[Event "25th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Sverdlovsk URS"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "19"]
[White "Korchnoi, Viktor"]
[Black "Gurgenidze, Bukhuti"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]
[ECO "E20"]
[PlyCount "73"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. f3 c5 5. d5 b5 6. e4 bxc4 7. Bxc4 O-O 8. Ne2
d6 9. O-O e5 10. Qc2 Nbd7 11. Nd1 Nb6 12. Ne3 Nfd7 13. a3 Ba5 14. Bd3 Bb7 15.
Qb1 Nc8 16. Nc4 Ba6 17. Kh1 Bxc4 18. Bxc4 Rb8 19. Qc2 Ncb6 20. Ba6 c4 21. Be3
Kh8 22. Rfd1 g6 23. Rac1 f5 24. exf5 gxf5 25. Bxc4 Nxc4 26. Qxc4 Rxb2 27. Bxa7
Rg8 28. Rb1 Qg5 29. g3 Rxb1 30. Rxb1 Qh5 31. Rf1 Qh3 32. Ng1 Qh6 33. Qb5 Rxg3
34. Qxa5 Rg8 35. Ne2 Qh3 36. Rf2 Nf6 37. Ng1 1-0

[Event "25th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Sverdlovsk URS"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Korchnoi, Viktor"]
[Black "Polugaevsky, Lev"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]
[ECO "B50"]
[PlyCount "38"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. c3 Nc6 6. O-O e5 7. Na3 Nge7 8. Nc2
O-O 9. d4 exd4 10. cxd4 Bg4 11. d5 Ne5 12. Nce1 f5 13. Qc2 Bxf3 14. Nxf3 Nxf3+
15. Bxf3 fxe4 16. Bxe4 Nf5 17. Bd2 Qd7 18. Bc3 Rf7 19. Rae1 Raf8 1/2-1/2

[Event "25th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Sverdlovsk URS"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Korchnoi, Viktor"]
[Black "Averbakh, Yury"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]
[ECO "C43"]
[PlyCount "121"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. d4 exd4 4. e5 Ne4 5. Qxd4 d5 6. exd6 Nxd6 7. Bd3 Qe7+ 8.
Be3 Nc6 9. Qf4 g6 10. Nc3 Be6 11. Nd4 Bd7 12. Nxc6 bxc6 13. Qa4 Bg7 14. O-O O-O
15. Qa5 Bf5 16. Bxf5 Nxf5 17. Bc5 Nd6 18. Na4 Rfc8 19. Qa6 Qe4 20. c3 Nb5 21.
Be3 Bf8 22. Rac1 Rd8 23. Rfe1 Re8 24. f3 Qh4 25. Bf2 Qf6 26. Nc5 Bxc5 27. Bxc5
Qh4 28. Bf2 Qc4 29. Rxe8+ Rxe8 30. a4 Nd6 31. Qxa7 Qf4 32. Rf1 Nc4 33. Qb7 Qd6
34. Qb4 Qxb4 35. cxb4 Nxb2 36. a5 Nd3 37. Rb1 Rb8 38. Bg3 Rxb4 39. Ra1 Rb8 40.
Bxc7 Ra8 41. a6 c5 42. Bb6 c4 43. Bd4 Nb4 44. a7 Nc6 45. Be3 f5 46. Ra6 f4 47.
Bf2 Ne7 48. Bd4 Nc8 49. Kf1 Kf7 50. Rc6 Ke7 51. Rxc4 Kd6 52. Rb4 Nxa7 53. Ra4
Nc6 54. Rxa8 Nxd4 55. Rh8 Ke6 56. Rxh7 Kf6 57. Ra7 g5 58. Ra6+ Ke5 59. Ke1 Nc2+
60. Ke2 Kf5 61. Kd2 1-0

[Event "25th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Sverdlovsk URS"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Gipslis, Aivars"]
[Black "Korchnoi, Viktor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]
[ECO "C15"]
[PlyCount "32"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Bd3 c5 5. exd5 Qxd5 6. Bd2 Qxd4 7. Nf3 Qd8 8.
a3 Ba5 9. Ne4 Nc6 10. Nxc5 Bxd2+ 11. Qxd2 Nf6 12. O-O O-O 13. Rad1 Qe7 14. Ne4
h6 15. Rfe1 Rd8 16. Qf4 Nd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "25th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Sverdlovsk URS"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Borisenko, Georgy"]
[Black "Korchnoi, Viktor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]
[ECO "E69"]
[PlyCount "51"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 d6 3. Nf3 g6 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. g3 O-O 6. Bg2 Nbd7 7. O-O e5 8. e4
c6 9. h3 Qb6 10. Re1 exd4 11. Nxd4 Ng4 12. Nce2 Nge5 13. b3 Nc5 14. Be3 a5 15.
Rb1 Re8 16. Nf4 Qc7 17. Qc2 Ned7 18. Nfe2 Nf8 19. Nc3 Qe7 20. Qd2 Bd7 21. Rbd1
Rad8 22. Bg5 Bf6 23. Bxf6 Qxf6 24. f4 Qg7 25. Nf3 Bc8 26. Re3 1/2-1/2

[Event "25th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Sverdlovsk URS"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Vladimirov, Boris"]
[Black "Korchnoi, Viktor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]
[ECO "D41"]
[PlyCount "30"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 c5 7. Nf3 cxd4 8.
cxd4 Bb4+ 9. Bd2 Bxd2+ 10. Qxd2 O-O 11. Be2 b6 12. O-O Bb7 13. Qe3 Nd7 14. Rfc1
Rc8 15. Nd2 Nf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "25th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Sverdlovsk URS"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Korchnoi, Viktor"]
[Black "Simagin, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]
[ECO "A19"]
[PlyCount "75"]

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. Bd2 Bc5 10. f4 Nh6 11. O-O-O Ng4 12. Na4 Bxg1 13. Rxg1 b5 14. h3 Nh2 15.
Nc3 Nxf1 16. Qxf1 O-O 17. Be3 Qa5 18. cxb5 axb5 19. Qxb5 Qd8 20. Rd2 Qh4 21.
Qe2 Rf7 22. Rgd1 g5 23. Qf3 gxf4 24. Bxf4 Ra5 25. Qe3 Qd8 26. g4 fxg4 27. Rg1
Rg7 28. Rxg4 Rxg4 29. hxg4 Nb4 30. Bg5 Qc7 31. Bf6 Nxa2+ 32. Kc2 Nb4+ 33. Kb1
d5 34. Qg5+ Kf8 35. Bd8 Ra1+ 36. Kxa1 Qa7+ 37. Kb1 Ba6 38. Be7+ 1-0

[Event "25th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Sverdlovsk URS"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Kholmov, Ratmir"]
[Black "Korchnoi, Viktor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]
[ECO "A37"]
[PlyCount "31"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nc3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 Nc6 5. Nf3 e6 6. O-O Nge7 7. d3 O-O 8. Bd2
h6 9. e4 d6 10. Be3 Nd4 11. Qd2 Kh7 12. Rab1 Nec6 13. Ne1 Rb8 14. Nc2 Nxc2 15.
Qxc2 a6 16. Rfc1 1/2-1/2

[Event "25th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Sverdlovsk URS"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Korchnoi, Viktor"]
[Black "Ilivitsky, Georgy"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]
[ECO "B12"]
[PlyCount "45"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. c4 dxc4 5. Bxc4 e6 6. Nc3 Nd7 7. Nge2 Ne7 8. O-O
Nb6 9. Bb3 Ned5 10. Ng3 Bg6 11. Nce4 Be7 12. f4 Bxe4 13. Nxe4 Qd7 14. Qf3 g6
15. Bd2 h5 16. Rac1 Nc7 17. Rfd1 O-O-O 18. Ba5 Kb8 19. a4 Rc8 20. Nc5 Bxc5 21.
dxc5 Nbd5 22. Bxc7+ Rxc7 23. Ba2 1/2-1/2

[Event "25th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Sverdlovsk URS"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Korchnoi, Viktor"]
[Black "Lutikov, Anatoly"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]
[ECO "D65"]
[PlyCount "65"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Nf3 O-O 7. Rc1 c6 8. Qc2
a6 9. cxd5 exd5 10. Bd3 Re8 11. O-O Nf8 12. Ne5 Ng4 13. Bxe7 Qxe7 14. Nxg4 Bxg4
15. Rce1 Rad8 16. f4 Bc8 17. f5 f6 18. g4 Kh8 19. Qf2 c5 20. Bc2 c4 21. Qg2 Qd7
22. h4 h6 23. Rf3 Nh7 24. Rg3 b5 25. Rf1 Qd6 26. Ne2 Qb4 27. Nf4 Qxb2 28. g5
fxg5 29. hxg5 Rd6 30. gxh6 gxh6 31. Ng6+ Kg7 32. f6+ Rxf6 33. Ne5+ 1-0

[Event "25th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Sverdlovsk URS"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Yukhtman, Yakov"]
[Black "Korchnoi, Viktor"]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]
[ECO "C01"]
[PlyCount "74"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. exd5 exd5 5. Bd3 Nc6 6. Nge2 Be7 7. Bf4 O-O 8.
Qd2 Nb4 9. O-O-O Ne8 10. Ng3 Nxd3+ 11. Qxd3 c6 12. Nf5 Bg5 13. Bxg5 Qxg5+ 14.
Ne3 f5 15. h4 Qh6 16. f3 Nd6 17. Kb1 f4 18. Nf1 Bf5 19. Qd2 Nc4 20. Qc1 Qd6 21.
Ka1 Rae8 22. Rg1 Bg6 23. Nh2 Ne3 24. Rd2 Qf6 25. Rh1 Qf5 26. h5 Bxh5 27. b3 Bg6
28. Kb2 Qf6 29. Qg1 Qd6 30. a3 b5 31. Qa1 a5 32. Re1 b4 33. axb4 Qxb4 34. Rde2
a4 35. Rxe3 fxe3 36. Qxa4 Qd6 37. Ng4 Ra8 0-1

[Event "25th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Sverdlovsk URS"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Bagirov, Vladimir"]
[Black "Korchnoi, Viktor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]
[ECO "C10"]
[PlyCount "32"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. exd5 exd5 6. Bg5 Be7 7. Bb5 O-O 8.
O-O Bg4 9. Bxc6 bxc6 10. Qd3 Bxf3 11. Qxf3 Nd7 12. Bxe7 Qxe7 13. Qd3 Rfe8 14.
Qd2 Nb6 15. b3 a5 16. a4 Qb4 1/2-1/2

[Event "25th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Sverdlovsk URS"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Kots, Yury"]
[Black "Korchnoi, Viktor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]
[ECO "D96"]
[PlyCount "52"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Qb3 dxc4 6. Qxc4 Nfd7 7. Bf4 c6 8.
Rd1 O-O 9. Qb3 Qa5 10. e3 e5 11. dxe5 Nxe5 12. Nxe5 Bxe5 13. Bxe5 Qxe5 14. Be2
Nd7 15. O-O Nf6 16. Qc4 Bf5 17. Qd4 Qxd4 18. Rxd4 Rfd8 19. Rfd1 Rxd4 20. Rxd4
Re8 21. b4 Ne4 22. Nxe4 Rxe4 23. Rxe4 Bxe4 24. Bc4 Kf8 25. f3 Bc2 26. a3 Ke7
1/2-1/2

[Event "25th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Sverdlovsk URS"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Aronson, Lev"]
[Black "Korchnoi, Viktor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]
[ECO "D94"]
[PlyCount "51"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 g6 5. Bxc4 Bg7 6. Nc3 O-O 7. O-O c5 8. d5
Ne8 9. e4 Nd6 10. Bd3 c4 11. Bc2 Bg4 12. h3 Bxf3 13. Qxf3 Nd7 14. Bf4 b5 15. a3
a5 16. Rfe1 b4 17. axb4 axb4 18. Rxa8 Qxa8 19. e5 bxc3 20. exd6 e5 21. Bg5 cxb2
22. Qg4 Qxd5 23. Qxd7 Bf6 24. Bxf6 Qd2 25. Rf1 Qxc2 26. Qb5 1/2-1/2

[Event "25th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Sverdlovsk URS"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "18"]
[White "Kaminsky, Oleg"]
[Black "Korchnoi, Viktor"]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]
[ECO "A62"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1. d4 c5 2. d5 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. g3 g6 7. Bg2 Bg7 8. Nf3
O-O 9. O-O a6 10. a4 Re8 11. Bf4 Ne4 12. Ra3 Bg4 13. h3 Bxf3 14. Bxf3 Nf6 15.
Qc2 Qc7 16. Nb1 Nbd7 17. b4 b5 18. bxc5 Nxc5 19. axb5 axb5 20. Rc1 Nfd7 21. Qa2
Nb6 22. Nd2 b4 23. Ra5 Bc3 24. Rxa8 Rxa8 25. Qc2 Nba4 26. Nb3 Qb6 27. Kg2 Qa6
28. h4 Nxb3 29. Qxb3 Nc5 30. Qc2 Rc8 31. h5 Bf6 32. hxg6 hxg6 33. Qc4 Qb6 34.
Rb1 b3 35. Be3 Rb8 36. Bf4 Be7 37. Qd4 Nd7 38. Qa4 Ne5 39. Rb2 Qb4 40. Qa7 Nc4
41. Rb1 0-1

[Event "25th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Sverdlovsk URS"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Tarasov, Vitaly"]
[Black "Korchnoi, Viktor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]
[ECO "E02"]
[PlyCount "34"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 e6 4. g3 dxc4 5. Qa4+ Bd7 6. Qxc4 Bc6 7. Bg2 Nbd7 8.
O-O Bd5 9. Qc2 Be4 10. Qd1 c5 11. Nc3 Bc6 12. Bg5 Be7 13. Rc1 O-O 14. dxc5 Nxc5
15. Qxd8 Rfxd8 16. Ne5 Bxg2 17. Kxg2 Kf8 1/2-1/2

[Event "25th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Sverdlovsk URS"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Korchnoi, Viktor"]
[Black "Prokhorovich, Taras"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]
[ECO "D10"]
[PlyCount "97"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 dxc4 4. e4 e5 5. Nf3 exd4 6. Qxd4 Qxd4 7. Nxd4 Nf6 8.
f3 b5 9. a4 b4 10. Nd1 Ba6 11. Be3 Nfd7 12. Rc1 c5 13. Nb5 Bxb5 14. axb5 Nb6
15. Bf4 N8d7 16. Bxc4 Nxc4 17. Rxc4 O-O-O 18. Ne3 Kb7 19. Ke2 g6 20. b3 Bg7 21.
Nd5 Rhe8 22. Rd1 Rc8 23. Nxb4 Nb6 24. Nc6 Nxc4 25. Rd7+ Kb6 26. bxc4 a6 27. Ne7
axb5 28. Nxc8+ Rxc8 29. Rxf7 Bd4 30. cxb5 Kxb5 31. Be3 Bxe3 32. Kxe3 c4 33. Kd2
Ra8 34. Rxh7 Ra2+ 35. Kc3 Ra3+ 36. Kb2 Re3 37. Rg7 Kb4 38. Rb7+ Kc5 39. h4 Re2+
40. Kc3 Rxg2 41. Rc7+ Kd6 42. Rg7 Ke5 43. h5 Rg3 44. Rf7 gxh5 45. Kxc4 h4 46.
Kd3 h3 47. Ke3 h2 48. Rh7 Rg2 49. Rh6 1-0

[Event "25th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Sverdlovsk URS"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Korchnoi, Viktor"]
[Black "Mukhitdinov, Mamadzan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]
[ECO "E40"]
[PlyCount "85"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 Nc6 5. Ne2 d5 6. a3 Be7 7. cxd5 exd5 8. Nf4
O-O 9. Bd3 Re8 10. O-O Bf8 11. h3 Ne7 12. Qf3 c6 13. Bd2 Qd7 14. g4 Ng6 15.
Nxg6 fxg6 16. Rae1 Qf7 17. Qg2 Bd7 18. f3 c5 19. Re2 a6 20. Ref2 Bc6 21. g5 Nh5
22. f4 cxd4 23. exd4 Qd7 24. f5 Qd6 25. fxg6 hxg6 26. Rf3 Re6 27. Nd1 Be7 28.
Ne3 Kh7 29. Qg4 Re4 30. Bxe4 dxe4 31. Bb4 Qd8 32. Bxe7 Qxe7 33. R3f2 Rd8 34.
Rd2 Bb5 35. Rff2 Bd3 36. Rd1 Qc7 37. Kg2 Rxd4 38. Re1 Rd8 39. h4 Bb5 40. Rc2
Qe5 41. Kg1 Ba4 42. Rf2 Bc6 43. Nf1 1/2-1/2

[Event "25th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Sverdlovsk URS"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Korchnoi, Viktor"]
[Black "Khanov, Kurban"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]
[ECO "E80"]
[PlyCount "79"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f3 e5 6. Nge2 Nc6 7. d5 Ne7 8. Be3 c6
9. Qd2 cxd5 10. cxd5 O-O 11. g4 Ne8 12. O-O-O Qa5 13. Kb1 Bd7 14. Nc1 a6 15. h4
f6 16. h5 Rf7 17. a3 g5 18. N1a2 h6 19. Rc1 Nc8 20. Bd3 Qd8 21. Qf2 Nc7 22. Rc2
a5 23. Qe2 Bf8 24. Rhc1 Qe8 25. a4 Na6 26. Nb5 Bxb5 27. Bxb5 Qd8 28. Bxa6 bxa6
29. Rc6 Rb7 30. Rxa6 Rab8 31. Rc2 Nb6 32. Nc3 Ra8 33. Bxb6 Rxb6 34. Rxa8 Qxa8
35. Nb5 Rb7 36. Rc6 Qd8 37. Qc4 Kf7 38. Qc3 Be7 39. Ra6 Rb8 40. Qxa5 1-0

[Event "25th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Sverdlovsk URS"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Polugaevsky, Lev"]
[Black "Gurgenidze, Bukhuti"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]
[ECO "E46"]
[PlyCount "44"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Ne2 d5 6. a3 Be7 7. cxd5 exd5 8. Nf4
b6 9. Bd3 Ba6 10. Bc2 c6 11. g4 Bd6 12. Qf3 Re8 13. g5 Bxf4 14. Qxf4 Nh5 15.
Qg4 g6 16. Bd2 Bc8 17. Qg2 Nf4 18. Qg3 Ne6 19. O-O-O Qxg5 20. Qf3 Nd7 21. h4
Qf6 22. Qg3 h5 1/2-1/2

[Event "25th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Sverdlovsk URS"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Averbakh, Yury"]
[Black "Gurgenidze, Bukhuti"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]
[ECO "E04"]
[PlyCount "28"]

1. d4 e6 2. g3 c5 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Bg2 Nc6 5. O-O d5 6. c4 dxc4 7. Ne5 Bd7 8. Nxc6
Bxc6 9. Bxc6+ bxc6 10. Qa4 cxd4 11. Qxc6+ Nd7 12. Qxc4 Bc5 13. Nd2 O-O 14. Nf3
Rc8 1/2-1/2

[Event "25th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Sverdlovsk URS"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Gurgenidze, Bukhuti"]
[Black "Gipslis, Aivars"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]
[ECO "A43"]
[PlyCount "191"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Be2 c5 5. d5 Bg7 6. g4 h5 7. g5 Nh7 8. f4 a6 9.
a4 O-O 10. Nf3 e6 11. dxe6 Bxe6 12. Nh4 Re8 13. O-O Bh3 14. Rf3 Bg4 15. Rd3
Bxe2 16. Qxe2 Nc6 17. Nd5 Ne7 18. Bd2 c4 19. Nxe7+ Qxe7 20. Rd5 Qxe4 21. Qxe4
Rxe4 22. c3 Rc8 23. Nf3 Nf8 24. Re1 Rxe1+ 25. Nxe1 Ne6 26. Ng2 Nc5 27. Ne3 b5
28. axb5 axb5 29. Kf1 Bf8 30. Nc2 Rb8 31. Nd4 Rb7 32. f5 gxf5 33. Nxf5 Nd3 34.
Ng3 Nxb2 35. Nxh5 Na4 36. Nf6+ Kg7 37. Rd4 Nc5 38. Ne8+ Kg6 39. Nxd6 Rb6 40.
Nc8 Ra6 41. Rd8 Ne6 42. Rd7 b4 43. cxb4 c3 44. Bxc3 Rc6 45. Bd2 Rxc8 46. h4 Ng7
47. b5 Rb8 48. Rd5 Ne6 49. Rd7 Rxb5 50. h5+ Kxh5 51. Rxf7 Re5 52. Rf6 Bg7 53.
Rf2 Rd5 54. Rh2+ Kg4 55. Rg2+ Kh3 56. Rf2 Rb5 57. Bc3 Nd4 58. Bxd4 Bxd4 59. Rf4
Be5 60. Re4 Kg3 61. Ke2 Bf4 62. g6 Rd5 63. Re8 Rd2+ 64. Ke1 Kf3 65. g7 Rc2 66.
Rd8 Rc1+ 67. Rd1 Rc8 68. Rd7 Ke4 69. Rf7 Rg8 70. Ke2 Be5 71. Re7 Kd5 72. Kd3
Bxg7 73. Rd7+ Ke6 74. Rb7 Be5 75. Rb6+ Kf5 76. Rb3 Rg2 77. Rb4 Rg3+ 78. Kc4 Ra3
79. Rb3 Ra8 80. Kd3 Ra4 81. Ke3 Rh4 82. Kd3 Rg4 83. Rb1 Rg3+ 84. Kc4 Re3 85.
Kd5 Rd3+ 86. Kc4 Rd8 87. Rf1+ Ke6 88. Rb1 Rd4+ 89. Kc5 Rg4 90. Rb6+ Kf5 91. Rb1
Bd4+ 92. Kd5 Bf2 93. Rd1 Ra4 94. Rf1 Rd4+ 95. Kc6 Rd2 96. Rh1 1/2-1/2

[Event "25th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Sverdlovsk URS"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Gurgenidze, Bukhuti"]
[Black "Borisenko, Georgy"]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]
[ECO "C77"]
[PlyCount "66"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. Qe2 b5 6. Bb3 Bc5 7. a4 Rb8 8. axb5
axb5 9. Nc3 O-O 10. O-O b4 11. Nd5 Nxd5 12. Bxd5 Nd4 13. Nxd4 Bxd4 14. c3 Bb6
15. cxb4 c6 16. Bc4 d5 17. exd5 cxd5 18. Qxe5 Be6 19. Bd3 Bc7 20. Qh5 g6 21.
Qh6 Rxb4 22. g3 Be5 23. Re1 Bg7 24. Qe3 Bd4 25. Qf4 Bc5 26. Qh6 Qf6 27. Rf1 Re8
28. Ra6 Rb3 29. Rc6 Bf8 30. Qe3 Qd8 31. Qf3 d4 32. Re1 Bf5 33. Rxe8 Qxe8 0-1

[Event "25th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Sverdlovsk URS"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Gurgenidze, Bukhuti"]
[Black "Vladimirov, Boris"]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]
[ECO "E81"]
[PlyCount "82"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 g6 3. e4 d6 4. d4 Bg7 5. f3 O-O 6. Nge2 a6 7. g4 Nc6 8. d5 Na5
9. Ng3 b5 10. cxb5 axb5 11. Bxb5 Bd7 12. Be2 e6 13. g5 Ne8 14. O-O Qb8 15. Kg2
Qb7 16. Qd3 Nb3 17. Rb1 Nxc1 18. Rfxc1 f6 19. h4 fxg5 20. hxg5 Be5 21. Qc4 Qc8
22. dxe6 Bxe6 23. Nd5 Kh8 24. Rh1 c6 25. Ne7 Bxc4 26. Bxc4 Qb7 27. Nxg6+ Kg7
28. Rxh7+ Kxh7 29. Nxf8+ Kg7 30. Ne6+ Kg6 31. f4 Qb4 32. Bb3 Qd2+ 33. Kh3 Ng7
34. fxe5 Nxe6 35. Bxe6 Kxg5 36. Bg4 Rh8+ 37. Bh5 Rxh5+ 38. Nxh5 Qd3+ 39. Ng3
Qxb1 40. exd6 Qd3 41. e5 Kf4 0-1

[Event "25th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Sverdlovsk URS"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Simagin, Vladimir"]
[Black "Gurgenidze, Bukhuti"]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]
[ECO "E61"]
[PlyCount "144"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. g3 c5 5. d5 d6 6. Bg2 O-O 7. e3 Na6 8. Nge2
Nc7 9. O-O Rb8 10. a4 b6 11. e4 a6 12. Rb1 b5 13. axb5 axb5 14. b4 bxc4 15.
bxc5 Rxb1 16. Nxb1 dxc5 17. Nec3 Nd7 18. Be3 Ba6 19. f4 Nb5 20. Nxb5 Bxb5 21.
e5 Qa5 22. Bd2 Qa6 23. Nc3 Nb6 24. Qb1 Bd7 25. Qb2 Rb8 26. Be3 Bf5 27. Ra1 Qc8
28. Qb5 Nd7 29. Qxc4 Rb4 30. Qe2 Nb6 31. Bf2 Bf8 32. Ra5 Rc4 33. Qe1 Nd7 34.
Bf1 Rb4 35. Qd1 h5 36. h3 Qc7 37. Ra2 c4 38. Qd4 Bg7 39. d6 exd6 40. Nd5 dxe5
41. Qa7 Qd6 42. Nxb4 Qxb4 43. Ra4 Qb1 44. Ra1 Qb2 45. Qa8+ Kh7 46. g4 hxg4 47.
hxg4 Bxg4 48. Bxc4 exf4 49. Qh1+ Bh5 50. Rf1 Ne5 51. Bd5 Qe2 52. Re1 Qg4+ 53.
Qg2 Qxg2+ 54. Kxg2 Nd3 55. Re7 Nxf2 56. Kxf2 f5 57. Bf3 Bg4 58. Re6 Kh6 59. Ra6
Bd4+ 60. Kg2 Kg5 61. Rd6 Be3 62. Ra6 Kh5 63. Rf6 Kg5 64. Rf8 Kh6 65. Rf7 g5 66.
Bd5 Kg6 67. Re7 Be2 68. Re6+ Kh5 69. Bf3+ Bxf3+ 70. Kxf3 g4+ 71. Ke2 Bd4 72.
Re8 f3+ 0-1

[Event "25th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Sverdlovsk URS"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Gurgenidze, Bukhuti"]
[Black "Kholmov, Ratmir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]
[ECO "B28"]
[PlyCount "82"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 a6 3. c3 Nf6 4. e5 Nd5 5. d4 cxd4 6. Qxd4 e6 7. Bc4 Nc6 8. Qe4
Nb6 9. Bb3 d6 10. exd6 Bxd6 11. O-O Qc7 12. Be3 Nd7 13. Nbd2 Nf6 14. Qh4 Na5
15. Bc2 Bd7 16. Rfd1 b5 17. Ne4 Nxe4 18. Bxe4 Bc6 19. Bd4 Be7 20. Qg4 Bf6 21.
Bxf6 gxf6 22. Bxc6+ Nxc6 23. a4 Ke7 24. axb5 axb5 25. Rxa8 Rxa8 26. Qh5 Ne5 27.
Nd4 Rb8 28. f4 Nc4 29. Nxe6 Kxe6 30. Qe2+ Ne5 31. fxe5 fxe5 32. Qh5 b4 33. Qxh7
bxc3 34. Qh3+ Ke7 35. bxc3 Rc8 36. Qh4+ Ke8 37. Rf1 Qc5+ 38. Kh1 Rc6 39. Qh8+
Ke7 40. Qg7 Qd5 41. Re1 e4 1/2-1/2

[Event "25th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Sverdlovsk URS"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Ilivitsky, Georgy"]
[Black "Gurgenidze, Bukhuti"]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]
[ECO "A35"]
[PlyCount "80"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 c5 3. Bg2 Nc6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 g6 6. c4 Bg7 7. Nc3 O-O 8.
Nc2 d6 9. O-O Qa5 10. Bd2 Qh5 11. e3 Bg4 12. f3 Bh3 13. g4 Qh4 14. Qe1 Qxe1 15.
Bxe1 Bxg2 16. Kxg2 Rfc8 17. Rd1 Kf8 18. Rf2 Rab8 19. Na3 a6 20. h3 Nd7 21. f4
Nc5 22. Nd5 b5 23. cxb5 axb5 24. b4 Ne4 25. Rc2 Ke8 26. Rdc1 Kd7 27. f5 gxf5
28. gxf5 Bh6 29. Kf3 Ng5+ 30. Kg2 Ne4 31. Kf3 e6 32. Kxe4 exd5+ 33. Kxd5 Bxe3
34. Rd1 Re8 35. Nc4 bxc4 36. Kxc4 Re4+ 37. Kd3 Rd4+ 38. Ke2 Re8 39. b5 Bg5+ 40.
Kf3 Ne5+ 0-1

[Event "25th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Sverdlovsk URS"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Lutikov, Anatoly"]
[Black "Gurgenidze, Bukhuti"]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]
[ECO "E80"]
[PlyCount "100"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f3 c6 6. Bg5 a6 7. Qd2 b5 8. O-O-O
O-O 9. g4 Qa5 10. Kb1 Re8 11. h4 h5 12. Bxf6 exf6 13. gxh5 b4 14. Nce2 Qxh5 15.
Ng3 Qh6 16. f4 d5 17. e5 c5 18. cxd5 cxd4 19. e6 fxe6 20. Bc4 e5 21. N1e2 Bg4
22. d6+ Kh8 23. h5 g5 24. fxe5 f5 25. Nxd4 Rxe5 26. Qg2 Ra7 27. Rd2 Rd7 28. Nc6
Nxc6 29. Qxc6 f4 30. Ne4 Bf5 31. Bd3 Bf8 32. Rhd1 g4 33. Bc2 f3 34. Rd5 Qf4 35.
Rxe5 Qxe5 36. Qa8 Qg7 37. Nc5 Bxc2+ 38. Kxc2 Qh7+ 39. Rd3 Rf7 40. d7 f2 41.
d8=Q f1=Q 42. Qad5 Qf2+ 43. Kb3 Qg7 44. Rd2 Rf3+ 45. Ka4 Qxb2 46. Rxb2 Ra3+ 47.
Kxb4 Qxb2+ 48. Qb3 Rxb3+ 49. axb3 Qf2 50. Ka4 g3 0-1

[Event "25th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Sverdlovsk URS"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Gurgenidze, Bukhuti"]
[Black "Yukhtman, Yakov"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]
[ECO "A60"]
[PlyCount "114"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 e6 4. Nc3 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. Nf3 Be7 7. g3 O-O 8. Bg2
Qa5 9. O-O b5 10. Nd2 Nbd7 11. a3 Rb8 12. b4 cxb4 13. Nb3 Qc7 14. Na2 bxa3 15.
Nb4 Ne5 16. Bxa3 a5 17. Nc6 Nxc6 18. dxc6 b4 19. Bb2 d5 20. Rxa5 Qxc6 21. Be5
Rb7 22. Nd4 Qb6 23. Qa1 Bd7 24. Ra6 Qd8 25. Rc1 b3 26. Rb1 Qc8 27. Rxb3 Rxb3
28. Nxb3 Bh3 29. Nd4 Bxg2 30. Kxg2 Ne8 31. Nc6 Qd7 32. Qd4 Bf6 33. e4 Bxe5 34.
Nxe5 Qe7 35. exd5 Nf6 36. Rb6 Qa7 37. Nc6 Qd7 38. d6 h6 39. Ne5 Qa7 40. Rb4
Qa8+ 41. f3 Rd8 42. Rb2 Nd7 43. Nxd7 Rxd7 44. Rd2 Qe8 45. h4 h5 46. g4 hxg4 47.
fxg4 Qe6 48. h5 f6 49. Qd5 Qxd5+ 50. Rxd5 Kf7 51. Kf3 Ke6 52. Ke4 Rxd6 53.
Rxd6+ Kxd6 54. Kf5 Ke7 55. Kg6 Kf8 56. h6 gxh6 57. Kxf6 h5 1/2-1/2

[Event "25th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Sverdlovsk URS"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Gurgenidze, Bukhuti"]
[Black "Bagirov, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]
[ECO "C00"]
[PlyCount "45"]

1. e4 e6 2. d3 d5 3. Nd2 f5 4. exf5 exf5 5. Ndf3 c5 6. g3 Be7 7. Bg2 Bf6 8. h4
Ne7 9. Nh3 Nbc6 10. O-O O-O 11. Re1 Ng6 12. h5 Nge5 13. Nxe5 Nxe5 14. Nf4 d4
15. Bd5+ Nf7 16. Qf3 Qc7 17. Ng6 Rd8 18. Bf4 Qd7 19. Re2 h6 20. Rae1 Qxd5 21.
Re8+ Kh7 22. Nf8+ Kg8 23. Nd7+ 1-0

[Event "25th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Sverdlovsk URS"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Gurgenidze, Bukhuti"]
[Black "Kots, Yury"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]
[ECO "A08"]
[PlyCount "91"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d3 Nc6 4. g3 Nf6 5. Bg2 d5 6. Nbd2 Be7 7. O-O O-O 8. Re1
Qc7 9. c3 dxe4 10. dxe4 Rd8 11. Qc2 Nd7 12. Nf1 b6 13. Bf4 e5 14. Bd2 Bf8 15.
Ne3 Ne7 16. Bf1 Nf6 17. Bc4 h6 18. Nh4 Rb8 19. Rad1 b5 20. Bf1 c4 21. Bc1 Be6
22. Bg2 g6 23. Qe2 Bg7 24. Qf1 Rxd1 25. Rxd1 Rd8 26. f4 Rxd1 27. Nxd1 Bd7 28.
Nf2 Bc6 29. Qe2 Nc8 30. Nf3 Nd7 31. fxe5 Nxe5 32. Nxe5 Qxe5 33. Ng4 Qc5+ 34.
Be3 Qf8 35. Qf2 Qe7 36. Nxh6+ Bxh6 37. Bxh6 Bxe4 38. Qd4 f5 39. Bxe4 fxe4 40.
Qd5+ Kh7 41. Bg5 Nb6 42. Qxb5 Qe6 43. Be3 Nd7 44. Qg5 Ne5 45. Qh4+ Kg8 46. Qxe4
1-0

[Event "25th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Sverdlovsk URS"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Gurgenidze, Bukhuti"]
[Black "Aronson, Lev"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]
[ECO "A04"]
[PlyCount "63"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d3 Nc6 4. g3 g6 5. Bg2 Bg7 6. O-O Nge7 7. c3 f5 8. Re1
O-O 9. e5 Rb8 10. Nbd2 b5 11. a4 a6 12. axb5 axb5 13. Nb3 Qc7 14. Qe2 Nd5 15.
Nxc5 Nxe5 16. Nxe5 Qxc5 17. c4 Nb6 18. Bf4 g5 19. Bxg5 bxc4 20. Bf4 Nd5 21.
Bxd5 exd5 22. dxc4 dxc4 23. Nxc4 Rb4 24. Rec1 Qd5 25. Ra5 Qc6 26. Nd6 Qb6 27.
Rxf5 Rxf4 28. Nxc8 Qxb2 29. Ne7+ Kh8 30. Qxb2 Bxb2 31. Rxf4 Rxf4 32. Rc8+ 1-0

[Event "25th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Sverdlovsk URS"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Gurgenidze, Bukhuti"]
[Black "Kaminsky, Oleg"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]
[ECO "C42"]
[PlyCount "51"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. a3 Bxc3 5. dxc3 d6 6. Nd2 O-O 7. Bd3 Nbd7 8.
O-O Nc5 9. c4 c6 10. b4 Bg4 11. f3 Nxd3 12. cxd3 Be6 13. f4 d5 14. f5 dxe4 15.
Bb2 e3 16. fxe6 exd2 17. Qxd2 e4 18. Rxf6 gxf6 19. e7 Qxe7 20. Qf4 Rfc8 21.
Bxf6 Qe6 22. dxe4 Kf8 23. Rd1 Rd8 24. Bxd8 Qxc4 25. Qh6+ Ke8 26. Qf6 1-0

[Event "25th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Sverdlovsk URS"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "18"]
[White "Gurgenidze, Bukhuti"]
[Black "Tarasov, Vitaly"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]
[ECO "A08"]
[PlyCount "69"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d3 Nc6 4. g3 g6 5. Bg2 Bg7 6. O-O Nge7 7. c3 d5 8. Nbd2
O-O 9. Re1 d4 10. cxd4 cxd4 11. e5 Qc7 12. Nc4 Nd5 13. Qe2 Nb6 14. Nxb6 axb6
15. Bf4 Ra5 16. a3 b5 17. Rac1 Qb6 18. Nd2 Ra8 19. h4 Bd7 20. Ne4 Rfd8 21. Nf6+
Kh8 22. h5 b4 23. hxg6 fxg6 24. Qg4 Ra5 25. Nxd7 Rxd7 26. Bxc6 bxc6 27. Qxe6
Rd8 28. Rxc6 Qb8 29. axb4 Qxb4 30. Rec1 Raa8 31. Rc7 Qf8 32. Rf7 Qg8 33. Rcc7
Re8 34. Qd7 Red8 35. Rxg7 1-0

[Event "25th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Sverdlovsk URS"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Prokhorovich, Taras"]
[Black "Gurgenidze, Bukhuti"]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]
[ECO "E80"]
[PlyCount "96"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f3 e5 6. dxe5 dxe5 7. Qxd8+ Kxd8 8.
f4 Nfd7 9. Nf3 c6 10. fxe5 Nxe5 11. Bf4 f6 12. O-O-O+ Ke7 13. Be2 Be6 14. Nxe5
fxe5 15. Be3 Nd7 16. b3 h5 17. Bg5+ Bf6 18. Be3 Bg7 19. Bg5+ Nf6 20. Kc2 Bh6
21. Bh4 Be3 22. Rd3 g5 23. Rxe3 gxh4 24. h3 Rag8 25. Bf3 Nh7 26. Rd1 Ng5 27.
Rd2 Bc8 28. b4 Rf8 29. Red3 Nxf3 30. gxf3 Rhg8 31. b5 Bxh3 32. bxc6 bxc6 33. f4
Rg3 34. f5 Rxd3 35. Kxd3 Rd8+ 36. Ke3 Rxd2 37. Kxd2 Bf1 38. Ke1 Bxc4 39. Kf2
Kf6 40. a3 Kg5 41. Kf3 Bb3 42. Kg2 Kg4 43. Kh2 a6 44. Kg2 c5 45. f6 Bf7 46. Na4
c4 47. Nc5 c3 48. Nd3 c2 0-1

[Event "25th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Sverdlovsk URS"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Mukhitdinov, Mamadzan"]
[Black "Gurgenidze, Bukhuti"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]
[ECO "B52"]
[PlyCount "93"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Nxd7 5. O-O Ngf6 6. Qe2 g6 7. c3 Bg7 8.
d4 e5 9. dxe5 dxe5 10. Bg5 O-O 11. Rd1 Qc7 12. c4 Nb8 13. Nc3 Nc6 14. Bxf6 Bxf6
15. Nd5 Qd8 16. Nb4 Nd4 17. Nxd4 exd4 18. Nd5 Re8 19. Qd3 Bg7 20. a3 Rc8 21. a4
Rc6 22. f4 Rce6 23. Re1 b6 24. Re2 a6 25. Rae1 b5 26. axb5 axb5 27. b3 bxc4 28.
bxc4 Qa5 29. g3 Ra6 30. e5 Qa3 31. Nf6+ Bxf6 32. Qxa3 Rxa3 33. exf6 Re6 34.
Rxe6 fxe6 35. Re5 Kf7 36. Rxc5 Kxf6 37. Kg2 Ra2+ 38. Kf3 Rxh2 39. Rc7 d3 40.
Rd7 Rc2 41. Rxh7 Rxc4 42. Rd7 Rc3 43. Ke4 d2 44. g4 Rc4+ 45. Kf3 g5 46. fxg5+
Kxg5 47. Rxd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "25th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Sverdlovsk URS"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Khanov, Kurban"]
[Black "Gurgenidze, Bukhuti"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]
[ECO "B16"]
[PlyCount "74"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nf6 5. Nxf6+ gxf6 6. Nf3 Bf5 7. Bd3 Nd7
8. Bf4 e6 9. Qd2 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 Qa5+ 11. Bd2 Qc7 12. O-O-O O-O-O 13. Qe4 Be7 14.
Bf4 Qa5 15. Kb1 Nb6 16. Rd3 Nd5 17. Bd2 Qa6 18. Rc1 b5 19. Rb3 Qa4 20. Rd3 Qa6
21. Rb3 Qa4 22. Be1 Kd7 23. Nd2 Rb8 24. c4 bxc4 25. Rxc4 Qa6 26. Rxb8 Rxb8 27.
Qxh7 f5 28. Qh3 Ba3 29. Rc2 Nf4 30. Qc3 Bb4 31. Qf3 Nd3 32. Qe2 Qb5 33. g4 Qa6
34. Nc4 Qa4 35. Qxd3 Bxe1 36. Ne5+ Ke8 37. Qg3 Kf8 1-0

[Event "25th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Sverdlovsk URS"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Polugaevsky, Lev"]
[Black "Averbakh, Yury"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]
[ECO "B65"]
[PlyCount "30"]

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

[Event "25th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Sverdlovsk URS"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Gipslis, Aivars"]
[Black "Polugaevsky, Lev"]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]
[ECO "B66"]
[PlyCount "82"]

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.
Rd2 Bc6 15. f3 g5 16. Bd3 Ke7 17. Re1 Rad8 18. Ne4 Nd5 19. c4 Nf4 20. Kc2 g4
21. fxg4 Rd4 22. Ng3 Nxd3 23. Nf5+ Kf6 24. Nxd4 Nxe1+ 25. Kc3 Bxg2 26. Re2 e5
27. Nf5 h5 28. Ne3 Bf3 29. g5+ Kxg5 30. Rxe1 f5 31. Nd5 Bxd5 32. cxd5 Kf6 33.
a4 Rc8+ 34. Kb4 e4 35. d6 Ke5 36. Rd1 f4 37. d7 Rd8 38. Kc5 f3 39. Rd5+ Kf4 40.
Kd4 f2 41. Rd6 Kf3 0-1

[Event "25th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Sverdlovsk URS"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Borisenko, Georgy"]
[Black "Polugaevsky, Lev"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]
[ECO "E69"]
[PlyCount "65"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 d6 3. Nf3 g6 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. g3 O-O 6. Bg2 Nbd7 7. O-O e5 8. e4
c6 9. h3 Qa5 10. Be3 exd4 11. Bxd4 Nb6 12. Nd2 Be6 13. Qe2 c5 14. Be3 Qb4 15.
e5 Nfd7 16. exd6 Nxc4 17. Nd5 Bxd5 18. Bxd5 Nxd6 19. Rab1 Rac8 20. Qd3 Nf5 21.
a3 Qb6 22. Bf4 Nf6 23. Bg2 Nh5 24. b4 Nxf4 25. gxf4 Rfd8 26. Qc2 Nd4 27. Qc4
Qc7 28. bxc5 Qxf4 29. Ne4 Nf3+ 30. Bxf3 Qxf3 31. Rb3 Rd4 32. Qxd4 Qxb3 33. Qd7
1/2-1/2

[Event "25th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Sverdlovsk URS"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Polugaevsky, Lev"]
[Black "Vladimirov, Boris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]
[ECO "B47"]
[PlyCount "51"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. Nc3 a6 4. g3 Nc6 5. Bg2 Qc7 6. O-O Nf6 7. d4 cxd4 8. Nxd4
Be7 9. b3 O-O 10. Bb2 Rd8 11. Nce2 d5 12. exd5 Nxd5 13. c4 Nf6 14. Qc2 Nb4 15.
Qb1 Bd7 16. Rd1 Rac8 17. a3 Nc6 18. Qc1 Na5 19. Qe3 Kf8 20. Rac1 Qb6 21. Bc3
Ke8 22. Qg5 Nxb3 23. Nxb3 Qxb3 24. Qxg7 e5 25. Qh8+ Bf8 26. Bb4 1-0

[Event "25th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Sverdlovsk URS"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Simagin, Vladimir"]
[Black "Polugaevsky, Lev"]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]
[ECO "D28"]
[PlyCount "122"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Bxc4 c5 6. O-O a6 7. Qe2 b5 8. Bd3
cxd4 9. Nxd4 Bb7 10. Rd1 Nbd7 11. Nd2 Be7 12. N2b3 O-O 13. Bd2 Ne5 14. Na5 Nxd3
15. Nxb7 Qb6 16. Na5 Nxb2 17. Rdc1 Bc5 18. Ndb3 Na4 19. Rc2 Ba3 20. Rc6 Qd8 21.
e4 h6 22. Bf4 Qe7 23. h3 Rfc8 24. Qf3 Kh7 25. Rd1 Nb2 26. Rdc1 Nc4 27. Nxc4
Bxc1 28. Rxc8 Rxc8 29. Nd6 Bxf4 30. Nxc8 Qc7 31. Na7 Bg5 32. e5 Qxe5 33. Nc6
Qe1+ 34. Kh2 Qe4 35. Qxe4+ Nxe4 36. Nb4 Nxf2 37. Nxa6 Nd3 38. Kg3 Be7 39. Kf3
Kg6 40. Ke3 Nb4 41. Nxb4 Bxb4 42. Kd3 e5 43. Ke4 Bc3 44. Nc1 f5+ 45. Kd5 e4 46.
Ne2 b4 47. Kc4 Bd2 48. Kd5 Kg5 49. Kd4 Kf6 50. Kd5 Kg6 51. Kd4 h5 52. Kd5 h4
53. Nd4 Kf6 54. Ne2 g6 55. Ng1 Bc3 56. Ne2 Kg5 57. Kc4 Be1 58. Kd5 Bf2 59. Ke5
Be3 60. Kd5 Kf6 61. Kc4 f4 0-1

[Event "25th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Sverdlovsk URS"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Kholmov, Ratmir"]
[Black "Polugaevsky, Lev"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]
[ECO "D03"]
[PlyCount "68"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Bg5 Ne4 4. Bf4 c5 5. e3 Nc6 6. c3 e6 7. Nbd2 Nxd2 8.
Qxd2 Bd6 9. Bd3 Bxf4 10. exf4 cxd4 11. Nxd4 Nxd4 12. cxd4 Qb6 13. Rc1 Bd7 14.
Rc5 Rc8 15. Rxc8+ Bxc8 16. O-O O-O 17. Rc1 Bd7 18. g3 Rc8 19. Rxc8+ Bxc8 20.
Qc3 Bd7 21. b4 Qc6 22. Qxc6 Bxc6 23. f5 exf5 24. Bxf5 h6 25. h4 Kf8 26. Kg2 Ke7
27. Kf3 Bd7 28. Bc2 g5 29. a4 b6 30. a5 Kd6 31. Ke3 f6 32. hxg5 hxg5 33. f4 Be6
34. Bg6 Bg4 1/2-1/2

[Event "25th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Sverdlovsk URS"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Polugaevsky, Lev"]
[Black "Ilivitsky, Georgy"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]
[ECO "B11"]
[PlyCount "99"]

1. e4 c6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Nf3 Bg4 4. h3 Bxf3 5. Qxf3 Nf6 6. g3 e6 7. Bg2 g6 8. d3
Bg7 9. O-O O-O 10. Qe2 Ne8 11. h4 Nc7 12. h5 Nd7 13. Bd2 Re8 14. Rae1 a5 15.
hxg6 hxg6 16. Qg4 Ne5 17. Qd1 Nd7 18. Qg4 Ne5 19. Qe2 Nd7 20. Nd1 Nb5 21. Be3
a4 22. f4 f5 23. c4 Nd4 24. Qd2 dxe4 25. dxe4 e5 26. Bxd4 exd4 27. Nf2 Nc5 28.
e5 Ne6 29. Nd3 Kf7 30. Kf2 Rh8 31. Rh1 Qe7 32. Qc2 Rxh1 33. Rxh1 Kg8 34. Bf3
Nc5 35. Nxc5 Qxc5 36. Qd3 Rf8 37. Rd1 Rd8 38. g4 Rf8 39. gxf5 Rxf5 40. Qxd4
Qxd4+ 41. Rxd4 g5 42. Rd8+ Rf8 43. Rd7 Rf7 44. Rd8+ Rf8 45. Rxf8+ Kxf8 46. fxg5
Bxe5 47. b3 axb3 48. axb3 c5 49. Bxb7 Bc3 50. Kf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "25th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Sverdlovsk URS"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Polugaevsky, Lev"]
[Black "Lutikov, Anatoly"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]
[ECO "D37"]
[PlyCount "57"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. e3 Be7 5. Nc3 O-O 6. Bd3 d5 7. O-O dxc4 8. Bxc4
Nbd7 9. Qe2 a6 10. a4 cxd4 11. exd4 Nb6 12. Bb3 Bd7 13. Ne5 Be8 14. Rd1 Nbd5
15. Rd3 Rc8 16. Rg3 Kh8 17. Bg5 Nb4 18. Rd1 Rc7 19. Rh3 g6 20. Qf3 Rg8 21. Ne4
Nh5 22. Qxf7 Bc6 23. Qxe6 Rg7 24. d5 Bd7 25. Bxe7 Rxe7 26. Qd6 Qe8 27. Nf6 Nxf6
28. Qxf6+ Rg7 29. d6 1-0

[Event "25th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Sverdlovsk URS"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Yukhtman, Yakov"]
[Black "Polugaevsky, Lev"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]
[ECO "B47"]
[PlyCount "55"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. Nc3 a6 4. g3 Qc7 5. Bg2 Nf6 6. O-O Nc6 7. d4 cxd4 8. Nxd4
Be7 9. b3 O-O 10. Bb2 Rd8 11. Nce2 d5 12. exd5 Nxd4 13. Nxd4 Nxd5 14. c4 Nb4
15. Qe2 Bf6 16. a3 Bxd4 17. Bxd4 Rxd4 18. axb4 Rb8 19. Rfd1 Rxd1+ 20. Rxd1 Bd7
21. Qd2 Bc6 22. Qd6 Qxd6 23. Rxd6 Kf8 24. Bxc6 bxc6 25. Rxc6 Rxb4 26. Rxa6 Rxb3
27. Ra7 Rc3 28. Rc7 1/2-1/2

[Event "25th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Sverdlovsk URS"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Polugaevsky, Lev"]
[Black "Bagirov, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]
[ECO "A84"]
[PlyCount "44"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. e3 e6 4. Nf3 f5 5. Ne5 Nf6 6. g4 Nbd7 7. gxf5 exf5 8. Nxd7
Bxd7 9. Nc3 Be6 10. Qb3 Qb6 11. cxd5 Qxb3 12. axb3 Bxd5 13. Nxd5 cxd5 14. Bd3
g6 15. Ke2 Bd6 16. Bd2 Ke7 17. Ra5 Ke6 18. h3 a6 19. Rha1 Ne4 20. Be1 Be7 21.
R5a4 Rac8 22. b4 Nd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "25th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Sverdlovsk URS"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Kots, Yury"]
[Black "Polugaevsky, Lev"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]
[ECO "D34"]
[PlyCount "32"]

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. dxc5 Bxc5 11. Rc1 Be7 12. Nd4 Nxd4 13. Qxd4 Qa5 14. Qd2 Rfd8
15. Rfd1 Rac8 16. Be3 Bc5 1/2-1/2

[Event "25th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Sverdlovsk URS"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "18"]
[White "Aronson, Lev"]
[Black "Polugaevsky, Lev"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]
[ECO "D32"]
[PlyCount "34"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. Bg5 Be7 7. Bxe7 Ngxe7 8.
e3 cxd4 9. Nxd4 Qb6 10. Nb3 Be6 11. Bd3 O-O 12. O-O Rfd8 13. Qe2 d4 14. Nxd4
Nxd4 15. exd4 Qxd4 16. Rfd1 Qb6 17. Ne4 Bf5 1/2-1/2

[Event "25th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Sverdlovsk URS"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Kaminsky, Oleg"]
[Black "Polugaevsky, Lev"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]
[ECO "E61"]
[PlyCount "105"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 O-O 5. Bf4 d6 6. h3 Nbd7 7. e3 c6 8. Be2
Ne8 9. a3 e6 10. e4 f6 11. Qd2 e5 12. Be3 Qe7 13. g4 f5 14. gxf5 gxf5 15. exf5
exd4 16. Nxd4 Nc5 17. Qc2 Bxd4 18. Bxd4 Bxf5 19. Rg1+ Ng7 20. Qd2 Bg6 21. Rd1
Nf5 22. Bxc5 dxc5 23. Qg5 Rae8 24. Rd3 Nd4 25. Kf1 Qf7 26. Rg2 Nxe2 27. Nxe2
Qxc4 28. Re3 Qc2 29. Kg1 Rxe3 30. fxe3 Qxb2 31. Nf4 Qc1+ 32. Kh2 Qxe3 33. Rg4
Qd2+ 34. Kg3 Qe3+ 35. Kg2 Re8 36. h4 Qd2+ 37. Kh3 Re3+ 38. Rg3 Qd7+ 39. Kh2
Rxg3 40. Kxg3 Qg7 41. Qxc5 Be4+ 42. Kf2 Qg4 43. Qe5 Qxh4+ 44. Kf1 Qh1+ 45. Kf2
Qf3+ 46. Ke1 Qg3+ 47. Ke2 Qg4+ 48. Kf2 Bd5 49. Qe8+ Kg7 50. Qe7+ Kh6 51. Qf8+
Kg5 52. Qe7+ Kh6 53. Qf8+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "25th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Sverdlovsk URS"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Polugaevsky, Lev"]
[Black "Tarasov, Vitaly"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]
[ECO "A54"]
[PlyCount "61"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 d6 3. Nc3 e5 4. Nf3 Nbd7 5. Bg5 Be7 6. e3 O-O 7. Qc2 c6 8. Bd3
h6 9. Bh4 Ne8 10. Bg3 Qa5 11. O-O g6 12. c5 exd4 13. cxd6 Bxd6 14. exd4 Bxg3
15. fxg3 Ng7 16. Rae1 Qd8 17. Qd2 Kh7 18. Re4 Nf5 19. Rf4 Nf6 20. g4 Nd6 21.
Ne5 Nfe8 22. Qf2 Be6 23. Ne4 Nxe4 24. Bxe4 Ng7 25. Nxg6 fxg6 26. Rxf8 Qxf8 27.
Qxf8 Rxf8 28. Rxf8 Bxa2 29. Rb8 b6 30. Bxc6 Be6 31. d5 1-0

[Event "25th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Sverdlovsk URS"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Polugaevsky, Lev"]
[Black "Prokhorovich, Taras"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]
[ECO "D10"]
[PlyCount "52"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. e3 Bf5 4. cxd5 cxd5 5. Qb3 Bc8 6. Nf3 e6 7. Bd3 Nf6 8. Nc3
Be7 9. O-O O-O 10. Ne5 b6 11. Bd2 Bb7 12. Rac1 Ne4 13. Nxe4 dxe4 14. Bb5 Bd5
15. Bc4 f6 16. Bxd5 Qxd5 17. Qxd5 exd5 18. Nc6 Nxc6 19. Rxc6 Rfd8 20. Rfc1 Bd6
21. f3 Kf7 22. Be1 f5 23. Bh4 Rd7 24. Kf2 f4 25. Bg5 fxe3+ 26. Bxe3 Re8 1/2-1/2

[Event "25th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Sverdlovsk URS"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Mukhitdinov, Mamadzan"]
[Black "Polugaevsky, Lev"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]
[ECO "B43"]
[PlyCount "131"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be2 b5 7. O-O Bb7 8. Bf3
d6 9. Re1 Nd7 10. Bh5 g6 11. Bg4 Ngf6 12. Bh3 b4 13. Nb1 e5 14. Nb3 Nxe4 15.
Bxd7+ Qxd7 16. Na5 Be7 17. c3 O-O 18. cxb4 Rac8 19. Bh6 Rfe8 20. Nxb7 Qxb7 21.
Nd2 Nf6 22. a3 a5 23. bxa5 Qxb2 24. Nf1 d5 25. Re2 Qb8 26. Bg5 Ne4 27. Bd2 Bc5
28. Be1 Bd4 29. Rb1 Qd6 30. Ne3 Red8 31. Rb5 Qxa3 32. Nc2 Nc3 33. Bxc3 Qxc3 34.
Nxd4 Qxd4 35. Rd2 Qc4 36. Rb1 d4 37. h3 e4 38. Ra1 d3 39. a6 Ra8 40. Rda2 Rd6
41. a7 Rd7 42. Qd2 Qd5 43. Ra5 Qb3 44. Qe3 Qb7 45. R5a2 h5 46. Qf4 Kh7 47. Qe3
Qd5 48. Ra5 Qd4 49. Qxd4 Rxd4 50. R5a4 Rxa4 51. Rxa4 d2 52. Rd4 Rxa7 53. Rxd2
Ra1+ 54. Kh2 f5 55. g3 h4 56. gxh4 Kh6 57. Rd8 Ra6 58. Rd7 g5 59. hxg5+ Kxg5
60. Rg7+ Kf4 61. Rg3 Ke5 62. Kg2 f4 63. Rg8 Rd6 64. Re8+ Kd4 65. Kf1 f3 66. Ke1
1/2-1/2

[Event "25th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Sverdlovsk URS"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "19"]
[White "Polugaevsky, Lev"]
[Black "Khanov, Kurban"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]
[ECO "D36"]
[PlyCount "88"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 c6 6. Qc2 Be7 7. e3 O-O 8. Bd3
Re8 9. Nge2 Nbd7 10. O-O Nf8 11. Rab1 a5 12. a3 Bd6 13. Bf4 Ne6 14. Bg3 Bxg3
15. Nxg3 Qe7 16. Na4 g6 17. b4 axb4 18. axb4 Rb8 19. Nc5 Ng4 20. h3 Nf6 21.
Rfc1 Bd7 22. Ra1 Nxc5 23. Qxc5 Qxc5 24. bxc5 b6 25. cxb6 Rxb6 26. Ne2 Rc8 27.
Rab1 Rcb8 28. Nc3 Rxb1 29. Rxb1 Ra8 30. Bc2 c5 31. dxc5 Rc8 32. Ne2 Rxc5 33.
Nd4 Kf8 34. Kh2 Ke7 35. Kg3 Ne8 36. Rb7 Rc7 37. Rb8 Rc8 38. Rb6 Be6 39. Kf4 Kf6
40. Bb3 g5+ 41. Kg3 Rd8 42. Bc2 h6 43. f4 Rd6 44. Rb8 Bd7 1/2-1/2

[Event "25th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Sverdlovsk URS"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Averbakh, Yury"]
[Black "Gipslis, Aivars"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]
[ECO "D38"]
[PlyCount "67"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. d4 Bb4 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 O-O 7. e3 c5 8. Be2
cxd4 9. Qxd4 Nc6 10. Bxf6 Nxd4 11. Bxd8 Nxf3+ 12. Bxf3 Rxd8 13. O-O-O Bxc3 14.
bxc3 Be6 15. Rd4 Rac8 16. Kb2 Kf8 17. Rhd1 Ke7 18. Bxd5 Bxd5 19. Rxd5 Rxd5 20.
Rxd5 Rc6 21. Re5+ Kd7 22. Rf5 Ke7 23. a4 Rb6+ 24. Kc2 Rg6 25. g3 Ra6 26. Rb5
Rxa4 27. Rxb7+ Ke6 28. Kb2 h5 29. Rb5 g6 30. h4 Ra6 31. f4 Rd6 32. Re5+ Kf6 33.
c4 Re6 34. Rd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "25th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Sverdlovsk URS"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Borisenko, Georgy"]
[Black "Averbakh, Yury"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]
[ECO "D38"]
[PlyCount "40"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 d5 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bh4 g5 8. Bg3
Ne4 9. Nd2 Nxg3 10. hxg3 c6 11. a3 Be7 12. e3 Nd7 13. Bd3 Nf6 14. Qe2 Be6 15.
Nf3 Ng4 16. e4 dxe4 17. Bxe4 Qa5 18. O-O Nf6 19. Ne5 Qb6 20. Rfd1 Rd8 1/2-1/2

[Event "25th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Sverdlovsk URS"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Averbakh, Yury"]
[Black "Vladimirov, Boris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]
[ECO "E91"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 g6 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. e4 d6 6. Be2 O-O 7. Nf3 e6 8. O-O
exd5 9. exd5 Bg4 10. h3 Bxf3 11. Bxf3 Re8 12. Bf4 a6 13. Qd2 Qc7 14. g4 Nfd7
15. Be2 Bd4 16. Kg2 Nf8 17. Bd3 Nbd7 18. Ne4 Be5 19. Bh6 b5 20. Rab1 bxc4 21.
Bxc4 Nb6 22. b3 Nfd7 23. Rfe1 Nxc4 24. bxc4 Rab8 25. Qc2 Nf6 26. Nxf6+ Bxf6 27.
Qa4 Rxe1 28. Rxe1 Qc8 29. Qc6 Qd8 30. Bf4 Be7 31. Qxa6 Bf8 32. Qc6 Kg7 33. Re3
Qf6 34. Rf3 Qe7 35. Re3 Qf6 36. Rf3 Qd8 37. Bd2 Rb1 38. Qa4 Qe7 39. Re3 Qd8 40.
Bc3+ Kg8 41. Re8 1-0

[Event "25th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Sverdlovsk URS"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Simagin, Vladimir"]
[Black "Averbakh, Yury"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]
[ECO "A06"]
[PlyCount "47"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. b3 Nf6 3. Bb2 e6 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O b6 7. d3 Bb7 8. Nbd2
Nbd7 9. c4 Re8 10. a3 a5 11. Rc1 c5 12. d4 a4 13. bxa4 Bc6 14. Qc2 Bxa4 15. Qb1
Ra6 16. Rfe1 Bc6 17. Ne5 Ba8 18. Ndf3 cxd4 19. cxd5 Bxd5 20. Qd3 Qa8 21. Nxd7
Nxd7 22. Qxd4 Bf6 23. Qd2 Bxb2 24. Qxb2 1/2-1/2

[Event "25th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Sverdlovsk URS"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Averbakh, Yury"]
[Black "Kholmov, Ratmir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]
[ECO "E16"]
[PlyCount "41"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Qe7 5. g3 b6 6. Bg2 Bb7 7. O-O Bxd2 8.
Qxd2 O-O 9. Nc3 d6 10. Qc2 c5 11. dxc5 bxc5 12. Rfd1 Rd8 13. Rd2 Nc6 14. Rad1
Rab8 15. h3 h6 16. b3 Nb4 17. Qc1 a6 18. Ne1 Bxg2 19. Kxg2 d5 20. e3 Ne4 21.
Nxe4 1/2-1/2

[Event "25th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Sverdlovsk URS"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Ilivitsky, Georgy"]
[Black "Averbakh, Yury"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]
[ECO "E57"]
[PlyCount "59"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c5 5. e3 Nc6 6. a3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 cxd4 8.
exd4 Be7 9. O-O O-O 10. Re1 b6 11. Qd3 Bb7 12. Bf4 Na5 13. Ba2 Nd5 14. Bg3 Rc8
15. Rac1 Nxc3 16. Rxc3 Rxc3 17. Qxc3 Bf6 18. Ne5 Bxe5 19. Bxe5 Qg5 20. f3 Rc8
21. Qd3 Rc1 22. Bg3 Bd5 23. Bxd5 Rxe1+ 24. Bxe1 Qxd5 25. Bxa5 bxa5 26. Qc3 h5
27. Qc8+ Kh7 28. Qc5 Kg6 29. Qxa7 Qb5 30. Qa8 1/2-1/2

[Event "25th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Sverdlovsk URS"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Averbakh, Yury"]
[Black "Lutikov, Anatoly"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]
[ECO "A53"]
[PlyCount "70"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 d6 3. Nc3 e5 4. d5 g6 5. e4 Bg7 6. h3 c6 7. Bg5 h6 8. Be3 cxd5
9. cxd5 a6 10. Nf3 Nbd7 11. Nd2 O-O 12. g4 b5 13. Be2 Nb6 14. a3 Ne8 15. h4 Bd7
16. h5 g5 17. O-O Nf6 18. f3 Rb8 19. Rc1 Qe7 20. Bd3 Rfc8 21. Qe2 Qd8 22. Na2
Na4 23. b4 Rb7 24. Nb1 Rbc7 25. Kg2 Rxc1 26. Rxc1 Rxc1 27. Bxc1 Qc8 28. Kg3 Bf8
29. Be3 Be7 30. Bc2 Bd8 31. Bxa4 bxa4 32. Nac3 Kh7 33. Qd1 Qc4 34. Qe2 Qc8 35.
Qd1 Qc4 1/2-1/2

[Event "25th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Sverdlovsk URS"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Averbakh, Yury"]
[Black "Yukhtman, Yakov"]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]
[ECO "A81"]
[PlyCount "116"]

1. d4 f5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 g6 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. Nh3 d5 6. Nf4 c6 7. e3 Qd6 8. O-O
Nbd7 9. b3 g5 10. Nh5 Nxh5 11. Qxh5+ Qg6 12. Qxg6+ hxg6 13. f4 gxf4 14. gxf4
Nc5 15. Ba3 Ne6 16. Ne2 Nc7 17. c4 Be6 18. Rac1 Kd7 19. Rc2 Rh4 20. Nc1 Rah8
21. Nd3 Bf7 22. Bf3 Bf6 23. Bb4 e6 24. Be1 R4h7 25. Bg3 Ne8 26. c5 Nc7 27. b4
Nb5 28. Nb2 g5 29. Rd1 gxf4 30. Bxf4 a5 31. bxa5 Ra8 32. a4 Nc7 33. Rd3 Rxa5
34. Rb3 Kc8 35. Rg2 e5 36. dxe5 Be7 37. Nd3 Rxa4 38. Rgb2 Nb5 39. Kg2 d4 40.
Rxb5 cxb5 41. Rxb5 Bc4 42. Bxb7+ Kd8 43. Rb4 Rxb4 44. Nxb4 Bxc5 45. Ba6 Bxa6
46. Nxa6 d3 47. e4 Bb6 48. exf5 Ba5 49. Kf3 d2 50. Bxd2 Bxd2 51. Ke4 Rh4+ 52.
Kd5 Ke7 53. Nb8 Bg5 54. f6+ Kf7 55. Nd7 Rh8 56. e6+ Kg6 57. e7 Kf7 58. Ke5 Bc1
0-1

[Event "25th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Sverdlovsk URS"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "18"]
[White "Averbakh, Yury"]
[Black "Bagirov, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]
[ECO "A37"]
[PlyCount "82"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. Nf3 e5 6. O-O d6 7. d3 Nge7 8. Bd2
a6 9. Ne1 Rb8 10. a4 a5 11. Nc2 O-O 12. Ne3 b6 13. Ned5 Nxd5 14. Nxd5 Ne7 15.
Bc3 Nxd5 16. Bxd5 Bb7 17. Bxb7 Rxb7 18. Qb3 f5 19. Bxa5 f4 20. Bd2 Qc8 21. Kg2
h5 22. f3 g5 23. Qb5 Bf6 24. Rf2 Bd8 25. Rg1 Rg7 26. Kf1 Kh7 27. g4 hxg4 28.
Rxg4 Kg6 29. Rfg2 Rh7 30. Be1 Rh3 31. Bh4 Kf7 32. Bxg5 Rg8 33. Bxd8 Rxg4 34.
Rxg4 Qxd8 35. Qc6 Kf6 36. Qe4 Qe8 37. Rxf4+ Ke7 38. Rg4 Qh8 39. Qb7+ Kf6 40.
Qd7 Qf8 41. Kg2 Rh6 1-0

[Event "25th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Sverdlovsk URS"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Kots, Yury"]
[Black "Averbakh, Yury"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]
[ECO "B36"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 g6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Bg7 6. e3 Nf6 7. Be2 O-O 8.
O-O Nxd4 9. Qxd4 d6 10. e4 Be6 11. Qd3 Rc8 12. Nd5 Nd7 13. Be3 Nc5 14. Qc2 f5
15. f3 Bxd5 16. exd5 f4 17. Bf2 Qd7 18. Rab1 a5 19. b3 Rce8 20. Rfe1 Qf5 21.
Qd2 Qf6 22. Bf1 Rf7 23. Rec1 g5 24. Rc2 h5 25. Qd1 Nd7 26. b4 axb4 27. Rxb4 Ne5
28. Rxb7 g4 29. Kh1 Qf5 30. Rd2 Bf6 31. c5 dxc5 32. Bxc5 Rg7 33. Bd4 Rd8 34.
Bb6 Ra8 35. a4 Kh8 36. d6 exd6 37. Rxg7 Bxg7 38. Rxd6 gxf3 39. gxf3 Qf8 40. a5
Nxf3 41. Qxf3 1-0

[Event "25th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Sverdlovsk URS"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Averbakh, Yury"]
[Black "Aronson, Lev"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]
[ECO "D07"]
[PlyCount "83"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Ne4 5. Nxe4 dxe4 6. d5 e6 7. Bxd8 Bb4+ 8.
Qd2 Bxd2+ 9. Kxd2 Nxd8 10. e3 Ke7 11. Ne2 exd5 12. cxd5 c6 13. Nc3 cxd5 14.
Nxd5+ Kd6 15. Nc3 Ke5 16. f4+ exf3 17. gxf3 Be6 18. Rg1 g6 19. f4+ Kf6 20. Bg2
Nc6 21. Bxc6 bxc6 22. Ne4+ Ke7 23. Kc3 Bd5 24. Nc5 Rhe8 25. e4 Kd6 26. Kd4 Be6
27. b4 Kc7 28. a3 Rad8+ 29. Kc3 Rd6 30. Rgd1 Rxd1 31. Rxd1 Bc8 32. h4 f6 33.
Rg1 Be6 34. h5 Bf7 35. hxg6 hxg6 36. Rh1 Kd6 37. Rd1+ Ke7 38. Rd7+ Kf8 39. Rxa7
g5 40. f5 Rd8 41. Nd7+ Kg7 42. e5 1-0

[Event "25th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Sverdlovsk URS"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Averbakh, Yury"]
[Black "Kaminsky, Oleg"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]
[ECO "D75"]
[PlyCount "71"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 c5 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. O-O d5 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. d4
cxd4 9. Nxd4 Nxc3 10. bxc3 Qa5 11. Qb3 Nc6 12. Be3 Nxd4 13. cxd4 Rb8 14. Rac1
Qa6 15. Rfe1 Rd8 16. d5 Be5 17. Bc5 Bd6 18. e4 Bd7 19. e5 Bxc5 20. Rxc5 Rbc8
21. Rxc8 Rxc8 22. h4 Qa5 23. Rb1 b6 24. e6 Be8 25. Bh3 Rc3 26. Qb2 Qc5 27. Rf1
Rxg3+ 28. Kh2 Rc3 29. Qd2 Qc7+ 30. Kg2 Bb5 31. exf7+ Kxf7 32. Be6+ Ke8 33. Re1
Bd7 34. Qd4 Bxe6 35. dxe6 Qc6+ 36. Re4 1-0

[Event "25th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Sverdlovsk URS"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Averbakh, Yury"]
[Black "Tarasov, Vitaly"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]
[ECO "D35"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 Be7 6. e3 O-O 7. Bd3 Nbd7 8.
Nf3 Re8 9. O-O Nf8 10. Qc2 Nh5 11. Bxe7 Rxe7 12. b4 a6 13. Rfc1 Re6 14. a4 Rh6
15. b5 axb5 16. axb5 Rxa1 17. Rxa1 Bg4 18. Ne5 Be6 19. Ra7 f6 20. Nf3 g5 21.
Rxb7 Ng7 22. Ne2 Ne8 23. Ra7 Nd7 24. Qc6 Qe7 25. Ng3 Kf7 26. Bf5 Nb6 27. h3 Nc8
28. Ra8 Ncd6 29. Bd3 Qd7 30. Qc5 Nc8 31. Ra6 Nb6 32. Ra7 g4 33. hxg4 Bxg4 34.
Nd2 Kg8 35. Qc2 Be6 36. Nb3 Qd6 37. Nc5 Bc8 38. Bf5 Bxf5 39. Qxf5 Rg6 40. Qe6+
Qxe6 41. Nxe6 1-0

[Event "25th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Sverdlovsk URS"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Prokhorovich, Taras"]
[Black "Averbakh, Yury"]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]
[ECO "E58"]
[PlyCount "124"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. Nf3 c5 7. O-O Nc6 8. a3
Bxc3 9. bxc3 Qc7 10. Qc2 Na5 11. Ne5 dxc4 12. Nxc4 Nxc4 13. Bxc4 Bd7 14. Bd3
cxd4 15. exd4 Rac8 16. c4 Bb5 17. c5 Bxd3 18. Qxd3 Rfd8 19. Rb1 Nd5 20. Bg5 Rd7
21. Rfe1 Qa5 22. Rec1 h6 23. Bh4 Nf4 24. Qe3 Nd5 25. Qd3 Qa4 26. Bg3 Ne7 27.
Bd6 Qc6 28. Bxe7 Rxe7 29. Qb5 Rd7 30. h3 Rcd8 31. Qxc6 bxc6 32. Rc4 g5 33. Rbb4
a5 34. Rb6 Rxd4 35. Rxd4 Rxd4 36. Rxc6 Ra4 37. Ra6 Rxa3 38. c6 Kg7 39. c7 Rc3
40. Ra7 Kg6 41. Kf1 h5 42. g3 Rc2 43. Ke1 h4 44. gxh4 gxh4 45. Kd1 Rc5 46. Kd2
f5 47. Kd3 Kf6 48. Kd4 Rc1 49. f4 a4 50. Ke3 a3 51. Kf3 a2 52. Rxa2 Rxc7 53.
Rf2 Rg7 54. Rh2 Rg1 55. Ra2 Rg3+ 56. Kf2 Rxh3 57. Ra7 Rb3 58. Rh7 h3 59. Ra7
Rb2+ 60. Kg3 h2 61. Rh7 Ra2 62. Kf3 Ra1 0-1

[Event "25th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Sverdlovsk URS"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "19"]
[White "Mukhitdinov, Mamadzan"]
[Black "Averbakh, Yury"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]
[ECO "B60"]
[PlyCount "83"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bg5 Bd7 7. Bxf6 gxf6 8.
Bc4 Qa5 9. O-O Qc5 10. Nxc6 bxc6 11. Qd3 h5 12. Kh1 h4 13. Rae1 h3 14. g3 e6
15. a3 a5 16. f4 Be7 17. f5 e5 18. a4 Rb8 19. b3 Bc8 20. g4 Bb7 21. Qe3 Qxe3
22. Rxe3 Rd8 23. Rd1 Rh4 24. Rg3 Bf8 25. Bf1 d5 26. Bxh3 Bh6 27. Bg2 d4 28. Ne2
Ba6 29. Bf1 Bxe2 30. Bxe2 Bf4 31. Rg2 Ke7 32. Rf1 Rdh8 33. Rff2 Be3 34. Rf3 Bf4
35. Rff2 Rh3 36. Bc4 c5 37. Re2 R8h4 38. Ref2 Be3 39. Rf1 Kf8 40. Bd3 Kg7 41.
Bc4 Rh7 42. Bd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "25th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Sverdlovsk URS"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Khanov, Kurban"]
[Black "Averbakh, Yury"]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]
[ECO "B60"]
[PlyCount "130"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bg5 a6 7. Be2 e6 8. O-O
Be7 9. Qd3 Bd7 10. Rad1 Nxd4 11. Qxd4 Bc6 12. f4 h6 13. Bh4 O-O 14. Kh1 Qc7 15.
Bf3 e5 16. Qd2 Rfd8 17. Bxf6 Bxf6 18. f5 Rac8 19. Rf2 Qb6 20. b3 Bg5 21. Qe1
Qa5 22. a4 b5 23. axb5 axb5 24. g3 Bb7 25. Nd5 Qxe1+ 26. Rxe1 Bxd5 27. exd5 b4
28. Be4 Ra8 29. Kg2 Rdc8 30. Rff1 Bd2 31. Ra1 Bc3 32. Rxa8 Rxa8 33. Kf3 Kf8 34.
Bd3 Ke7 35. h3 Kf6 36. Kg4 Bd4 37. Be4 Ra5 38. Kh5 Rc5 39. Rf3 Rc8 40. Rd3 Re8
41. Rd1 Bf2 42. Kh4 Be3 43. Kh5 Bd4 44. Rf1 Bc3 45. Kh4 Rc8 46. Kg4 Bd4 47. Rf3
Rc7 48. Kh5 Rc5 49. Kg4 Bc3 50. Rd3 g6 51. fxg6 fxg6 52. h4 h5+ 53. Kf3 g5 54.
g4 gxh4 55. gxh5 Kg5 56. Bg6 Bd4 57. Rd2 Rc3+ 58. Kg2 Rg3+ 59. Kh2 Bg1+ 60. Kh1
h3 61. Rd3 Be3 62. Rd1 Kh4 63. Bf7 Rg2 64. Re1 Bf2 65. Rd1 e4 0-1

[Event "25th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Sverdlovsk URS"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Gipslis, Aivars"]
[Black "Borisenko, Georgy"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]
[ECO "C79"]
[PlyCount "85"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O d6 6. Re1 Bg4 7. h3 Bh5 8.
Bxc6+ bxc6 9. d3 Qd7 10. Bg5 Be7 11. Nbd2 Qe6 12. c3 O-O 13. d4 h6 14. Bxf6
Bxf6 15. Qa4 Bxf3 16. Nxf3 c5 17. dxc5 dxc5 18. Nd2 Qb6 19. Qc2 Qe6 20. b3 Bg5
21. Nc4 Rfd8 22. Rad1 Kf8 23. Rd5 f6 24. Red1 Rxd5 25. Rxd5 c6 26. Rd6 Qe8 27.
Qd1 Kg8 28. g3 h5 29. h4 Bh6 30. Nb6 Rb8 31. Nd7 Ra8 32. Rxf6 Rd8 33. Rd6 Kh8
34. Nxc5 Rxd6 35. Qxd6 Kh7 36. Nd7 a5 37. Qxc6 Qe7 38. Nc5 Qf7 39. Qd7 Qg8 40.
Qf5+ g6 41. Qd7+ Kh8 42. Ne6 Qa8 43. Qd8+ 1-0

[Event "25th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Sverdlovsk URS"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Vladimirov, Boris"]
[Black "Gipslis, Aivars"]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]
[ECO "E26"]
[PlyCount "56"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. a3 Bxc3+ 5. bxc3 c5 6. e3 b6 7. Ne2 O-O 8. Ng3
Ba6 9. e4 d5 10. Bg5 h6 11. h4 dxe4 12. Nxe4 Nbd7 13. Qf3 Re8 14. Nd6 Re7 15.
Be3 Ne8 16. Nxe8 Qxe8 17. Rh3 e5 18. dxc5 Nxc5 19. Rg3 Re6 20. h5 Rd8 21. Rd1
Rxd1+ 22. Qxd1 Ne4 23. Rg4 Rd6 24. Qc2 f5 25. Rg6 Rxg6 26. hxg6 Qxg6 27. Qa4 f4
28. Bxf4 Nc5 0-1

[Event "25th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Sverdlovsk URS"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Gipslis, Aivars"]
[Black "Simagin, Vladimir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]
[ECO "B88"]
[PlyCount "114"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bc4 e6 7. O-O Be7 8. Bb3
Nc6 9. f4 Nxd4 10. Qxd4 O-O 11. Kh1 b5 12. a3 Bb7 13. f5 e5 14. Qd3 h6 15. Be3
Rc8 16. Rad1 Rxc3 17. bxc3 Bxe4 18. Qe2 Qc8 19. c4 bxc4 20. Bxc4 Bb7 21. Bb3 d5
22. Bc1 Bd6 23. Bb2 Bb8 24. Rd3 d4 25. Rg3 Rd8 26. Bc1 e4 27. Bf4 Bxf4 28. Rxf4
Bd5 29. Bxd5 Rxd5 30. Rxe4 Nxe4 31. Qxe4 Qxf5 32. Qxf5 Rxf5 33. Kg1 Rc5 34. Rd3
Rc4 35. Kf1 f5 36. Rd2 Kf7 37. Ke2 Ke6 38. Kd1 Kd5 39. Re2 Ra4 40. Re7 g5 41.
Rh7 Rxa3 42. Rxh6 d3 43. cxd3 Ra2 44. g3 Kd4 45. Rf6 Kxd3 46. Ke1 Ke4 47. h4 g4
48. Kf1 Kf3 49. Rxf5+ Kxg3 50. h5 Ra1+ 51. Ke2 a5 52. h6 Rh1 53. Rf6 a4 54. Ra6
Rh5 55. Ke3 Kh2 56. Rg6 g3 57. Kf3 Rh3 0-1

[Event "25th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Sverdlovsk URS"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "19"]
[White "Kholmov, Ratmir"]
[Black "Gipslis, Aivars"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]
[ECO "C68"]
[PlyCount "28"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. d4 exd4 6. Qxd4 Qxd4 7. Nxd4 Nf6
8. f3 Bd7 9. Be3 O-O-O 10. Nc3 Bb4 11. O-O-O Bxc3 12. bxc3 h6 13. Rhe1 c5 14.
Ne2 b6 1/2-1/2

[Event "25th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Sverdlovsk URS"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Gipslis, Aivars"]
[Black "Ilivitsky, Georgy"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]
[ECO "B12"]
[PlyCount "32"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. f3 e6 4. Be3 Qb6 5. Bd3 Nf6 6. Ne2 c5 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. Bxc5
Qxc5 9. Nbc3 dxe4 10. Nxe4 Nxe4 11. Bxe4 Nc6 12. Bxc6+ bxc6 13. Qd4 Qxd4 14.
Nxd4 Bd7 15. Nb3 Ke7 16. O-O-O Rhd8 1/2-1/2

[Event "25th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Sverdlovsk URS"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Lutikov, Anatoly"]
[Black "Gipslis, Aivars"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]
[ECO "E55"]
[PlyCount "40"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. e3 O-O 6. Bd3 c5 7. O-O dxc4 8. Bxc4
Nbd7 9. Qe2 a6 10. a3 Ba5 11. Rd1 b5 12. Ba2 Bb7 13. dxc5 Bxc3 14. bxc3 Qc7 15.
c4 Nxc5 16. Bb2 Ng4 17. h3 Bxf3 18. Qxf3 Qh2+ 19. Kf1 Ne5 20. Bxe5 Qxe5 1/2-1/2

[Event "25th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Sverdlovsk URS"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Yukhtman, Yakov"]
[Black "Gipslis, Aivars"]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]
[ECO "A08"]
[PlyCount "76"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 e6 3. Bg2 Be7 4. O-O O-O 5. d3 d5 6. Nbd2 c5 7. e4 Nc6 8. Re1
b5 9. e5 Nd7 10. Nf1 Qc7 11. Bf4 Bb7 12. h4 Nd4 13. N1h2 Rfc8 14. Nxd4 cxd4 15.
Re2 Qb6 16. g4 Rc6 17. Bg3 Rac8 18. f4 Qc7 19. Nf3 Rxc2 20. Nxd4 Rxe2 21. Nxe2
Qd8 22. g5 Nc5 23. Bf2 b4 24. Nd4 a5 25. Bf1 Qd7 26. b3 a4 27. h5 g6 28. hxg6
hxg6 29. Qf3 Kg7 30. Kg2 Ne4 31. dxe4 dxe4 32. Qd1 e3+ 33. Nf3 Qxd1 34. Rxd1
Rc2 35. Kg3 Rxf2 36. Nd4 Bc5 37. Ne2 axb3 38. axb3 Bf3 0-1

[Event "25th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Sverdlovsk URS"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Bagirov, Vladimir"]
[Black "Gipslis, Aivars"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]
[ECO "B66"]
[PlyCount "34"]

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. Be3 Bd7 10. f4 Nxd4 11. Bxd4 Bc6 12. Bd3 Be7 13. Kb1 b5 14. Rde1
Qc7 15. Bxf6 Bxf6 16. Nd5 Bxd5 17. exd5 e5 1/2-1/2

[Event "25th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Sverdlovsk URS"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Gipslis, Aivars"]
[Black "Kots, Yury"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]
[ECO "B22"]
[PlyCount "103"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. c3 d5 4. exd5 Qxd5 5. d4 Nf6 6. Be2 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8. Be3
cxd4 9. Nxd4 Nxd4 10. cxd4 O-O 11. Nc3 Qa5 12. Bf3 Bd7 13. d5 Rfd8 14. Qb3 exd5
15. Nxd5 Nxd5 16. Bxd5 Ba4 17. Bxf7+ Kf8 18. Qc4 Bb5 19. Qf4 Bxf1 20. Bb3+ Bf6
21. Rxf1 Rac8 22. Qe4 Rc6 23. Qxh7 Ke7 24. Bf4 Rd4 25. Bg3 Qd2 26. h3 Rc1 27.
Rxc1 Qxc1+ 28. Kh2 Qc5 29. Qg8 Kd7 30. Qb8 Qb6 31. Bf7 Kc6 32. Be8+ Kd5 33. Qc8
Qxb2 34. Bf7+ Ke4 35. Bc4 Rxc4 36. Qxc4+ Bd4 37. a4 a6 38. h4 Qb6 39. Kh3 Qc6
40. f3+ Ke3 41. Bf4+ Kxf4 42. Qxd4+ Kf5 43. Qxg7 Qxa4 44. Qxb7 Kf4 45. h5 Kg5
46. Qg7+ Kf5 47. Qf7+ Ke5 48. Qe7+ Kd5 49. Qe4+ Qxe4 50. fxe4+ Ke6 51. h6 Kf7
52. e5 1-0

[Event "25th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Sverdlovsk URS"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Gipslis, Aivars"]
[Black "Aronson, Lev"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]
[ECO "B38"]
[PlyCount "33"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. c4 Bg7 6. Be3 Nh6 7. Be2 d6 8. Qd2
Ng4 9. Bxg4 Bxg4 10. O-O O-O 11. Nc3 Bd7 12. f3 f5 13. Nxc6 bxc6 14. c5 Be6 15.
cxd6 Qxd6 16. Qxd6 exd6 17. Rad1 1/2-1/2

[Event "25th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Sverdlovsk URS"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Gipslis, Aivars"]
[Black "Kaminsky, Oleg"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]
[ECO "C75"]
[PlyCount "77"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6 5. c3 Bd7 6. d4 Nge7 7. Bb3 h6 8. Ng1
exd4 9. cxd4 d5 10. e5 Bf5 11. Ne2 Nb4 12. O-O Nec6 13. a3 Nd3 14. Nbc3 Nxc1
15. Rxc1 Be6 16. Nf4 Ne7 17. Na4 b6 18. Rc3 Rc8 19. Qe2 Ra8 20. Rfc1 Ra7 21.
Bc2 Qd7 22. b4 Kd8 23. Nb2 Nc8 24. Nbd3 g5 25. Nxe6+ fxe6 26. f4 Ne7 27. Nf2
Bg7 28. Nh3 c6 29. Rf1 Kc7 30. fxg5 hxg5 31. Nxg5 Raa8 32. Qg4 Rh6 33. Nf7 Rg8
34. Nxh6 Bxh6 35. Qe2 Kb7 36. Rh3 Bg5 37. Rf7 b5 38. Rhh7 Kb6 39. h4 1-0

[Event "25th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Sverdlovsk URS"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Tarasov, Vitaly"]
[Black "Gipslis, Aivars"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]
[ECO "A49"]
[PlyCount "44"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. O-O d6 6. b3 e5 7. dxe5 dxe5 8. Bb2
e4 9. Qxd8 Rxd8 10. Ne5 Ng4 11. Nc4 Bxb2 12. Nxb2 f5 13. Na3 Na6 14. Nbc4 Nf6
15. Rad1 Bd7 16. f3 Nc5 17. Ne5 Be8 18. c4 a5 19. f4 Kf8 20. Nc2 Ke7 21. Ne3 c6
22. Kf2 Nfd7 1/2-1/2

[Event "25th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Sverdlovsk URS"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "18"]
[White "Gipslis, Aivars"]
[Black "Prokhorovich, Taras"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]
[ECO "C12"]
[PlyCount "47"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Bb4 5. e5 h6 6. Bd2 Bxc3 7. bxc3 Ne4 8. Qg4
Kf8 9. Be3 c5 10. Bd3 Nxc3 11. dxc5 Qa5 12. Nf3 Ne4+ 13. Ke2 b6 14. Bxe4 dxe4
15. Qxe4 Ba6+ 16. Kd1 Nc6 17. Qxc6 Rd8+ 18. Nd2 Qc3 19. Rb1 Ke7 20. Qa4 Rd5 21.
Qb4 Qxe5 22. cxb6+ Kf6 23. Qf4+ Qxf4 24. Bxf4 1-0

[Event "25th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Sverdlovsk URS"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Gipslis, Aivars"]
[Black "Mukhitdinov, Mamadzan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]
[ECO "B21"]
[PlyCount "127"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. c3 dxc3 5. Nxc3 Nc6 6. Bc4 d6 7. O-O Nge7 8.
Bg5 Qd7 9. Qe2 h6 10. Bh4 a6 11. Rfd1 Qc7 12. Rac1 Bd7 13. Bb3 Ng6 14. Bg3 Rd8
15. h4 Be7 16. Nd5 exd5 17. exd5 O-O 18. dxc6 Bxc6 19. Nd4 Ne5 20. Nxc6 Nxc6
21. Qe4 Qd7 22. Rd5 Kh8 23. Rcd1 f5 24. Qf4 Rf6 25. Qd2 Qe8 26. Re1 Qh5 27. Bd1
Qf7 28. Bf4 Re6 29. Bb3 Rxe1+ 30. Qxe1 Bxh4 31. Rxd6 Qf8 32. Re6 Be7 33. Qe3
Bc5 34. Qh3 Kh7 35. Qh5 Ne7 36. Bg5 Rd7 37. Bc2 g6 38. Qh4 Qg7 39. Bb3 h5 40.
Bf6 Qf8 41. Qg5 Ng8 42. Bc3 Qh6 43. Rxg6 Qxg5 44. Rxg5 Nh6 45. Kf1 Bd4 46. Be6
Rd6 47. Bxd4 Rxd4 48. Bxf5+ Nxf5 49. Rxf5 Kg6 50. Re5 Rd2 51. Re6+ Kf5 52. Rb6
Rd7 53. Kg1 Kg5 54. Kh2 Kf5 55. a4 Rd4 56. a5 Rd7 57. b4 Kg5 58. b5 axb5 59.
Rxb5+ Kh6 60. f3 Rc7 61. g3 Rc3 62. f4 Rc7 63. Kh3 Rg7 64. Rb6+ 1-0

[Event "25th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Sverdlovsk URS"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Khanov, Kurban"]
[Black "Gipslis, Aivars"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]
[ECO "A49"]
[PlyCount "123"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. O-O d6 6. Nc3 Nc6 7. Bg5 Rb8 8. Re1
b5 9. e4 b4 10. Nd5 Na5 11. a3 b3 12. Qd2 c6 13. Nxe7+ Qxe7 14. Qxa5 h6 15.
Bxf6 Qxf6 16. c3 Qe7 17. Nd2 h5 18. e5 dxe5 19. Bxc6 Qf6 20. d5 Bh3 21. Qa4 Bh6
22. Nf1 Bg4 23. Qe4 Bg7 24. Nd2 Rfd8 25. Nc4 Bf3 26. Qxe5 Qxe5 27. Nxe5 Bxe5
28. Rxe5 f6 29. Re7 Bxd5 30. Ba4 f5 31. Rd1 Bc4 32. Rdd7 Rxd7 33. Rxd7 a5 34.
Rc7 Be6 35. Kf1 Kf8 36. Ke2 Rd8 37. Rb7 Bc4+ 38. Ke1 Bd5 39. Rb6 Bf3 40. Bxb3
Kg7 41. h4 Re8+ 42. Kf1 Rd8 43. c4 Rd2 44. c5 Rxb2 45. Bd1 Rxb6 46. cxb6 Bb7
47. Ke2 Kf6 48. Kd3 Ke5 49. Kc4 Ke4 50. Kb5 Kd3 51. Kxa5 Kd2 52. Bb3 Ke2 53.
Bf7 Kxf2 54. Bxg6 Kxg3 55. Bxf5 Kxh4 56. Kb5 Kg5 57. Bd7 h4 58. a4 Kf6 59. a5
Ke7 60. a6 Bxa6+ 61. Kxa6 Kxd7 62. b7 1-0

[Event "25th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Sverdlovsk URS"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Vladimirov, Boris"]
[Black "Borisenko, Georgy"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]
[ECO "D35"]
[PlyCount "135"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 Be7 6. e3 O-O 7. Bd3 Nbd7 8.
Qc2 Re8 9. h3 b6 10. Nb5 Ba6 11. Bf4 Bxb5 12. Bxb5 c5 13. Bc6 Rc8 14. Bb7 Rc7
15. Ba6 Rc6 16. Qa4 Re6 17. Nf3 Bd6 18. Bxd6 Rxd6 19. O-O Ne4 20. Bd3 a5 21.
Rad1 Ree6 22. Rfe1 h5 23. Qc2 Qe7 24. Re2 Rg6 25. Nd2 Rde6 26. Nf1 Rgf6 27. f3
Nd6 28. dxc5 Nxc5 29. Red2 g6 30. Qc3 Re5 31. Be2 Nf5 32. Rxd5 Rxd5 33. Rxd5
Re6 34. e4 Nh4 35. Qd4 Kh7 36. Rd8 Re5 37. f4 Ne6 38. Rh8+ Kxh8 39. Qxe5+ Kh7
40. g3 Qb4 41. gxh4 Nd4 42. Bd1 Qxb2 43. Qd5 Kg7 44. f5 Qa1 45. fxg6 fxg6 46.
Qe5+ Kh7 47. Qe7+ Kh8 48. Qf6+ Kh7 49. Bb3 Nxb3 50. Qf7+ Kh8 51. Qe8+ Kg7 52.
Qd7+ Kh8 53. axb3 b5 54. Qe8+ Kg7 55. Qe7+ Kg8 56. Qe6+ Kg7 57. Qd7+ Kh8 58.
Qxb5 Qd4+ 59. Kh2 Qxe4 60. Qc4 Qf3 61. Qd4+ Kh7 62. Nd2 Qe2+ 63. Kg3 Qe1+ 64.
Kg2 Qe2+ 65. Qf2 Qd3 66. Qf7+ Kh8 67. Nf3 Qd6 68. Qe8+ 1-0

[Event "25th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Sverdlovsk URS"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "18"]
[White "Borisenko, Georgy"]
[Black "Simagin, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]
[ECO "E91"]
[PlyCount "157"]

1. d4 g6 2. c4 Bg7 3. e4 c5 4. d5 d6 5. Nc3 Nf6 6. Be2 O-O 7. Nf3 Bg4 8. h3
Bxf3 9. Bxf3 Nbd7 10. O-O Nb6 11. Be2 e5 12. Qd3 Ne8 13. g4 Bf6 14. Bh6 Ng7 15.
Qe3 Nd7 16. Nb1 Kh8 17. Nd2 Be7 18. Kh1 Nf6 19. f4 Ng8 20. Bxg7+ Kxg7 21. fxe5
dxe5 22. Nf3 Qd6 23. Rf2 Nf6 24. Raf1 Nd7 25. Bd1 f6 26. h4 Nb6 27. b3 Qd7 28.
Rg1 Rae8 29. Rh2 Nc8 30. g5 fxg5 31. h5 Qd6 32. Nxg5 Bxg5 33. Qxg5 Qf6 34. Qg2
Nd6 35. hxg6 h6 36. Rxh6 Rh8 37. Rh7+ Rxh7+ 38. gxh7+ Kxh7 39. Qh3+ Qh6 40. Bh5
Rg8 41. Qd7+ Kh8 42. Rxg8+ Kxg8 43. Qd8+ Kg7 44. Qe7+ Kg8 45. Qd8+ Kg7 46. Qe7+
Kg8 47. Qxe5 Kf8 48. Kg2 Qd2+ 49. Kf1 Qd3+ 50. Be2 Qh3+ 51. Kf2 Qh4+ 52. Ke3
Qh3+ 53. Bf3 Nf7 54. Qb8+ Kg7 55. Qf4 Qf1 56. Qg3+ Kf8 57. Kf4 Qc1+ 58. Kf5 Qh6
59. Qf4 Qh7+ 60. Kg4 Qg7+ 61. Kh4 Ke7 62. Qc7+ Kf6 63. Qf4+ Ke7 64. Qc7+ Kf6
65. Qxc5 Qh6+ 66. Kg3 Qg5+ 67. Kf2 Qd2+ 68. Be2 Qf4+ 69. Ke1 Qc1+ 70. Bd1 Qc3+
71. Ke2 Qb2+ 72. Kf1 Qa1 73. Qf2+ Ke5 74. Qf5+ Kd4 75. Qxf7 Qxd1+ 76. Kf2 Qd2+
77. Kg3 Qg5+ 78. Kf3 Qh4 79. Qf4 1-0

[Event "25th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Sverdlovsk URS"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Kholmov, Ratmir"]
[Black "Borisenko, Georgy"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]
[ECO "C85"]
[PlyCount "94"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. Qe1 c5 8.
d3 Bd6 9. Nbd2 Bg4 10. Qe3 Nh5 11. Nc4 Qf6 12. Nxd6+ cxd6 13. Nd2 b5 14. a4 O-O
15. Re1 Nf4 16. Nf1 Qg6 17. Ng3 h5 18. f3 Bd7 19. Qf2 bxa4 20. Bxf4 exf4 21.
Ne2 Qf6 22. Nc3 Rfb8 23. e5 dxe5 24. Nxa4 c4 25. Nc5 Bf5 26. Ra2 cxd3 27. cxd3
Rb5 28. Rea1 Qb6 29. Nxa6 Qxf2+ 30. Kxf2 Bxd3 31. b4 Bc4 32. Ra4 f6 33. h4 Kh7
34. Nc5 Rd8 35. Rc1 Rd4 36. Ne4 Bd3 37. Rd1 Bc2 38. Rxd4 exd4 39. Ra5 Rxb4 40.
Rxh5+ Kg6 41. Rd5 Bb3 42. Rd8 Be6 43. Nc5 Kf7 44. Nd3 Ra4 45. Nxf4 Ke7 46. Nxe6
Kxe6 47. g4 g6 1/2-1/2

[Event "25th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Sverdlovsk URS"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Borisenko, Georgy"]
[Black "Ilivitsky, Georgy"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]
[ECO "D58"]
[PlyCount "87"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bg5 Be7 5. Nf3 h6 6. Bh4 O-O 7. e3 b6 8. Qc2
Bb7 9. Bxf6 Bxf6 10. cxd5 exd5 11. O-O-O Nc6 12. h4 Nb4 13. Qd2 c5 14. g4 cxd4
15. Nxd4 Qc8 16. Kb1 Qxg4 17. Bh3 Qh5 18. Rdg1 Bc8 19. a3 Bxh3 20. Rxh3 Nc6 21.
Nxc6 Qf5+ 22. e4 Qxh3 23. Qxh6 Qf1+ 24. Rxf1 gxh6 25. Nxd5 Bxh4 26. Rh1 Bxf2
27. Nce7+ Kh7 28. Nf5 f6 29. Rxh6+ Kg8 30. Rg6+ Kh8 31. Nxf6 Rxf6 32. Rxf6 Bc5
33. e5 a5 34. Kc2 Kg8 35. Kd3 Rd8+ 36. Kc4 Rd1 37. e6 Kh7 38. e7 Re1 39. Kd5
Re2 40. Re6 Rd2+ 41. Kc6 Bxe7 42. Rxe7+ Kg6 43. Nd6 Rxb2 44. Nb5 1-0

[Event "25th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Sverdlovsk URS"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Borisenko, Georgy"]
[Black "Lutikov, Anatoly"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]
[ECO "A81"]
[PlyCount "91"]

1. d4 f5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. O-O O-O 6. d5 d6 7. Nd4 Qe8 8. Nc3
c6 9. Bg5 Bd7 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. e4 c5 12. Ne6 Bxe6 13. dxe6 Bxc3 14. bxc3 Nc6
15. f4 Rd8 16. c4 Na5 17. exf5 gxf5 18. Bd5 Qg6 19. Qd2 b6 20. Rae1 Kh8 21. Rf2
Qf6 22. c3 Rg8 23. Rg2 Rg6 24. Re3 Rdg8 25. Qd1 Rd8 26. Qa4 Qf8 27. Qb5 Qe8 28.
Qa6 Qa4 29. Rd3 Qa3 30. Rc2 Rg7 31. Qxa7 Rdg8 32. Qxb6 Qa4 33. Rf2 h5 34. Qb5
Qa3 35. Qb2 Qa4 36. Qc2 Qa3 37. Rdf3 h4 38. Kg2 Rh7 39. Rf1 Rh5 40. Rb1 Rg6 41.
Rb8+ Kh7 42. Re8 hxg3 43. Rxg3 Rxg3+ 44. hxg3 Kg7 45. Rxe7+ Kh6 46. Re8 1-0

[Event "25th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Sverdlovsk URS"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Yukhtman, Yakov"]
[Black "Borisenko, Georgy"]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]
[ECO "C77"]
[PlyCount "68"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. d3 Bd6 7. Bg5 c5 8.
Nbd2 Be6 9. Qe2 Qe7 10. Bh4 O-O-O 11. Nc4 Bxc4 12. dxc4 h6 13. Nd2 Qe6 14. Bxf6
Qxf6 15. O-O Qe6 16. c3 Be7 17. b4 cxb4 18. cxb4 Rd4 19. a3 Rhd8 20. Ra2 Rd3
21. Nf3 Bf6 22. c5 Qd7 23. a4 Rd1 24. Ne1 Qd4 25. c6 Qxb4 26. Rb2 Qxa4 27. Qg4+
Kb8 28. Rxb7+ Ka8 29. Rxc7 Qa5 30. Rc8+ Ka7 31. c7 Qxe1 32. Qxd1 Rxd1 33. Ra8+
Kb6 34. c8=N+ Kb7 0-1

[Event "25th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Sverdlovsk URS"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Bagirov, Vladimir"]
[Black "Borisenko, Georgy"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]
[ECO "C50"]
[PlyCount "35"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. d3 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Be3 Bb6 7. h3 Na5 8. Bb3
Bd7 9. Qd2 Qe7 10. O-O-O Nxb3+ 11. axb3 Ba5 12. Qe2 Bc6 13. Kb1 O-O-O 14. Nd2
Bb6 15. Bxb6 axb6 16. Nc4 g6 17. Ne3 h5 18. Rhf1 1/2-1/2

[Event "25th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Sverdlovsk URS"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Kots, Yury"]
[Black "Borisenko, Georgy"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]
[ECO "D37"]
[PlyCount "33"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. e3 Be7 5. Nc3 O-O 6. Bd3 c5 7. O-O dxc4 8. Bxc4
a6 9. Qe2 b5 10. Bd3 Nbd7 11. Ne4 Bb7 12. Nxc5 Bxc5 13. dxc5 Nxc5 14. Bc2 Be4
15. Rd1 Qb6 16. Bxe4 Nfxe4 17. Bd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "25th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Sverdlovsk URS"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Aronson, Lev"]
[Black "Borisenko, Georgy"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]
[ECO "E97"]
[PlyCount "99"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 d6 3. d4 g6 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. e4 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Nc6 8. d5
Ne7 9. a3 c5 10. b4 b6 11. Rb1 h6 12. Ne1 Nh7 13. Bd2 f5 14. bxc5 bxc5 15. exf5
gxf5 16. f4 exf4 17. Nd3 Ng6 18. Qc1 Qf6 19. Kh1 Ba6 20. Nxf4 Nxf4 21. Rxf4
Rae8 22. Bd3 Bc8 23. Qc2 Ng5 24. Rbf1 Re5 25. Ne2 Qe7 26. Ng3 Ne4 27. Bxe4 fxe4
28. Rxf8+ Bxf8 29. Bc3 e3 30. Bxe5 Qxe5 31. Qg6+ Bg7 32. Nh5 Bf5 33. Qxg7+ Qxg7
34. Nxg7 Kxg7 35. Re1 Bd3 36. Rxe3 Bxc4 37. Re7+ Kf6 38. Re6+ Kf5 39. Rxd6 Ke4
40. Kg1 Bxd5 41. Kf2 h5 42. Ke2 a5 43. Kd2 Kd4 44. Rh6 Bxg2 45. Rxh5 Kc4 46.
Rg5 Bh3 47. Rg3 Bf5 48. h4 Kb5 49. h5 Ka4 50. Rg5 1-0

[Event "25th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Sverdlovsk URS"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Borisenko, Georgy"]
[Black "Kaminsky, Oleg"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]
[ECO "D61"]
[PlyCount "83"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bg5 Be7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. e3 Nbd7 7. Qc2 c5 8.
O-O-O cxd4 9. Rxd4 Qa5 10. Bd3 h6 11. cxd5 hxg5 12. Nxg5 Rd8 13. Nxf7 Kxf7 14.
dxe6+ Kf8 15. exd7 Bxd7 16. Qb3 Rac8 17. Bg6 Be8 18. Rxd8 Bxd8 19. Bxe8 Nxe8
20. Rd1 Bf6 21. Rd7 Nd6 22. Rxd6 Bxc3 23. Rd5 Bf6+ 24. Kd1 Qc7 25. Rd2 Qxh2 26.
Qxb7 Qh5+ 27. Qf3 Qb5 28. Qe2 Qa4+ 29. b3 Qh4 30. Qf3 Qh1+ 31. Ke2 Qc1 32. Qd5
Rc7 33. Qa8+ Kf7 34. Qd5+ Kg6 35. Qe4+ Kh6 36. Qf4+ Kg6 37. Qe4+ Kf7 38. Qd5+
Kg6 39. Qe4+ Kh6 40. Qf4+ Kh7 41. Qe4+ g6 42. Qe6 1/2-1/2

[Event "25th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Sverdlovsk URS"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "19"]
[White "Tarasov, Vitaly"]
[Black "Borisenko, Georgy"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]
[ECO "B47"]
[PlyCount "83"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. g3 a6 7. Bg2 Nf6 8. O-O
Be7 9. h3 O-O 10. g4 Rd8 11. Be3 d5 12. exd5 Nxd5 13. Nxd5 exd5 14. c3 Bf6 15.
Re1 Bd7 16. Qd2 Ne7 17. Ne2 Bc6 18. Bf4 Be5 19. Bxe5 Qxe5 20. Nd4 Qf6 21. Re3
Ng6 22. Rae1 h6 23. Rf3 Qg5 24. Qxg5 hxg5 25. Rfe3 Nf4 26. Bf1 Bd7 27. Nf3 f6
28. Nd4 Re8 29. Kh2 Rxe3 30. fxe3 Re8 31. Kg3 Ng6 32. Bg2 Re5 33. Kf2 Be8 34.
Rd1 Bf7 35. Nf5 b6 36. Rd4 a5 37. Nd6 Be6 38. Nb5 Ne7 39. Rd2 d4 40. Nxd4 Bxa2
41. Nc6 Nxc6 42. Bxc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "25th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Sverdlovsk URS"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Borisenko, Georgy"]
[Black "Prokhorovich, Taras"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]
[ECO "E91"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 g6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Nf3 Bg7 6. e4 exd5 7. exd5 O-O 8. Be2
d6 9. O-O Nbd7 10. Bf4 Ne8 11. Qd2 Ne5 12. Rfe1 b6 13. Rad1 a6 14. a4 Ra7 15.
Bh6 Re7 16. Nxe5 Rxe5 17. Bf4 Re7 18. Bd3 Nf6 19. Rxe7 Qxe7 20. Re1 Qd8 21. h3
Re8 22. Rxe8+ Nxe8 23. Ne4 Bf5 24. Bg5 Qd7 25. b3 Be5 26. Qe2 h5 27. f3 f6 28.
Bd2 h4 29. f4 Bd4+ 30. Be3 Bxe4 31. Bxe4 Bxe3+ 32. Qxe3 Qe7 33. Kf2 f5 34. Bf3
Qxe3+ 35. Kxe3 Kf7 36. Kf2 Nf6 37. g3 hxg3+ 38. Kxg3 Kg7 39. h4 Kh6 40. Be2
Ne4+ 41. Kh3 1/2-1/2

[Event "25th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Sverdlovsk URS"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Borisenko, Georgy"]
[Black "Mukhitdinov, Mamadzan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]
[ECO "E43"]
[PlyCount "65"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 b6 5. e3 O-O 6. Bd3 Bb7 7. O-O c5 8. Na4
cxd4 9. exd4 Ne4 10. c5 bxc5 11. a3 Ba5 12. Nxc5 Nxc5 13. dxc5 Bc7 14. Bg5 f6
15. Bd2 Qe8 16. Nd4 a6 17. f4 Nc6 18. Nxc6 Bxc6 19. b4 e5 20. Qe2 Qb8 21. fxe5
Bxe5 22. Qh5 f5 23. Rae1 g6 24. Bc4+ Kh8 25. Qh3 Be4 26. Bc3 d6 27. Rd1 Qa7 28.
Rxd6 Qg7 29. Bxe5 Qxe5 30. Rd7 h5 31. Qe3 f4 32. Qd4 Rae8 33. Re1 1-0

[Event "25th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Sverdlovsk URS"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Borisenko, Georgy"]
[Black "Khanov, Kurban"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]
[ECO "D61"]
[PlyCount "90"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bg5 Be7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. e3 Nbd7 7. Qc2 c5 8. Rd1
h6 9. Bh4 cxd4 10. exd4 dxc4 11. Bxc4 Nb6 12. Bb3 Nbd5 13. O-O b6 14. Nxd5 Nxd5
15. Bxd5 exd5 16. Bxe7 Qxe7 17. Rfe1 Be6 18. Rc1 Rac8 19. Qxc8 Rxc8 20. Rxc8+
Kh7 21. a3 Qd6 22. Rc3 Qf4 23. h3 Qf6 24. Ne5 Qh4 25. Nf3 Qf4 26. b4 a5 27.
bxa5 bxa5 28. Re5 Qf6 29. Ree3 Qd8 30. Rb3 Qd7 31. Rec3 Qa4 32. Kh2 Qd7 33. Rc5
Qa4 34. Rcc3 Qd7 35. Rb6 Qa4 36. Rb7 Kg8 37. Rb8+ Kh7 38. Ra8 Bf5 39. Ra7 Be6
40. g4 Qb5 41. Kg2 Qb2 42. Rc5 Qxa3 43. Rcxa5 Qd3 44. Ra3 Qe4 45. Re3 Qf4
1/2-1/2

[Event "25th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Sverdlovsk URS"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Vladimirov, Boris"]
[Black "Simagin, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]
[ECO "E76"]
[PlyCount "139"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 O-O 5. f4 d6 6. Nf3 Bg4 7. Be2 Nfd7 8. O-O
Nc6 9. e5 e6 10. Be3 Ne7 11. Bf2 Nf5 12. c5 Qe7 13. Qc2 Bh6 14. h3 Bxf3 15.
Bxf3 dxc5 16. dxc5 Bxf4 17. Bxb7 Rad8 18. Qe4 Bxe5 19. c6 Bxc3 20. bxc3 Nb6 21.
Rfd1 Nd5 22. Qf3 a5 23. Rd3 Nf6 24. Rad1 e5 25. Rxd8 Rxd8 26. Rxd8+ Qxd8 27.
Qe2 Qd5 28. c4 Qe6 29. Qd2 Ne4 30. Qd8+ Kg7 31. Qxc7 Nxf2 32. Kxf2 Nd4 33. Kg1
Qf6 34. Qb6 e4 35. Qb1 Ne2+ 36. Kh1 Ng3+ 37. Kh2 Qe5 38. Qe1 Nf5+ 39. Kg1 e3
40. Bc8 Nd4 41. c7 e2 42. Bg4 Qxc7 43. Bxe2 Qe5 44. Kf2 Qf4+ 45. Kg1 Qe4 46.
Qc3 Qe5 47. Kh1 Kf6 48. Bf3 Ne6 49. Qd2 a4 50. Bd5 Nf4 51. Bf3 Ne6 52. Bd5 a3
53. Qc1 Qb2 54. Qf1+ Ke7 55. c5 Qd4 56. Bxe6 fxe6 57. Qc1 Qd3 58. c6 Kd8 59.
Qf4 Ke7 60. Qg5+ Ke8 61. Qe5 Qc4 62. Qh8+ Kf7 63. Qxh7+ Kf6 64. Qh8+ Kf7 65.
Qh7+ Kf6 66. Qc7 Qxa2 67. Qd8+ Kg7 68. Qd4+ Kh7 69. c7 Qb2 70. Qf4 1-0

[Event "25th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Sverdlovsk URS"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Vladimirov, Boris"]
[Black "Kholmov, Ratmir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]
[ECO "D33"]
[PlyCount "98"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. g3 c4 7. Bg2 Bb4 8. O-O
Nge7 9. e4 O-O 10. a3 Bxc3 11. bxc3 dxe4 12. Nd2 f5 13. Nxc4 Be6 14. Nd2 Rc8
15. Nb3 Bc4 16. Re1 Nd5 17. Bd2 Re8 18. Rb1 b6 19. g4 Qh4 20. gxf5 Nf4 21. Bxf4
Qxf4 22. Re3 Nd8 23. Nd2 Bd3 24. Qb3+ Nf7 25. Rbe1 Kf8 26. Qb4+ Nd6 27. Nxe4
Bxe4 28. Rxe4 Rxe4 29. Rxe4 a5 30. Rxf4 axb4 31. cxb4 Rc1+ 32. Bf1 Rc3 33. f6
Rxa3 34. fxg7+ Kxg7 35. Rg4+ Kf6 36. Rh4 Nf5 37. Re4 Ra1 38. d5 Rd1 39. Re6+
Kg5 40. Rxb6 Nh4 41. f4+ Kxf4 42. Kf2 Rd2+ 43. Be2 Nf5 44. Rb8 Ke5 45. Re8+
Kxd5 46. Rd8+ Nd6 47. Rd7 Rb2 48. b5 h6 49. Ke3 Ke5 1/2-1/2

[Event "25th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Sverdlovsk URS"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ilivitsky, Georgy"]
[Black "Vladimirov, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]
[ECO "E52"]
[PlyCount "37"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. e3 Bb7 5. Nc3 Bb4 6. Bd3 O-O 7. O-O d5 8. cxd5
exd5 9. Ne5 Nbd7 10. f4 c5 11. Bd2 a6 12. a3 Bxc3 13. Bxc3 c4 14. Bf5 Re8 15.
Bxd7 Nxd7 16. Qh5 Rf8 17. Nxd7 Qxd7 18. f5 f6 19. Rf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "25th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Sverdlovsk URS"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "18"]
[White "Lutikov, Anatoly"]
[Black "Vladimirov, Boris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]
[ECO "B25"]
[PlyCount "51"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. O-O O-O 5. d3 c5 6. e4 Nc6 7. Nc3 Rb8 8. Be3
d6 9. h3 b5 10. Qd2 Re8 11. Bh6 Bh8 12. Rae1 b4 13. Nd1 Ba6 14. Ng5 c4 15. f4
cxd3 16. cxd3 Qb6+ 17. Kh2 e6 18. e5 Nd7 19. Nxf7 Kxf7 20. f5 gxf5 21. Rxf5+
exf5 22. Bd5+ Ke7 23. Qg5+ Nf6 24. exf6+ Kd7 25. Qxf5+ Kc7 26. Qxh7+ 1-0

[Event "25th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Sverdlovsk URS"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Vladimirov, Boris"]
[Black "Yukhtman, Yakov"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]
[ECO "A56"]
[PlyCount "79"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 e5 4. Nc3 d6 5. e4 Be7 6. g3 O-O 7. Bg2 Ne8 8. Nge2
Bg5 9. O-O Bxc1 10. Nxc1 f5 11. f4 exf4 12. Rxf4 g6 13. Nd3 Ng7 14. Qd2 Nd7 15.
exf5 Rxf5 16. g4 Rxf4 17. Qxf4 Qf6 18. Nb5 Qxf4 19. Nxf4 Ne8 20. Re1 Ne5 21. h3
Kf7 22. b3 g5 23. Nh5 Ke7 24. Nc3 h6 25. Ne4 b6 26. Neg3 Bd7 27. Be4 Nf6 28.
Nxf6 Kxf6 29. Kg2 a6 30. Bf5 Be8 31. Re3 Bf7 32. Ne4+ Ke7 33. Kg3 Rg8 34. Re2
Bg6 35. Bxg6 Rxg6 36. Re3 Rg8 37. Kg2 Rc8 38. Ng3 b5 39. Nf5+ Kd7 40. Nxh6
1/2-1/2

[Event "25th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Sverdlovsk URS"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Vladimirov, Boris"]
[Black "Bagirov, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]
[ECO "E24"]
[PlyCount "79"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. a3 Bxc3+ 5. bxc3 d6 6. f3 Nh5 7. Nh3 e5 8. Nf2
c5 9. e3 f5 10. g4 Nf6 11. gxf5 Bxf5 12. e4 Bg6 13. dxe5 dxe5 14. Qxd8+ Kxd8
15. Nd3 Nbd7 16. Be3 Rc8 17. Bh3 Bf7 18. Rd1 Ke7 19. Rg1 Rhg8 20. Rg5 Be6 21.
Bxe6 Kxe6 22. Rb1 b6 23. Ke2 Rce8 24. a4 g6 25. Rb2 Rb8 26. Rg1 Ne8 27. Rd2 Nd6
28. Nb2 Nf7 29. Bf2 Nf6 30. Rgd1 Rgd8 31. Nd3 Nh5 32. Bg3 g5 33. a5 Nf4+ 34.
Bxf4 gxf4 35. axb6 axb6 36. Ra2 Nd6 37. Ra6 Rdc8 38. Nb2 Rg8 39. Kf2 Rg6 40.
Rg1 1/2-1/2

[Event "25th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Sverdlovsk URS"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "19"]
[White "Vladimirov, Boris"]
[Black "Kots, Yury"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]
[ECO "E77"]
[PlyCount "61"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f4 c5 6. d5 O-O 7. Nf3 e6 8. Be2 exd5
9. exd5 Re8 10. O-O Ng4 11. Bd3 Ne3 12. Bxe3 Rxe3 13. Qd2 Re7 14. f5 Nd7 15.
Qf4 Ne5 16. Bc2 Nxf3+ 17. Rxf3 Be5 18. Qh4 Re8 19. f6 Bd4+ 20. Kh1 Re5 21. g4
Bd7 22. Raf1 Qf8 23. Bxg6 h6 24. Bf5 Bxf5 25. gxf5 Rae8 26. Rg3+ Kh8 27. Rg7
Be3 28. Rf3 Bc1 29. Rh3 Rxf5 30. Qxh6+ Bxh6 31. Rxh6# 1-0

[Event "25th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Sverdlovsk URS"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Vladimirov, Boris"]
[Black "Aronson, Lev"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]
[ECO "A65"]
[PlyCount "44"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 e6 4. Nc3 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. e4 Be7 7. f4 O-O 8. Nf3
Re8 9. Be2 Bf8 10. Qc2 Na6 11. O-O g6 12. a3 Nc7 13. b4 Bg7 14. Rb1 cxb4 15.
axb4 Bg4 16. h3 Bxf3 17. Bxf3 Rc8 18. Qd3 Nd7 19. Bd2 a6 20. Rfc1 Na8 21. Be3
Qe7 22. Ne2 Nf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "25th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Sverdlovsk URS"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Kaminsky, Oleg"]
[Black "Vladimirov, Boris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]
[ECO "A49"]
[PlyCount "75"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 c5 3. c3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 g6 6. O-O Bg7 7. Nbd2 O-O 8. Ne1
Nc6 9. Nd3 d6 10. b3 Rc8 11. Bb2 cxd4 12. cxd4 Ba6 13. Rc1 d5 14. Ne5 Nxe5 15.
Rxc8 Qxc8 16. dxe5 Ng4 17. Nf3 Qf5 18. Nh4 Qh5 19. Bf3 g5 20. e4 gxh4 21. Bxg4
Qg5 22. Re1 hxg3 23. hxg3 d4 24. e6 Rd8 25. exf7+ Kf8 26. Be6 Rd6 27. Bd5 d3
28. Bxg7+ Kxg7 29. Qa1+ Rf6 30. e5 Rh6 31. e6+ Rf6 32. Re5 Qg4 33. Re4 Qg5 34.
Qd4 h5 35. Rf4 d2 36. Qxd2 Kf8 37. Qd4 Rh6 38. Bc4 1-0

[Event "25th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Sverdlovsk URS"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Tarasov, Vitaly"]
[Black "Vladimirov, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]
[ECO "A05"]
[PlyCount "92"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. b3 Bg7 4. Bb2 O-O 5. Bg2 d5 6. c4 c5 7. cxd5 Qxd5 8. Nc3
Qf5 9. Rc1 Na6 10. d3 Rd8 11. Qc2 Rb8 12. Nd1 Nb4 13. Qxc5 Nxa2 14. Qxf5 Bxf5
15. Ra1 Nb4 16. Rxa7 Nc2+ 17. Kd2 Rbc8 18. Nc3 b5 19. Kxc2 Nd5 20. Nh4 Nxc3 21.
Nxf5 gxf5 22. Kd2 Ne4+ 23. Bxe4 Bxb2 24. Bxf5 Bc3+ 25. Kd1 Ra8 26. Rxa8 Rxa8
27. Kc2 b4 28. d4 Bxd4 29. f4 Ra2+ 30. Kd3 Bc3 31. Bg4 Rd2+ 32. Kc4 e5 33. e3
exf4 34. gxf4 Kf8 35. h4 h6 36. Bf5 Re2 37. Rh3 Ke7 38. Bd3 Re1 39. Kd5 Rd1 40.
Kc4 Re1 41. h5 Kd6 42. Rg3 Rh1 43. Be2 Re1 44. Kd3 Kc7 45. Rg2 Rb1 46. Kc4 Rb2
1/2-1/2

[Event "25th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Sverdlovsk URS"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Prokhorovich, Taras"]
[Black "Vladimirov, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]
[ECO "E60"]
[PlyCount "77"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. b3 Bg7 4. Bb2 O-O 5. e3 d6 6. d4 c5 7. Be2 Ne4 8. O-O
Nc6 9. Nbd2 Bf5 10. Nxe4 Bxe4 11. Qd2 cxd4 12. Nxd4 Nxd4 13. Bxd4 Bc6 14. Bxg7
Kxg7 15. Rad1 Qb6 16. f4 Rad8 17. Bf3 a5 18. g4 f6 19. Kf2 Qb4 20. Kg3 Rc8 21.
Qd3 a4 22. Rc1 Bxf3 23. Kxf3 Rc7 24. h4 Rfc8 25. Rb1 a3 26. g5 b5 27. gxf6+
exf6 28. Rfd1 Kh6 29. Qxd6 Qxd6 30. Rxd6 bxc4 31. bxc4 Rxc4 32. Rxf6 Rc2 33. h5
Rxa2 34. hxg6 hxg6 35. Rg1 Rg8 36. f5 Rb2 37. Ra6 a2 38. e4 Rb1 39. Kf2 1/2-1/2

[Event "25th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Sverdlovsk URS"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Mukhitdinov, Mamadzan"]
[Black "Vladimirov, Boris"]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]
[ECO "C06"]
[PlyCount "34"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. Bd3 c5 6. c3 Nc6 7. Ne2 cxd4 8. cxd4
Qb6 9. Nf3 f6 10. exf6 Nxf6 11. O-O Bd6 12. Qd2 O-O 13. b3 Ng4 14. Ng3 e5 15.
dxe5 Ncxe5 16. Nxe5 Nxf2 17. Rxf2 Rxf2 0-1

[Event "25th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Sverdlovsk URS"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Khanov, Kurban"]
[Black "Vladimirov, Boris"]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]
[ECO "B68"]
[PlyCount "56"]

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 b5 11. e5 b4 12. exf6 bxc3 13. Qxc3 gxf6 14. Bh4 a5
15. a3 Rc8 16. Qe3 Rb8 17. Be2 O-O 18. Bf2 Qc7 19. Rd3 Rfc8 20. Kb1 Ne5 21. Rd2
Ng4 22. Qa7 Rb7 23. Qd4 e5 24. fxe5 fxe5 25. Nxe5 dxe5 26. Qxd7 Nxf2 27. Qxc7
Rcxc7 28. Re1 Bxa3 0-1

[Event "25th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Sverdlovsk URS"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Kholmov, Ratmir"]
[Black "Simagin, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]
[ECO "D78"]
[PlyCount "33"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. O-O d5 6. Ne5 c6 7. c4 dxc4 8. Na3
Ng4 9. Naxc4 Nxe5 10. Nxe5 Nd7 11. Nxd7 Qxd7 12. Be3 Rd8 13. Qb3 Qe6 14. Qc3
Qd6 15. Rad1 Bg4 16. Rd2 Qe6 17. Qa3 1/2-1/2

[Event "25th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Sverdlovsk URS"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Simagin, Vladimir"]
[Black "Ilivitsky, Georgy"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]
[ECO "E92"]
[PlyCount "33"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 O-O 5. Nf3 d6 6. Be2 e5 7. d5 a5 8. O-O Na6
9. Ne1 Nc5 10. f3 Ne8 11. Nd3 f5 12. exf5 gxf5 13. f4 e4 14. Nxc5 dxc5 15. Be3
b6 16. Rc1 Nd6 17. Kh1 1/2-1/2

[Event "25th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Sverdlovsk URS"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "19"]
[White "Simagin, Vladimir"]
[Black "Lutikov, Anatoly"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]
[ECO "E94"]
[PlyCount "69"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O c6 8. dxe5
dxe5 9. Qxd8 Rxd8 10. Nxe5 Nxe4 11. Nxe4 Bxe5 12. Bg5 Re8 13. Bf3 Be6 14. Rfe1
Nd7 15. Rad1 f5 16. Nc5 Bxh2+ 17. Kxh2 Nxc5 18. b4 Ne4 19. Bxe4 fxe4 20. Rxe4
h5 21. Rde1 Kf7 22. f3 b5 23. cxb5 cxb5 24. Rf4+ Kg7 25. Rfe4 Kf7 26. R1e3 a5
27. Rf4+ Kg7 28. Rf6 Bf7 29. Rd3 axb4 30. Rd7 Rf8 31. Rf4 Kg8 32. Bh6 Be6 33.
Rg7+ Kh8 34. Rxf8+ Rxf8 35. Re7 1-0

[Event "25th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Sverdlovsk URS"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Yukhtman, Yakov"]
[Black "Simagin, Vladimir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]
[ECO "B30"]
[PlyCount "80"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 e6 4. O-O Nge7 5. b3 d6 6. Bb2 e5 7. c3 a6 8. Be2
Ng6 9. d4 Be7 10. dxc5 dxc5 11. Nbd2 O-O 12. Nc4 b5 13. Ne3 Bb7 14. Qc2 Qe8 15.
Rfd1 Rd8 16. Nd5 Bd6 17. a4 b4 18. cxb4 Nxb4 19. Nxb4 cxb4 20. Nd2 Nf4 21. Bf1
Qe6 22. Nc4 Bc7 23. Rxd8 Rxd8 24. Rd1 Rxd1 25. Qxd1 h6 26. f3 Kh7 27. Qd2 a5
28. g3 Ng6 29. Qe3 Ba6 30. Qc5 Bxc4 31. Qxc4 Bb6+ 32. Kg2 Qf6 33. f4 Nxf4+ 34.
gxf4 Qg6+ 35. Kf3 Qh5+ 36. Kg3 exf4+ 37. Kxf4 Qxh2+ 38. Kg4 h5+ 39. Kf5 Qf2+
40. Ke5 Qf6+ 0-1

[Event "25th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Sverdlovsk URS"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Bagirov, Vladimir"]
[Black "Simagin, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]
[ECO "B60"]
[PlyCount "112"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bg5 a6 7. Bxf6 gxf6 8.
Be2 Qb6 9. Nb3 f5 10. Nd5 Qd8 11. exf5 Bxf5 12. O-O Bg7 13. c3 e6 14. Ne3 Bg6
15. f4 Qb6 16. Qd2 d5 17. Kh1 O-O-O 18. f5 Bh6 19. Nxd5 Qxb3 20. Qxh6 Qxd5 21.
fxg6 hxg6 22. Qg7 Qe4 23. Rae1 Qh4 24. h3 Rh7 25. Qf6 Qxf6 26. Rxf6 Rd2 27. b4
Rxa2 28. b5 axb5 29. Bxb5 Kd7 30. Rb1 Rd2 31. Rf4 Kc7 32. Bxc6 bxc6 33. Ra4 Kd6
34. Rb7 Rc2 35. Rd4+ Kc5 36. Rf4 Rxc3 37. Rfxf7 Rxf7 38. Rxf7 Kd6 39. Rg7 Rg3
40. Kh2 Rg5 41. h4 Rh5 42. Kg3 c5 43. Rxg6 c4 44. Rg8 c3 45. Rd8+ Kc5 46. Kg4
Rh7 47. Rc8+ Kd4 48. h5 e5 49. Rd8+ Ke3 50. Rc8 Kd2 51. Rd8+ Kc1 52. Re8 Rc7
53. Rxe5 Kd2 54. Ra5 c2 55. Ra1 Rg7+ 56. Kf5 Ra7 1/2-1/2

[Event "25th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Sverdlovsk URS"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Kots, Yury"]
[Black "Simagin, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]
[ECO "E15"]
[PlyCount "40"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 g6 6. O-O Bg7 7. Qc2 O-O 8. Nc3
d5 9. Ne5 c6 10. Rd1 Nbd7 11. f4 Qe7 12. b3 Nxe5 13. dxe5 Ng4 14. e3 f6 15. Qe2
Nh6 16. exf6 Bxf6 17. Bb2 Qg7 18. Rac1 g5 19. Na4 Rae8 20. Bxf6 Qxf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "25th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Sverdlovsk URS"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Aronson, Lev"]
[Black "Simagin, Vladimir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]
[ECO "A04"]
[PlyCount "111"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d3 Nc6 4. g3 g6 5. Bg2 Bg7 6. O-O Nge7 7. Nbd2 O-O 8. Re1
d6 9. Nf1 e5 10. c3 h6 11. Ne3 Be6 12. a3 b5 13. a4 a6 14. Nh4 b4 15. Nd5 bxc3
16. bxc3 Na5 17. Bd2 c4 18. Be3 Bxd5 19. exd5 g5 20. Rb1 Rb8 21. Ba7 Rxb1 22.
Qxb1 Qd7 23. Bb6 Qxa4 24. Qb4 Qxb4 25. cxb4 Nb3 26. dxc4 gxh4 27. Bc7 Nf5 28.
Bh3 Nbd4 29. c5 Nb5 30. Bb6 Nfd4 31. Ra1 hxg3 32. hxg3 Ra8 33. c6 e4 34. Ra5
Nf3+ 35. Kg2 Bd4 36. Rxb5 axb5 37. Ba5 Ne1+ 38. Kf1 Nd3 39. c7 Bxf2 40. c8=Q+
Rxc8 41. Bxc8 Be1 42. Bd7 Bxb4 43. Bd8 Ne5 44. Bxb5 Kg7 45. Ba6 Kg6 46. Bc8 h5
47. Ke2 Bc5 48. Be7 f6 49. Bd8 Nc4 50. Be7 Kf7 51. Bd8 Ne3 52. Be6+ Kg6 53. Ba5
Nf5 54. Be1 Nd4+ 55. Kd1 Nxe6 56. dxe6 0-1

[Event "25th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Sverdlovsk URS"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Kaminsky, Oleg"]
[Black "Simagin, Vladimir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]
[ECO "E62"]
[PlyCount "84"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 O-O 5. g3 d6 6. Bg2 c6 7. O-O Bg4 8. Ne1
Qc8 9. Nd3 Na6 10. Bg5 h6 11. Be3 Re8 12. Qd2 Kh7 13. f3 Bf5 14. Bf2 e5 15.
dxe5 dxe5 16. e4 Bh3 17. Rad1 Bxg2 18. Kxg2 Qe6 19. b3 b6 20. Qb2 Bf8 21. Rd2
Nd7 22. Rfd1 Nac5 23. b4 Nxd3 24. Rxd3 Nf6 25. Qb3 Rac8 26. b5 Kg7 27. a4 Be7
28. bxc6 Rxc6 29. Nd5 Rec8 30. Rc3 Bc5 31. Qc2 h5 32. Rc1 Nh7 33. Bxc5 Rxc5 34.
Qd2 Qd7 35. f4 Qxa4 36. Qe2 Qd7 37. Rf1 exf4 38. Rxf4 Kg8 39. e5 Rxd5 40. e6
fxe6 41. cxd5 Rxc3 42. dxe6 Qc6+ 0-1

[Event "25th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Sverdlovsk URS"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Simagin, Vladimir"]
[Black "Tarasov, Vitaly"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]
[ECO "E94"]
[PlyCount "147"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. d5 Nbd7 8. O-O
Nc5 9. Qc2 a5 10. Ne1 Ne8 11. Be3 f5 12. exf5 gxf5 13. f4 e4 14. Qd2 Qf6 15.
Nc2 Qg6 16. Bd4 Nf6 17. Ne3 Bd7 18. g3 b6 19. Rf2 Ng4 20. Rg2 Bxd4 21. Qxd4 Qf6
22. Qxf6 Nxf6 23. h3 Ne8 24. Rf1 Ng7 25. g4 Rae8 26. Nb5 Bxb5 27. cxb5 Kh8 28.
g5 a4 29. h4 Ra8 30. h5 h6 31. gxh6 Ne8 32. Rg5 Nf6 33. Rd1 Ng8 34. Nxf5 Rf6
35. Nh4 Nxh6 36. Kh2 Nf7 37. Rg4 Rg8 38. Rdg1 Rxg4 39. Rxg4 Nh6 40. Rg5 Kh7 41.
Kg3 Rf8 42. f5 Nd7 43. Kf4 Nf6 44. Rg6 a3 45. bxa3 Nxd5+ 46. Kxe4 Nc3+ 47. Kd3
Nxe2 48. Kxe2 Nxf5 49. Nf3 Ra8 50. Ng5+ Kh8 51. h6 d5 52. Rf6 Ng3+ 53. Kf3 Ne4
54. Nxe4 Rxa3+ 55. Kf4 dxe4 56. Kxe4 Rxa2 57. Rf8+ Kh7 58. Rf7+ Kg8 59. Rxc7
Rb2 60. Rg7+ Kh8 61. Rg5 Rb4+ 62. Kd3 Kh7 63. Re5 Kxh6 64. Kc3 Rh4 65. Re6+ Kg7
66. Rxb6 Kf7 67. Rd6 Ke7 68. Rd1 Rg4 69. Rd2 Rh4 70. Kb3 Rg4 71. Ka3 Rh4 72. b6
Rh6 73. Rb2 Rh8 74. b7 1-0

[Event "25th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Sverdlovsk URS"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Simagin, Vladimir"]
[Black "Prokhorovich, Taras"]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]
[ECO "C73"]
[PlyCount "82"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6 5. Bxc6+ bxc6 6. d4 f6 7. Nc3 g6 8.
dxe5 fxe5 9. Qd3 Nf6 10. Bg5 Bg7 11. O-O-O Be6 12. h4 h6 13. Be3 O-O 14. Nh2
Qe7 15. Na4 Rfb8 16. f3 Rb4 17. Qa3 c5 18. Bd2 a5 19. b3 d5 20. c3 d4 21. cxb4
axb4 22. Qb2 c4 23. Be1 c3 24. Qe2 Rxa4 25. bxa4 b3 26. Bxc3 dxc3 27. axb3 Bxb3
28. Rd2 cxd2+ 29. Qxd2 c5 30. Kb2 c4 31. Ra1 Bf8 32. a5 Qc7 33. Ng4 Nxg4 34.
fxg4 Bc5 35. Qd5+ Kg7 36. a6 Bd4+ 37. Kb1 Kf6 38. a7 Ba4 39. g5+ hxg5 40. hxg5+
Kxg5 41. Ra2 Qb6+ 0-1

[Event "25th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Sverdlovsk URS"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Simagin, Vladimir"]
[Black "Mukhitdinov, Mamadzan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]
[ECO "B25"]
[PlyCount "148"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. d3 d6 6. Nge2 e6 7. O-O Nge7 8. Bg5
O-O 9. Qd2 Nd4 10. Nxd4 Bxd4 11. Nd1 Bg7 12. Bh6 b6 13. Bxg7 Kxg7 14. Ne3 Rb8
15. d4 Qc7 16. Rad1 Ba6 17. Rfe1 Rbd8 18. Ng4 Ng8 19. Qc3 f6 20. f4 Qe7 21. Ne3
Nh6 22. Rd2 Nf7 23. Red1 Bb7 24. d5 e5 25. Rf2 Bc8 26. Bf3 exf4 27. gxf4 g5 28.
Rg2 Kh8 29. fxg5 Ne5 30. Bg4 fxg5 31. Bxc8 Rxc8 32. Nf5 Qf6 33. Rf1 Rce8 34.
Rgf2 Kg8 35. Qh3 Kh8 36. Qg3 Qg6 37. Qc3 Rf7 38. Rg2 h6 39. Rg3 Rh7 40. Rf2 Kg8
41. b4 Rc7 42. h3 Nf7 43. Kh2 Kh7 44. Re3 Rec8 45. b5 Re8 46. Re1 Ne5 47. Qg3
Rf7 48. Ref1 Ref8 49. Qe3 Rg8 50. Ng3 Rgf8 51. Rf5 g4 52. Rxf7+ Rxf7 53. Rxf7+
Qxf7 54. Nf5 Qf6 55. Qf4 gxh3 56. Kxh3 Nf7 57. a4 Kg8 58. Qh4 Ng5+ 59. Kg4 Nxe4
60. Nxh6+ Kf8 61. Qxf6+ Nxf6+ 62. Kf5 Ke7 63. c4 Nd7 64. Ng4 Kf7 65. Kg5 Ke7
66. Kg6 Nf8+ 67. Kh5 Nh7 68. Kg6 Nf8+ 69. Kg5 Nd7 70. Kf5 Kf7 71. Kg5 Ke7 72.
Nh6 Ne5 73. Nf5+ Kd7 74. Ne3 Ke7 1/2-1/2

[Event "25th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Sverdlovsk URS"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Simagin, Vladimir"]
[Black "Khanov, Kurban"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]
[ECO "B07"]
[PlyCount "59"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. O-O d6 6. Nc3 Nbd7 7. e4 e5 8. dxe5
dxe5 9. b3 c6 10. a4 Re8 11. Nd2 Nf8 12. Nc4 Qc7 13. Ba3 Rd8 14. Bd6 Qd7 15.
Bxe5 Qe8 16. Qf3 Bg4 17. Qf4 Qe6 18. h3 g5 19. Qxg5 h6 20. Qe3 Bxh3 21. Bxf6
Bxf6 22. e5 Bg7 23. Bxh3 Qxh3 24. Ne2 Ne6 25. Rad1 Qf5 26. Nd6 Qxc2 27. Nd4
Nxd4 28. Rxd4 Qc5 29. Rg4 Qxe3 30. fxe3 1-0

[Event "25th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Sverdlovsk URS"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ilivitsky, Georgy"]
[Black "Kholmov, Ratmir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]
[ECO "A49"]
[PlyCount "131"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. b3 Bg7 4. Bb2 O-O 5. Bg2 d6 6. d4 a5 7. c4 a4 8. b4 c5
9. a3 Qb6 10. dxc5 dxc5 11. b5 Be6 12. Nfd2 Nbd7 13. O-O Qa7 14. e4 Nb6 15. Qe2
Rfd8 16. f4 Ne8 17. e5 Nd6 18. Rc1 Rd7 19. g4 Rad8 20. h3 Ne8 21. Kh2 Bh6 22.
Rf1 Qb8 23. Bc3 Rd3 24. Be4 Rxc3 25. Nxc3 Bxf4+ 26. Rxf4 Qxe5 27. Qe3 Rxd2+ 28.
Qxd2 Nxc4 29. Qf2 Qxc3 30. Re1 Ned6 31. Bg2 b6 32. Rf3 Qd4 33. Qg3 Kg7 34. Rd3
Qb2 35. Qh4 Qf6 36. Qg3 Nxb5 37. Rf3 Qd4 38. Rd3 Qb2 39. Qh4 Qc2 40. Rf3 Nd4
41. Rf2 Qc3 42. Qxe7 Qxe1 43. Rxf7+ Bxf7 44. Qxe1 Nxa3 45. Qe5+ Kg8 46. Bd5
Bxd5 47. Qxd5+ Kg7 48. Qb7+ Kg8 49. Qxb6 Nab5 50. Qxc5 a3 51. Qd5+ Kf8 52. g5
Kg7 53. Qb7+ Kf8 54. h4 a2 55. Qa8+ Kg7 56. Qxa2 Nf5 57. Qb2+ Nbd4 58. Qb7+ Kg8
59. Qd5+ Kg7 60. Qd7+ Kf8 61. Kh3 Kg8 62. Qd8+ Kg7 63. Qc7+ Kg8 64. Qd7 h5 65.
gxh6 Kh8 66. h7 1-0

[Event "25th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Sverdlovsk URS"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Lutikov, Anatoly"]
[Black "Kholmov, Ratmir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]
[ECO "E55"]
[PlyCount "111"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Bd3 d5 7. O-O dxc4 8. Bxc4
Nbd7 9. a3 cxd4 10. Nb5 Be7 11. Nbxd4 e5 12. Nb5 a6 13. Nd6 Nb6 14. Nxc8 Nxc4
15. Nxe7+ Qxe7 16. b3 Rfd8 17. Qe1 Nd6 18. Bb2 e4 19. Nd4 Ng4 20. Qe2 Ne5 21.
Rad1 Nd3 22. Ba1 Rac8 23. f3 Nc5 24. b4 exf3 25. gxf3 Ne6 26. Kh1 Nxd4 27. Rxd4
Nf5 28. Rg4 h5 29. Re4 Qd7 30. Rg1 Rc6 31. Bd4 Rd6 32. Bc3 Rd1 33. Bd4 Rxg1+
34. Kxg1 Qa4 35. Qd3 Qc6 36. Rf4 Ne7 37. Kf2 Ng6 38. Re4 Qd5 39. Qc3 f5 40. Qc7
Rd7 41. Re8+ Kf7 42. Qc8 f4 43. Re4 fxe3+ 44. Bxe3 Ne7 45. Qc4 Qxc4 46. Rxc4
Nf5 47. Rc5 Ke6 48. b5 Rd5 49. bxa6 Rxc5 50. Bxc5 bxa6 51. Ke2 Kd5 52. Bf8 Kc4
53. Kd2 a5 54. Ke2 g6 55. Kd2 a4 56. Ke2 1/2-1/2

[Event "25th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Sverdlovsk URS"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Kholmov, Ratmir"]
[Black "Yukhtman, Yakov"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]
[ECO "D32"]
[PlyCount "32"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. e3 e6 4. Nc3 d5 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. cxd5 exd5 7. Be2 c4 8. Ne5
Bd6 9. f4 O-O 10. O-O Ne7 11. Bf3 Bb4 12. g4 Ne8 13. g5 Bxc3 14. bxc3 f6 15.
gxf6 Nxf6 16. Ba3 Bf5 1/2-1/2

[Event "25th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Sverdlovsk URS"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Bagirov, Vladimir"]
[Black "Kholmov, Ratmir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]
[ECO "B28"]
[PlyCount "97"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 a6 3. c4 Nc6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nf6 6. Nc3 e5 7. Nc2 Bc5 8. Bd3
d6 9. O-O O-O 10. Bg5 h6 11. Bh4 Be6 12. Ne3 g5 13. Bg3 Re8 14. Ncd5 Rc8 15.
Rc1 Nd4 16. Re1 Bxd5 17. cxd5 Re7 18. Qd2 Rec7 19. Nc2 Nh5 20. Nxd4 Bxd4 21.
Be2 Nxg3 22. hxg3 Rxc1 23. Rxc1 Rxc1+ 24. Qxc1 Qb6 25. Bh5 Qxb2 26. Qc8+ Kg7
27. Qf5 Qc1+ 28. Kh2 Qc7 29. Bg4 b5 30. Qc8 Qxc8 31. Bxc8 a5 32. Bd7 b4 33. Kg1
f5 34. exf5 Kf6 35. Kf1 e4 36. g4 Ke5 37. Bc6 Kf4 38. Bd7 e3 39. f3 Bf6 40. Ke2
Ke5 41. Kxe3 Kxd5 42. Be6+ Kc5 43. Ke4 a4 44. Bf7 b3 45. axb3 a3 46. b4+ Kxb4
47. Kd3 Bg7 48. Bg8 Kc5 49. Ke4 1/2-1/2

[Event "25th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Sverdlovsk URS"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Kholmov, Ratmir"]
[Black "Kots, Yury"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]
[ECO "C95"]
[PlyCount "148"]

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. cxd6 cxd6 14. d5 Nc5 15. Bc2
a5 16. Nbd2 Ba6 17. Nb3 Nfd7 18. Nxc5 Nxc5 19. Be3 Rc8 20. Rc1 Bb5 21. Qd2 Qb6
22. Bb1 Bd7 23. b3 Bd8 24. Qb2 Qa7 25. Qe2 Bb6 26. Nd2 Rc7 27. Nc4 Bb5 28. Qg4
Bxc4 29. Rxc4 Qb7 30. Bh6 f6 31. Be3 Qc8 32. Rec1 Qxg4 33. hxg4 Rfc8 34. Kf1
Nd7 35. Rxc7 Rxc7 36. Rc6 Rxc6 37. dxc6 Bxe3 38. cxd7 Bb6 39. Bd3 Kf7 40. Bb5
Ke6 41. Bc6 d5 42. exd5+ Kd6 43. Ke2 Kc5 44. Ke3 Bd8 45. Ke4 Kd6 46. g3 g6 47.
f4 h6 48. Bb5 Be7 49. Bd3 exf4 50. Kxf4 g5+ 51. Kf5 Kxd7 52. Kg6 Kd6 53. Bc4
Bd8 54. Kxh6 Ke7 55. Kg6 Kd6 56. Kf7 Bb6 57. Kxf6 Bd8+ 58. Kf5 Be7 59. Ke4 Bf6
60. Be2 Bd8 61. Bf3 Bb6 62. Kf5 Bd8 63. Bg2 Be7 64. Ke4 Bf6 65. Bf3 Bd8 66. Kd4
Bb6+ 67. Kc4 Bd8 68. Kb5 Bc7 69. Ka6 Bd8 70. Kb7 Bc7 71. Bg2 Bd8 72. Be4 Bc7
73. Bf5 Bd8 74. Be6 Bc7 1/2-1/2

[Event "25th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Sverdlovsk URS"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Kholmov, Ratmir"]
[Black "Aronson, Lev"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]
[ECO "B08"]
[PlyCount "82"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d6 3. e4 g6 4. Bg5 c6 5. Qd2 Bg7 6. Nf3 Qa5 7. h3 Nbd7 8. Bd3
e5 9. O-O O-O 10. Rfe1 Re8 11. a3 a6 12. Rad1 Qc7 13. Bc4 Nf8 14. Bb3 Ne6 15.
Bxf6 Bxf6 16. Bxe6 Bxe6 17. d5 cxd5 18. Nxd5 Bxd5 19. Qxd5 Qxc2 20. Rd2 Qc8 21.
Qxd6 Re6 22. Qd5 Qc7 23. Red1 Rd8 24. Qb3 Rxd2 25. Rxd2 Kg7 26. g4 h6 27. Kg2
Rc6 28. Qd5 b5 29. h4 Re6 30. b3 Be7 31. a4 bxa4 32. bxa4 Bb4 33. Rd1 Qc3 34.
Rd3 Qc1 35. g5 h5 36. Nxe5 Qf4 37. Nxf7 Qg4+ 38. Kf1 Kxf7 39. e5 Kg7 40. Rd4
Qh3+ 41. Kg1 a5 1/2-1/2

[Event "25th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Sverdlovsk URS"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Kaminsky, Oleg"]
[Black "Kholmov, Ratmir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]
[ECO "B07"]
[PlyCount "80"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. O-O d6 6. Nc3 Nbd7 7. e4 e5 8. dxe5
dxe5 9. b3 Re8 10. Ba3 Bf8 11. Bxf8 Kxf8 12. Qc1 Kg7 13. Rd1 Qe7 14. Nd5 Nxd5
15. exd5 f5 16. Ng5 Nf6 17. Qb2 e4 18. h4 Bd7 19. c4 h6 20. Nh3 Rad8 21. Nf4
Qe5 22. Rab1 Qxb2 23. Rxb2 g5 24. hxg5 hxg5 25. Ne2 Ng4 26. Nd4 Kf6 27. Re2 Ne5
28. f3 exf3 29. Nxf3 Nxf3+ 30. Bxf3 g4 31. Rxe8 Rxe8 32. Bg2 Re2 33. c5 Rxa2
34. c6 bxc6 35. dxc6 Be6 36. b4 Rb2 37. Ra1 Ba2 38. b5 Rb1+ 39. Rxb1 Bxb1 40.
Bf1 Ke5 0-1

[Event "25th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Sverdlovsk URS"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Tarasov, Vitaly"]
[Black "Kholmov, Ratmir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]
[ECO "D33"]
[PlyCount "34"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. g3 c4 7. Bg2 Bb4 8. O-O
Nge7 9. e4 O-O 10. exd5 Nxd5 11. Nxd5 Qxd5 12. Ne5 Qxd4 13. Nxc6 Qxd1 14. Rxd1
bxc6 15. Bxc6 Rb8 16. Be3 Bb7 17. Bxb7 Rxb7 1/2-1/2

[Event "25th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Sverdlovsk URS"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Prokhorovich, Taras"]
[Black "Kholmov, Ratmir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]
[ECO "E55"]
[PlyCount "112"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. Nf3 c5 7. O-O dxc4 8. Bxc4
Nbd7 9. Ne2 cxd4 10. exd4 Nb6 11. Bd3 Bd7 12. Ne5 Rc8 13. Bg5 Be7 14. Rc1 Rxc1
15. Qxc1 Nfd5 16. Bxe7 Qxe7 17. Qd2 Rc8 18. a3 Be8 19. Rc1 Rxc1+ 20. Qxc1 f6
21. Nc4 Qc7 22. Nxb6 Qxc1+ 23. Nxc1 Nxb6 24. Kf1 Bc6 25. f3 Kf7 26. Ke2 h6 27.
Na2 Nd5 28. g3 Ke7 29. Nc3 Nb6 30. b3 f5 31. Bb5 Bxb5+ 32. Nxb5 a6 33. Nc3 Kd6
34. Kd3 Nd5 35. Na4 b6 36. Nb2 b5 37. Kd2 Ne7 38. Nd3 Nc6 39. Kc3 g5 40. b4 Kd5
41. Nc5 Nxd4 42. Nxa6 e5 43. f4 gxf4 44. gxf4 Ne2+ 45. Kd2 Nxf4 46. Nc7+ Kc6
47. Ne8 Nh5 48. a4 bxa4 49. b5+ Kxb5 50. Nd6+ Kb4 51. Nxf5 Kb3 52. Kc1 a3 53.
Kb1 Nf4 54. Nxh6 Nd5 55. Ng4 Nb4 56. Ne3 a2+ 0-1

[Event "25th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Sverdlovsk URS"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Kholmov, Ratmir"]
[Black "Mukhitdinov, Mamadzan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]
[ECO "B29"]
[PlyCount "61"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. e5 Nd5 4. Nc3 e6 5. Nxd5 exd5 6. d4 d6 7. Bb5+ Nc6 8.
O-O Be7 9. exd6 Qxd6 10. Re1 O-O 11. c3 Bg4 12. dxc5 Qxc5 13. Be2 Bh5 14. Be3
Qd6 15. Qd2 Bf6 16. Rad1 Rfd8 17. Nd4 Bg6 18. Bg4 a6 19. Bf4 Qc5 20. Bc7 Re8
21. Nb3 Qc4 22. Be2 Qa4 23. Nc5 Qc2 24. Qxc2 Bxc2 25. Rxd5 Rac8 26. Bf4 Ne7 27.
Rd2 Rxc5 28. Rxc2 Nd5 29. Bd2 Nb4 30. Rcc1 Nxa2 31. Bc4 1-0

[Event "25th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Sverdlovsk URS"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "18"]
[White "Khanov, Kurban"]
[Black "Kholmov, Ratmir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]
[ECO "B30"]
[PlyCount "165"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. Nc3 Nf6 6. Bg5 Be7 7. Bg2 d4 8. Ne2 e5
9. O-O h6 10. Bd2 g5 11. Ne1 Rg8 12. c3 Be6 13. cxd4 cxd4 14. f4 gxf4 15. gxf4
exf4 16. Nxf4 Bg4 17. Qa4 Nd7 18. Nd5 Bd6 19. Bf4 Bxf4 20. Rxf4 Rg6 21. Kh1
Nde5 22. b4 a6 23. b5 Ne7 24. Qxd4 Qd6 25. Nc2 axb5 26. Nce3 Ra4 27. Qb2 Nxd5
28. Nxd5 b4 29. d4 Nd3 30. Qc2 Nxf4 31. Qxa4+ Kf8 32. e5 Bh3 33. Nxf4 Bxg2+ 34.
Nxg2 Qxd4 35. Rg1 Qe4 36. Qb5 Rg5 37. Qc5+ Kg7 38. Qf2 Qxe5 39. Qf3 b5 40. h4
Rg6 41. Rf1 Qe7 42. Re1 Qd8 43. Qe4 Qf6 44. Ne3 h5 45. Nf5+ Kh8 46. Qe5 Kh7 47.
Qxf6 Rxf6 48. Re5 Ra6 49. Rxb5 Rxa2 50. Rxb4 Kg6 51. Ne3 Ra3 52. Ng2 Rf3 53.
Kh2 Rf5 54. Kg3 Kg7 55. Rd4 Kf8 56. Nf4 Ra5 57. Rd5 Ra3+ 58. Kg2 Ra4 59. Kf3
Ra3+ 60. Ke4 Ra4+ 61. Kf5 Kg7 62. Kg5 Ra6 63. Nxh5+ Kh7 64. Nf6+ Kg7 65. Ne8+
Kf8 66. Nd6 Kg7 67. Nf5+ Kh7 68. Rd6 Ra7 69. Rc6 Rb7 70. h5 Ra7 71. Rd6 Rb7 72.
Rd5 Ra7 73. Ne3 Ra8 74. Ng4 Rg8+ 75. Kh4 Ra8 76. Rf5 Ra7 77. Kg5 Rb7 78. Nf6+
Kg7 79. Re5 Rb8 80. h6+ Kh8 81. Re8+ Rxe8 82. Nxe8 Kh7 83. Nd6 1-0

[Event "25th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Sverdlovsk URS"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Ilivitsky, Georgy"]
[Black "Lutikov, Anatoly"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]
[ECO "E69"]
[PlyCount "85"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 d6 3. Nf3 g6 4. g3 Bg7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O Nbd7 7. Nc3 e5 8. e4
c6 9. h3 Qa5 10. d5 cxd5 11. cxd5 b5 12. Nd2 b4 13. Nb3 Qd8 14. Ne2 a5 15. a3
bxa3 16. Rxa3 a4 17. Be3 Nb6 18. Nd2 Nfd7 19. Nc3 Ba6 20. Re1 f5 21. exf5 gxf5
22. g4 f4 23. Bxb6 Qxb6 24. Nxa4 Qb4 25. Ne4 Bc4 26. Bf1 Rfc8 27. Nec3 Bxf1 28.
Na2 Qc4 29. Rxf1 e4 30. N2c3 Re8 31. Re1 e3 32. fxe3 fxe3 33. Ne2 Ne5 34. Rf1
Rab8 35. Rxe3 Rf8 36. b3 Rxf1+ 37. Qxf1 Qxd5 38. Ng3 Rxb3 39. Nf5 Bf8 40. Nc3
Qc5 41. Ne4 Qa7 42. Qf4 Qa1+ 43. Kg2 1/2-1/2

[Event "25th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Sverdlovsk URS"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "18"]
[White "Ilivitsky, Georgy"]
[Black "Yukhtman, Yakov"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]
[ECO "E69"]
[PlyCount "149"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. O-O O-O 5. d4 d6 6. c4 Nbd7 7. Nc3 e5 8. e4
c6 9. h3 Qa5 10. Be3 exd4 11. Bxd4 Nb6 12. Nd2 Be6 13. Qf3 Ne8 14. Qd3 Rd8 15.
b3 f5 16. Bxg7 Nxg7 17. f4 fxe4 18. Ndxe4 d5 19. cxd5 Bxd5 20. Qc2 Nf5 21. Qf2
Bxe4 22. Nxe4 Nd5 23. Nc5 Nxg3 24. Nxb7 Qc7 25. Nxd8 Nxf4 26. Rfe1 Rxd8 27. Re3
Rf8 28. Qe1 Nf5 29. Re8 Nd3 30. Qe6+ Kg7 31. Rxf8 Kxf8 32. Qxc6 Qe5 33. Qa8+
Kg7 34. Qxa7+ Kh6 35. Rd1 Nf4 36. Qf2 Ne2+ 37. Kf1 Nfg3+ 38. Ke1 Nc3+ 39. Be4
Qxe4+ 40. Kd2 Qe5 41. Qf8+ Kg5 42. Qd8+ Kh5 43. Kc2 Nxd1 44. Qxd1+ Kh6 45. Qd3
Nf5 46. b4 g5 47. a4 Kg6 48. a5 h5 49. a6 g4 50. hxg4 hxg4 51. Kb3 Qe1 52. b5
g3 53. Qc2 Qf1 54. a7 Qxb5+ 55. Ka3 Qd5 56. Qa4 Qa8 57. Qa6+ Kg5 58. Qb6 Nd6
59. Qe3+ Kg4 60. Qe2+ Kf4 61. Qd2+ Ke5 62. Qc3+ Kf4 63. Qd2+ Kf3 64. Qd3+ Kf2
65. Qd2+ Kg1 66. Qd1+ Kh2 67. Qh5+ Kg1 68. Qd1+ Kf2 69. Qd2+ Kf3 70. Qd3+ Kg4
71. Qg6+ Kh3 72. Qh5+ Kg2 73. Qe2+ Kg1 74. Qd1+ Kf2 75. Qd2+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "25th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Sverdlovsk URS"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Ilivitsky, Georgy"]
[Black "Bagirov, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]
[ECO "A36"]
[PlyCount "60"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. e3 e5 6. a3 d6 7. Rb1 a5 8. Nge2
Nge7 9. O-O O-O 10. d3 Rb8 11. Bd2 b6 12. Qc2 Bb7 13. e4 f5 14. Nd5 Nxd5 15.
exd5 Nd4 16. Nxd4 exd4 17. Rfe1 Bc8 18. b4 axb4 19. axb4 Ra8 20. Ra1 Rxa1 21.
Rxa1 Be5 22. f4 Bf6 23. Qa4 Rf7 24. Bf3 Bd7 25. Qa6 Bc8 26. Qa4 Bd7 27. Qa8 Bg7
28. b5 Qxa8 29. Rxa8+ Rf8 30. Ra7 Rf7 1/2-1/2

[Event "25th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Sverdlovsk URS"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Kots, Yury"]
[Black "Ilivitsky, Georgy"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]
[ECO "C18"]
[PlyCount "133"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Ne7 7. Qg4 cxd4 8.
Qxg7 Rg8 9. Qxh7 Qc7 10. Ne2 Nbc6 11. f4 dxc3 12. Qd3 d4 13. Nxd4 Nxd4 14. Qxd4
Bd7 15. Be3 Nd5 16. g3 Bc6 17. Rg1 Nxe3 18. Qxe3 Qa5 19. Rd1 Qxa3 20. Rd3 a5
21. Rxc3 Qb2 22. Kf2 a4 23. Bg2 Bxg2 24. Kxg2 a3 25. Qd4 Kf8 26. Rf1 Qb5 27.
Rxa3 Qc6+ 28. Raf3 Qxc2+ 29. R3f2 Qc6+ 30. Kg1 Rg4 31. Rb1 Kg8 32. Rfb2 Ra3 33.
Rg2 b5 34. Qb4 Rc3 35. Rf2 Rc4 36. Qxb5 Rc1+ 37. Rf1 Rxf1+ 38. Qxf1 Kg7 39. Qg2
Qc4 40. Kh1 Rg6 41. Rf1 Qd3 42. Qf3 Qc2 43. Rf2 Qf5 44. Kg2 Rh6 45. g4 Qh7 46.
h3 Qg6 47. Kh2 Rh8 48. f5 Qg5 49. Qf4 Qxf4+ 50. Rxf4 exf5 51. Rxf5 Ra8 52. Kg3
Ra1 53. h4 Re1 54. Kf4 Kg6 55. Rf6+ Kg7 56. Kf5 Rf1+ 57. Kg5 Re1 58. Rf5 Re2
59. h5 Re4 60. h6+ Kg8 61. Kf6 Ra4 62. Rg5+ Kh7 63. Kxf7 Rf4+ 64. Rf5 Rxg4 65.
e6 Kxh6 66. e7 Rg7+ 67. Kf8 1-0

[Event "25th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Sverdlovsk URS"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Aronson, Lev"]
[Black "Ilivitsky, Georgy"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]
[ECO "A08"]
[PlyCount "71"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 Nf6 4. d3 d5 5. Nbd2 g6 6. Bg2 Bg7 7. O-O O-O 8. Re1
Nc6 9. c3 b6 10. e5 Nd7 11. d4 f6 12. exf6 Qxf6 13. Nb3 c4 14. Bg5 Qf7 15. Nbd2
Bb7 16. Bf4 h6 17. h4 Rfe8 18. Bh3 Nf8 19. Nf1 Bc8 20. Bg2 Nh7 21. Qd2 Qf8 22.
N1h2 Nf6 23. Ne5 Nxe5 24. Bxe5 Bd7 25. Re3 Kh7 26. Rae1 Qe7 27. Qc2 h5 28. Bf4
Bh6 29. Bxh6 Kxh6 30. Re5 Qf7 31. Nf3 Ne4 32. Ng5 Nxg5 33. Rxg5 Re7 34. Bxd5
Rc8 35. Be4 Rg8 36. Qd2 1-0

[Event "25th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Sverdlovsk URS"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Ilivitsky, Georgy"]
[Black "Kaminsky, Oleg"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]
[ECO "A36"]
[PlyCount "87"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. d3 Nf6 6. Nh3 O-O 7. Nf4 e5 8. Nfd5
Nxd5 9. Nxd5 d6 10. O-O Be6 11. Rb1 Qd7 12. Re1 Rab8 13. Qa4 b5 14. cxb5 Nd4
15. e3 Nxb5 16. Bd2 Rfc8 17. b4 c4 18. dxc4 Rxc4 19. Rbc1 Rbc8 20. Qa6 Rxc1 21.
Rxc1 Rxc1+ 22. Bxc1 Bxd5 23. Bxd5 Nc3 24. e4 Qg4 25. Qc4 Qd1+ 26. Kg2 Nxd5 27.
Qc8+ Bf8 28. Bh6 Ne3+ 29. Bxe3 Qh5 30. Bxa7 Qe2 31. Be3 g5 32. Qf5 h6 33. a4
Qc4 34. a5 Qxb4 35. a6 Qa4 36. a7 Qc6 37. h4 gxh4 38. Qg4+ Kh7 39. Qxh4 f5 40.
Qd8 Qxe4+ 41. Kh2 f4 42. a8=Q fxg3+ 43. fxg3 Qxe3 44. Qd7+ 1-0

[Event "25th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Sverdlovsk URS"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Ilivitsky, Georgy"]
[Black "Tarasov, Vitaly"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]
[ECO "D25"]
[PlyCount "52"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 g6 5. Bxc4 Bg7 6. O-O O-O 7. Nc3 Nfd7 8.
Qe2 Nb6 9. Bb3 Nc6 10. Rd1 Na5 11. Bc2 Nac4 12. b3 Nd6 13. h3 c6 14. e4 f5 15.
b4 Nxe4 16. Bb3+ Nd5 17. Nxe4 fxe4 18. Qxe4 Qd6 19. Bg5 e6 20. Qh4 Rf5 21. Bc2
Rf8 22. a3 a5 23. bxa5 Rxa5 24. a4 b6 25. Re1 Ra7 26. Ne5 c5 1/2-1/2

[Event "25th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Sverdlovsk URS"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "19"]
[White "Prokhorovich, Taras"]
[Black "Ilivitsky, Georgy"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]
[ECO "A14"]
[PlyCount "38"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. b3 a5 7. Ba3 Bxa3 8. Nxa3
Qe7 9. Nc2 Nc6 10. d4 Rd8 11. Qc1 e5 12. dxe5 Nxe5 13. Ne3 d4 14. Nxe5 Qxe5 15.
Nd5 Nxd5 16. cxd5 Bg4 17. e3 Rxd5 18. exd4 Rxd4 19. Re1 Qd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "25th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Sverdlovsk URS"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Mukhitdinov, Mamadzan"]
[Black "Ilivitsky, Georgy"]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]
[ECO "B41"]
[PlyCount "34"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. c4 Nf6 6. Nc3 Bb4 7. Bd2 O-O 8. e5
Bxc3 9. Bxc3 Ne4 10. Qc2 d5 11. exd6 Nxc3 12. Qxc3 Qxd6 13. O-O-O Qe7 14. Bd3
Bd7 15. g3 Nc6 16. Nxc6 Bxc6 17. Rd2 Bxh1 0-1

[Event "25th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Sverdlovsk URS"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Ilivitsky, Georgy"]
[Black "Khanov, Kurban"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]
[ECO "E81"]
[PlyCount "69"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 g6 3. e4 d6 4. d4 Bg7 5. f3 e5 6. Nge2 O-O 7. Bg5 Nc6 8. d5
Na5 9. Nc1 b6 10. Qd2 Qd7 11. g4 Ne8 12. Bd3 f5 13. exf5 gxf5 14. Bxf5 Qf7 15.
Bxc8 Rxc8 16. O-O Nxc4 17. Qe2 Qg6 18. Ne4 b5 19. Nd3 Bh6 20. f4 Bxg5 21. fxg5
Nb6 22. Rxf8+ Kxf8 23. Rf1+ Kg8 24. Nb4 Rd8 25. Qf3 Qg7 26. Qf5 Kh8 27. Qe6 Qg8
28. Qh6 Nd7 29. Nc6 Ra8 30. Ne7 Qg7 31. Qe6 Nf8 32. Qf7 Nd7 33. g6 hxg6 34.
Nxg6+ Kh7 35. Qxd7 1-0

[Event "25th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Sverdlovsk URS"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Lutikov, Anatoly"]
[Black "Yukhtman, Yakov"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]
[ECO "E64"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 g6 4. Nc3 d6 5. Nf3 Bg7 6. g3 O-O 7. Bg2 Na6 8. O-O
Nc7 9. h3 e5 10. dxe6 Bxe6 11. Bf4 Bxc4 12. Bxd6 Re8 13. Bxc5 Qxd1 14. Rfxd1
Bxe2 15. Nxe2 Rxe2 16. Rab1 Rc2 17. Bd4 Ne6 18. Bc3 Rc8 19. Ne1 R2xc3 20. bxc3
b6 21. Rbc1 Nc5 22. c4 Na4 23. Rc2 Kf8 24. Nd3 Nd7 25. Bd5 b5 26. c5 Nc3 27.
Bb7 Rxc5 28. Nxc5 Nxc5 29. Rd8+ Ke7 30. Rc8 N5a4 31. Rc7+ Kf8 32. Bc6 Bd4 33.
Rc8+ Ke7 34. Kf1 Nb6 35. Rb8 Kd6 36. Rd8+ Kc5 37. Bxb5 Bf6 38. Be8 Bxd8 39.
Rxc3+ Kd6 40. Bxf7 a5 41. Re3 1-0

[Event "25th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Sverdlovsk URS"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Lutikov, Anatoly"]
[Black "Bagirov, Vladimir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]
[ECO "D15"]
[PlyCount "98"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 dxc4 5. e3 Bf5 6. Bxc4 e6 7. O-O Be7 8. Re1
O-O 9. h3 Nbd7 10. e4 Bg6 11. a4 Bb4 12. e5 Nd5 13. Bd2 N7b6 14. Bf1 a5 15. Ne4
h6 16. Bxb4 Nxb4 17. Rc1 Qe7 18. Nc5 Rfd8 19. Qd2 Rab8 20. b3 Rd5 21. Ne4 Rdd8
22. g4 Bxe4 23. Rxe4 N6d5 24. Bd3 Nxd3 25. Qxd3 Nb4 26. Qe2 Rd5 27. Kh2 g6 28.
Qe3 Kg7 29. Nd2 Rbd8 30. Nc4 c5 31. dxc5 Rd3 32. Qe2 Qxc5 33. Rf4 R8d7 34. Qe1
Qe7 35. Nxa5 Nd5 36. Re4 Qh4 37. Qf1 Rf3 38. Rc2 Nf4 39. Rxf4 Rxf4 40. Nc4 Rxg4
41. Nd6 Rd4 42. Qb5 Qf4+ 43. Kg2 Qg5+ 44. Kf1 Rd1+ 45. Ke2 Qh5+ 46. f3 Rd5 47.
Qxd7 Qxe5+ 48. Kf1 Rd1+ 49. Kg2 Qg5+ 0-1

[Event "25th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Sverdlovsk URS"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Lutikov, Anatoly"]
[Black "Kots, Yury"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]
[ECO "E80"]
[PlyCount "99"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f3 e5 6. dxe5 dxe5 7. Qxd8+ Kxd8 8.
Bg5 c6 9. f4 h6 10. Bh4 Kc7 11. fxe5 Ng4 12. Nf3 Nxe5 13. Bg3 f6 14. O-O-O Re8
15. Nh4 g5 16. Nf5 Bf8 17. Be2 Be6 18. h4 Nd7 19. hxg5 hxg5 20. Rh7 Rad8 21.
Bxe5+ fxe5 22. Bh5 Bxf5 23. exf5 Re7 24. Rh8 Bg7 25. Rxd8 Kxd8 26. Ne4 Kc7 27.
Bg6 Nf6 28. Nc5 Kb6 29. Ne6 Nd7 30. Rd6 e4 31. Nxg7 Rxg7 32. Be8 Nc5 33. f6 Rh7
34. f7 Rh1+ 35. Kd2 Rf1 36. Rg6 Kc7 37. Ke2 Rf5 38. b4 Nd3 39. Rg8 Nf4+ 40. Ke3
Ne6 41. Kxe4 Rf6 42. Ke5 Rh6 43. f8=Q Nxf8 44. Rxf8 Rh4 45. c5 Rxb4 46. Bg6 a5
47. Bf5 b6 48. cxb6+ Rxb6 49. Rf7+ Kb8 50. g4 1-0

[Event "25th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Sverdlovsk URS"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Lutikov, Anatoly"]
[Black "Aronson, Lev"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]
[ECO "E59"]
[PlyCount "79"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 c5 6. Nf3 d5 7. O-O Nc6 8. a3
Bxc3 9. bxc3 dxc4 10. Bxc4 Qc7 11. Be2 Rd8 12. Qc2 e5 13. Bb2 Bg4 14. dxe5 Nxe5
15. c4 Nxf3+ 16. gxf3 Bh5 17. Rfe1 Bg6 18. Qc3 Ne8 19. e4 f6 20. Qe3 Qe7 21.
Kh1 Nc7 22. e5 fxe5 23. Bxe5 Ne8 24. f4 Nf6 25. Bf3 Bf7 26. Qb3 Rac8 27. Rg1
Kh8 28. Rae1 b6 29. Qc3 Bg6 30. f5 Bxf5 31. Rxg7 Kxg7 32. Bxf6+ Qxf6 33. Re7+
Kg6 34. Bh5+ Kxh5 35. Qxf6 Rd1+ 36. Kg2 Rg8+ 37. Kf3 Bg4+ 38. Ke3 Re1+ 39. Kf4
Rxe7 40. Qxe7 1-0

[Event "25th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Sverdlovsk URS"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Lutikov, Anatoly"]
[Black "Kaminsky, Oleg"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]
[ECO "E03"]
[PlyCount "69"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 dxc4 5. Qa4+ Nbd7 6. Qxc4 a6 7. Bg2 b5 8.
Qc6 Rb8 9. O-O Bb7 10. Qc2 Be7 11. Bf4 Nd5 12. Nc3 Nxf4 13. gxf4 O-O 14. Rad1
Bxf3 15. Bxf3 Bd6 16. e3 f5 17. Kh1 Qh4 18. Rg1 Rf6 19. Rg2 Rh6 20. Rdg1 Kh8
21. Bc6 Nf8 22. f3 Ng6 23. Ne2 Qd8 24. a4 Ne7 25. axb5 axb5 26. Ra1 e5 27. fxe5
Bxe5 28. dxe5 Rxc6 29. Qd1 Rc5 30. Qxd8+ Rxd8 31. f4 Nd5 32. Nd4 Nxe3 33. Ne6
Nxg2 34. Nxd8 Rc2 35. e6 1-0

[Event "25th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Sverdlovsk URS"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Lutikov, Anatoly"]
[Black "Tarasov, Vitaly"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]
[ECO "D24"]
[PlyCount "74"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 c5 5. d5 a6 6. e4 b5 7. e5 b4 8. Bxc4
bxc3 9. O-O c2 10. Qd3 Nxd5 11. Qxd5 Qxd5 12. Bxd5 Ra7 13. Be3 e6 14. Be4 Be7
15. Rfc1 Bb7 16. Nd2 O-O 17. Rxc2 Nd7 18. f4 Bxe4 19. Nxe4 Rb7 20. Rd1 Rc8 21.
Nd6 Bxd6 22. Rxd6 g5 23. Rxa6 gxf4 24. Bxf4 Rb4 25. Bh6 Re4 26. h3 Rxe5 27. Rd6
Rd5 28. Rc3 Nf8 29. Rg3+ Ng6 30. Rxd5 exd5 31. h4 Rb8 32. h5 Rxb2 33. hxg6 hxg6
34. a3 d4 35. Rd3 f5 36. Bf4 Kf7 37. Bd6 Rc2 1/2-1/2

[Event "25th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Sverdlovsk URS"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Prokhorovich, Taras"]
[Black "Lutikov, Anatoly"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]
[ECO "E60"]
[PlyCount "35"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 d6 3. d4 g6 4. b3 Bg7 5. Bb2 O-O 6. e3 Nfd7 7. Be2 e5 8. dxe5
dxe5 9. Nc3 e4 10. Nd4 Re8 11. Qc2 c6 12. O-O Qe7 13. Qd2 a5 14. Na4 Nf6 15.
Nc2 Nbd7 16. Rad1 Ne5 17. Qd6 Bf8 18. Qxe7 1/2-1/2

[Event "25th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Sverdlovsk URS"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Mukhitdinov, Mamadzan"]
[Black "Lutikov, Anatoly"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]
[ECO "C68"]
[PlyCount "56"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 bxc6 5. d4 exd4 6. Qxd4 Qf6 7. e5 Qg6 8.
O-O Bb7 9. c4 O-O-O 10. Bf4 c5 11. Qe3 Ne7 12. Bg3 Nf5 13. Qf4 h5 14. h4 Be7
15. Nc3 Qg4 16. Nd5 Bxd5 17. cxd5 d6 18. Rfd1 Qxf4 19. Bxf4 Nxh4 20. Nxh4 Bxh4
21. Rac1 Rhe8 22. exd6 cxd6 23. Rc4 Kd7 24. b4 cxb4 25. Rxb4 Rb8 26. Ra4 Rb2
27. Be3 Bf6 28. Rxa6 Reb8 1/2-1/2

[Event "25th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Sverdlovsk URS"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Khanov, Kurban"]
[Black "Lutikov, Anatoly"]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]
[ECO "C01"]
[PlyCount "98"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. Nf3 Bd6 5. Nc3 c6 6. Bd3 Qc7 7. Bg5 Ne7 8.
Qe2 Bg4 9. Bh4 Nd7 10. O-O-O f6 11. Bg3 O-O 12. Rhe1 Rfe8 13. Qe3 Kf8 14. Qd2
Nb6 15. Re3 Nf5 16. Rxe8+ Rxe8 17. Bxf5 Bxf5 18. Re1 Nc4 19. Rxe8+ Kxe8 20.
Bxd6 Qxd6 21. Qe1+ Kf7 22. g3 Qb4 23. Nd1 Qa4 24. Qc3 Qxa2 25. Nd2 Qa1+ 26. Nb1
Qa6 27. Qf3 Nd6 28. Qf4 Qe2 29. Ne3 Qe1+ 30. Nd1 Ke6 31. Nd2 g5 32. Qf3 Ne4 33.
Nxe4 Qxe4 34. Qb3 Qe2 35. h3 Be4 36. Qc3 Bf3 37. Qe3+ Qxe3+ 38. Nxe3 f5 39. c3
f4 40. gxf4 gxf4 41. Nc2 Bg2 42. h4 Kf5 43. Ne1 Bh3 44. Nf3 Kg4 45. Ng5 h5 46.
Ne6 Kf3 47. Ng5+ Kxf2 48. Nxh3+ Kg3 49. Ng5 f3 0-1

[Event "25th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Sverdlovsk URS"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Bagirov, Vladimir"]
[Black "Yukhtman, Yakov"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]
[ECO "B08"]
[PlyCount "42"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bg5 c6 6. Qd2 Qa5 7. O-O-O Be6 8. a3
Nbd7 9. h3 Nb6 10. Bh6 Bxh6 11. Qxh6 O-O-O 12. Ng5 Rdf8 13. Nxe6 fxe6 14. Be2
c5 15. Qe3 cxd4 16. Rxd4 Kb8 17. Bg4 e5 18. Rd3 Nc4 19. Qe1 Nxg4 20. hxg4 Qb6
21. Nd1 Rc8 1/2-1/2

[Event "25th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Sverdlovsk URS"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Yukhtman, Yakov"]
[Black "Kots, Yury"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]
[ECO "C29"]
[PlyCount "26"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. f4 d5 4. fxe5 Nxe4 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. Bb5 Be7 7. Qe2 Nxc3 8.
Bxc6+ bxc6 9. bxc3 c5 10. d3 O-O 11. O-O c6 12. Qf2 Qa5 13. Qg3 Kh8 1/2-1/2

[Event "25th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Sverdlovsk URS"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Yukhtman, Yakov"]
[Black "Aronson, Lev"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]
[ECO "B22"]
[PlyCount "105"]

1. e4 c5 2. d4 cxd4 3. c3 d5 4. exd5 Qxd5 5. cxd4 Nc6 6. Nf3 Bg4 7. Be2 e6 8.
Nc3 Bb4 9. O-O Qa5 10. Ne4 Nf6 11. Nxf6+ gxf6 12. Bf4 O-O 13. a3 Be7 14. Qb3
Qb6 15. Qxb6 axb6 16. Rfd1 Ra4 17. Be3 Rd8 18. d5 Rxd5 19. Rxd5 exd5 20. Bxb6
Ra8 21. Rd1 Be6 22. Nd4 Bd8 23. Bxd8 Rxd8 24. f4 Kf8 25. Kf2 Ke7 26. Ke3 Kd6
27. b4 Nxd4 28. Kxd4 Ra8 29. Ra1 Bd7 30. Bf3 Bc6 31. a4 Rxa4 32. Rxa4 Bxa4 33.
Bxd5 Bc6 34. Bxc6 Kxc6 35. g4 Kb5 36. Kc3 Kb6 37. Kc4 Kc6 38. Kd4 Kb5 39. Kc3
Kb6 40. Kc4 Kc6 41. h3 Kb6 42. b5 Kc7 43. Kc5 b6+ 44. Kd5 Kd7 45. g5 Kc7 46. h4
Kd7 47. h5 Kc7 48. Ke4 Kd6 49. Kf5 Ke7 50. gxf6+ Kf8 51. Ke5 h6 52. Kd6 Kg8 53.
Kc6 1-0

[Event "25th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Sverdlovsk URS"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "19"]
[White "Yukhtman, Yakov"]
[Black "Kaminsky, Oleg"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]
[ECO "C42"]
[PlyCount "80"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Qe2 Qe7 6. d3 Nf6 7. Bg5 Qxe2+ 8.
Bxe2 Be7 9. Nc3 Bd7 10. O-O Nc6 11. Rfe1 O-O 12. d4 Ng4 13. Bxe7 Nxe7 14. Bb5
Nc6 15. d5 Nb8 16. h3 Nf6 17. Bc4 Re8 18. Nd4 a6 19. a4 Rxe1+ 20. Rxe1 Kf8 21.
g4 Be8 22. f4 Nbd7 23. a5 Rd8 24. Ne6+ fxe6 25. dxe6 Ng8 26. exd7 Bxd7 27. Bxg8
Kxg8 28. Nd5 c6 29. Nb6 Kf7 30. Kf2 g6 31. Nxd7 Rxd7 32. Re4 d5 33. Re5 b6 34.
axb6 Rb7 35. b3 Rxb6 36. Kf3 a5 37. f5 Ra6 38. Re6 gxf5 39. gxf5 h5 40. Re1 Kf6
1/2-1/2

[Event "25th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Sverdlovsk URS"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Tarasov, Vitaly"]
[Black "Yukhtman, Yakov"]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]
[ECO "A48"]
[PlyCount "96"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 c5 3. e3 g6 4. Bd3 Bg7 5. O-O O-O 6. Nbd2 d6 7. c3 Nc6 8. Nb3
b6 9. Qe2 Bb7 10. e4 cxd4 11. Nbxd4 Nxd4 12. cxd4 e5 13. dxe5 dxe5 14. Bg5 h6
15. Bh4 g5 16. Bg3 Nh5 17. Bc4 Qe7 18. Rfe1 Rad8 19. Rac1 Nf4 20. Qc2 Kh8 21.
Nd2 h5 22. f3 h4 23. Bf2 g4 24. fxg4 Qg5 25. Nf3 Qxg4 26. Bxh4 Rc8 27. Bg3 b5
28. Qb3 bxc4 29. Qxb7 Rb8 30. Qe7 Rxb2 31. Nxe5 Ne2+ 32. Rxe2 Qxe2 33. Qh4+ Kg8
34. Bf2 Bxe5 35. Qg5+ Bg7 36. Bd4 Qxg2+ 37. Qxg2 Rxg2+ 38. Kxg2 Bxd4 39. Rxc4
Bb6 40. Kf3 Rd8 41. h4 Rd3+ 42. Kf4 Rh3 43. Kg4 Ra3 44. Rc2 Kg7 45. Kf5 Ra5+
46. Kg4 Kg6 47. Rc6+ f6 48. Rc2 Bd4 0-1

[Event "25th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Sverdlovsk URS"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Yukhtman, Yakov"]
[Black "Prokhorovich, Taras"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]
[ECO "C11"]
[PlyCount "67"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. Nf3 c5 6. dxc5 Nc6 7. Bf4 Bxc5 8.
Bd3 f6 9. exf6 Qxf6 10. Bg5 Qf7 11. O-O O-O 12. Bh4 Qh5 13. Bg3 a6 14. Na4 Ba7
15. c4 Nc5 16. Nxc5 Bxc5 17. cxd5 exd5 18. Bxh7+ Kh8 19. Qc2 Rxf3 20. Bg6 Qg4
21. Qxc5 Qxg6 22. gxf3 Bh3 23. Qxd5 Bxf1 24. Kxf1 Rd8 25. Qe4 Qh5 26. Kg2 Rd2
27. b3 a5 28. Rc1 Rxa2 29. Rc4 Kg8 30. Qe6+ Qf7 31. Qc8+ Kh7 32. Rh4+ Kg6 33.
Qg4+ Kf6 34. Qf4+ 1-0

[Event "25th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Sverdlovsk URS"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Yukhtman, Yakov"]
[Black "Mukhitdinov, Mamadzan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]
[ECO "B29"]
[PlyCount "82"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. e5 Nd5 4. Nc3 e6 5. Nxd5 exd5 6. d4 d6 7. Bg5 Qb6 8.
dxc5 dxc5 9. Qxd5 Be6 10. Bb5+ Nc6 11. Qd3 h6 12. Bd2 Be7 13. O-O O-O 14. Bc3
Rfd8 15. Qe2 Nd4 16. Nxd4 cxd4 17. Bd2 Bf5 18. Bd3 Qg6 19. Qf3 Bxd3 20. Qxd3
Rac8 21. Qxg6 fxg6 22. Rac1 Kf7 23. f4 Ke6 24. Kf2 g5 25. fxg5 Rf8+ 26. Ke2
Rxf1 27. Kxf1 hxg5 28. Ke2 Kxe5 29. Kd3 Bf6 30. Re1+ Kd5 31. h3 Rh8 32. Rf1 Re8
33. a4 Re6 34. Rf3 Re8 35. Rg3 Re5 36. Rf3 Re8 37. b4 Re6 38. Rg3 Re5 39. Rf3
Re6 40. Rf5+ Re5 41. Rf3 Ke6 1/2-1/2

[Event "25th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Sverdlovsk URS"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Khanov, Kurban"]
[Black "Yukhtman, Yakov"]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]
[ECO "E80"]
[PlyCount "92"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 e5 5. Nge2 Nf6 6. f3 c5 7. dxc5 dxc5 8.
Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Bg5 h6 10. O-O-O+ Bd7 11. Bh4 Nc6 12. Nd5 g5 13. Bf2 Nxd5 14.
exd5 Nd4 15. Ng3 f5 16. Bd3 Rf8 17. h4 gxh4 18. Nh5 Bh8 19. Bxh4+ Ke8 20. Rdf1
Kf7 21. g4 f4 22. Be4 b5 23. cxb5 Bxb5 24. Re1 a5 25. d6 Bc6 26. Bxc6 Nxc6 27.
Rd1 Ke6 28. d7 Nd4 29. d8=Q Raxd8 30. Bxd8 Rxd8 31. Rd3 Kf7 32. Rf1 c4 33. Ra3
Rd5 34. Ra4 Rc5 35. Kd2 Kg6 36. Ra3 Kg5 37. Re1 c3+ 38. Rxc3 Rxc3 39. Kxc3 Nxf3
40. Re2 e4+ 41. Kc4 Kxg4 42. Ng7 Ng5 43. Ne8 f3 44. Rc2 e3 45. Kd3 e2 46. Rc1
Bxb2 0-1

[Event "25th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Sverdlovsk URS"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Bagirov, Vladimir"]
[Black "Kots, Yury"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]
[ECO "C48"]
[PlyCount "22"]

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 d5 11. Bf4 c6 1/2-1/2

[Event "25th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Sverdlovsk URS"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "19"]
[White "Bagirov, Vladimir"]
[Black "Aronson, Lev"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]
[ECO "B47"]
[PlyCount "125"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. Nc3 a6 4. g3 Nc6 5. Bg2 Nf6 6. O-O Qc7 7. b3 Be7 8. Bb2
O-O 9. d4 cxd4 10. Nxd4 d6 11. Nce2 Bd7 12. c4 Rfd8 13. h3 Rac8 14. Rc1 Qb8 15.
f4 Nxd4 16. Nxd4 b5 17. cxb5 Rxc1 18. Qxc1 axb5 19. a3 Qb6 20. Kh2 Rc8 21. Qd2
d5 22. e5 Ne4 23. Qd3 b4 24. a4 Nc3 25. Bc1 f5 26. exf6 Bxf6 27. Be3 Qd6 28.
Nc2 Be8 29. Nd4 Rc7 30. h4 Bd7 31. Nc2 Bc8 32. Rf2 Ba6 33. Qd2 Rd7 34. Bd4 Ne4
35. Bxe4 dxe4 36. Be3 Bc3 37. Qxd6 Rxd6 38. Bc5 Rd3 39. Nxb4 Bxb4 40. Bxb4 Rxb3
41. Ba5 e3 42. Rc2 h5 43. g4 hxg4 44. Rc3 Rb2+ 45. Kg3 e2 46. Re3 Ra2 47. Kxg4
Rxa4 48. Bd2 Ra2 49. Bb4 Ra1 50. Kg3 Kf7 51. Re5 Rg1+ 52. Kh3 Rb1 53. Bd2 Rd1
54. Ba5 Bd3 55. Kg2 Ra1 56. Bc3 Rc1 57. Ba5 Rf1 58. Bd2 Bc4 59. Kg3 Rg1+ 60.
Kf3 Rd1 61. Ba5 Ra1 62. Kf2 g6 63. Be1 1/2-1/2

[Event "25th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Sverdlovsk URS"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Kaminsky, Oleg"]
[Black "Bagirov, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]
[ECO "E15"]
[PlyCount "105"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. d4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. Qa4 c6 6. Nc3 Be7 7. Bg5 O-O 8. e4
Ne8 9. h4 Nc7 10. e5 f6 11. Bf4 d5 12. exd6 Bxd6 13. Bxd6 Qxd6 14. Bd3 f5 15.
O-O-O Bb7 16. Rhe1 Nd7 17. Qc2 Rad8 18. Kb1 Rfe8 19. Ka1 h6 20. Ne5 Nxe5 21.
dxe5 Qe7 22. Rd2 Rd7 23. Red1 Red8 24. f4 c5 25. Be2 Bc6 26. Rd3 Kf8 27. a3 Ke8
28. Bh5+ Kf8 29. R1d2 Na6 30. Qd1 Rxd3 31. Rxd3 Rxd3 32. Qxd3 Qd7 33. Qxd7 Bxd7
34. Bf3 Nb8 35. b4 Bc6 36. Be2 Nd7 37. b5 Bg2 38. h5 Ke7 39. Kb2 Kf7 40. a4 Bb7
41. Kb3 Bg2 42. a5 bxa5 43. Ka4 Nb6+ 44. Kxa5 Bb7 45. Na4 Nd7 46. b6 a6 47. Bd1
Ke7 48. Nb2 Nb8 49. Nd3 Nd7 50. Ba4 Bf3 51. Bxd7 Kxd7 52. Kxa6 Kc6 53. Ka7 1-0

[Event "25th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Sverdlovsk URS"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Tarasov, Vitaly"]
[Black "Bagirov, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]
[ECO "D10"]
[PlyCount "115"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. e3 Nf6 4. Nc3 g6 5. cxd5 cxd5 6. g3 Bg7 7. Bg2 Na6 8. Nge2
Nc7 9. Nf4 b6 10. O-O O-O 11. a4 Ba6 12. Re1 Qd7 13. Nd3 Bxd3 14. Qxd3 Rfc8 15.
Bd2 e6 16. a5 b5 17. Rec1 a6 18. Na2 Nce8 19. Nb4 Qb7 20. f3 Bf8 21. e4 Rc4 22.
Nc2 Rac8 23. Ne3 Rxc1+ 24. Bxc1 h5 25. Bd2 Rc6 26. e5 Nd7 27. g4 Ng7 28. h3 Kh7
29. f4 f5 30. exf6 Nxf6 31. Rf1 Rd6 32. f5 exf5 33. gxf5 g5 34. Bb4 Rd8 35.
Nxd5 Nxd5 36. f6+ Kh6 37. Bxf8 Rxf8 38. fxg7 Rxf1+ 39. Kxf1 Qf7+ 40. Qf3 Nf4
41. Qb7 Qc4+ 42. Kg1 Nxh3+ 43. Kh2 g4 44. g8=Q Qxg8 45. Qxa6+ Kg5 46. Qd6 h4
47. Qd5+ Qxd5 48. Bxd5 Nf4 49. Be4 g3+ 50. Kh1 Ne6 51. a6 Kf4 52. Bg2 b4 53. a7
Nc7 54. a8=Q Nxa8 55. Bxa8 Ke3 56. Kg2 Kxd4 57. b3 Kc3 58. Bd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "25th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Sverdlovsk URS"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Prokhorovich, Taras"]
[Black "Bagirov, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]
[ECO "D22"]
[PlyCount "99"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 a6 4. e3 Bg4 5. Bxc4 e6 6. Nc3 Nd7 7. h3 Bh5 8. e4
c5 9. d5 e5 10. a4 Bd6 11. O-O Ne7 12. Be2 Bxf3 13. Bxf3 O-O 14. Be2 f5 15.
exf5 Nxf5 16. Ne4 Nf6 17. Bg5 Nd4 18. Rc1 Qb6 19. Bd3 Nxe4 20. Bxe4 Rf7 21. Qd3
h6 22. Bd2 Qxb2 23. Rb1 Qa2 24. Rb6 c4 25. Qe3 Bc5 26. Bb1 Qxa4 27. Qe4 Bxb6
28. Qh7+ Kf8 29. Bg6 Ke7 30. Rb1 c3 31. Bxh6 Ne2+ 32. Kh2 Qh4 33. d6+ Kd7 34.
Bf5+ Rxf5 35. Qxf5+ Kc6 36. Qf3+ e4 37. Qxe2 g6 38. g3 Qd8 39. Qxe4+ Kc5 40.
Qb4+ Kc6 41. Qe4+ Kc5 42. Qe3+ Kc4 43. Rxb6 Rc8 44. Qe6+ Kc5 45. Rb3 Rc6 46.
Rxc3+ Kb6 47. Qe3+ Kb5 48. Qd3+ Ka5 49. Qd5+ Kb4 50. Qd4+ 1-0

[Event "25th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Sverdlovsk URS"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Bagirov, Vladimir"]
[Black "Mukhitdinov, Mamadzan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]
[ECO "E30"]
[PlyCount "107"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Bg5 h6 5. Bh4 c5 6. d5 b5 7. e4 exd5 8. exd5
O-O 9. cxb5 Qe8+ 10. Be2 Qe5 11. Bg3 Bxc3+ 12. Kf1 Qf5 13. bxc3 c4 14. Bxc4 Bb7
15. Qf3 Qxf3 16. Nxf3 Nxd5 17. Bxd5 Bxd5 18. Ke1 Bc4 19. Nd4 d5 20. Kd2 Nd7 21.
Rhe1 f5 22. Bd6 Rf7 23. a4 Rf6 24. Be7 Rg6 25. Rg1 a6 26. g3 Rb6 27. a5 Rb7 28.
b6 Nxb6 29. Nxf5 Nd7 30. Rgb1 Rab8 31. Rxb7 Rxb7 32. Bb4 Ne5 33. Nd6 Rd7 34.
Nxc4 dxc4+ 35. Ke2 Kf7 36. Bc5 Rb7 37. Ke3 g5 38. Kd4 Ke6 39. f4 Rd7+ 40. Ke4
gxf4 41. gxf4 Ng4 42. Bd4 Nf6+ 43. Bxf6 Kxf6 44. Ra4 Rd2 45. h4 Rh2 46. Rxc4
Rxh4 47. Rc6+ Kg7 48. Rxa6 Rh3 49. Rc6 Rh5 50. f5 Rh2 51. Rg6+ Kh7 52. a6 h5
53. Kf4 Ra2 54. Kg5 1-0

[Event "25th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Sverdlovsk URS"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Khanov, Kurban"]
[Black "Bagirov, Vladimir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]
[ECO "C04"]
[PlyCount "68"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nc6 4. Ngf3 Nf6 5. e5 Nd7 6. Bb5 f6 7. exf6 Qxf6 8.
Nb3 Bd6 9. Bg5 Qf7 10. O-O O-O 11. Be3 h6 12. Qd2 e5 13. Bxc6 bxc6 14. dxe5
Nxe5 15. Nxe5 Bxe5 16. Bc5 Bf4 17. Qd1 Bd6 18. Qd4 Qg6 19. Qc3 Bf5 20. Bxd6
cxd6 21. Nd4 c5 22. Nxf5 Rxf5 23. f3 Re8 24. Qd2 Rfe5 25. f4 Re2 26. Qxd5+ Kh8
27. f5 Qg5 28. Qf3 R8e3 29. Qa8+ Kh7 30. h4 Qg3 31. f6 Re4 32. Qxe4+ Rxe4 33.
Rf3 Re1+ 34. Rxe1 Qxe1+ 0-1

[Event "25th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Sverdlovsk URS"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Aronson, Lev"]
[Black "Kots, Yury"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]
[ECO "D55"]
[PlyCount "64"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 O-O 6. e3 b6 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8.
Bxe7 Qxe7 9. Nxd5 exd5 10. Bd3 Bb7 11. O-O c5 12. dxc5 bxc5 13. Rc1 g6 14. Qa4
a5 15. Rfe1 f5 16. Qa3 Rc8 17. Rc2 Rc7 18. Rec1 c4 19. Qxe7 Rxe7 20. Be2 Na6
21. b3 Nb4 22. Rd2 cxb3 23. axb3 Rc8 24. Rxc8+ Bxc8 25. Nd4 Rc7 26. h4 Rc1+ 27.
Kh2 Kf7 28. Rd1 Rxd1 29. Bxd1 Bd7 30. Be2 a4 31. bxa4 Bxa4 32. Kg3 Kf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "25th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Sverdlovsk URS"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Kots, Yury"]
[Black "Kaminsky, Oleg"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]
[ECO "D60"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e3 O-O 6. Nf3 Nbd7 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8.
Bxe7 Qxe7 9. Rc1 Nxc3 10. Rxc3 c5 11. Bd3 b6 12. O-O Bb7 13. Bb5 Rad8 14. Ra3
a5 15. Rd3 Be4 16. Rd2 Nf6 17. Ne5 cxd4 18. Rxd4 Qc7 19. Nd7 Nxd7 20. Rxe4 Nf6
21. Rd4 Rxd4 22. Qxd4 Rd8 23. Qa4 Rd2 24. b3 h5 25. h3 Qc2 26. a3 Ne4 27. Bc6
Nc3 28. Qc4 Rd1 29. g3 Ne2+ 30. Kg2 Qxc4 31. bxc4 Rxf1 32. Kxf1 Nc1 33. Be4 Nb3
34. Ke2 Kf8 35. Bc2 Nc5 36. Kf3 Ke7 37. Ke2 Kd6 38. h4 g6 39. f3 Ke5 40. g4 Nb7
41. f4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "25th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Sverdlovsk URS"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Tarasov, Vitaly"]
[Black "Kots, Yury"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]
[ECO "A47"]
[PlyCount "103"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 c5 3. e3 b6 4. Bd3 Bb7 5. O-O e6 6. b3 Be7 7. Bb2 O-O 8. Nbd2
cxd4 9. exd4 Nc6 10. a3 Rc8 11. Re1 d5 12. Rc1 Bd6 13. Ne5 Ne7 14. f4 Ne8 15.
Qh5 g6 16. Qe2 Ng7 17. Ba6 Qc7 18. Bxb7 Qxb7 19. Qf2 f6 20. Nd3 a5 21. c4 dxc4
22. bxc4 Rcd8 23. Ne4 Nc8 24. Qf3 Qd7 25. Ndf2 Be7 26. Qc3 Nf5 27. Rcd1 Ncd6
28. Nxd6 Qxd6 29. Re4 Ng7 30. g3 f5 31. Re2 Bf6 32. Qb3 Rf7 33. c5 bxc5 34.
dxc5 Qxc5 35. Rxd8+ Bxd8 36. Bxg7 Kxg7 37. Qxe6 Re7 38. Qa2 Rxe2 39. Qxe2 Qxa3
40. Qe5+ Bf6 41. Qc7+ Be7 42. Kg2 Qc5 43. Qd7 Qd6 44. Qb5 Qb4 45. Qe5+ Kh6 46.
g4 Bc5 47. g5+ Kh5 48. Qe2+ Kh4 49. Qf3 Qa3 50. Nd3 Qa2+ 51. Kf1 Qa1+ 52. Ne1
1-0

[Event "25th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Sverdlovsk URS"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Kots, Yury"]
[Black "Prokhorovich, Taras"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]
[ECO "D18"]
[PlyCount "159"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. e3 e6 7. Bxc4 Nbd7 8. O-O
Bd6 9. h3 O-O 10. Nh4 Be4 11. Nxe4 Nxe4 12. Nf3 c5 13. Qb3 Ndf6 14. Bd3 Rc8 15.
Qxb7 Rc7 16. Qb3 Qa8 17. Qd1 c4 18. Bxe4 Qxe4 19. Qe2 Rb8 20. Rd1 h6 21. Ne1
Qh4 22. Kf1 Ne4 23. Nf3 Qf6 24. Qc2 Qg6 25. Kg1 f5 26. Bd2 Qf6 27. Be1 Qe7 28.
Rab1 Kh7 29. d5 e5 30. Nd2 Nxd2 31. Bxd2 e4 32. Bc3 Rc5 33. Rd2 Bc7 34. f4 g5
35. Rbd1 Bd6 36. g3 Rcc8 37. Rg2 Rg8 38. Qf2 Rbf8 39. Kh1 Qf7 40. Qe2 gxf4 41.
gxf4 Rxg2 42. Kxg2 Rg8+ 43. Kh2 Bc5 44. Qf2 Qh5 45. Rd2 Be7 46. Qf1 Bc5 47. Qf2
Qg6 48. Bd4 Be7 49. Bxa7 Bh4 50. Qf1 Qg3+ 51. Kh1 Qf3+ 52. Qxf3 exf3 53. Rd1
Rg3 54. Bd4 Rxh3+ 55. Kg1 Rg3+ 56. Kh2 Rg2+ 57. Kh3 Bf2 58. Rf1 h5 59. d6 h4
60. d7 Bg3 61. Rh1 Bf2 62. e4 Rg3+ 63. Kxh4 Rg1+ 64. Bxf2 Rxh1+ 65. Kg3 Rd1 66.
exf5 Rxd7 67. Be1 Rd1 68. Kf2 Rd5 69. Kxf3 Rxf5 70. Ke4 Kg6 71. Bc3 Rf8 72. a5
Re8+ 73. Kd5 Kf5 74. Kxc4 Kxf4 75. Kd5 Kf5 76. Kc6 Ke6 77. a6 Rc8+ 78. Kb7 Kd7
79. Ba5 Rc5 80. Bb6 1-0

[Event "25th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Sverdlovsk URS"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "18"]
[White "Kots, Yury"]
[Black "Mukhitdinov, Mamadzan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]
[ECO "E49"]
[PlyCount "53"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. f3 d5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 b6 7. cxd5 exd5 8.
e3 O-O 9. Bd3 Ba6 10. Bxa6 Nxa6 11. Ne2 c5 12. O-O Nc7 13. Ng3 Nb5 14. Qd3 Qd7
15. a4 c4 16. Qc2 Nd6 17. e4 Nc8 18. e5 Ne8 19. Ba3 Ne7 20. f4 Nc7 21. Rae1
Rfe8 22. f5 g6 23. Qd2 Nxf5 24. Nxf5 gxf5 25. Qg5+ Kh8 26. Qf6+ Kg8 27. Re3 1-0

[Event "25th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Sverdlovsk URS"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Kots, Yury"]
[Black "Khanov, Kurban"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]
[ECO "D36"]
[PlyCount "117"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. d4 c6 6. Bg5 Be7 7. Qc2 O-O 8. e3
h6 9. Bxf6 Bxf6 10. Be2 Re8 11. O-O a5 12. a3 Be7 13. Rab1 Bd6 14. b4 Qe7 15.
Na2 Qf6 16. Qb3 Qe7 17. Ne1 Nd7 18. Nc3 Nf6 19. Na4 Ne4 20. Rb2 axb4 21. axb4
b6 22. g3 Qc7 23. Ng2 Bb7 24. Rc2 Rec8 25. Rfc1 Qd8 26. Ne1 b5 27. Nc3 Nxc3 28.
Qxc3 Ra4 29. Nd3 Qe7 30. Nc5 Bxc5 31. dxc5 Rca8 32. Bd3 Bc8 33. Qd4 Bh3 34. Rd2
Ra2 35. Rxa2 Rxa2 36. Bb1 Ra8 37. e4 Rd8 38. exd5 Rxd5 39. Qe4 Qxe4 40. Bxe4
Rd4 41. Bxc6 Rxb4 42. Bb7 Rc4 43. Rxc4 bxc4 44. Be4 c3 45. f4 f5 46. Bd5+ Kf8
47. Bb3 Ke7 48. Kf2 Kd7 49. Ba4+ Ke6 50. Ke3 Kd5 51. c6 c2 52. Kd2 Kd6 53. Kxc2
Bg2 54. Kc3 Bxc6 55. Bc2 Ke6 56. Kd4 Kf6 57. Kc5 Bg2 58. Kd6 Bf1 59. Kd7
1/2-1/2

[Event "25th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Sverdlovsk URS"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Aronson, Lev"]
[Black "Kaminsky, Oleg"]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]
[ECO "A11"]
[PlyCount "80"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 dxc4 5. Ne5 Qd4 6. Nf3 Qc5 7. O-O Bf5 8.
Nc3 Nbd7 9. b3 cxb3 10. axb3 Bg4 11. b4 Qb6 12. b5 cxb5 13. Qb3 e6 14. Qxb5 Bb4
15. Qxb6 Nxb6 16. Nb5 O-O 17. Rxa7 Rxa7 18. Nxa7 Ra8 19. Nb5 Ra2 20. Nbd4 Nbd7
21. h3 Bh5 22. Rd1 Bg6 23. Kf1 e5 24. Nb5 Bc2 25. Re1 Be4 26. Nc3 Bxc3 27. dxc3
Rc2 28. Rd1 h6 29. Bd2 b5 30. Ne1 Bxg2+ 31. Kxg2 Ra2 32. f3 e4 33. Kf1 Nb6 34.
Bf4 Nbd5 35. fxe4 Nxf4 36. gxf4 Nxe4 37. Rd3 Ra1 38. f5 Rc1 39. Re3 Nxc3 40.
Kf2 Nd1+ 0-1

[Event "25th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Sverdlovsk URS"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Tarasov, Vitaly"]
[Black "Aronson, Lev"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]
[ECO "E53"]
[PlyCount "34"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. d4 Bb4 5. e3 O-O 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 c5 8.
cxd5 exd5 9. Bd3 Bg4 10. O-O Nbd7 11. Qe1 Re8 12. Nd2 Bh5 13. f3 Bg6 14. Bxg6
hxg6 15. Rb1 Qc7 16. Nb3 Re6 17. dxc5 Rc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "25th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Sverdlovsk URS"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Aronson, Lev"]
[Black "Prokhorovich, Taras"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]
[ECO "D12"]
[PlyCount "89"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. e3 Bf5 4. c4 c6 5. Qb3 Qc8 6. Nc3 e6 7. Bd2 Be7 8. Rc1
O-O 9. Be2 h6 10. O-O Nbd7 11. Rfd1 Rb8 12. a3 Qd8 13. Qa2 Bd6 14. cxd5 exd5
15. Na4 Ne4 16. b4 Nxd2 17. Rxd2 Qe7 18. Nc5 a6 19. a4 Nf6 20. b5 axb5 21. axb5
Ra8 22. Qb3 b6 23. Na4 c5 24. dxc5 bxc5 25. Nb6 c4 26. Qd1 Ba3 27. Nxa8 Rxa8
28. Ra2 Re8 29. Rca1 Bc5 30. Nd4 Bg6 31. Bf3 Ne4 32. Ra8 Rxa8 33. Rxa8+ Kh7 34.
Qa1 c3 35. Rc8 Bxd4 36. exd4 Qb7 37. Qa6 Qe7 38. Qa1 Qb7 39. Qa6 Qe7 40. Qa8
Bf5 41. Rh8+ Kg6 42. Qc6+ Qe6 43. Bxe4 Qxc6 44. bxc6 dxe4 45. Ra8 1-0

[Event "25th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Sverdlovsk URS"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Aronson, Lev"]
[Black "Mukhitdinov, Mamadzan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]
[ECO "E40"]
[PlyCount "40"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 Nc6 5. Ne2 d5 6. a3 Be7 7. cxd5 exd5 8. Ng3
h5 9. Bd3 h4 10. Nf5 Bf8 11. g3 hxg3 12. Nxg3 Bd6 13. Be2 Ne7 14. Bf3 c6 15.
Qe2 Nf5 16. Bd2 Qe7 17. O-O-O Nh4 18. e4 Nxf3 19. Qxf3 Bg4 20. Qg2 Bh3 1/2-1/2

[Event "25th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Sverdlovsk URS"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Aronson, Lev"]
[Black "Khanov, Kurban"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]
[ECO "C11"]
[PlyCount "97"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Be7 6. Bxf6 gxf6 7. Nf3 Qd5 8.
Bd3 Nd7 9. O-O Nf8 10. c4 Qh5 11. Qd2 Rg8 12. Ng3 Qg4 13. Rfe1 Bd7 14. Be4
O-O-O 15. Qa5 Kb8 16. c5 Qf4 17. c6 f5 18. Qb5 Bc8 19. cxb7 Bd7 20. Bc6 Bxc6
21. Qxc6 Qd6 22. Qc3 Ng6 23. Rac1 Qb6 24. Qc4 Qxb7 25. Rc3 Rd6 26. Rec1 Bd8 27.
b4 Nf4 28. Qf1 h5 29. h4 f6 30. b5 Rd7 31. Rc6 Rdg7 32. Qc4 Nxg2 33. Kxg2 f4
34. a4 fxg3 35. Qxe6 gxf2+ 36. Kxf2 Rg2+ 37. Kf1 R2g3 38. R1c3 Qc8 39. d5 Qxe6
40. dxe6 R8g4 41. a5 Rb4 42. R6c5 Re4 43. Kf2 Rg7 44. Re3 Rg2+ 45. Kxg2 Rxe3
46. Nd4 Kc8 47. Rxh5 Re4 48. Rh8 Rg4+ 49. Kf3 1-0

[Event "25th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Sverdlovsk URS"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Kaminsky, Oleg"]
[Black "Tarasov, Vitaly"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]
[ECO "E90"]
[PlyCount "93"]

1. d4 c5 2. d5 Nf6 3. c4 g6 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. e4 d6 6. Bd3 O-O 7. h3 e6 8. Nf3 exd5
9. exd5 Nbd7 10. O-O Ne8 11. Bg5 f6 12. Be3 f5 13. Qd2 Ne5 14. Nxe5 Bxe5 15. f4
Bg7 16. Rae1 a6 17. Rb1 Nf6 18. b4 b6 19. a4 Re8 20. Rfe1 Bd7 21. Bf2 Rxe1+ 22.
Qxe1 Nh5 23. g3 Qf6 24. Ne2 Bxa4 25. bxc5 bxc5 26. Rb7 Qf8 27. Qa5 Bd1 28. Nc3
Bf3 29. Na4 Qf6 30. Nb6 Re8 31. Nd7 Qc3 32. Qxc3 Bxc3 33. Rb6 Be4 34. Be2 Rd8
35. Rxd6 a5 36. Bxc5 Nxg3 37. Bd1 Bd3 38. Ne5 Rxd6 39. Bxd6 Bd4+ 40. Kg2 Ne4
41. Nxd3 Nxd6 42. c5 Ne4 43. c6 Bb6 44. Ne5 Bc7 45. Kf3 Kf8 46. Ke3 Ke7 47. h4
1/2-1/2

[Event "25th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Sverdlovsk URS"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Kaminsky, Oleg"]
[Black "Prokhorovich, Taras"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]
[ECO "B07"]
[PlyCount "99"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. O-O d6 6. Nc3 Nbd7 7. e4 e5 8. dxe5
dxe5 9. b3 Re8 10. Ba3 c6 11. Bd6 Qa5 12. b4 Qa3 13. Nb1 Qb2 14. Nbd2 Nb6 15.
c4 Bg4 16. Rb1 Qxa2 17. Qc1 Qa6 18. Nxe5 Na4 19. Re1 Rad8 20. Bc7 Rc8 21. Bd6
c5 22. Nxg4 Nxg4 23. e5 Nxe5 24. Bxe5 Bxe5 25. b5 Qf6 26. Bxb7 Bd4 27. Nf3 Kg7
28. Nxd4 cxd4 29. Bxc8 Rxc8 30. Ra1 Nc5 31. Qf4 Qxf4 32. gxf4 Rc7 33. Red1 d3
34. Kf1 Kf6 35. Kg2 Kf5 36. Kf3 Rd7 37. Ra3 f6 38. Ke3 h5 39. Raxd3 Nxd3 40.
Rxd3 Rc7 41. Rd5+ Kg4 42. c5 Kh3 43. c6 a6 44. bxa6 Rxc6 45. Ra5 Rc8 46. a7 Ra8
47. f3 Kxh2 48. Kf2 h4 49. Ra1 g5 50. f5 1-0

[Event "25th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Sverdlovsk URS"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Kaminsky, Oleg"]
[Black "Mukhitdinov, Mamadzan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]
[ECO "E16"]
[PlyCount "134"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nf3 b6 3. d4 e6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Qe7 7. O-O Bxd2 8.
Nbxd2 O-O 9. Qc2 d6 10. e4 e5 11. Rae1 Nc6 12. d5 Nb8 13. Nh4 g6 14. Qc3 Nh5
15. Qe3 Nd7 16. Qh6 Qf6 17. Bh3 Bc8 18. Bg4 Qg7 19. Qe3 Ndf6 20. Bxc8 Raxc8 21.
Ng2 Nd7 22. Qe2 Rce8 23. Nf3 Qh6 24. Nfh4 Ng7 25. g4 Kh8 26. Qe3 Qxe3 27. Rxe3
f5 28. gxf5 gxf5 29. Rh3 Rf6 30. Ne3 Nh5 31. Nexf5 Nf4 32. Ra3 a5 33. Kh1 Nc5
34. Re3 Rg8 35. Rd1 Rg5 36. b3 Rf8 37. h3 Rh5 38. Kh2 Ng6 39. Nxg6+ hxg6 40.
Ng3 Rh4 41. Kg2 Kg7 42. Rde1 Rb8 43. a4 Rbh8 44. Rh1 Nd7 45. f3 Nf6 46. Ree1
Kf7 47. Rh2 Ke7 48. Reh1 Nd7 49. Ne2 Nc5 50. Nc1 Kf6 51. Kg3 Kg5 52. Kf2 Kf6
53. Ke3 R8h5 54. Ke2 Rh7 55. Kf2 Rh8 56. Kg3 Kg5 57. Rg2 Kf6 58. Re2 R4h5 59.
h4 Kg7 60. Rh3 Rf8 61. Re3 Rfh8 62. Re1 Rf8 63. Re2 Rfh8 64. Reh2 Rf8 65. Kg2
Rfh8 66. Kf2 Kf7 67. Kg3 Kg7 1/2-1/2

[Event "25th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Sverdlovsk URS"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Khanov, Kurban"]
[Black "Kaminsky, Oleg"]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]
[ECO "C72"]
[PlyCount "64"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6 5. O-O Bg4 6. c3 Qf6 7. d3 Ne7 8. Nbd2
O-O-O 9. b4 d5 10. Rb1 dxe4 11. dxe4 Ng6 12. Qc2 b5 13. Bb3 Nf4 14. a4 Bh3 15.
g3 Ne2+ 16. Kh1 Bxf1 17. Bb2 Rxd2 18. Nxd2 Qxf2 19. Rxf1 Qe3 20. axb5 axb5 21.
Bd5 Ne7 22. Bxf7 h5 23. Be6+ Kb7 24. Nb3 h4 25. Nc5+ Kc6 26. Bd5+ Kd6 27. Nb7+
Kd7 28. Nc5+ Kd8 29. gxh4 Nxd5 30. exd5 Bxc5 31. bxc5 Rxh4 32. Rf8+ Ke7 0-1

[Event "25th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Sverdlovsk URS"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Prokhorovich, Taras"]
[Black "Tarasov, Vitaly"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]
[ECO "A30"]
[PlyCount "87"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. d4 b6 3. g3 Bb7 4. Bg2 c5 5. O-O cxd4 6. Qxd4 e6 7. b3 Be7 8. Bb2
O-O 9. c4 Nc6 10. Qf4 d5 11. Rd1 Qb8 12. Ne5 Nb4 13. Na3 dxc4 14. Bxb7 Qxb7 15.
Naxc4 Rfd8 16. Ng4 Nbd5 17. Qg5 Ne8 18. Qh5 Bf8 19. e4 Nb4 20. Qg5 Be7 21. Qf4
f6 22. e5 f5 23. Nd6 Bxd6 24. exd6 Nd5 25. Qe5 Rxd6 26. Ba3 Rc6 27. Rxd5 exd5
28. Qxd5+ Kh8 29. Qxf5 Nf6 30. Ne5 Rc7 31. Bd6 Qc8 32. Qf4 Rb7 33. Qf3 a6 34.
g4 Rba7 35. g5 Qe6 36. gxf6 gxf6 37. Nc6 Qxd6 38. Nxa7 Rxa7 39. Kh1 Rg7 40. Rc1
Rg8 41. Rc6 Qe5 42. Qxf6+ Qxf6 43. Rxf6 Rb8 44. Kg2 1-0

[Event "25th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Sverdlovsk URS"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Mukhitdinov, Mamadzan"]
[Black "Tarasov, Vitaly"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]
[ECO "C68"]
[PlyCount "55"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. Nc3 f6 6. d4 exd4 7. Nxd4 c5 8.
Nde2 Qxd1+ 9. Nxd1 Be6 10. Bf4 Rc8 11. Ne3 Ne7 12. O-O-O Ng6 13. Bg3 Ne5 14.
Kb1 Be7 15. Nf4 Bf7 16. Rd2 Nc4 17. Nxc4 Bxc4 18. Rhd1 c6 19. Rd7 Rd8 20. Rxd8+
Bxd8 21. Nd3 b6 22. Bd6 Kf7 23. f4 Re8 24. b3 Bxd3 25. cxd3 Ke6 26. Bb8 Kd7 27.
f5 Be7 28. Bf4 1/2-1/2

[Event "25th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Sverdlovsk URS"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Khanov, Kurban"]
[Black "Tarasov, Vitaly"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]
[ECO "C64"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Bc5 4. O-O Nge7 5. c3 Bb6 6. d4 exd4 7. cxd4 d5 8.
exd5 Nxd5 9. Re1+ Be6 10. Bxc6+ bxc6 11. Ng5 O-O 12. Nc3 Bf5 13. Nge4 Re8 14.
Ng3 Bg6 15. Rxe8+ Qxe8 16. Nxd5 cxd5 17. Be3 Qb5 18. b3 Qd7 19. Ne2 Re8 20. Nc3
c6 21. Na4 Bc7 22. Rc1 h5 23. Qf3 Qd6 24. g3 h4 25. Nc5 hxg3 26. hxg3 Bb6 27.
Qg4 Bxc5 28. Rxc5 Re6 29. Qg5 Be4 30. Qg4 Qb8 31. Qe2 Rg6 32. Kf1 Qc8 33. Ra5
Qf5 34. Ke1 Bf3 35. Qb2 Qh3 36. Kd2 Qf1 37. Kc3 a6 38. Qc1 Qe2 39. Qd2 Qf1 40.
Qc1 Qe2 41. Qd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "25th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Sverdlovsk URS"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Mukhitdinov, Mamadzan"]
[Black "Prokhorovich, Taras"]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]
[ECO "A48"]
[PlyCount "70"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bf4 Bg7 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 c5 6. Nbd2 d6 7. h3 cxd4 8.
exd4 Nc6 9. O-O Nd5 10. Be3 Ncb4 11. Nb3 Nxd3 12. Qxd3 Bf5 13. Qd2 Nxe3 14.
fxe3 e5 15. Rae1 e4 16. Nh2 Bd7 17. c4 a5 18. d5 b5 19. cxb5 Bxb5 20. Rf4 a4
21. Nd4 Bd3 22. Ng4 Bxd4 23. exd4 f5 24. Ne3 Qb6 25. g4 fxg4 26. Nxg4 Rxf4 27.
Qxf4 Rf8 28. Qg5 Qxd4+ 29. Kh1 Be2 30. Ne3 Qd2 31. Rb1 Bd3 32. Rg1 Qxb2 33. a3
Be2 34. Re1 Bf3+ 35. Kg1 Qxa3 0-1

[Event "25th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Sverdlovsk URS"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Prokhorovich, Taras"]
[Black "Khanov, Kurban"]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]
[ECO "E80"]
[PlyCount "118"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f3 e5 6. Nge2 c5 7. d5 O-O 8. Bg5 a6
9. Qd2 Bd7 10. h4 b5 11. h5 bxc4 12. g4 Qe7 13. Ng3 Rc8 14. O-O-O Be8 15. Bxc4
Nbd7 16. Rdg1 Nb6 17. Bf1 Bb5 18. Qh2 Ra7 19. Nf5 gxf5 20. gxf5 Kf8 21. Rg2
Bxf1 22. Rxf1 Ke8 23. Rfg1 Bf8 24. f4 Nbd7 25. h6 Rb7 26. a3 Rcb8 27. Qh4 exf4
28. e5 dxe5 29. Ne4 Rb6 30. Rd2 Nxe4 31. Bxe7 Bxe7 32. Rg8+ Nf8 33. Qe1 Nxd2
34. Qxe5 f6 35. Qxf4 Nb3+ 36. Kb1 c4 37. Rg2 Kd8 38. Rc2 Na5 39. b4 Bd6 40. Qe3
Nd7 41. Kc1 Nb3+ 42. Kd1 a5 43. Rxc4 axb4 44. axb4 Rxb4 45. Rxb4 Rxb4 46. Qe6
Kc7 47. Qf7 Nd4 48. Kd2 Nxf5 49. Qxh7 Nxh6 50. Kc3 Ng4 51. Qf5 Ne3 52. Qe6 Ra4
53. Kd2 Ra3 54. Ke2 f5 55. Qf7 f4 56. Kf2 Ng4+ 57. Kg2 f3+ 58. Kh3 Nf6 59. Qg6
Ra2 0-1

[Event "25th URS-ch semifinal"]
[Site "Sverdlovsk URS"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Mukhitdinov, Mamadzan"]
[Black "Khanov, Kurban"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]
[ECO "B88"]
[PlyCount "136"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bc4 e6 7. O-O Be7 8.
Be3 O-O 9. Bb3 Qa5 10. f4 Rd8 11. Qf3 Bd7 12. f5 Nxd4 13. Bxd4 e5 14. Bf2 Bc6
15. Rad1 b5 16. Bh4 Rd7 17. Bxf6 Bxf6 18. Nd5 Bxd5 19. Rxd5 Qb6+ 20. Kh1 Rc8
21. Qd3 Rc5 22. a4 b4 23. Rd1 Rxd5 24. Qxd5 a5 25. Qb5 Qxb5 26. axb5 Bd8 27.
Bd5 Bb6 28. Bc6 Rd8 29. b3 Kf8 30. g3 Ke7 31. Kg2 Rc8 32. Kf3 Bd4 33. Ke2 Bc3
34. Rf1 Bd4 35. Kd3 f6 36. Kc4 g5 37. Rd1 Bb6 38. c3 bxc3 39. Kxc3 h5 40. h3
Rc7 41. Kc4 Ra7 42. Ra1 Rc7 43. Ra2 Ra7 44. g4 h4 45. Ra4 Rc7 46. Kd5 Ra7 47.
Kc4 Rc7 48. b4 Ra7 49. bxa5 Rxa5 50. Rxa5 Bxa5 51. Bd5 Kd7 52. Be6+ Kc7 53. Kd5
Bb6 54. Bf7 Kd7 55. Be8+ Kxe8 56. Kxd6 Kf7 57. Kc6 Bd4 58. b6 Ke7 59. b7 Ba7
60. Kc7 Ke8 61. Kd6 Kf7 62. Kd7 Kf8 63. Ke6 Kg7 64. Ke7 Bb8 65. Kd7 Kf7 66. Kc8
Ba7 67. b8=Q Bxb8 68. Kxb8 Ke7 1-0

