd6 20. f4 exf4 21. Bxf4 e5
22. dxe6 Bxe6 23. Qd2 Qd7 24. Nd5 Bxd5 25. cxd5 Qe7 26. e5 Bxe5 27. Qe3 Rbe8
28. Rae1 Bxf4 29. Qxe7 Rxe7 30. Rxe7 Bg5 31. Rc7 c4 32. Be2 Re8 33. Bd1 Re5 34.
Bf3 Re3 35. Rd7 Bf4 36. Rf2 Kf8 37. Rd8+ Ke7 38. Rb8 Kd7 39. Re2 Rb3 40. h4 Bc1
41. Rh8 Bxb2 42. Rxh6 b5 43. axb5 axb5 44. h5 gxh5 45. gxh5 Nf5 46. Rh7 Nh4+
47. Kg3 Rxf3+ 48. Kxh4 Bd4 49. Rh6 c3 50. Kg4 Rf6 51. Rxf6 Bxf6 52. h6 b4 53.
h7 b3 54. Rf2 Bh8 55. Rxf7+ Ke8 56. Rb7 c2 57. Rb8+ Kf7 58. Rxh8 Kg7 59. Rc8
Kxh7 60. d6 b2 61. d7 b1=Q 62. Rh8+ Kg7 63. Rg8+ Kf7 64. Rf8+ Ke6 0-1

[Event "25th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Shamkovich, Leonid"]
[Black "Ragozin, Viacheslav"]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]
[ECO "C95"]
[PlyCount "80"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 Nb8 10. d4 Nbd7 11. c4 b4 12. c5 Bb7 13. Qc2 exd4 14. c6 d3 15. Qc4
Nb6 16. cxb7 Nxc4 17. bxa8=Q Qxa8 18. Bxc4 Nxe4 19. Bxd3 d5 20. a3 Nc5 21. Bc2
b3 22. Bxh7+ Kxh7 23. Rxe7 Ne6 24. Ng5+ Nxg5 25. Bxg5 Qd8 26. Bh4 Re8 27. Rxe8
Qxe8 28. Nc3 d4 29. Nd1 Qe1+ 30. Kh2 c5 31. Bg5 f6 32. Bf4 c4 33. Rc1 Qe2 34.
h4 g5 35. hxg5 fxg5 36. Bd6 Qc2 37. Ra1 c3 38. Be5 cxb2 39. Nxb2 Qxb2 40. Rd1
Qe2 0-1

[Event "25th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Shamkovich, Leonid"]
[Black "Estrin, Yakov"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]
[ECO "A07"]
[PlyCount "75"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 Bf5 4. O-O c6 5. d3 h6 6. Nc3 Bh7 7. Nd2 Nbd7 8. e4
dxe4 9. dxe4 e5 10. Nc4 Qc7 11. f4 O-O-O 12. Be3 Bc5 13. Bxc5 Nxc5 14. Qe2 exf4
15. gxf4 Kb8 16. e5 Nd5 17. Nxd5 cxd5 18. Nd6 Ne4 19. Bxe4 Bxe4 20. Rad1 f5 21.
c4 Rxd6 22. exd6 Qc5+ 23. Qf2 Qxf2+ 24. Kxf2 dxc4 25. Rg1 g5 26. fxg5 hxg5 27.
Rxg5 Rxh2+ 28. Ke3 Rh8 29. Rg7 Rd8 30. Kf4 b5 31. Ke5 b4 32. Rdg1 c3 33. bxc3
bxc3 34. Rg8 Rxg8 35. Rxg8+ Kb7 36. d7 c2 37. Rc8 Bc6 38. Rxc6 1-0

[Event "25th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Stoliar, Efim"]
[Black "Shamkovich, Leonid"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]
[ECO "A16"]
[PlyCount "83"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. cxd5 Nxd5 4. g3 g6 5. Bg2 Nb6 6. Nf3 Bg7 7. O-O O-O 8.
d3 h6 9. Be3 c6 10. a4 Be6 11. Qc1 Kh7 12. a5 Nd5 13. Nxd5 Bxd5 14. Ra4 e5 15.
Rh4 h5 16. Rb4 Qd7 17. Bc5 Bxf3 18. Bxf3 Re8 19. Be3 Na6 20. Rb3 Re7 21. Qc4
Bh6 22. Qh4 f5 23. Rxb7 Qxb7 24. Bxc6 Qxc6 25. Qxe7+ Bg7 26. Rc1 Qd5 27. Bg5
Rb8 28. Qxa7 Qb7 29. Qxb7 Rxb7 30. Rc6 Nb8 31. Rc8 Rxb2 32. Rc7 Kg8 33. Rc8+
Bf8 34. Bh6 Nd7 35. Rd8 Ra2 36. Be3 Nf6 37. Bc5 Nd7 38. Be3 Nf6 39. Bc5 Nd7 40.
Be3 Ra1+ 41. Kg2 Nf6 42. Bc5 1/2-1/2

[Event "25th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Klaman, Konstantin"]
[Black "Shamkovich, Leonid"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]
[ECO "B70"]
[PlyCount "91"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Be2 g6 7. h4 Nxd4 8.
Qxd4 Bg7 9. Be3 Be6 10. Qd2 h5 11. f4 O-O 12. f5 gxf5 13. Bh6 fxe4 14. Bxg7
Kxg7 15. Qg5+ Kh8 16. O-O-O Nh7 17. Qxh5 f5 18. g4 Qe8 19. Qh6 Rf6 20. Qe3 fxg4
21. Nxe4 Rf5 22. Bxg4 Re5 23. Bxe6 Rxe6 24. Qc3+ Nf6 25. Ng5 Rc8 26. Qf3 Re5
27. Rxd6 exd6 28. Qxf6+ Kg8 29. Nf3 Rc7 30. Nxe5 dxe5 31. Rd1 Kh7 32. Rd8 Rf7
33. Rxe8 Rxf6 34. Rxe5 Kh6 35. b3 a6 36. a4 Rf4 37. h5 Rb4 38. Kb2 Rf4 39. a5
Rd4 40. Kc3 Rd6 41. Kb4 b6 42. c4 bxa5+ 43. Kxa5 Rd3 44. b4 Ra3+ 45. Kb6 Ra4
46. c5 1-0

[Event "25th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Zilber, Israel"]
[Black "Shamkovich, Leonid"]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]
[ECO "E80"]
[PlyCount "64"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 g6 4. Nc3 d6 5. e4 Bg7 6. f3 O-O 7. Bd3 e6 8. Nge2
exd5 9. exd5 Nbd7 10. O-O Ne5 11. Bg5 h6 12. Bh4 Re8 13. f4 Nxd3 14. Qxd3 Qb6
15. f5 Bxf5 16. Rxf5 gxf5 17. Qxf5 Re5 18. Qf3 Nh7 19. Rf1 Rf8 20. b3 Ng5 21.
Qd3 Rfe8 22. Bf2 Qd8 23. Ng3 Qd7 24. h4 Nh7 25. Nce4 f5 26. Nd2 f4 27. Nge4 Qf5
28. Re1 Kh8 29. Qf3 Nf6 30. g4 Qxg4+ 31. Qxg4 Nxg4 32. Kg2 R5e7 0-1

[Event "25th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Shamkovich, Leonid"]
[Black "Poliak, Abram"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]
[ECO "A08"]
[PlyCount "51"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 c5 3. Bg2 g6 4. c4 d4 5. e3 Nc6 6. exd4 cxd4 7. O-O Bg7 8. d3
e5 9. b4 Nge7 10. b5 Nb8 11. Re1 f6 12. Ba3 Kf7 13. Nbd2 Nf5 14. g4 Nd6 15.
Nxd4 Bh6 16. N4f3 Bxg4 17. Nxe5+ fxe5 18. Qxg4 Bxd2 19. Rxe5 Re8 20. Bd5+ Kg7
21. Bxd6 Nd7 22. Rxe8 Qxe8 23. Qd4+ Nf6 24. Be5 Bg5 25. Re1 Kh6 26. h4 1-0

[Event "25th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Mnatsakanian, Eduard"]
[Black "Shamkovich, Leonid"]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]
[ECO "B38"]
[PlyCount "96"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. c4 Bg7 6. Be3 Nh6 7. h3 f5 8. Qd2
Qa5 9. Qxa5 Nxa5 10. Nc3 Nc6 11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. c5 fxe4 13. Bxh6 Bxh6 14. Nxe4
a5 15. Bc4 Ba6 16. Bxa6 Rxa6 17. O-O Bg7 18. Rfe1 O-O 19. Rad1 Ra7 20. Re2 Rb8
21. b3 a4 22. bxa4 Rbb7 23. g3 Rxa4 24. Kg2 h6 25. Rd3 Rba7 26. Kf1 Rd4 27. Rb3
Rd1+ 28. Kg2 Rd5 29. Rb4 Ra3 30. h4 Kf7 31. Rb7 Bd4 32. Rd2 Ra4 33. Rc2 Re5 34.
f3 Rd5 35. g4 Be5 36. Re2 Ra3 37. g5 h5 38. f4 Bxf4 39. Nd6+ Bxd6 40. cxd6 Rxd6
41. Rf2+ Ke6 42. Re2+ Kf5 43. Rf2+ Ke4 44. Rb4+ Rd4 45. Rf4+ Kxf4 46. Rxd4+ Kf5
47. Rxd7 Rxa2+ 48. Kg3 Ra3+ 0-1

[Event "25th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Ravinsky, Grigory"]
[Black "Zhukhovitsky, L."]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]
[ECO "C99"]
[PlyCount "90"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. d4 Qc7 12. Nbd2 cxd4 13. cxd4 Bb7 14. Nf1 Rac8 15.
Bb1 Rfe8 16. Ng3 Bf8 17. Bg5 Nd7 18. Nf5 h6 19. Bd2 Nc4 20. Bc1 d5 21. exd5
Bxd5 22. b3 Na3 23. Nxe5 Nxe5 24. dxe5 Rxe5 25. Nxh6+ gxh6 26. Qg4+ Bg7 27.
Rxe5 Qxc1+ 28. Kh2 Qc7 29. f4 Be6 30. Bf5 Bxf5 31. Rxf5 Nc2 32. Rc1 Ne3 33.
Qxg7+ Kxg7 34. Rxc7 Rxc7 35. Re5 Nf1+ 36. Kg1 Nd2 37. Kf2 Rc2 38. Ke1 Nb1 39.
a4 Rxg2 40. axb5 axb5 41. Rxb5 Rh2 42. Rb8 Rxh3 43. Kd1 Rh2 44. Kc1 Nc3 45. b4
Rf2 0-1

[Event "25th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "19"]
[White "Cherepkov, Alexander"]
[Black "Zhukhovitsky, L."]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]
[ECO "A11"]
[PlyCount "80"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 Bf5 4. O-O e6 5. d3 h6 6. c4 c6 7. Qb3 Qc8 8. cxd5
exd5 9. e4 dxe4 10. dxe4 Be6 11. Qc2 Be7 12. Nd4 Bh3 13. e5 Nd5 14. e6 Bxe6 15.
Re1 Bd7 16. Nc3 Nxc3 17. bxc3 Kf8 18. Rb1 Bf6 19. Qb3 b6 20. a4 g6 21. a5 bxa5
22. Qa3+ Kg7 23. Qd6 Qf8 24. Qc7 Qc8 25. Qxa5 Bf5 26. Ra1 Bh3 27. Bh1 h5 28.
Bg5 Qd8 29. Bxf6+ Qxf6 30. Qc7 Rc8 31. Qb7 Nd7 32. Nxc6 Qxc3 33. Qb4 Qxb4 34.
Nxb4 Rab8 35. Nd5 Re8 36. Ne3 Ne5 37. Rxa7 Rb2 38. Rd1 Nd3 39. Rxd3 Rb1+ 40.
Rd1 Rxd1+ 0-1

[Event "25th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Zhukhovitsky, L."]
[Black "Bykov, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]
[ECO "E81"]
[PlyCount "119"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f3 e5 6. Nge2 O-O 7. Bg5 c6 8. Qd2
Qe8 9. O-O-O Nbd7 10. dxe5 dxe5 11. Qd6 Qd8 12. Kb1 Re8 13. g4 Bf8 14. Qd2 Qe7
15. Na4 Nb6 16. Nxb6 axb6 17. Nc3 Qe6 18. h4 Nd7 19. Be3 Bc5 20. h5 Bxe3 21.
Qxe3 Qe7 22. hxg6 fxg6 23. Rd2 Qc5 24. Qg5 Qe7 25. Qh6 Nf8 26. b3 Be6 27. Qe3
Qb4 28. Be2 Ra3 29. Rb2 Ra6 30. Rd1 Qe7 31. Na4 Qc7 32. c5 b5 33. Nb6 Nd7 34.
Nxd7 Bxd7 35. Rd6 Be6 36. Qg5 Bf7 37. Rbd2 Qe7 38. Qxe7 Rxe7 39. Rd8+ Kg7 40.
R2d7 Rxd7 41. Rxd7 Ra7 42. a4 Kf8 43. axb5 Be8 44. Rxh7 cxb5 45. Kb2 Bc6 46.
Kc3 Ra2 47. Rh2 Kg7 48. g5 Bd7 49. Rg2 Bh3 50. Rg3 Bd7 51. Bd3 Rf2 52. Kb4 Rb2
53. Rg1 Be6 54. Rb1 Rg2 55. Kxb5 Rxg5 56. Kb6 Rg3 57. Be2 Kf6 58. Kxb7 Kg5 59.
c6 Rh3 60. Bc4 1-0

[Event "25th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Zhukhovitsky, L."]
[Black "Ragozin, Viacheslav"]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]
[ECO "E81"]
[PlyCount "82"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 O-O 5. f3 d6 6. Be3 c6 7. Nge2 a6 8. d5
Nbd7 9. Ng3 Ne5 10. Qb3 cxd5 11. cxd5 Nfd7 12. Be2 Nc5 13. Qd1 Qb6 14. Qd2 Qxb2
15. Qxb2 Ncd3+ 16. Kd2 Nxb2 17. Kc2 Nec4 18. Bg5 Bd7 19. Bxc4 Nxc4 20. a4 h6
21. Bc1 Rac8 22. Nge2 f5 23. exf5 Bxf5+ 24. Kb3 Bd3 25. Ra2 b6 26. Rd1 Na5+ 27.
Ka3 Bc4 28. Nd4 Bxa2 29. Nxa2 Bxd4 30. Rxd4 Rc4 31. Rxc4 Nxc4+ 32. Kb4 Ne5 33.
Bxh6 Rc8 34. Nc3 Rc4+ 35. Kb3 Rh4 36. Bg5 Rxh2 37. Bxe7 Rxg2 38. Bxd6 Nxf3 39.
Bc7 Nd2+ 40. Kc2 Ne4+ 41. Kd3 Nxc3 0-1

[Event "25th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Estrin, Yakov"]
[Black "Zhukhovitsky, L."]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]
[ECO "B98"]
[PlyCount "30"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Be7 8. Qf3
Qc7 9. O-O-O Nc6 10. Be2 Bd7 11. Qg3 O-O-O 12. Rhf1 h6 13. Bxf6 gxf6 14. Bh5
Nxd4 15. Rxd4 Qc5 0-1

[Event "25th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Zhukhovitsky, L."]
[Black "Stoliar, Efim"]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]
[ECO "C85"]
[PlyCount "108"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. Qe1 c5 8.
b3 Bd6 9. Bb2 Qe7 10. d3 O-O 11. Nbd2 b5 12. Nh4 Nh5 13. Nf5 Bxf5 14. exf5 Qg5
15. Ne4 Qxf5 16. Qe3 Qf4 17. Qh3 Qh6 18. g4 Nf4 19. Qxh6 gxh6 20. Ng3 h5 21. f3
f6 22. Bc1 hxg4 23. fxg4 Kf7 24. Kf2 Ne6 25. Be3 c4 26. bxc4 bxc4 27. dxc4 Bc5
28. Ne4 Bxe3+ 29. Kxe3 Nf4 30. Rab1 Rab8 31. Rfd1 Rxb1 32. Rxb1 Rg8 33. Rb7
Rxg4 34. Rxc7+ Kg6 35. Rc6 Ng2+ 36. Kf3 Rf4+ 37. Kxg2 Rxe4 38. Kf3 Rf4+ 39. Ke3
Kf5 40. c5 Ra4 41. Kd3 e4+ 42. Kc3 Ra3+ 43. Kd4 Rxa2 44. Kc3 Ke5 45. Rd6 Ra3+
46. Kc4 Ra2 47. Kc3 Ra5 48. Kc4 f5 49. Rd8 Ra4+ 50. Kc3 e3 51. Re8+ Kd5 52. Kd3
f4 53. c4+ Kxc5 54. Re5+ Kd6 0-1

[Event "25th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Klaman, Konstantin"]
[Black "Zhukhovitsky, L."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]
[ECO "D02"]
[PlyCount "115"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 c5 4. Bg2 cxd4 5. O-O d5 6. Nxd4 e5 7. Nf3 Nc6 8. Bg5
Be7 9. c3 Be6 10. Nbd2 O-O 11. Nb3 Ne4 12. Bxe7 Qxe7 13. Ne1 Rad8 14. Nd3 b6
15. e3 f5 16. f3 Nd6 17. f4 Nc4 18. Qe2 Bc8 19. fxe5 g5 20. Rad1 Kh8 21. Nd4
N4xe5 22. Rfe1 Qf6 23. Nxe5 Nxe5 24. Nc2 Bb7 25. Nb4 Qe6 26. Qd2 Rd7 27. Qd4
Qf6 28. Nd3 Nc4 29. Qxf6+ Rxf6 30. b3 Nd6 31. Nb4 Ne4 32. c4 Rfd6 33. cxd5 a5
34. Nc2 Bxd5 35. Nd4 Nc3 36. Rc1 Bxg2 37. Nxf5 Rd2 38. Rxc3 h5 39. Rc8+ Kh7 40.
e4 Bf3 41. Rc3 Rg2+ 42. Kf1 g4 43. Nh4 Rxh2 44. Nxf3 gxf3 45. Rxf3 Rdd2 46. Kg1
Rdg2+ 47. Kf1 Rxa2 48. Kg1 Rag2+ 49. Kf1 Rc2 50. Kg1 Kg7 51. Rd1 Rhd2 52. Rxd2
Rxd2 53. Rf5 Rb2 54. Rb5 Kf7 55. Rxb6 a4 56. Ra6 axb3 57. Rb6 Ke7 58. e5
1/2-1/2

[Event "25th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Zhukhovitsky, L."]
[Black "Zilber, Israel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]
[ECO "A53"]
[PlyCount "73"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 d6 3. Nc3 Nbd7 4. e4 e5 5. d5 Be7 6. Be3 O-O 7. f3 c5 8. Qd2 a6
9. Nge2 Rb8 10. Nc1 Ne8 11. Bd3 Nc7 12. a4 b6 13. N1a2 h6 14. Bf2 Re8 15. b4
cxb4 16. Nxb4 Bb7 17. a5 bxa5 18. Rxa5 Nb5 19. Nc6 Bxc6 20. Nxb5 Bb7 21. Na7
Nc5 22. Bxc5 dxc5 23. O-O Bg5 24. Qc3 Be3+ 25. Kh1 Qb6 26. Nc6 Bxc6 27. dxc6
Qxc6 28. Qa3 Re6 29. Ra1 Rb6 30. Rb1 Qb7 31. Qa1 Red6 32. Rxb6 Qxb6 33. Ra3 Qb4
34. g3 Qd2 35. Qb1 Kh7 36. Rb3 a5 37. Qc2 0-1

[Event "25th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Poliak, Abram"]
[Black "Zhukhovitsky, L."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]
[ECO "D41"]
[PlyCount "121"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e4 Nxc3 7. bxc3 cxd4 8.
cxd4 Bb4+ 9. Bd2 Bxd2+ 10. Qxd2 O-O 11. Bc4 Nc6 12. O-O b6 13. Rac1 Bb7 14. d5
exd5 15. Bxd5 Rc8 16. Rfd1 Qe7 17. Qf4 Nb4 18. Rxc8 Rxc8 19. Bxb7 Qxb7 20. Qd6
Qxe4 21. Nd4 Qd3 22. Re1 Qd2 23. Qe5 g6 24. Nf3 Qxa2 25. Qb5 Qb2 26. g3 Rc1 27.
Rxc1 Qxc1+ 28. Kg2 Qc5 29. Qd7 a5 30. h4 Qd5 31. Qe8+ Kg7 32. Qe3 Nd3 33. h5
gxh5 34. Kh2 h6 35. Nd4 Ne1 36. f3 Qa2+ 37. Ne2 Qb2 38. Kh3 Nc2 39. Qe4 Qa1 40.
Kh2 Qf1 41. Qxc2 Qf2+ 42. Kh3 Qxf3 43. Kh2 Qf2+ 44. Kh3 Qf3 45. Kh2 Qg4 46. Nc3
h4 47. Ne4 hxg3+ 48. Nxg3 Qg6 49. Qc4 Kh7 50. Ne4 Qf5 51. Ng3 Qg6 52. Ne4 b5
53. Qd4 Qf5 54. Nf6+ Kg6 55. Ne8 f6 56. Qg1+ Qg5 57. Qb1+ f5 58. Qxb5 Qd2+ 59.
Kg1 Kf7 60. Nd6+ Qxd6 61. Qxf5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "25th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Zhukhovitsky, L."]
[Black "Mnatsakanian, Eduard"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]
[ECO "D22"]
[PlyCount "121"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 a6 4. e3 Bg4 5. Bxc4 e6 6. Qb3 Bxf3 7. gxf3 b5 8.
Be2 Nd7 9. a4 b4 10. Nd2 Ngf6 11. Qc4 c5 12. dxc5 Nxc5 13. O-O Rb8 14. Nb3 Nfd7
15. Rd1 Qg5+ 16. Kh1 Be7 17. e4 Qe5 18. Nxc5 Nxc5 19. Be3 O-O 20. Bd4 Qc7 21.
Rac1 Rfc8 22. b3 Qf4 23. Be3 Qe5 24. Rc2 g6 25. Rdc1 Nxa4 26. Qxc8+ Rxc8 27.
Rxc8+ Kg7 28. Rd1 Bf6 29. bxa4 b3 30. Bd4 Qa5 31. Bxf6+ Kxf6 32. Rc4 Ke5 33.
Kg2 h5 34. Rc6 Qb4 35. Kf1 b2 36. Rb1 Qxa4 37. Rb6 h4 38. h3 Kf4 39. R6xb2 a5
40. Rb7 f5 41. exf5 gxf5 42. Re7 Qc2 43. Rb5 Qc6 44. Reb7 Qc3 45. Kg2 Qc8 46.
R7b6 Qd8 47. Rc6 Qa8 48. Rc4+ Kg5 49. Ra4 Kf6 50. Rbxa5 Qg8+ 51. Kh1 Qc8 52.
Ra1 Qc2 53. R5a2 Qc3 54. Kg2 e5 55. Ra6+ Kg5 56. R1a3 Qd2 57. Bb5 Qd1 58. R3a4
e4 59. fxe4 f4 60. Be2 f3+ 61. Bxf3 1-0

[Event "25th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Cherepkov, Alexander"]
[Black "Ravinsky, Grigory"]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]
[ECO "D30"]
[PlyCount "80"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. c4 c5 7. cxd5 exd5 8.
dxc5 Nc6 9. Be3 Ng4 10. Bd4 Nxd4 11. Nxd4 Bxc5 12. Nc3 Qf6 13. Nf3 Be6 14. e4
Nxf2 15. Rxf2 Bxf2+ 16. Kxf2 dxe4 17. Nxe4 Qxb2+ 18. Kg1 Bxa2 19. Qd4 Qxd4+ 20.
Nxd4 Bc4 21. Nd6 Rad8 22. N4f5 Be6 23. Bxb7 g6 24. Ne7+ Kg7 25. Ra6 Rd7 26.
Nec8 Rxb7 27. Nxb7 Rxc8 28. Nd6 Rc1+ 29. Kf2 Rc2+ 30. Kf3 Ra2 31. Rxa2 Bxa2 32.
Ke4 Kf6 33. Kd4 Be6 34. Ne4+ Kf5 35. h3 a5 36. g4+ Kf4 37. Nf6 h6 38. Ng8 h5
39. gxh5 gxh5 40. h4 Kg4 0-1

[Event "25th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "18"]
[White "Bykov, Vladimir"]
[Black "Ravinsky, Grigory"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]
[ECO "C83"]
[PlyCount "105"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5
Be6 9. c3 Be7 10. Nbd2 O-O 11. Bc2 f5 12. Nb3 Qd7 13. Nfd4 Nxd4 14. cxd4 a5 15.
f3 a4 16. fxe4 axb3 17. Bxb3 fxe4 18. Rxf8+ Rxf8 19. Be3 Qe8 20. Rc1 c6 21. Qc2
Bd7 22. Qxe4 Bf5 23. Qf3 Bd3 24. Qg3 Qh5 25. h3 Bc4 26. Bc2 Bh4 27. Qg4 Qxg4
28. hxg4 b4 29. Ba4 Ra8 30. b3 Ra6 31. Kh2 Be7 32. Kg3 Kf7 33. Kf3 Ke6 34. Bxc6
Rxc6 35. bxc4 Ra6 36. c5 Ra3 37. Rc2 Bg5 38. Re2 Rd3 39. Kf2 Bxe3+ 40. Rxe3
Rxd4 41. a3 Rxg4 42. axb4 Rxb4 43. Rc3 Rb7 44. c6 Rc7 45. Ke3 Kxe5 46. Rc5 Kd6
47. Kd4 Rxc6 48. Rxd5+ Ke6 49. Rh5 h6 50. Ke3 Rc3+ 51. Kf4 Kf6 52. Rf5+ Kg6 53.
Ra5 1/2-1/2

[Event "25th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ragozin, Viacheslav"]
[Black "Ravinsky, Grigory"]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]
[ECO "D02"]
[PlyCount "90"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 c5 3. Bg2 Nc6 4. d4 e6 5. O-O Nf6 6. c3 Be7 7. e3 O-O 8. b3 Qc7
9. Bb2 b6 10. Nbd2 Ba6 11. Re1 Rfd8 12. Qb1 Rac8 13. Bh3 Rb8 14. a3 e5 15. dxe5
Nxe5 16. Nxe5 Qxe5 17. Qf5 Qc7 18. Bg2 Bc8 19. Qc2 c4 20. e4 cxb3 21. Qxb3 dxe4
22. Nxe4 Be6 23. Qc2 Nxe4 24. Bxe4 h6 25. a4 Bf6 26. Re3 Qc4 27. Bd3 Qb3 28.
Qxb3 Bxb3 29. Kf1 Rbc8 30. Ke2 Rc5 31. Ra3 Be6 32. Bc2 Rh5 33. h4 Be7 34. Ra1
Bc5 35. Rxe6 fxe6 36. f4 Rhd5 37. Bc1 Kf8 38. Be4 Rd1 39. Rb1 Rg1 40. Be3 Bxe3
41. Kxe3 Rxb1 42. Bxb1 Rd1 43. Bd3 Rc1 44. Kd4 Rg1 45. Bb5 Ke7 0-1

[Event "25th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Estrin, Yakov"]
[Black "Ravinsky, Grigory"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]
[ECO "C13"]
[PlyCount "77"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e5 Nfd7 6. h4 a6 7. Nf3 c5 8. Bxe7
Qxe7 9. dxc5 Nc6 10. Qe2 Qxc5 11. O-O-O b5 12. h5 h6 13. Rh4 b4 14. Na4 Qa5 15.
b3 Qc7 16. Qe3 O-O 17. Re1 a5 18. g4 Ba6 19. Bxa6 Rxa6 20. g5 hxg5 21. Qxg5
Ndxe5 22. Nxe5 f6 23. Qg3 Nxe5 24. f4 Nc6 25. Qd3 Ra7 26. Rxe6 Nd8 27. Re2 Qd6
28. h6 Ne6 29. Qe3 Re7 30. hxg7 Rfe8 31. Rh8+ Kxg7 32. Rxe8 Rxe8 33. f5 Nc7 34.
Qg1+ Kf8 35. Rxe8+ Nxe8 36. Qc5 Qxc5 37. Nxc5 Nd6 38. Ne6+ Ke7 39. Nd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "25th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Ravinsky, Grigory"]
[Black "Stoliar, Efim"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]
[ECO "C92"]
[PlyCount "35"]

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 Nd7 10. d4 Bf6 11. Qd3 Na5 12. Bc2 c5 13. Nbd2 Nc6 14. d5 Ne7 15. Nf1
Ng6 16. N1h2 Be7 17. Be3 Nf6 18. Qe2 1/2-1/2

[Event "25th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "19"]
[White "Ravinsky, Grigory"]
[Black "Klaman, Konstantin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]
[ECO "C64"]
[PlyCount "111"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Bc5 4. O-O Nd4 5. Nxd4 Bxd4 6. c3 Bb6 7. d4 c6 8.
Ba4 d6 9. Na3 Nf6 10. Nc4 Nxe4 11. dxe5 Nxf2 12. Nxd6+ Qxd6 13. Qxd6 Ne4+ 14.
Qd4 h6 15. Be3 Bxd4 16. Bxd4 O-O 17. Bc2 Nd2 18. Rf4 Nc4 19. Bc5 Be6 20. Bxf8
Rxf8 21. Bb3 Nxe5 22. Bxe6 fxe6 23. Rxf8+ Kxf8 24. Kf2 Ke7 25. Ke3 b6 26. Ke4
Nc4 27. b3 Nd6+ 28. Ke5 Nf7+ 29. Kf4 g6 30. Re1 Kf6 31. Rf1 Nd6 32. Rf3 e5+ 33.
Ke3+ Nf5+ 34. Ke4 Ke6 35. g4 Nd6+ 36. Ke3 Nf7 37. h4 a5 38. c4 a4 39. Rf1 a3
40. Rf2 c5 41. Rf1 Ke7 42. Ke4 Ke6 43. Kd3 Ke7 44. Rf2 Ke6 45. Rf1 g5 46. hxg5
hxg5 47. Rh1 Kf6 48. b4 cxb4 49. Rb1 Nh6 50. Rxb4 Nxg4 51. Rxb6+ Kf5 52. c5
Nf2+ 53. Ke2 Ne4 54. c6 Ke6 55. Ke3 Nc3 56. c7+ 1-0

[Event "25th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Ravinsky, Grigory"]
[Black "Zilber, Israel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]
[ECO "C10"]
[PlyCount "66"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nf6 5. Nxf6+ Qxf6 6. Nf3 h6 7. Bd3 Nc6 8.
O-O Bd6 9. Re1 O-O 10. Be4 Bd7 11. b3 Rad8 12. Bb2 Rfe8 13. Ne5 Qh4 14. Qf3 f5
15. Bd3 Nxd4 16. Bxd4 Qxd4 17. Nxd7 Rxd7 18. Qxb7 Rde7 19. Bb5 Rf8 20. Bc4 Bc5
21. Qf3 Kh8 22. Rad1 Qf6 23. Qc6 Bd6 24. Qa6 e5 25. Qxa7 e4 26. Qd4 Re5 27. Qc3
f4 28. Rd5 e3 29. fxe3 fxe3 30. Rf1 Qxf1+ 31. Bxf1 Rxd5 32. Be2 Bc5 33. h4 Rd1+
0-1

[Event "25th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Poliak, Abram"]
[Black "Ravinsky, Grigory"]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]
[ECO "B50"]
[PlyCount "128"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. c3 Nf6 4. Qc2 Nc6 5. d4 Bg4 6. Be3 e6 7. Nbd2 Be7 8. Bd3
Qc7 9. h3 Bh5 10. O-O-O cxd4 11. Bxd4 Nxd4 12. cxd4 Rc8 13. Kb1 Qxc2+ 14. Bxc2
O-O 15. Rhe1 Rc7 16. Bd3 Bg6 17. g3 d5 18. Ne5 Bxe4 19. Nxe4 dxe4 20. Bc2 Rd8
21. g4 h6 22. Bxe4 Bb4 23. Re2 Nxe4 24. Rxe4 Rd5 25. f4 Ba5 26. Re3 Bb6 27.
Red3 g6 28. h4 Rc8 29. b3 Rcd8 30. Nf3 Bc7 31. Ne5 Bb6 32. Nf3 h5 33. gxh5 Rxh5
34. Re1 Rhd5 35. Re4 Kg7 36. Kc2 Kf6 37. Kc3 Rc8+ 38. Kd2 Ba5+ 39. Ke3 Rc2 40.
a3 Bc3 41. Re5 Bb2 42. Ng5 Rh2 43. Ke4 Rxh4 44. Rxd5 exd5+ 45. Kxd5 Rxf4 46.
Ne4+ Ke7 47. b4 Rf5+ 48. Kc4 b5+ 49. Kb3 Rf4 50. Nc3 Bxc3 51. Kxc3 Kd6 52. Re3
a6 53. a4 f6 54. axb5 axb5 55. Re8 Rf3+ 56. Kc2 Kd5 57. Rg8 Rg3 58. Rd8+ Kc4
59. d5 Rc3+ 60. Kb2 Rd3 61. Rf8 Rxd5 62. Rxf6 g5 63. Ka3 Rd3+ 64. Ka2 Kxb4 0-1

[Event "25th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Mnatsakanian, Eduard"]
[Black "Ravinsky, Grigory"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]
[ECO "C46"]
[PlyCount "36"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 g6 4. d4 exd4 5. Nd5 Bg7 6. Bg5 Nce7 7. e5 h6 8.
Bxe7 Nxe7 9. Qxd4 Nxd5 10. Qxd5 O-O 11. O-O-O d6 12. Bc4 Bxe5 13. Nxe5 Qg5+ 14.
Qd2 Qxd2+ 15. Rxd2 dxe5 16. Re1 Re8 17. Rde2 Bd7 18. Rxe5 Kf8 1/2-1/2

[Event "25th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Bykov, Vladimir"]
[Black "Cherepkov, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]
[ECO "E56"]
[PlyCount "145"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. d4 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Bd3 Nc6 6. Nf3 d5 7. O-O O-O 8. a3
Ba5 9. dxc5 Bxc3 10. bxc3 e5 11. cxd5 Qxd5 12. c4 Qxc5 13. Qc2 h6 14. Bb2 Be6
15. Rac1 Rad8 16. Bf5 Rfe8 17. h3 Qe7 18. Rfd1 Nd7 19. Be4 Qc5 20. Bd5 f6 21.
e4 Qe7 22. Nh4 Kh7 23. Qe2 Nf8 24. Qf3 g6 25. Qe3 Bc8 26. f4 exf4 27. Qxf4 Ne5
28. Nf3 Nfd7 29. Qe3 b6 30. Rf1 Rf8 31. Rc2 Nxf3+ 32. Rxf3 Ne5 33. Rf1 Kg7 34.
Rcf2 Ba6 35. Qg3 Rde8 36. Bd4 g5 37. Qc3 Kg6 38. Kh2 Nd7 39. Rf5 Bc8 40. Kh1
Ne5 41. R5f2 Bd7 42. Qb3 Rc8 43. Bc3 h5 44. Bb4 Rc5 45. a4 h4 46. Qa3 a5 47.
Bc3 Qd6 48. Qa1 Rcc8 49. Bd4 Rb8 50. Kg1 Rbc8 51. Qa2 Kg7 52. Qb3 Rb8 53. Qe3
Kg6 54. c5 bxc5 55. Bxc5 Qa6 56. Bxf8 Rxf8 57. Qc5 Re8 58. Rxf6+ Qxf6 59. Rxf6+
Kxf6 60. Qxa5 g4 61. Qb6+ Kg5 62. Qe3+ Kg6 63. a5 Rb8 64. Bb3 g3 65. a6 Bc6 66.
Qc3 Rb5 67. Kf1 Kf6 68. Qe3 Kg6 69. Qf4 Kg7 70. a7 Rc5 71. Qg5+ Kf8 72. Qf6+
Ke8 73. Qe6+ 1-0

[Event "25th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Ragozin, Viacheslav"]
[Black "Cherepkov, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]
[ECO "E42"]
[PlyCount "52"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Ne2 cxd4 6. exd4 d5 7. a3 Be7 8. c5
b6 9. b4 bxc5 10. dxc5 e5 11. f4 Nc6 12. Qa4 Bd7 13. b5 Rc8 14. fxe5 Nxe5 15.
Qd4 O-O 16. Qxe5 Bxc5 17. Bg5 Re8 18. Bxf6 gxf6 19. Qf4 Be3 20. Qg3+ Kh8 21.
Nxd5 Qa5+ 22. Nb4 Bxb5 23. h4 Qd8 24. Rd1 Rc1 25. Nxc1 Bd2+ 26. Kf2 Qd4+ 0-1

[Event "25th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Estrin, Yakov"]
[Black "Cherepkov, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]
[ECO "C50"]
[PlyCount "80"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 d6 4. d4 Bg4 5. h3 Bh5 6. d5 Nb8 7. Bd3 Nf6 8. Nbd2
Be7 9. Qe2 c6 10. c4 Nbd7 11. O-O O-O 12. Re1 Nc5 13. Bc2 Bg6 14. b4 Na6 15. b5
cxb5 16. cxb5 Nc5 17. Bb1 Rc8 18. a4 Nh5 19. g3 Qd7 20. Kg2 f5 21. exf5 Bxf5
22. Bxf5 Qxf5 23. Ra3 Qf7 24. Ne4 Nxe4 25. Qxe4 Nf6 26. Qe2 Nxd5 27. Bg5 Nc3
28. Qe3 Qxf3+ 29. Qxf3 Rxf3 30. Bxe7 Rd3 31. Rc1 d5 32. Bd6 e4 33. Be5 d4 34.
Bxd4 Rxd4 35. Raxc3 Rxc3 36. Rxc3 Rxa4 37. Rc8+ Kf7 38. Rc7+ Kf6 39. Rxb7 Ra2
40. Kf1 h5 1/2-1/2

[Event "25th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Cherepkov, Alexander"]
[Black "Stoliar, Efim"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]
[ECO "E09"]
[PlyCount "123"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 e6 4. O-O Be7 5. d4 O-O 6. c4 c6 7. Nbd2 Nbd7 8. b3
b6 9. Bb2 Bb7 10. Rc1 Rc8 11. Qc2 Rc7 12. cxd5 exd5 13. Ne5 Re8 14. Rfd1 Bd6
15. Ndf3 Nf8 16. e3 N6d7 17. h4 Qe7 18. Bh3 f6 19. Nd3 Nb8 20. Nf4 Bc8 21. Bg2
Bg4 22. Re1 Qf7 23. Nh2 Bc8 24. a3 Rce7 25. Qd2 Bf5 26. b4 a6 27. Nf1 Be4 28.
f3 Bf5 29. Qf2 g5 30. hxg5 fxg5 31. Ne2 Qg6 32. g4 Bd7 33. Neg3 Qf7 34. Bh3 Ng6
35. Nf5 Bxf5 36. gxf5 Nh4 37. Ng3 Bf4 38. e4 h6 39. Rc2 Kh7 40. Rce2 Nd7 41.
Bg4 dxe4 42. Nxe4 h5 43. f6 Nxf6 44. Nxf6+ Qxf6 45. Bxh5 Rxe2 46. Rxe2 Rxe2 47.
Qxe2 Kh6 48. Bg4 Qd6 49. Qe8 Ng6 50. Kf1 Qd5 51. Qe6 Qb5+ 52. Qe2 Ne7 53. Qxb5
axb5 54. Ke2 Kg6 55. Kd3 Nf5 56. Bh3 Bg3 57. Bc3 Bf4 58. Bb2 Bg3 59. Bf1 Kf7
60. Bc1 Kf6 61. Bb2 Kg6 62. Bh3 1/2-1/2

[Event "25th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Cherepkov, Alexander"]
[Black "Klaman, Konstantin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]
[ECO "A30"]
[PlyCount "63"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 b6 3. g3 Bb7 4. Bg2 c5 5. O-O cxd4 6. Qxd4 Nc6 7. Qf4 g6 8. c4
Bg7 9. Nc3 O-O 10. Rd1 Rc8 11. b3 Nb4 12. Bb2 Ne4 13. Ne5 Nxc3 14. Bxc3 Bxg2
15. Rxd7 Qxd7 16. Nxd7 Bxc3 17. Rc1 Bc6 18. Nxf8 Bf6 19. Nd7 Bxd7 20. Qd2 Bg4
21. Qxb4 Bxe2 22. Kg2 Bg4 23. f3 Bf5 24. Rd1 Kg7 25. Qa4 Rc7 26. Qe8 e5 27. Qb8
Re7 28. Rd8 h5 29. Rh8 Bg5 30. Rg8+ Kf6 31. Qd6+ Be6 32. f4 1-0

[Event "25th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Cherepkov, Alexander"]
[Black "Zilber, Israel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]
[ECO "E55"]
[PlyCount "71"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Bd3 d5 6. Nf3 O-O 7. O-O dxc4 8. Bxc4
Nbd7 9. a3 Bxc3 10. bxc3 Qc7 11. Ba2 b6 12. Bb2 e5 13. h3 Bb7 14. Qe2 Rac8 15.
Rac1 exd4 16. cxd4 Bd5 17. Bxd5 Nxd5 18. dxc5 Nxc5 19. Rfd1 Rfd8 20. Qc4 Ne7
21. Qg4 Rxd1+ 22. Rxd1 Ne6 23. Nd4 Nxd4 24. Rxd4 Ng6 25. Rd7 Qc5 26. Rxa7 Rd8
27. Bd4 Qc2 28. h4 h5 29. Qxh5 Rxd4 30. Ra8+ Nf8 31. exd4 Qc1+ 32. Kh2 Qf4+ 33.
Kh3 Qxf2 34. Qe5 Qf1 35. d5 Qh1+ 36. Kg3 1-0

[Event "25th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Poliak, Abram"]
[Black "Cherepkov, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]
[ECO "C29"]
[PlyCount "82"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. f4 d5 4. fxe5 Nxe4 5. Nf3 Be7 6. d4 O-O 7. Bd3 f5 8.
exf6 Bxf6 9. O-O Bf5 10. Ne5 Bxe5 11. dxe5 Nc6 12. Bf4 Nd4 13. Be3 c5 14. Nxe4
dxe4 15. Bc4+ Kh8 16. c3 b5 17. cxd4 bxc4 18. d5 Qe7 19. e6 Rad8 20. Qd2 h6 21.
Rf4 Rf6 22. Raf1 Bxe6 23. Rxf6 gxf6 24. Qc3 Kg7 25. dxe6 Rd3 26. Qc1 Qxe6 27.
Bxh6+ Kg6 28. Be3 Qd5 29. Qe1 Qe5 30. Qf2 a5 31. Qe2 a4 32. a3 Kf7 33. g4 Kg7
34. Rf5 Qd6 35. Bf2 Rd1+ 36. Kg2 Qd3 37. Qe3 Qf1+ 38. Kg3 Rd3 39. h4 Qe2 40.
Kf4 Rxe3 41. Bxe3 Qf3# 0-1

[Event "25th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Mnatsakanian, Eduard"]
[Black "Cherepkov, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]
[ECO "C47"]
[PlyCount "72"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. d4 exd4 5. Nxd4 Bb4 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. Bd3 O-O
8. O-O d5 9. exd5 cxd5 10. Bg5 c6 11. Ne2 h6 12. Bh4 Bg4 13. c3 Bd6 14. Qc2
Bxe2 15. Qxe2 Re8 16. Qf3 Rb8 17. Qf5 Re5 18. Bxf6 Qxf6 19. Qh7+ Kf8 20. f4 Re3
21. Rae1 d4 22. Kh1 Qe6 23. Rd1 Rxb2 24. Qh8+ Ke7 25. Qxg7 Qf6 26. Qg4 dxc3 27.
Rde1 Rxe1 28. Rxe1+ Kd8 29. Ba6 Rb8 30. g3 Kc7 31. Qe2 Qd4 32. Rd1 Qc5 33. Bc4
Rb2 34. Qd3 Rd2 35. Rxd2 cxd2 36. Bb3 Qf2 0-1

[Event "25th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Ragozin, Viacheslav"]
[Black "Bykov, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]
[ECO "B20"]
[PlyCount "82"]

1. e4 c5 2. Ne2 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 dxe4 5. Bxe4 Nf6 6. Bg2 Nc6 7. d3 Be7 8.
Nbc3 O-O 9. O-O Bd7 10. Be3 Rc8 11. h3 Qc7 12. Nb5 Qb6 13. a4 Nb4 14. c3 Nbd5
15. Bd2 a6 16. Na3 Rfd8 17. Nc4 Qc7 18. a5 Bc6 19. Re1 Nd7 20. Nf4 Bf8 21. Qb3
N7f6 22. Bf1 Re8 23. Ne5 Bd6 24. d4 cxd4 25. cxd4 Nxf4 26. Bxf4 Nd5 27. Bd2
Bxe5 28. dxe5 Ne7 29. Be3 Qxe5 30. Ba7 Qd5 31. Qxd5 Nxd5 32. Rac1 Nf6 33. Rc3
Red8 34. Rec1 Ne4 35. R3c2 Ra8 36. Bb6 Rd7 37. Bg2 f5 38. Kh2 Rf8 39. Rxc6 bxc6
40. Rxc6 Re8 41. Be3 Rb7 1/2-1/2

[Event "25th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Bykov, Vladimir"]
[Black "Estrin, Yakov"]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]
[ECO "E51"]
[PlyCount "66"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. e3 O-O 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 Nc6 8.
cxd5 exd5 9. c4 Bg4 10. Bb2 Re8 11. Rc1 Ne7 12. Be2 c6 13. O-O Ne4 14. Re1 Qd6
15. Ne5 Bxe2 16. Qxe2 f6 17. Nd3 Nf5 18. Qc2 Qd7 19. Nf4 Rac8 20. Qd3 g5 21.
Ne2 Ned6 22. cxd5 cxd5 23. Rc5 Nc4 24. Bc1 b6 25. Rxc8 Qxc8 26. Nc3 Qe6 27. e4
Nfd6 28. f3 f5 29. Re2 fxe4 30. fxe4 dxe4 31. Nxe4 Nxe4 32. d5 Qf5 33. Qxc4 Rc8
0-1

[Event "25th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Stoliar, Efim"]
[Black "Bykov, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]
[ECO "A36"]
[PlyCount "82"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. e4 c5 6. Nge2 O-O 7. O-O Nc6 8. a3
Ne8 9. Rb1 Rb8 10. b4 b6 11. d3 Nc7 12. b5 Nd4 13. Nxd4 Bxd4 14. Bb2 e6 15. Qd2
Qf6 16. a4 Bb7 17. Kh1 Qg7 18. f4 f5 19. Ne2 Bxb2 20. Qxb2 Ne8 21. Qxg7+ Nxg7
22. Nc3 Nh5 23. Rfe1 Kf7 24. a5 Nf6 25. Ra1 Rfe8 26. axb6 axb6 27. Ra7 Re7 28.
Rea1 Ng4 29. Nd1 Nf6 30. exf5 exf5 31. Bxb7 Rbxb7 32. Rxb7 Rxb7 33. Kg2 Ke6 34.
Ra6 d5 35. Nc3 d4 36. Na4 Nd7 37. Kf3 Rb8 38. h3 h5 39. g4 h4 40. Nb2 Kf6 41.
Nd1 Ke6 1/2-1/2

[Event "25th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Bykov, Vladimir"]
[Black "Klaman, Konstantin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]
[ECO "A34"]
[PlyCount "41"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nc3 f5 3. Nf3 d6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nc6 6. g3 Nxd4 7. Qxd4 e5 8.
Qd1 Be6 9. Bg2 Qd7 10. b3 Nf6 11. e4 Be7 12. exf5 Bxf5 13. O-O Bh3 14. Bg5 Bxg2
15. Kxg2 O-O-O 16. Qe2 Ne8 17. Bxe7 Qxe7 18. Rad1 Nf6 19. f3 a6 20. Nd5 Nxd5
21. Rxd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "25th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Zilber, Israel"]
[Black "Bykov, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]
[ECO "A04"]
[PlyCount "84"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. O-O O-O 5. d3 d6 6. e4 c5 7. Nbd2 Nc6 8. c3
Bd7 9. h3 b5 10. Re1 Rc8 11. d4 cxd4 12. Nxd4 Qb6 13. N2f3 Qb8 14. Qd3 a6 15.
Nxc6 Bxc6 16. Nd4 Bd7 17. Be3 Rfd8 18. Rad1 Be8 19. Nc2 Bc6 20. Nb4 Bb7 21. Nd5
Re8 22. Bg5 Nxd5 23. exd5 Bf8 24. h4 Qa8 25. h5 e5 26. Bf6 Rc7 27. f4 exf4 28.
gxf4 Rc4 29. Re4 Rcxe4 30. Bxe4 Bg7 31. Bxg7 Kxg7 32. h6+ Kxh6 33. Qd4 Qd8 34.
Rd2 f6 35. Bf3 Kg7 36. Bg4 Bc8 37. Qa7+ Kg8 38. Rh2 Re7 39. Qb8 f5 40. Re2 Rxe2
41. Bxe2 Qe8 42. Kf2 Qd8 1/2-1/2

[Event "25th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Bykov, Vladimir"]
[Black "Poliak, Abram"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]
[ECO "D22"]
[PlyCount "119"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 a6 4. e3 Bg4 5. Bxc4 e6 6. Nc3 b5 7. Bd3 Nf6 8. a4
b4 9. Ne4 Be7 10. Nxf6+ Bxf6 11. Be4 Ra7 12. Qc2 Bxf3 13. Bxf3 Qd6 14. O-O O-O
15. Rd1 c6 16. Bd2 a5 17. Rac1 Rc8 18. Qc5 Qxc5 19. Rxc5 Be7 20. Rc2 Rac7 21.
e4 Bd6 22. e5 Be7 23. Be3 Nd7 24. Rdc1 Nb6 25. Rxc6 Rxc6 26. Rxc6 Rxc6 27. Bxc6
Nc4 28. Bc1 Bd8 29. b3 Nb6 30. Kf1 Kf8 31. Ke2 Bc7 32. Kd3 Ke7 33. Ke4 f5+ 34.
exf6+ Kxf6 35. Bf4 Bxf4 36. Kxf4 Nc8 37. g4 Nd6 38. h4 h6 39. Bf3 Kf7 40. Ba8
Ke7 41. Bc6 Kf7 42. Ke3 Nc8 43. f4 Nd6 44. Be4 Ke7 45. Bh1 Kf7 46. Bg2 Ke7 47.
Be4 Kf7 48. f5 Ke7 49. Kf4 Kf7 50. fxe6+ Kxe6 51. d5+ Kd7 52. Ke3 Kc7 53. Kd4
Kb6 54. Bg6 Nb7 55. d6 Nxd6 56. Kd5 Nb7 57. Bc2 Nd8 58. Kd6 Nc6 59. Bd1 Ne5 60.
Ke6 1-0

[Event "25th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Bykov, Vladimir"]
[Black "Mnatsakanian, Eduard"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]
[ECO "A56"]
[PlyCount "105"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 g6 4. Nc3 d6 5. e4 b5 6. cxb5 Bg7 7. Nf3 O-O 8. Bc4 a6
9. bxa6 Bxa6 10. Bxa6 Rxa6 11. O-O Nbd7 12. Qe2 Ra8 13. Bg5 Qc7 14. Nd2 Rfb8
15. Nc4 Nb6 16. Nd2 Na4 17. Nxa4 Rxa4 18. b3 Ra7 19. a4 h6 20. Be3 Rb4 21. f3
Nd7 22. Rac1 Nb6 23. Qf2 Ra5 24. Kh1 Qd7 25. Qe2 Kh7 26. Qd3 Kh8 27. Rc2 Kh7
28. Rfc1 Ra8 29. Qf1 Ra5 30. h3 Ra8 31. Qd3 Ra5 32. Kh2 e6 33. dxe6 Qxe6 34.
Nc4 Nxc4 35. Rxc4 Rb6 36. Kh1 Ra8 37. Rb1 Rab8 38. a5 Ra6 39. Ra4 Rba8 40. Bd2
Qe5 41. b4 cxb4 42. Bxb4 Qg3 43. Be1 Qf4 44. Qd2 Qe5 45. Rb7 Qe8 46. Ra2 Bf6
47. Qd5 Kg7 48. Rc2 R8a7 49. Rcc7 Rxb7 50. Rxb7 Ra8 51. a6 Rb8 52. Rxf7+ Kg8
53. a7 1-0

[Event "25th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Ragozin, Viacheslav"]
[Black "Estrin, Yakov"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]
[ECO "C84"]
[PlyCount "82"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 d6 7. c3 Nd7 8. d4
Bf6 9. Be3 O-O 10. Nbd2 Ne7 11. Qe2 b5 12. Bb3 c6 13. Rfd1 Bb7 14. Nf1 Qc7 15.
Ng3 g6 16. Bh6 Bg7 17. Qd2 d5 18. exd5 cxd5 19. Nxe5 Nxe5 20. dxe5 Bxh6 21.
Qxh6 Qxe5 22. Re1 Qd6 23. Rad1 Qc7 24. Rd4 f5 25. Qg5 Rf7 26. Ne2 Rd8 27. Nf4
Rd6 28. h4 Kh8 29. Rd2 Bc6 30. Rde2 Ng8 31. Ne6 Qd7 32. Qf4 Nf6 33. Qe5 Kg8 34.
Nc5 Qd8 35. Nxa6 Ne4 36. Nb4 Bb7 37. f3 Qb6+ 38. Qd4 Qxd4+ 39. cxd4 Nf6 40. Rc1
Rfd7 41. Rc5 Rb6 1-0

[Event "25th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Stoliar, Efim"]
[Black "Ragozin, Viacheslav"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]
[ECO "A21"]
[PlyCount "53"]

1. c4 f5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. g3 e5 4. Bg2 c6 5. d4 e4 6. Nh3 Be7 7. d5 d6 8. O-O Nbd7
9. b3 O-O 10. f3 Qa5 11. Qd2 cxd5 12. cxd5 b5 13. Nf4 b4 14. Na4 Ne5 15. Bb2
Bd7 16. Ne6 Rfc8 17. fxe4 fxe4 18. Rad1 Neg4 19. h3 Ne5 20. Bxe5 dxe5 21. Qg5
Bxe6 22. dxe6 Rc6 23. Bxe4 Bc5+ 24. Nxc5 Qxc5+ 25. Kh2 h6 26. Qg6 Nxe4 27. Rd7
1-0

[Event "25th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "18"]
[White "Klaman, Konstantin"]
[Black "Ragozin, Viacheslav"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]
[ECO "D00"]
[PlyCount "68"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bf4 Bg7 5. e3 O-O 6. Bd3 c5 7. O-O Nc6 8. dxc5
Qa5 9. Nb5 Ne8 10. Nfd4 e5 11. Nb3 Qd8 12. Bg3 e4 13. Be2 Bxb2 14. Rb1 Be5 15.
Bxe5 Nxe5 16. c4 Be6 17. cxd5 Bxd5 18. Nc3 Nf6 19. Qd4 Nc6 20. Qa4 Qe7 21. Nxd5
Nxd5 22. Rfc1 Rfd8 23. h3 Rac8 24. Bb5 Ncb4 25. Bc4 Nd3 26. Bxd3 exd3 27. Qc4
b6 28. Qxd3 Nb4 29. Qe2 Nd3 30. Rc3 Nxc5 31. Qc2 Rc7 32. Rc1 Rdc8 33. Nd4 Ne6
34. Rc6 Qd7 1/2-1/2

[Event "25th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Zilber, Israel"]
[Black "Ragozin, Viacheslav"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]
[ECO "D90"]
[PlyCount "97"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. cxd5 cxd5 5. Nc3 g6 6. Bf4 Bg7 7. Bxb8 Rxb8 8.
Qa4+ Bd7 9. Qxa7 O-O 10. Qa3 b5 11. Qb4 Re8 12. e3 Bf8 13. Ne5 e6 14. Qb3 b4
15. Nd1 Qa5 16. Nxd7 Nxd7 17. Be2 Rec8 18. O-O Nb6 19. f4 Nc4 20. Bxc4 dxc4 21.
Qc2 Ra8 22. Qe2 Ra7 23. Nf2 c3 24. b3 c2 25. Rfc1 Rac7 26. Nd3 Rc3 27. Nb2 Qa3
28. Na4 R3c6 29. Qb5 R8c7 30. g4 f6 31. h4 Kf7 32. Kf2 Be7 33. f5 gxf5 34. gxf5
e5 35. Qd5+ Ke8 36. Qg8+ Bf8 37. d5 Rd6 38. Qg2 Ra6 39. Qe4 Rxa4 40. bxa4 Qxa4
41. a3 Qb3 42. axb4 Rc4 43. Qf3 Qxb4 44. Qh5+ Ke7 45. Qxh7+ Kd6 46. Ra6+ Kxd5
47. Qg8+ Ke4 48. Qg4+ Kd5 49. Qg2+ 1-0

[Event "25th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ragozin, Viacheslav"]
[Black "Poliak, Abram"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]
[ECO "C07"]
[PlyCount "49"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. exd5 Qxd5 5. Ngf3 cxd4 6. Bc4 Qd6 7. O-O Nf6 8.
Nb3 Nc6 9. Re1 a6 10. Bg5 Be7 11. Nbxd4 Nxd4 12. Qxd4 Qxd4 13. Nxd4 O-O 14.
Rad1 h6 15. Bh4 Rd8 16. Rd3 Kf8 17. Bb3 Nd5 18. Bxe7+ Nxe7 19. Red1 Ke8 20.
Ba4+ Bd7 21. Nxe6 fxe6 22. Bxd7+ Kf8 23. Bxe6 Nc6 24. Rxd8+ Nxd8 25. Bb3 1-0

[Event "25th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "19"]
[White "Ragozin, Viacheslav"]
[Black "Mnatsakanian, Eduard"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]
[ECO "C77"]
[PlyCount "89"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. Qe2 b5 6. Bb3 Bc5 7. c3 O-O 8. O-O
d6 9. d3 Bg4 10. h3 Bh5 11. Bg5 Rb8 12. g4 Bg6 13. Nbd2 Qe7 14. Rfe1 Bb6 15.
Nf1 Na5 16. Bc2 c5 17. Ne3 Bd8 18. b4 Nc6 19. Nd5 Qd7 20. Bxf6 Bxf6 21. Nxf6+
gxf6 22. bxc5 dxc5 23. Qe3 Rbc8 24. Nh2 Kg7 25. Rf1 b4 26. f4 exf4 27. Qxf4 Qe7
28. h4 bxc3 29. h5 Nb4 30. Rac1 c4 31. dxc4 Nxc2 32. Rxc2 Bxe4 33. Rxc3 h6 34.
Rf2 Rc5 35. Nf1 Rg5 36. Ng3 f5 37. gxf5 Bxf5 38. Qd4+ Kh7 39. Rxf5 Rxf5 40. Qd3
Qe1+ 41. Kg2 Qf2+ 42. Kh3 Qxg3+ 43. Kxg3 Rg8+ 44. Kh2 Rg5 45. Qe4 1-0

[Event "25th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Stoliar, Efim"]
[Black "Estrin, Yakov"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]
[ECO "A13"]
[PlyCount "88"]

1. c4 e6 2. g3 d5 3. cxd5 exd5 4. Bg2 Nf6 5. Nf3 Bd6 6. O-O O-O 7. b3 Bg4 8.
Bb2 Nbd7 9. Na3 c6 10. Nc2 Re8 11. Ne3 Bh5 12. Nf5 Bc7 13. d3 Ne5 14. Qd2 h6
15. Rae1 Bg4 16. N3h4 Ned7 17. h3 Bxf5 18. Nxf5 Be5 19. Ba3 Nf8 20. f4 Bc7 21.
Bb2 h5 22. Qc2 Ba5 23. Rd1 Bb6+ 24. Kh2 d4 25. Rfe1 Qd7 26. e4 dxe3 27. Be4 Qd8
28. Nxe3 Ne6 29. Nf5 g6 30. Nh4 Nd4 31. Qg2 Qd6 32. Nf3 Nxf3+ 33. Qxf3 Bd4 34.
Bc1 Kg7 35. f5 h4 36. Bf4 Be5 37. Kg2 hxg3 38. Bxe5 Qxe5 39. fxg6 fxg6 40. Qxg3
Qxg3+ 41. Kxg3 Rad8 42. Bf3 Rxe1 43. Rxe1 Kf7 44. Re3 Rd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "25th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Estrin, Yakov"]
[Black "Klaman, Konstantin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]
[ECO "C50"]
[PlyCount "23"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. d4 Nxd4 6. Nxe5 O-O 7. Be3 Qe7 8.
Bxd4 Bxd4 9. Qxd4 c5 10. Qc3 Nxe4 11. Qe3 Qxe5 12. Nc3 1-0

[Event "25th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Estrin, Yakov"]
[Black "Zilber, Israel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]
[ECO "B43"]
[PlyCount "85"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. Nc3 a6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Qc7 6. g3 Nf6 7. Bg2 Nc6 8. O-O
Be7 9. Nde2 O-O 10. a4 b6 11. h3 Bb7 12. g4 d5 13. exd5 Rad8 14. Bf4 e5 15. Bg5
Nb4 16. Bxf6 Bxf6 17. Ng3 Qc4 18. Nf5 e4 19. Nxe4 Be5 20. Ne3 Qc7 21. c4 Nc6
22. Rb1 Bf4 23. Qe2 Ne5 24. b3 Ng6 25. Nf5 Bc8 26. Neg3 Rfe8 27. Qc2 Bb7 28.
Rbd1 Be5 29. Rfe1 Nf4 30. Qd2 Nxg2 31. Kxg2 b5 32. axb5 axb5 33. Re4 g6 34.
Rde1 gxf5 35. Qg5+ Kf8 36. Rxe5 Rxe5 37. Rxe5 bxc4 38. bxc4 Qxe5 39. Qxd8+ Qe8
40. Qxe8+ Kxe8 41. Nxf5 Ba6 42. c5 Bc4 43. Nd6+ 1-0

[Event "25th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Estrin, Yakov"]
[Black "Poliak, Abram"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]
[ECO "B14"]
[PlyCount "63"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. c4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. c5 Be7 7. Nf3 O-O 8. Bd3
b6 9. b4 a5 10. Na4 bxc5 11. bxc5 Ba6 12. O-O Nc6 13. Rb1 Bxd3 14. Qxd3 Nb4 15.
Qe2 Nd7 16. Bf4 Qc8 17. a3 Nc6 18. Qb2 Ra7 19. Qb5 Bd8 20. Bd6 Re8 21. Nb6 Qb7
22. Nxd7 Qxd7 23. Ne5 Nxe5 24. dxe5 Qxb5 25. Rxb5 Bc7 26. Rfb1 Rc8 27. Rb7 Rxb7
28. Rxb7 Bd8 29. Rb8 Rxb8 30. Bxb8 Kf8 31. c6 f6 32. c7 1-0

[Event "25th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Estrin, Yakov"]
[Black "Mnatsakanian, Eduard"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]
[ECO "C59"]
[PlyCount "79"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. Ng5 d5 5. exd5 Na5 6. Bb5+ c6 7. dxc6 bxc6 8.
Be2 h6 9. Nf3 e4 10. Ne5 Bd6 11. f4 Qc7 12. O-O O-O 13. Nc3 Bxe5 14. fxe5 Qxe5
15. d4 exd3 16. Qxd3 Bg4 17. Bf4 Qc5+ 18. Be3 Qh5 19. Bd4 Rad8 20. Rxf6 Bxe2
21. Nxe2 gxf6 22. Ng3 Qg6 23. Qc3 Rd5 24. Rf1 Rfd8 25. Bxa7 Qg4 26. Bb6 Ra8 27.
h3 Qg6 28. Rxf6 Qg5 29. Ne4 Qh4 30. Qf3 Nc4 31. Bf2 Qh5 32. Qxh5 Rxh5 33. Rxc6
Na5 34. Nf6+ Kh8 35. Rc7 Rg5 36. Bd4 Rd8 37. Bc3 Rg6 38. Bxa5 Rxf6 39. Bc3 Kg7
40. Rc6 1-0

[Event "25th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Klaman, Konstantin"]
[Black "Stoliar, Efim"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]
[ECO "C85"]
[PlyCount "93"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. Qe1 c5 8.
Nxe5 Qd4 9. Nd3 c4 10. Nf4 g5 11. Ne2 Qxe4 12. d3 cxd3 13. cxd3 Qxd3 14. Bxg5
Rg8 15. Nf4 Qf5 16. Bxf6 Qxf6 17. Nc3 Qxf4 18. Qxe7+ Kxe7 19. Nd5+ Kf8 20. Nxf4
Bd7 21. f3 Rg5 22. Rac1 Bc6 23. Kf2 Rf5 24. Ne2 Rd8 25. Rfd1 Rxd1 26. Rxd1 Rd5
27. Rxd5 Bxd5 28. Nc3 Be6 29. Ke3 Ke7 30. Kd4 Kf6 31. a3 Ke7 32. h4 Bb3 33. Ne4
b6 34. Ke5 a5 35. Nf6 Bc2 36. f4 b5 37. f5 Kf8 38. Nxh7+ Kg7 39. Nf6 c5 40. Ne4
c4 41. Nd6 f6+ 42. Kf4 Ba4 43. g4 Kf8 44. h5 Kg7 45. g5 Bd1 46. h6+ Kh7 47.
Nxb5 1-0

[Event "25th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Zilber, Israel"]
[Black "Stoliar, Efim"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]
[ECO "D13"]
[PlyCount "22"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 e6 4. cxd5 cxd5 5. Nc3 Nf6 6. Bf4 Nc6 7. e3 Bd6 8.
Bxd6 Qxd6 9. Be2 O-O 10. O-O Bd7 11. Rc1 Rfc8 1/2-1/2

[Event "25th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Poliak, Abram"]
[Black "Stoliar, Efim"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]
[ECO "C25"]
[PlyCount "132"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Bc5 3. Nf3 d6 4. d4 exd4 5. Nxd4 Nf6 6. Bg5 O-O 7. Be2 h6 8.
Bh4 Re8 9. Qd3 Nbd7 10. f4 Bb4 11. Nb3 a5 12. O-O a4 13. Bxf6 Nxf6 14. Nd2 a3
15. b3 Bxc3 16. Qxc3 Nxe4 17. Nxe4 Rxe4 18. Bd3 Re8 19. b4 c6 20. Rf3 d5 21.
Qd4 Re6 22. c4 Qf6 23. Qxf6 Rxf6 24. cxd5 cxd5 25. Rc1 Bg4 26. Rf2 Rb6 27. b5
Bd7 28. Rc5 Rd6 29. Rc7 b6 30. Rfc2 g6 31. Rb7 d4 32. Kf2 Be6 33. Ke1 Bd5 34.
Rbc7 Re8+ 35. Kd1 Re3 36. Bc4 Rc3 37. Rxc3 dxc3 38. Kc2 Bxc4 39. Rxc4 Rd2+ 40.
Kxc3 Rxa2 41. Ra4 Rxg2 42. Rxa3 Re2 43. Ra6 Re6 44. Kd4 Kg7 45. Kd5 Kf6 46. Ra7
g5 47. fxg5+ hxg5 48. Ra2 Ke7 49. Ra7+ Kf6 50. Ra2 Kg7 51. Rc2 Rh6 52. Rc6 Rxh2
53. Rxb6 g4 54. Ke4 Rf2 55. Ke3 Rf5 56. Rc6 Rxb5 57. Rc4 Rg5 58. Kf4 Rg6 59.
Kg3 f5 60. Rc5 Rf6 61. Kf4 Kg6 62. Rc8 Rb6 63. Rg8+ Kh7 64. Ra8 Kg6 65. Rg8+
Kf7 66. Ra8 Kg6 1/2-1/2

[Event "25th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Mnatsakanian, Eduard"]
[Black "Stoliar, Efim"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]
[ECO "C46"]
[PlyCount "161"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 d6 4. d4 Bd7 5. Bc4 exd4 6. Nxd4 Nf6 7. O-O Be7 8.
h3 O-O 9. Be3 Nxd4 10. Bxd4 c6 11. Bxf6 Bxf6 12. Qxd6 Qe8 13. Bd3 Be5 14. Qc5
Qb8 15. Qe3 Qd6 16. Kh1 Bf4 17. Qf3 Qh6 18. Ne2 Be5 19. Qe3 Qxe3 20. fxe3 Rad8
21. Rab1 Bc8 22. b3 Rd6 23. Ng1 Bc3 24. Nf3 h6 25. Rbd1 Re6 26. g3 g6 27. Kg2
Kg7 28. Rf2 Re7 29. Rdf1 Bd7 30. Nh4 c5 31. e5 Ree8 32. Be4 b6 33. Bd5 Be6 34.
Bc6 Rc8 35. Be4 Rcd8 36. Kh2 a5 37. Bd3 Rde8 38. a4 Rc8 39. Kg2 Rcd8 40. Rf6
Bxe5 41. Rxe6 fxe6 42. Rxf8 Rxf8 43. Nxg6 Bd6 44. Nxf8 Bxf8 45. Kf3 Kf6 46. Kg4
Bd6 47. Kh4 Be5 48. g4 Bc3 49. Kh5 Kg7 50. g5 hxg5 51. Kxg5 Be1 52. Bc4 Kf7 53.
h4 Bf2 54. e4 Be3+ 55. Kg4 Kf6 56. Kf3 Bh6 57. Ke2 e5 58. Kd3 Ke7 59. Bd5 Kd6
60. Kc4 Bf4 61. Kb5 Kc7 62. h5 Bh6 63. Be6 Bf4 64. Bg4 Bh6 65. Bd1 Bf4 66. c3
Bh6 67. Bc2 Bf4 68. c4 Bh6 69. b4 axb4 70. a5 bxa5 71. Kxc5 Bf4 72. Kb5 Bd2 73.
Bb3 Kd6 74. Ba4 Be3 75. Bd1 Bd2 76. c5+ Kc7 77. c6 Be3 78. Ba4 Kd6 79. h6 Bxh6
80. Kb6 b3 81. Bxb3 1-0

[Event "25th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Klaman, Konstantin"]
[Black "Zilber, Israel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]
[ECO "A46"]
[PlyCount "88"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 c5 3. dxc5 e6 4. g3 Bxc5 5. Bg2 d5 6. O-O O-O 7. c4 d4 8. Nbd2
Nc6 9. Nb3 Qe7 10. Bg5 Bb6 11. Nfd2 h6 12. Bxf6 Qxf6 13. Ne4 Qd8 14. c5 Bc7 15.
f4 a5 16. a4 f5 17. Nd6 Bxd6 18. cxd6 Qb6 19. Qd3 Rd8 20. Qb5 Qa7 21. Bxc6 bxc6
22. Qe5 d3+ 23. e3 Qb8 24. Nxa5 Qxd6 25. Qxd6 Rxd6 26. Nc4 Rd8 27. Nd2 c5 28.
Rfc1 Rd5 29. Rc3 Ba6 30. Rac1 Bb7 31. b3 Ra5 32. Kf2 Ba6 33. Nf3 Rd7 34. Ne5
Rd6 35. Rd1 d2 36. h4 c4 37. Rxc4 Rad5 38. Rc2 Rb6 39. Rb2 Rb4 40. h5 Kf8 41.
Nc6 Rb6 42. Nd4 e5 43. Nf3 exf4 44. gxf4 Rd3 1-0

[Event "25th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Poliak, Abram"]
[Black "Klaman, Konstantin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]
[ECO "A30"]
[PlyCount "65"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. g3 b6 5. Bg2 Bb7 6. O-O Bg7 7. d4 Ne4 8. Nxe4
Bxe4 9. d5 d6 10. Ng5 Bxg2 11. Kxg2 Nd7 12. e4 a6 13. a4 O-O 14. Qe2 Qc7 15. f4
Qb7 16. Ra3 b5 17. Rb3 Nb6 18. axb5 axb5 19. Rxb5 Ra2 20. Rf3 Qa6 21. Rfb3 Na4
22. Qc2 h6 23. Nf3 Ra8 24. e5 Ra1 25. Bd2 Qc8 26. Rb7 dxe5 27. fxe5 e6 28. d6
Qc6 29. Rc7 Qa6 30. Rbb7 Rf8 31. Ra7 Qb6 32. b3 g5 33. bxa4 1-0

[Event "25th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Klaman, Konstantin"]
[Black "Mnatsakanian, Eduard"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]
[ECO "D78"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. O-O O-O 6. c4 c6 7. b3 Bf5 8. Nc3
Nbd7 9. cxd5 cxd5 10. Bb2 Rc8 11. Qd2 Ne4 12. Nxe4 Bxe4 13. Rfc1 Qb6 14. Bh3
Bf5 15. Bxf5 gxf5 16. Ba3 Qe6 17. Nh4 Bh6 18. e3 Nf6 19. Rxc8 Rxc8 20. Rc1 Ne4
21. Qd1 Bg5 22. Ng2 Rxc1 23. Qxc1 Qa6 24. f3 Nc3 25. Qxc3 Qxa3 26. h4 Bf6 27.
Qc8+ Kg7 28. Qxf5 Qxa2 29. Nf4 Qxb3 30. Nh5+ Kh6 31. Nxf6 Qxe3+ 32. Kg2 Qe2+
33. Kh3 Qe6 34. Ng4+ Kg7 35. Qxe6 fxe6 36. Ne5 a5 37. g4 a4 38. Nd3 a3 39. Nb4
e5 40. dxe5 h5 41. Kg3 1-0

[Event "25th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "19"]
[White "Poliak, Abram"]
[Black "Zilber, Israel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]
[ECO "A60"]
[PlyCount "45"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 g6 4. Nc3 d6 5. g3 Bg7 6. Bg2 O-O 7. e4 e6 8. Nge2
exd5 9. cxd5 Re8 10. Qc2 Bd7 11. O-O b5 12. Re1 a5 13. Bf4 Qb6 14. Nd1 Na6 15.
a3 Rac8 16. h3 c4 17. Be3 Qc7 18. Nd4 Nc5 19. Nc3 Nd3 20. Re2 b4 21. axb4 Nxb4
22. Qd2 Rb8 23. Rae1 1/2-1/2

[Event "25th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Zilber, Israel"]
[Black "Mnatsakanian, Eduard"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]
[ECO "A25"]
[PlyCount "65"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 d6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Nc6 5. Rb1 a5 6. d3 Bg7 7. e3 Nge7 8. a3 Be6
9. Nd5 Qd7 10. b4 axb4 11. axb4 Bxd5 12. cxd5 Na7 13. Ne2 Nb5 14. O-O O-O 15.
Bb2 c6 16. dxc6 bxc6 17. d4 Qe6 18. Qd3 Rfd8 19. Ra1 Rxa1 20. Rxa1 Nd5 21. Bxd5
cxd5 22. Ra5 e4 23. Qb3 Qg4 24. Nf4 Nc7 25. Nxd5 Nxd5 26. Rxd5 Qe6 27. b5 Bf8
28. Bc3 h5 29. h4 Be7 30. Ba5 Rc8 31. Bd2 Rb8 32. Ba5 Rc8 33. Bd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "25th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Mnatsakanian, Eduard"]
[Black "Poliak, Abram"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]
[ECO "B19"]
[PlyCount "63"]

1. e4 c6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. Nf3 Nd7 7. h4 h6 8. h5
Bh7 9. Bc4 Ngf6 10. Qe2 e6 11. Ne5 Nxe5 12. dxe5 Nd7 13. Bf4 Nb6 14. Rd1 Qc7
15. Bb3 Nd5 16. Bc1 O-O-O 17. O-O Be7 18. c4 Nb4 19. Qf3 Rhf8 20. Rxd8+ Bxd8
21. Rd1 Be7 22. a3 Na6 23. Bf4 Nc5 24. Ba2 g5 25. hxg6 fxg6 26. Bb1 g5 27. Bxh7
Rxf4 28. Qh5 Rf8 29. Re1 Qd7 30. Rd1 Qc7 31. Re1 Qd8 32. Rd1 1/2-1/2

