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[Event "?"] 1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 d5 3.c4 c6 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.e3 Bg4 6.Bxc4 e6 7.h3 Bh5 8.O-O Be7 9.Qb3 Qb6 10.Ne5 Nbd7 11.Qxb6 axb6 12.Nxd7 Kxd7 13.Bd2 b5 14.Bd3 Bg6 15.Bxg6 hxg6 16.Rfc1 Ra6 17.a3 Rha8 18.Na2 Nd5 19.Rab1 f5 20.Kf1 Ra4 21. Nc3 Rc4 22.b3 Rxc3 23.Bxc3 Rxa3 24.Be1 Bf6 25.Ke2 e5 26.dxe5 Bxe5 27.f4 Bd6 28.Bc3 Ra2+ 29.Kf3 Bc5 30.Rd1 Ke6 31.Rd3 Bf8 32.Be5 b4 33.Rc1 g5 34. g4 g6 35.e4 fxe4+ 36.Kxe4 Re2+ 37.Kf3 Rh2 38.Kg3 Re2 39.h4 gxh4+ 40.Kxh4 Be7+ 41.Kg3 g5 42.Kf3 Rh2 43.Re1 Rh3+ 44.Ke4 Rh4 45.fxg5 Bxg5 46.Kf3 Rh3+ 47.Bg3+ Kd7 48.Kg2 Rh7 49.Re5 Bf6 50.Rexd5+ cxd5 51.Rxd5+ Ke8 52.Rb5 Rd7 53.Rxb4 Kf7 54.Rb6 Bd4 55.Rd6 Rxd6 56.Bxd6 Kg6 57.Kf3 Bf6 58.Bf4 Kf7 59. Ke4 Ke6 60.Be3 Be7 61.g5 Bd8 62.Kf4 Bc7+ 63.Kg4 Be5 64.Kh5 Kf7 65.Kh6 Kg8 66.Bb6 Bc3 67.Kg6 Bd2 68.Kf6 Bc3+ 69.Ke6 Bd2 70.g6 Bc3 71.Kd5 Bd2 72.Bd4 72...b5 {Diagram} 73.Ke4 b4 74.Be3 Bc3 75.Kd3 Be1 76.Bd2 Bf2 77.Ke4 Bc5 78.Kd5 Be7 79.Kc4 Kg7 80.Bxb4 Bd8 81.Bc3+ Kxg6 82.b4 Kf5 83.Kd5 1-0
[Event "?"] 1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 e5 3.g3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.Bg2 Nb6 6.Nf3 Nc6 7.O-O Be7 8. a3 O-O 9.b4 Be6 10.d3 f5 11.Be3 Bf6 12.Rc1 Nd4 13.Bxd4 exd4 14.Na4 Nxa4 15.Qxa4 c6 16.b5 cxb5 17.Qxb5 Qb6 18.Qxb6 axb6 19.Rb1 Rxa3 20.Rxb6 Bc8 21.Rfb1 Re8 22.Kf1 Kf8 23.Nd2 Ra2 24.R6b2 Rxb2 25.Rxb2 Re7 26.Nc4 Rc7 27. f4 g5 28.Rb6 Ke7 29.Bd5 gxf4 30.gxf4 Bg7 31.Kf2 Kd8 32.Nd6 Bf8 33.Bxb7 Bxd6 34.Rxd6+ Ke7 35.Rc6 Rxc6 36.Bxc6 Be6 37.Bb5 h6 38.e3 dxe3+ 39.Kxe3 Kd6 40.Bc4 Bd7 41.d4 Bc8 42.Kf2 42...Bd7 {Diagram} 43.Kg3 Be8 44.Kh4 Kc6 45.Be6 Bg6 46.Bb3 Kd6 47.Bd1 Ke7 48.Be2 Kf8 49.Bh5 Bh7 50.Kh3 Ke7 51. Kg3 Kf8 52.Kh4 Ke7 53.Bd1 Bg6 54.Be2 Kf8 55.Bf3 Ke7 56.Bh5 Bh7 57.d5 Bg8 58.Bg6 Bxd5 59.Kh5 Kf6 60.Kxh6 Be6 61.Kh7 Bd5 62.h4 Bc4 63.h5 Bd5 64.Be8 Be6 65.h6 Bf7 66.Bd7 Bc4 67.Bxf5 Kf7 68.Bd7 Bd3+ 69.f5 Kf8 70.Be6 1-0
[Event "USSR ch"] 1.Nf3 d5 2.c4 c6 3.b3 Nf6 4.g3 Bf5 5.Bg2 e6 6.Bb2 Nbd7 7.O-O h6 8.d3 Bc5 9.Nbd2 O-O 10.Qc2 Bh7 11.e4 dxe4 12.Nxe4 Nxe4 13.dxe4 Nf6 14.Ne5 Qb6 15.Nd3 Nxe4 16.Nxc5 Nxc5 17.Qc3 f6 18.Qe3 Nd3 19.Qxe6+ Kh8 20.Bc3 Rfe8 21.Qg4 Rad8 22.Qh5 Ne5 23.Rad1 Bg6 24.Qh4 Rxd1 25.Rxd1 Nd3 26.Bd4 Qa5 27. h3 Kh7 28.Bf3 Ne1 29.Bh1 Nc2 30.Bf3 Re1+ 31.Rxe1 Qxe1+ 32.Kh2 b6 33.Qf4 c5 34.Be3 Nxe3 35.Qxe3 Qxe3 36.fxe3 {Diagram} 36...Bb1 37.a3 a5 38.Bd1 Kg6 39.Kg2 Kf5 40.Kf2 Ke5 41.a4 g5 42.Ke2 Bf5 43.g4 Bb1 44.Kf3 f5 45. gxf5 Kxf5 46.Kf2 Be4 47.Kg3 Kg6 48.Kf2 h5 49.Kg3 h4+ 50.Kf2 Bf5 51.Kg2 Kf6 52.Kh2 Ke6 53.Kg2 Ke5 54.Kh2 Bb1 55.Kg2 Ke4 56.Kf2 Kd3 0-1
[Event "?"] *
[Event "?"] 1...Bd3 2.f5 *
[Event "?"] 1.e3 e5 2.Nc3 d5 3.d4 exd4 4.Qxd4 Nf6 5.e4 Nc6 6.Bb5 Bd7 7.Bxc6 Bxc6 8. e5 Ne4 9.Nxe4 dxe4 10.Ne2 Be7 11.Be3 Qxd4 12.Nxd4 Bd7 13.O-O O-O 14.Rfe1 c5 15.Ne2 f5 16.exf6 gxf6 17.Nf4 Rf7 18.Rad1 Bf8 19.Rd2 Re8 20.h3 Bc6 21. Red1 Rfe7 22.Nd5 Rf7 23.Bf4 Rc8 24.Ne3 f5 25.Nc4 Rf6 26.Na5 Be8 27.Rd8 Rxd8 28.Rxd8 Kf7 29.Rb8 b6 30.Nc4 Re6 31.Rb7+ Re7 32.Nd6+ Ke6 33.Rb8 Bh6 34.Bxh6 Kxd6 35.Bf8 Kc7 36.Ra8 Kb7 37.Rxa7+ Kxa7 38.Bxe7 38...Kb7 {Diagram} 39.Kh2 c4 40.Kg3 Kc8 41.Kf4 Kd7 42.Bb4 Ke6 43.Bc3 Bd7 44.g3 b5 45.Kg5 Kf7 46.h4 Bc8 47.Kh6 Kg8 48.b3 cxb3 49.cxb3 f4 50.gxf4 Bd7 51.Kg5 Kf7 52.f5 Bc6 53.Kf4 Ke7 54.Ke5 Be8 55.Kxe4 Bc6+ 56.Ke5 Be8 57.Kd5 Bf7+ 58.Kc5 Be8 59.Be5 Bd7 60.Kb6 Kf7 61.f6 Be8 62.f4 Ke6 63.Ka6 Kf7 64.b4 Ke6 65.a4 bxa4 66.b5 1-0
[Event "Averbakh 1951"] 1.Kg5 Kf7 2.f4 Be4 3.Bf2 Kg7 4.g4 hxg4 5.h5 gxh5 6.a8=Q Bxa8 7.Kxf5 Kf7 8.Kg5 Bf3 9.a7 Bd5 10.Bh4 Bf3 11.f5 Kg7 12.Bg3 Kf7 13.Be5 Be4 14.Kxh5 g3 15.Bxg3 Kf6 16.Kg4 Bxf5+ 17.Kf4 *
[Event "?"] 1.d4 e6 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Bg5 c5 4.e4 cxd4 5.e5 h6 6.Bh4 g5 7.Bg3 Nh5 8.Qxd4 Nc6 9.Qe4 Bg7 10.Bb5 Qc7 11.Bxc6 Qxc6 12.Qe2 Qc5 13.O-O Nxg3 14.hxg3 g4 15.Nfd2 Qxe5 16.Qxg4 Qxb2 17.c3 O-O 18.Nb3 Qc2 19.Re1 Qg6 20.Qe2 d5 21. N1d2 b6 22.a4 Bd7 23.a5 Rfc8 24.axb6 axb6 25.Rxa8 Rxa8 26.Nf3 Qe4 27.Qb2 Qc4 28.Nbd4 e5 29.Nc2 Rc8 30.Ne3 Qc5 31.Rd1 Be6 32.Qd2 Qxc3 33.Qxc3 Rxc3 34.Nxd5 Rb3 35.Nc7 Bc4 36.Rd8+ Kh7 37.Re8 Rb1+ 38.Kh2 Rb2 39.Kg1 Re2 40. Nh4 Rc2 41.Rb8 b5 42.Ne8 e4 43.Nxg7 Kxg7 44.Nf5+ Kf6 45.Nd6 Re2 46.Rb7 Ke5 47.Nxb5 Rb2 48.Nd6 Rxb7 49.Nxb7 {Diagram} 49...Kd5 50.Kh2 Ba2 51.g4 f6 52.Kg3 Kc6 53.Na5+ Kb6 54.Kf4 Kxa5 55.Kxe4 Be6 56.Kf4 Kb4 57.Kg3 Kc5 58.Kh4 Bf7 59.f4 Kd6 60.g5 hxg5+ 61.fxg5 f5 62.g6 Be6 63.Kg5 Ke5 64.Kh6 Kf6 65.g3 Bg8 66.Kh5 Kg7 67.Kg5 Be6 68.Kh5 Bc8 69.Kg5 Bd7 70.Kh5 Kf6 71. Kh6 Be8 72.g7 Bf7 73.Kh7 Kg5 0-1
[Event "?"] 1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.d4 dxc4 5.e4 Bb4 6.Bg5 c5 7.Bxf6 Qxf6 8. Bxc4 cxd4 9.Qxd4 Nc6 10.Qxf6 gxf6 11.Rc1 Bd7 12.O-O Rc8 13.a3 Bd6 14.Ne2 Ne5 15.Nxe5 Bxe5 16.Bb5 Rxc1 17.Bxd7+ Kxd7 18.Rxc1 Rc8 19.Rxc8 Kxc8 20.b3 20...Kc7 {Diagram} 21.Kf1 b5 22.Ke1 Bb2 23.a4 bxa4 24.bxa4 Kc6 25.Kd2 Kc5 26.Nc3 Kb4 27.Nb5 a5 28.Nd6 Kxa4 29.Kc2 Be5 30.Nxf7 Bxh2 31.Nd8 e5 32.Nc6 Bg1 33.f3 Bc5 34.Nb8 Kb5 35.g4 Be7 36.g5 fxg5 37.Nd7 Bd6 38.Nf6 Kc4 0-1
[Event "?"] 1.Nf3 Nf6 2.d4 c5 3.d5 b5 4.c4 Bb7 5.a4 a6 6.axb5 axb5 7.Rxa8 Bxa8 8. Nc3 Qa5 9.Nd2 b4 10.Nb3 Qb6 11.Na4 Qc7 12.f3 d6 13.e4 g6 14.Bd3 Bg7 15. O-O O-O 16.Bg5 e6 17.Nd2 Bb7 18.b3 Ba6 19.dxe6 fxe6 20.e5 Nh5 21.exd6 Qxd6 22.Ne4 Bd4+ 23.Kh1 Qc7 24.Qe1 Nd7 25.Qh4 Bb7 26.Re1 Ne5 27.Be2 Rf7 28.Bd8 Qc6 29.Bg5 Rf5 30.Bh6 Nf7 31.Bc1 Nf6 32.Bd3 Qc7 33.Nxf6+ Bxf6 34. Qg3 Qxg3 35.hxg3 Rh5+ 36.Kg1 Bd4+ 37.Be3 Re5 38.Kf2 Rxe3 39.Rxe3 Bc6 40. Nb6 Nd6 41.Ke2 Bxe3 42.Kxe3 Kf7 43.g4 h6 44.f4 g5 45.g3 Ke7 46.Bg6 Kd8 47.Kd3 Nb7 48.Na4 Ke7 49.Ke3 Kf6 50.Be4 Bxa4 51.bxa4 Na5 52.Kd3 Ke7 53. Bg2 Kd6 54.Be4 Kc7 55.f5 exf5 56.gxf5 56...h5 {Diagram} 57.Bd5 Kd6 58. f6 h4 59.gxh4 gxh4 60.f7 Ke7 61.Be6 Nc6 62.Bd5 Ne5+ 63.Kc2 Nxf7 64.a5 Nd6 65.a6 Nc8 66.Bg2 Kd6 67.Kb3 Kc7 68.Bb7 h3 69.Ka4 h2 0-1
[Event "?"] 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Nf6 5.Ng3 c5 6.Bb5+ Bd7 7.Bxd7+ Nbxd7 8.Nf3 Qa5+ 9.c3 Qa6 10.Qe2 Qxe2+ 11.Nxe2 Rc8 12.O-O e6 13.Bf4 Be7 14. Rfe1 Nd5 15.Bg3 c4 16.Ne5 Nxe5 17.Bxe5 f6 18.Bg3 g5 19.f4 h6 20.Rad1 Kf7 21.Rd2 b5 22.Rf1 Rhe8 23.Rf3 g4 24.Rf1 f5 25.Bf2 Rg8 26.g3 h5 27.Kg2 Bd6 28.Rc1 h4 29.Rdd1 Rh8 30.Rd2 Ke7 31.Rdc2 Kd7 32.Re1 Rh7 33.Ra1 hxg3 34. hxg3 a5 35.Rcc1 Rch8 36.Rh1 Rxh1 37.Rxh1 Rxh1 38.Kxh1 b4 39.Kg2 a4 40. cxb4 Bxb4 41.Kf1 Kc6 42.Be1 Kb5 43.Nc3+ Bxc3 44.bxc3 Kc6 45.Ke2 Nf6 46. Ke3 {Diagram} 46...Ne4 47.Ke2 Kd5 48.Ke3 Kd6 49.Ke2 Kc6 50.Ke3 Kd5 51. Ke2 Nd6 52.Ke3 Nb5 53.Bd2 Na3 54.Bc1 Nb1 55.Bb2 a3 56.Ba1 Kd6 57.Ke2 Kc6 58.Kd1 Kd5 59.Kc2 Ke4 60.Kxb1 Kf3 61.Bb2 axb2 62.a4 Kxg3 63.a5 Kh2 64.a6 g3 65.a7 g2 66.a8=Q g1=Q+ 67.Kxb2 Qg2+ 68.Qxg2+ Kxg2 69.Ka3 Kf3 70.Kb4 Kxf4 71.Kxc4 Ke3 72.d5 exd5+ 73.Kxd5 f4 74.c4 f3 75.c5 f2 76.c6 f1=Q 0-1
[Event "?"] 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e5 c5 5.Bd2 Ne7 6.Nb5 Bxd2+ 7.Qxd2 O-O 8.c3 Nf5 9.g4 Nh4 10.g5 cxd4 11.cxd4 Nc6 12.O-O-O Qa5 13.Kb1 Qxd2 14.Rxd2 f6 15.gxf6 gxf6 16.Bh3 fxe5 17.Nc7 Rb8 18.Nxe6 Rf6 19.Nc7 Bxh3 20.Nxh3 Nf3 21.Rdd1 exd4 22.Nxd5 Rf5 23.Ndf4 Rbf8 24.Nd3 Nce5 25.Nxe5 Rxe5 26.Ng1 Ng5 27.h4 Ne6 28.Rh2 Re4 29.f3 Re3 30.Re2 Rf4 31.Rxe3 dxe3 32.Re1 Rxh4 33. Rxe3 Nd4 34.Re4 Rxe4 35.fxe4 {Diagram} 35...Kf7 36.Kc1 Kf6 37.Kd2 Ke5 38.Ke3 h5 39.a3 a5 40.Nh3 Nc2+ 41.Kd3 Ne1+ 42.Ke2 Ng2 43.Kf3 Nh4+ 44.Ke3 Ng6 45.Ng5 Kf6 46.Nh7+ Kg7 47.Ng5 Kf6 48.Nh7+ Ke7 49.Ng5 Ne5 50.Kd4 Kd6 51.Nh3 a4 52.Nf4 h4 53.Nh3 b6 54.Nf4 b5 55.Nh3 Nc6+ 56.Ke3 Kc5 57.Kd3 b4 58.axb4+ Kxb4 59.Kc2 Nd4+ 60.Kb1 Ne6 61.Ka2 Kc4 62.Ka3 Kd4 63.Kxa4 Kxe4 64.b4 Kf3 65.b5 Kg2 0-1
[Event "?"] 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.e3 g6 4.Nc3 Bg7 5.Nf3 Nf6 6.Bd3 O-O 7.Ne5 dxc4 8.Bxc4 Nd5 9.f4 Be6 10.Qb3 b5 11.Bxd5 Bxd5 12.Nxd5 Qxd5 13.Qxd5 cxd5 14.Nd3 Nd7 15.Bd2 Rfc8 16.Ke2 e6 17.Rhc1 Bf8 18.Rxc8 Rxc8 19.Rc1 Rxc1 20.Bxc1 Bd6 21.Bd2 Kf8 22.Bb4 Ke7 23.Bc5 a6 24.b4 f6 25.g4 Bxc5 26.bxc5 26...Nb8 {Diagram} 27.f5 g5 28.Nb4 a5 29.c6 Kd6 30.fxe6 Nxc6 31.Nxc6 Kxc6 32.e4 dxe4 33.d5+ Kd6 34.Ke3 b4 35.Kxe4 a4 36.Kd4 h5 37.gxh5 a3 38.Kc4 f5 39. h6 f4 40.h7 1-0
[Event "?"] 1.Nf3 e6 2.d4 f5 3.c3 Nf6 4.Bg5 Be7 5.Nbd2 Ne4 6.Bxe7 Qxe7 7.e3 O-O 8. Bd3 Nxd2 9.Qxd2 b6 10.e4 Bb7 11.Qe2 fxe4 12.Bxe4 Bxe4 13.Qxe4 Nc6 14.O-O Qf6 15.Rad1 Qf5 16.Rfe1 Qxe4 17.Rxe4 Ne7 18.Ne5 Rad8 19.g3 Rfe8 20.Rde1 Nd5 21.R4e2 Nf6 22.c4 c5 23.dxc5 bxc5 24.Rd1 d6 25.Nc6 Rd7 26.Red2 d5 27. Rc2 d4 28.Ne5 Rb7 29.Nd3 Nd7 30.Re1 Rb6 31.b4 cxb4 32.c5 Rc6 33.Re4 e5 34.f4 Rec8 35.Rc4 Nxc5 36.Nxb4 Nxe4 37.Nxc6 Rc7 38.Nxe5 Rxc4 39.Nxc4 Kf7 40.Ne5+ Ke6 41.Nc6 Kd5 42.Nxa7 {Diagram} 42...d3 43.Kf1 Nc3 44.Ke1 Kd4 45.Kd2 Ne4+ 46.Kc1 Nd6 47.Kd2 Nc4+ 48.Kc1 d2+ 49.Kc2 Ke3 50.Nb5 Na3+ 0-1
[Event "?"] 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 exd5 4.Bd3 Bd6 5.Nf3 Nf6 6.O-O O-O 7.c3 c6 8.Bg5 Bg4 9.Nbd2 Nbd7 10.Qc2 Qc7 11.Rfe1 Rae8 12.Bh4 Bh5 13.Bg3 Bxg3 14.hxg3 Bg6 15.Rxe8 Rxe8 16.Bxg6 hxg6 17.Re1 a6 18.Qb1 Kf8 19.Rxe8+ Nxe8 20.a3 Qd8 21.Qe1 Qe7 22.Qxe7+ Kxe7 23.Kf1 Nd6 24.Ke2 f6 25.Ne1 b5 26.b4 Nb6 27. f3 Nbc4 28.Nb1 Nf5 29.g4 Nfe3 30.Kf2 g5 31.Ke2 g6 32.Kf2 Kd6 33.Ke2 Kc7 34.Kf2 Kb6 35.Ke2 a5 36.Kf2 a4 37.Ke2 Kc7 38.Kf2 Kd6 39.Ke2 Ke7 40.Kf2 Kf7 41.Ke2 Kg7 42.Kf2 Kh7 43.g3 Kh6 44.Ke2 f5 45.gxf5 gxf5 46.Kf2 Kh5 47. Ke2 f4 48.gxf4 gxf4 49.Kf2 Kg5 50.Ke2 Kh4 51.Kf2 Kh3 52.Nd3 Nc2 53.Nxf4+ Kh4 54.Nd3 N4xa3 55.Nxa3 Nxa3 56.Nc1 Nb1 57.Na2 Kh3 58.Ke3 Kg3 59.f4 Kg4 60.f5 Kxf5 61.Kd3 Kf4 62.Nc1 Kf3 63.Kc2 Na3+ 64.Kd3 Kf2 65.Kd2 Nc4+ 66. Kd1 Ke3 67.Kc2 a3 68.Na2 Nb2 69.Nc1 {Diagram} 69...Nd3 70.Nb3 Ne1+ 71. Kd1 Kd3 72.Kxe1 Kxc3 73.Na1 Kxd4 74.Nc2+ Kc3 75.Kd1 a2 76.Kc1 d4 77.Na1 d3 78.Nc2 c5 0-1
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