[Event "URS-ch23"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1956.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Averbakh, Yuri L"]
[Black "Spassky, Boris V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A13"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "1956.01.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "URS-ch"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
1. c4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. e3 Be7 5. b3 O-O 6. Bb2 dxc4 7. bxc4 c5 8. Be2
Nc6 9. O-O b6 10. d3 Bb7 11. Ne1 Qc7 12. f4 Rfd8 13. Bf3 Rd7 14. Qe2 Rad8 15.
a3 a6 16. Rb1 Ne8 17. Ba1 Ba8 18. Ne4 Qa7 19. g4 b5 20. g5 bxc4 21. dxc4 Nd6
22. Nxd6 Rxd6 23. Qb2 Bf8 24. Ng2 Na5 25. Qc3 Bxf3 26. Rxf3 Qa8 27. Rbf1 Rd1
28. R3f2 Nc6 29. f5 R8d3 30. Qc2 Qd8 31. fxe6 Rxf1+ 32. Rxf1 fxe6 33. Qf2 Qe8
34. Nf4 Rxa3 35. Bb2 Rb3 36. Nxe6 Bd6 37. Nxg7 Bxh2+ 38. Kxh2 Qb8+ 39. Kg1 Rxb2
40. Qf7+ Kh8 41. Rf2 Qg3+ 0-1
[Event "URS-ch23"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1956.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Spassky, Boris V"]
[Black "Ragozin, Viacheslav"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E81"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "1956.01.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "URS-ch"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f3 O-O 6. Bg5 c6 7. Qd2 a6 8. Bd3 e5
9. d5 Nbd7 10. Nge2 Nc5 11. Bc2 h6 12. Be3 cxd5 13. cxd5 Kh7 14. b4 Ncd7 15.
O-O Nb6 16. Bb3 Bd7 17. Rfc1 Rc8 18. Qd3 Nh5 19. a4 f5 20. exf5 Bxf5 21. Ne4
Nf4 22. Qd2 Bxe4 23. fxe4 Nd7 24. Rxc8 Qxc8 25. Rc1 Nxe2+ 26. Qxe2 Qd8 27. a5
Rf7 28. Ba4 Nf6 29. Bb6 Qf8 30. g4 Ng8 31. Be3 Bf6 32. Rf1 Bg5 33. Bxg5 hxg5
34. Bd7 Rf4 35. Be6 Qd8 36. Rc1 Ne7 37. Qe3 Kg7 38. Kg2 Kf6 39. Rc2 Qb8 40. Qb6
Rxe4 41. Rc8 Qxc8 1-0
[Event "URS-ch23"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1956.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Zurakhov, Vladlen Y"]
[Black "Spassky, Boris V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B96"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1956.01.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "URS-ch"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Nbd7 8. Qf3
Qc7 9. O-O-O b5 10. a3 Rb8 11. f5 e5 12. Nb3 b4 13. axb4 Rxb4 14. Bd3 Bb7 15.
Bxf6 Nxf6 16. g4 d5 17. exd5 Rxg4 18. Ne4 Rf4 19. Nxf6+ gxf6 20. Qg2 h5 21.
Rhf1 Rg4 22. Qe2 Bxd5 23. Bxa6 Bh6+ 24. Kb1 Bxb3 25. Qb5+ Kf8 26. Qxb3 Kg7 27.
Qb7 Qc5 28. Rd7 Rf8 29. Rc7 Qa5 30. Bc4 Rxc4 31. Rxc4 Ra8 32. Rg1+ Bg5 33. c3
Qa2+ 34. Kc2 Rd8 35. Rxg5+ fxg5 36. Qe7 Qxc4 37. Qxg5+ Kh7 38. Qxh5+ Kg7 39.
Qg5+ Kh7 40. Qxd8 Qa4+ 1/2-1/2
[Event "URS-ch23"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1956.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Spassky, Boris V"]
[Black "Tolush, Alexander V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C64"]
[PlyCount "36"]
[EventDate "1956.01.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "URS-ch"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Bc5 4. O-O Nd4 5. Nxd4 Bxd4 6. c3 Bb6 7. d4 c6 8.
Ba4 d6 9. Be3 Nf6 10. dxe5 dxe5 11. Qxd8+ Bxd8 12. f3 Nd7 13. Nd2 Bb6 14. Bxb6
Nxb6 15. Bb3 Ke7 16. Nc4 Nxc4 17. Bxc4 Rd8 18. Rfd1 Be6 1/2-1/2
[Event "URS-ch23"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1956.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Antoshin, Vladimir S"]
[Black "Spassky, Boris V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E07"]
[PlyCount "28"]
[EventDate "1956.01.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "URS-ch"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O c6 7. Nc3 Nbd7 8. Qb3
b6 9. Rd1 Ba6 10. cxd5 cxd5 11. Nb5 Ne4 12. Bf4 Ndc5 13. dxc5 Nxc5 14. Qb4 Nd3
1/2-1/2
[Event "URS-ch23"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1956.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Spassky, Boris V"]
[Black "Tal, Mihail"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E80"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "1956.01.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "URS-ch"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f3 e5 6. d5 Nh5 7. Be3 f5 8. Qd2 Na6
9. O-O-O Nf6 10. exf5 gxf5 11. Bd3 O-O 12. Nge2 Qe7 13. Rde1 c5 14. Ng3 Ne8 15.
Nh5 Nac7 16. g4 Kh8 17. Rhg1 Qf7 18. Nxg7 Nxg7 19. f4 e4 20. Bc2 b5 21. cxb5
Rb8 22. gxf5 Bxf5 23. Bxe4 Bxe4 24. Nxe4 Qxd5 25. Qxd5 Nxd5 26. Nxd6 Rbd8 27.
Bxc5 Nxf4 28. Bd4 Ng6 29. Re7 Nxe7 30. Bxg7+ Kg8 31. Bxf8+ Kxf8 32. Rf1+ Kg8
33. Rd1 Rf8 34. a4 Rf2 35. Nc4 Rxh2 36. Rd7 Nf5 37. Rxa7 Nd4 38. Rc7 1-0
[Event "URS-ch23"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1956.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Simagin, Vladimir"]
[Black "Spassky, Boris V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C77"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "1956.01.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "URS-ch"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. d3 Be7 6. Nc3 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. Nd5
Na5 9. Nxe7 Qxe7 10. Nd2 Bg4 11. f3 Be6 12. Bxe6 fxe6 13. O-O O-O 14. Nb3 Nc6
15. Be3 Nd7 16. a4 bxa4 17. Rxa4 Nb6 18. Ra3 a5 19. c3 Ra7 20. Qc2 Rfa8 21.
Rfa1 a4 22. Nd2 d5 23. Bf2 Qe8 24. h3 h6 25. Kh2 Qf8 26. Nf1 Qe8 27. Nd2 Qf8
28. Nf1 Qe8 29. Nd2 Qf8 1/2-1/2
[Event "URS-ch23"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1956.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Spassky, Boris V"]
[Black "Boleslavsky, Isaak"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E87"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "1956.01.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "URS-ch"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f3 O-O 6. Be3 e5 7. d5 c5 8. Qc2 Ne8
9. O-O-O f5 10. exf5 gxf5 11. Bd3 Na6 12. a3 Qf6 13. Nge2 Bh6 14. Qd2 Bxe3 15.
Qxe3 Nac7 16. f4 Bd7 17. g4 exf4 18. Nxf4 Qe5 19. Qxe5 dxe5 20. Nh5 Nd6 21.
Rhf1 Rae8 22. gxf5 e4 23. Be2 Bxf5 24. Rf4 Re7 25. Rdf1 Ref7 26. h4 Bg6 27.
Nf6+ Kg7 28. h5 h6 29. Rg1 Rxf6 30. Rfg4 Nce8 31. Kd2 Rf4 32. Rxf4 Rxf4 33.
Rxg6+ Kh7 34. b4 b6 35. bxc5 bxc5 36. Nb5 Nf7 37. Rc6 Nf6 38. Rxc5 a6 39. Nc3
Rh4 40. Rc7 Kg8 41. c5 e3+ 1-0
[Event "URS-ch23"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1956.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Kholmov, Ratmir D"]
[Black "Spassky, Boris V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D38"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "1956.01.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "URS-ch"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Qa4+ Nc6 7. Bg5 h6 8.
Bxf6 Qxf6 9. e3 O-O 10. Rc1 Qg6 11. Qd1 Be6 12. a3 Bd6 13. g3 Ne7 14. Nb5 Bg4
15. h3 Bxf3 16. Qxf3 c6 17. Nxd6 Qxd6 18. Bd3 Rfe8 19. O-O Kf8 20. Rc5 a6 21.
Rfc1 Ng8 22. b4 Nf6 23. Kg2 Ne4 24. Bxe4 Rxe4 25. a4 Re6 26. b5 axb5 27. axb5
Rf6 28. bxc6 Rxf3 29. cxb7 Ra2 30. R1c2 Rxc2 31. Rxc2 Rxe3 32. fxe3 Ke7 33. Rc8
Qa6 34. Re8+ Kf6 35. b8=Q Qe2+ 1/2-1/2
[Event "URS-ch23"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1956.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Khasin, Abram"]
[Black "Spassky, Boris V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E50"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "1956.01.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "URS-ch"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 b6 7. O-O Bb7 8. Na4
cxd4 9. exd4 Be7 10. Bf4 d6 11. b4 Nbd7 12. Qb3 Ne4 13. Rfd1 Ndf6 14. h3 Qd7
15. Nb2 Rfc8 16. Rac1 b5 17. c5 Bd5 18. Qc2 Bxa2 19. c6 Qc7 20. Bxb5 Qb6 21.
Bd3 Bd5 22. b5 a6 23. Nc4 Bxc4 24. Qxc4 axb5 25. Qxb5 Qxb5 26. Bxb5 Nd5 27. Bd2
Nxd2 28. Rxd2 Ra5 29. Rb2 Rb8 30. Rcb1 Bd8 31. Bf1 Rxb2 32. Rxb2 Ra8 33. Rb7
Kf8 34. Bc4 Rc8 1/2-1/2
[Event "URS-ch23"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1956.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Spassky, Boris V"]
[Black "Bannik, Anatolij"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D40"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "1956.01.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "URS-ch"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Be7 5. e3 O-O 6. Bd3 c5 7. O-O Nc6 8. a3
cxd4 9. exd4 dxc4 10. Bxc4 b6 11. Qd3 Bb7 12. Bg5 Rc8 13. Rad1 Nd5 14. Bxd5
Bxg5 15. Be4 f5 16. Bxc6 Rxc6 17. Rfe1 Bf6 18. d5 exd5 19. Nxd5 Rc5 20. Nxf6+
Qxf6 21. Qb3+ Kh8 22. Re6 Qf7 23. Ng5 Qh5 24. Re7 Bd5 25. Nf7+ Kg8 26. Nh6+ Kh8
27. Nf7+ Kg8 28. Nh6+ Kh8 29. Nf7+ Kg8 1/2-1/2
[Event "URS-ch23"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1956.??.??"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Byvshev, Vasily Mikhailovich"]
[Black "Spassky, Boris V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E63"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "1956.01.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "URS-ch"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. Nf3 d6 6. d4 Nc6 7. O-O a6 8. b3
Rb8 9. Bb2 Bd7 10. h3 b5 11. cxb5 axb5 12. d5 Na5 13. Nd4 b4 14. Na4 e5 15. Nc6
Nxc6 16. dxc6 Be6 17. Rc1 Nh5 18. Kh2 f5 19. e3 Nf6 20. Re1 Qe7 21. Rc2 h5 22.
h4 Kh7 23. f4 Ng4+ 24. Kg1 Rfe8 25. Bf3 Bc8 26. Rc1 Ba6 27. Qd2 Qf8 28. Ba1 Re7
29. Bb2 Qe8 30. Ba1 Bb5 31. Bd5 Nf6 32. Bg2 Ne4 33. Bxe4 fxe4 34. Qc2 exf4 35.
Bxg7 Kxg7 36. gxf4 Rf7 37. Kh2 Rf5 38. Rg1 Qe7 39. Rg5 Kh7 40. Rcg1 Rbf8 41.
Qd2 Qf6 42. Qe1 Rxg5 43. Rxg5 1/2-1/2
[Event "URS-ch23"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1956.??.??"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Spassky, Boris V"]
[Black "Taimanov, Mark E"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B68"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1956.01.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "URS-ch"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
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 Rc8 11. Kb1 Qc7 12. e5 dxe5 13. fxe5 Nd5 14. Nxd5
exd5 15. Bxe7 Nxe7 16. Bd3 O-O 17. Qg5 Bb5 18. Bxb5 axb5 19. Nd4 Ng6 20. c3 b4
21. cxb4 Nxe5 22. Rc1 Nc4 23. b3 h6 24. Qg4 Nd2+ 25. Kb2 Qb8 26. Qg3 Qxg3 27.
hxg3 Rfd8 28. b5 Ne4 29. Rhe1 g6 30. a4 Kf8 31. b6 Ra8 32. Rc7 Rd6 33. Rf1 f5
34. Rxb7 Nc5 35. Ra7 Re8 36. a5 Re4 37. Rd1 Ke8 38. b7 Rd8 39. Nc6 Re2+ 40. Ka3
Re3 41. Nxd8 1-0
[Event "URS-ch23"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1956.??.??"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Borisenko, Georgy K"]
[Black "Spassky, Boris V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E55"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "1956.01.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "URS-ch"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 c5 5. e3 O-O 6. Bd3 d5 7. O-O cxd4 8. exd4
dxc4 9. Bxc4 Nbd7 10. Qe2 a6 11. Bb3 b5 12. Rd1 Re8 13. Ne5 Bb7 14. Bg5 Bxc3
15. bxc3 Qc7 16. Nxd7 Nxd7 17. Rd3 Bd5 18. Rg3 Nf8 19. h4 Kh8 20. Qg4 f5 21.
Qd1 Rac8 22. Qd2 Qf7 23. Bd1 Nd7 24. Bf4 e5 25. dxe5 Nxe5 26. Bb3 Bc4 27. Re1
Ng4 28. Bd1 Rcd8 29. Rxe8+ Qxe8 30. Bxg4 Rxd2 31. Bxd2 fxg4 32. Rxg4 Qe2 33.
Rd4 Qf1+ 34. Kh2 Qxf2 0-1
[Event "URS-ch23"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1956.??.??"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Spassky, Boris V"]
[Black "Lisitsin, Georgy"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E13"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "1956.01.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "URS-ch"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Bg5 h6 5. Bh4 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Qe7 7. e3 b6 8.
Nf3 Bb7 9. Bd3 d6 10. O-O Nbd7 11. Nd2 g5 12. Bg3 h5 13. h3 h4 14. Bh2 Rg8 15.
f3 Nh5 16. c5 f5 17. Qa4 dxc5 18. Bxc7 Rc8 19. Be5 a6 20. Bxa6 Ra8 21. Nc4 Bxa6
22. Nxb6 Kf7 23. Qxd7 Qxd7 24. Nxd7 Bxf1 25. Kxf1 cxd4 26. Bxd4 Ke7 27. Ne5
Rgc8 28. a4 Ng3+ 29. Ke1 Rab8 30. Nd3 g4 31. a5 gxh3 32. gxh3 Rg8 33. Kf2 f4
34. e4 Rb3 35. a6 Ra8 36. a7 Nh5 37. Ra5 Nf6 38. Rg5 Ne8 39. Nxf4 Rb2+ 40. Ke3
Ra2 41. Rg6 Nc7 42. Be5 Ne8 43. Rxe6+ Kd7 1-0
[Event "URS-ch23"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1956.??.??"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Kortschnoj, Viktor"]
[Black "Spassky, Boris V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A49"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "1956.01.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "URS-ch"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. b3 d6 6. Bb2 e5 7. dxe5 Ng4 8. O-O
Nxe5 9. Nxe5 dxe5 10. Nc3 Nd7 11. Qd2 Nf6 12. Qxd8 Rxd8 13. Rfd1 Rxd1+ 14. Rxd1
Bf5 15. Bxb7 Rb8 16. Bc6 Bxc2 17. Rc1 Bf5 18. Nb5 Bh6 19. Rc4 Be6 20. Ra4 Rd8
21. Bxe5 Rd1+ 22. Kg2 Rc1 23. Bf3 Nd5 24. Nd4 Bg7 25. Bxg7 Kxg7 26. Rxa7 Kf6
27. Nxe6 fxe6 28. Ra5 Nc3 29. a4 e5 30. Rc5 1-0
[Event "URS-ch23"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1956.??.??"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Spassky, Boris V"]
[Black "Polugaevsky, Lev"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D31"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1956.01.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "URS-ch"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 a6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Nf3 c6 6. Bf4 Bd6 7. g3 Ne7 8. Qb3
O-O 9. Bxd6 Qxd6 10. Bg2 Nd7 11. O-O Nf6 12. Ne5 Rb8 13. a4 Ng4 14. Nf3 Qh6 15.
Rfe1 Nf5 16. e4 dxe4 17. Rxe4 Nd6 18. Ree1 Be6 19. Qb4 Rbd8 20. Rad1 Rfe8 21.
d5 cxd5 22. Nxd5 Bxd5 23. Rxd5 Rxe1+ 24. Qxe1 Nf6 25. Rd4 Re8 26. Qd1 Nfe4 27.
Nh4 g5 28. Bxe4 Nxe4 29. Nf5 Qf6 30. g4 h5 31. h3 Qe5 32. Qf3 Nf6 33. Kg2 hxg4
34. hxg4 b5 35. axb5 axb5 36. Qh3 Nd5 37. Nh6+ Kf8 38. Nf5 Kg8 39. Nh6+ Kf8 40.
Nf5 Kg8 41. Qh6 1/2-1/2
[Event "URS-ch23 playoff-1pl"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1956.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Spassky, Boris V"]
[Black "Taimanov, Mark E"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C77"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "1956.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "URS-ch"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. Qe2 Be7 6. c3 b5 7. Bc2 O-O 8. O-O
d5 9. d3 d4 10. Nbd2 Rb8 11. a4 dxc3 12. bxc3 b4 13. Nc4 Bg4 14. Bb2 Bc5 15.
Rad1 bxc3 16. Bxc3 Nd4 17. Bxd4 Bxd4 18. h3 Bxf3 19. Qxf3 Nd7 20. Rb1 Qg5 21.
Kh1 g6 22. Ne3 Nc5 23. Nc4 Kg7 24. Qe2 Ne6 25. g3 Bc5 26. Rxb8 Rxb8 27. Kh2 Qf6
28. Kg2 h5 29. h4 Nd4 30. Qd1 Qe6 31. Qd2 Bb4 32. Qd1 Be7 33. f4 exf4 34. Rxf4
f6 35. a5 Bd6 36. Rf2 Rb4 37. Qe1 c5 38. Bd1 Be5 39. Qd2 Nc6 40. Kh2 Bd4 41.
Rg2 Ne5 42. Nxe5 Bxe5 43. Qe3 Rb1 44. Rd2 Bc3 45. Rc2 Rxd1 46. Qxc5 Be5 47.
Qa7+ Qf7 48. Qxa6 Qd7 0-1
[Event "URS-ch23 playoff-1pl"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1956.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Averbakh, Yuri L"]
[Black "Spassky, Boris V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E74"]
[PlyCount "145"]
[EventDate "1956.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "URS-ch"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 g6 3. e4 d6 4. d4 Bg7 5. Be2 O-O 6. Bg5 c5 7. d5 Qa5 8. Bd2 a6
9. a4 e5 10. g4 Ne8 11. h4 f5 12. h5 f4 13. g5 Qd8 14. Bg4 Nc7 15. Bxc8 Qxc8
16. Nf3 Nc6 17. dxc6 bxc6 18. Nh4 Qe8 19. hxg6 hxg6 20. Qg4 Rb8 21. Nd1 Ne6 22.
Ra3 Nd4 23. Rah3 Qf7 24. Bc3 Rfe8 25. R3h2 Qxc4 26. Nxg6 Re6 27. Bxd4 Rxg6 28.
Qf5 Qe6 29. Qxe6+ Rxe6 30. Bc3 d5 31. f3 Rb3 32. Rh3 c4 33. Kd2 Rg6 34. Rg1 d4
35. Ba5 Bf8 36. Rg4 Rd6 37. Kc2 Rd7 38. g6 Rdb7 39. Be1 c5 40. Rgh4 Bg7 41. Ba5
c3 42. bxc3 Ra3 43. cxd4 exd4 44. Rxf4 Ra2+ 45. Kd3 Rb1 46. Rh1 Rxa4 47. Kc2
Rb5 48. e5 d3+ 49. Kxd3 Rxf4 50. Bc3 Rxf3+ 51. Ke4 Rg3 52. Kf4 Rxg6 53. Ne3 Rb8
54. Nf5 Rf8 55. Rh5 Re8 56. Ke4 Rg1 57. Rh3 Bf8 58. Kd5 Rd1+ 59. Ke4 Rc1 60.
Kd5 Rd1+ 61. Ke4 Rd7 62. Nh6+ Bxh6 63. Rxh6 Rh7 64. Rg6+ Kf7 65. Rf6+ Ke7 66.
Rc6 Kd7 67. Rxc5 Rh6 68. Kd5 Rb6 69. Ba5 Rb5 70. Rxb5 axb5 71. e6+ Rxe6 72. Kc5
Re5+ 73. Kb6 1/2-1/2
[Event "URS-ch23 playoff-1pl"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1956.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Taimanov, Mark E"]
[Black "Spassky, Boris V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A49"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "1956.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "URS-ch"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. O-O O-O 5. d4 d6 6. b3 a6 7. Bb2 b5 8. Nbd2
Bb7 9. Re1 Nbd7 10. e4 e5 11. dxe5 Ng4 12. Nf1 Nc5 13. Ne3 Nxe5 14. Nxe5 Bxe5
15. Qc1 h5 16. Bxe5 dxe5 17. Rd1 Qe7 18. Nd5 Bxd5 19. exd5 Qd6 20. a3 f5 21.
Rb1 e4 22. b4 Nd7 23. c4 bxc4 24. Qxc4 Ne5 25. Qc5 Qf6 26. d6 c6 27. d7 Nd3 28.
Rxd3 exd3 29. Bxc6 Rad8 30. Rd1 h4 31. gxh4 Qxh4 32. Rxd3 f4 33. Qc4+ Kg7 34.
Qc3+ Rf6 35. Bg2 f3 36. Bxf3 Qf4 37. Qc5 Kh6 38. Bg2 Rf5 39. Rh3+ Kg7 40. Qc3+
Qe5 41. Qd2 Rf4 42. Re3 Qa1+ 43. Re1 Qf6 44. Bh3 Qg5+ 45. Kh1 Qf6 46. Re7+ Qxe7
47. Qxf4 Rf8 48. Qd2 Qh4 49. Qe3 Qf6 50. Bg4 Rb8 51. h3 Rb6 52. Qc5 Rd6 53. a4
Rd2 54. a5 Rd4 55. Kg2 Kf7 56. b5 axb5 57. a6 1-0
