[Event "World Championship 18th"]
[Site "The Hague/Moscow"]
[Date "1948.03.04"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Black "Euwe, Max"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D46"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "1948.03.02"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "25"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "MainBase"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 c6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 Bb4 7. a3 Ba5 8. Qc2
Qe7 9. Bd2 dxc4 10. Bxc4 e5 11. O-O O-O 12. Rae1 Bc7 13. Ne4 Nxe4 14. Qxe4 a5
15. Ba2 Nf6 16. Qh4 e4 17. Ne5 Bxe5 18. dxe5 Qxe5 19. Bc3 Qe7 20. f3 Nd5 21.
Qxe7 Nxe7 22. fxe4 b6 23. Rd1 Ng6 24. Rd6 Ba6 25. Rf2 Bb5 26. e5 Ne7 27. e4 c5
28. e6 f6 29. Rxb6 Bc6 30. Rxc6 Nxc6 31. e7+ Rf7 32. Bd5 1-0
[Event "World Championship 18th"]
[Site "The Hague/Moscow"]
[Date "1948.03.08"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Smyslov, Vassily"]
[Black "Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D90"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "1948.03.02"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "25"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "MainBase"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Qb3 c6 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. e4 Nb6 8. Be3
Be6 9. Qc2 Bc4 10. Be2 Na6 11. O-O O-O 12. Rfd1 Qd6 13. b3 Bxe2 14. Nxe2 Rac8
15. Bf4 Qe6 16. Be5 f6 17. Bg3 Qf7 18. Nf4 Bh6 19. Nd3 f5 20. Nc5 fxe4 21. Qxe4
Nxc5 22. dxc5 Nd5 23. Re1 Rce8 24. Be5 Bf4 25. Bb2 Qf5 26. Qc4 e5 27. Re4 Qf7
28. Rae1 Nf6 29. Qxf7+ Rxf7 30. R4e2 Nd7 31. b4 a5 32. a3 axb4 33. axb4 Rfe7
34. g3 Bh6 35. Nxe5 Bg7 36. f4 Nf6 37. Kf2 Nd5 38. Re4 Nf6 39. R4e3 Nd5 40. Rb3
g5 41. Kf3 Rf8 42. Re4 Nf6 43. Re2 Nd5 44. Re4 Nf6 1/2-1/2
[Event "World Championship 18th"]
[Site "The Hague/Moscow"]
[Date "1948.03.09"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Black "Reshevsky, Samuel Herman"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E51"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "1948.03.02"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "25"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "MainBase"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 d5 5. a3 Be7 6. Nf3 O-O 7. b4 Nbd7 8. Bb2
c6 9. Bd3 dxc4 10. Bxc4 Bd6 11. Ne2 a5 12. b5 Nb6 13. Bd3 cxb5 14. Bxb5 Bd7 15.
Qb3 a4 16. Qd3 Ra5 17. Nc3 Qe8 18. Bxd7 Qxd7 19. O-O Rc8 20. e4 Nc4 21. Bc1 e5
22. Rd1 exd4 23. Qxd4 Qe6 24. Ra2 h6 25. h3 Ra6 26. Nd5 Nxe4 27. Re2 f5 28. g4
Bc5 29. gxf5 Qxf5 30. Qxe4 Qxh3 31. Nh2 Rcc6 32. Nf4 1-0
[Event "World Championship 18th"]
[Site "The Hague/Moscow"]
[Date "1948.03.11"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Keres, Paul"]
[Black "Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A13"]
[PlyCount "116"]
[EventDate "1948.03.02"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "25"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "MainBase"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
1. c4 e6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 d4 4. b4 c5 5. b5 e5 6. d3 Bd6 7. e4 Qc7 8. Ne2 h5 9.
h4 Nh6 10. O-O Bg4 11. f3 Be6 12. f4 Bg4 13. f5 Nd7 14. Nd2 g6 15. fxg6 fxg6
16. Nf3 Be7 17. Rf2 Qd6 18. Bxh6 Rxh6 19. Qd2 Rh8 20. Ng5 Nf6 21. Re1 Qb6 22.
Nf3 Nd7 23. Ng5 Rf8 24. Rxf8+ Bxf8 25. a4 Bh6 26. a5 Qf6 27. Nc1 O-O-O 28. Nb3
Rf8 29. Ra1 Qe7 30. Qc1 Kb8 31. Ra2 Rf7 32. Qa3 Bxg5 33. hxg5 Bd1 34. Qc1 Bxb3
35. Rb2 Bd1 36. Qxd1 Qxg5 37. Qe1 Nf8 38. Kh2 Qf6 39. Bh3 Nh7 40. Qd1 Ng5 41.
b6 h4 42. Qg4 hxg3+ 43. Kxg3 Rf8 44. bxa7+ Kxa7 45. a6 Nxh3 46. Qxh3 Qf4+ 47.
Kg2 Qf1+ 48. Kh2 Rf2+ 49. Rxf2 Qxf2+ 50. Kh1 Qe1+ 51. Kg2 Qe2+ 52. Kg1 Qe3+ 53.
Qxe3 dxe3 54. axb7 Kxb7 55. Kg2 Kb6 56. Kf3 Ka5 57. Kxe3 Kb4 58. Kd2 g5 0-1
[Event "World Championship 18th"]
[Site "The Hague/Moscow"]
[Date "1948.03.16"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Euwe, Max"]
[Black "Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C08"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1948.03.02"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "25"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "MainBase"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. exd5 exd5 5. Bb5+ Nc6 6. Qe2+ Qe7 7. dxc5 Qxe2+
8. Nxe2 Bxc5 9. Nb3 Bb6 10. Bd2 Nge7 11. Bb4 a6 12. Bc5 Bc7 13. Bxc6+ Nxc6 14.
O-O-O Be6 15. Ned4 O-O-O 16. Nxc6 bxc6 17. Rd4 Kd7 18. g3 f6 19. Ra4 Ra8 20.
Re1 Rhe8 21. Be3 Bd6 22. Bf4 Bf8 23. Be3 Bf5 24. Rd1 Kc7 25. Rdd4 Be4 26. Ra5
Bg2 27. Nc5 Bf1 28. Nd3 Re4 29. Rda4 Rxa4 30. Rxa4 Bxd3 31. cxd3 c5 32. b3 d4
33. Bd2 Kb6 34. Kd1 Re8 35. a3 Kb5 36. Ra5+ Kb6 37. b4 Re5 38. bxc5+ Bxc5 39.
f4 Re8 40. Ra4 Kb5 1/2-1/2
[Event "World Championship 18th"]
[Site "The Hague/Moscow"]
[Date "1948.03.18"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Black "Smyslov, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D98"]
[PlyCount "158"]
[EventDate "1948.03.02"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "25"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "MainBase"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Qb3 dxc4 6. Qxc4 O-O 7. e4 Bg4 8.
Be3 Nfd7 9. Nd2 Nb6 10. Qd3 c6 11. f3 Be6 12. Rd1 Na6 13. a3 Qd7 14. Qc2 Nc7
15. Nb3 Bc4 16. Be2 Bxe2 17. Qxe2 Rad8 18. O-O Qe6 19. Nc5 Qc8 20. Kh1 Nd7 21.
Nb3 b6 22. Qc4 Qb7 23. f4 e6 24. Rc1 Nf6 25. Bg1 Rc8 26. Rc2 Rfd8 27. Qe2 Nb5
28. e5 Nxc3 29. bxc3 Nd5 30. c4 Ne7 31. Nd2 Nf5 32. Ne4 Nxd4 33. Bxd4 Rxd4 34.
Nd6 Rxd6 35. exd6 c5 36. Rd2 Rd8 37. Qf3 Qxf3 38. Rxf3 Bd4 39. g3 Rxd6 40. Kg2
f5 41. a4 Kf7 42. Rb3 Kf6 43. Ra2 a5 44. Rd2 Ke7 45. Kf3 Kd7 46. g4 h6 47. Rg2
Ke7 48. Rd3 Kf7 49. h4 fxg4+ 50. Rxg4 h5 51. Rg2 Rd8 52. Rgd2 Ke8 53. Rg2 Kf7
54. Rgd2 Ke8 55. Ke2 Ke7 56. Rd1 Rf8 57. Rf1 Bf6 58. Rb3 Bxh4 59. Rxb6 Bg3 60.
Rb7+ Kf6 61. Rb5 Kf5 62. Rxc5+ Ke4 63. Re5+ Kd4 64. Rd1+ Kxc4 65. Re4+ Kc5 66.
Kf3 h4 67. Rb1 Kd6 68. Rb6+ Kd7 69. Kg4 Rf5 70. Rd4+ Ke7 71. Rb7+ Kf6 72. Rb5
e5 73. Rd6+ Kg7 74. Rxa5 Rxf4+ 75. Kh3 Kh6 76. Raa6 Kh5 77. Rxg6 Rxa4 78. Rh6+
Kg5 79. Rhg6+ Kh5 1/2-1/2
[Event "World Championship 18th"]
[Site "The Hague/Moscow"]
[Date "1948.03.23"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Reshevsky, Samuel Herman"]
[Black "Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A91"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "1948.03.02"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "25"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "MainBase"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
1. d4 e6 2. c4 f5 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 Be7 5. Nh3 O-O 6. O-O d6 7. Nc3 Qe8 8. e4
fxe4 9. Nf4 c6 10. Nxe4 Nxe4 11. Bxe4 e5 12. Ng2 Nd7 13. Ne3 exd4 14. Qxd4 Ne5
15. f4 Ng4 16. Nxg4 Bxg4 17. Re1 Bf6 18. Qd3 Qh5 19. Bd2 Rfe8 20. Rab1 Re7 21.
Bb4 Rae8 22. Bxd6 Re6 23. Re3 Rxd6 24. Qxd6 Rd8 25. Qc7 Qc5 26. Rbe1 Rf8 27.
Qxb7 Bd4 28. Kf2 Bxe3+ 29. Rxe3 Qd4 30. Qb3 Qd2+ 31. Kg1 Qc1+ 32. Kf2 Qd2+ 33.
Kg1 Qc1+ 1/2-1/2
[Event "World Championship 18th"]
[Site "The Hague/Moscow"]
[Date "1948.03.25"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Black "Keres, Paul"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E28"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "1948.03.02"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "25"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "MainBase"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Re8 7. Ne2 e5 8.
Ng3 d6 9. Be2 Nbd7 10. O-O c5 11. f3 cxd4 12. cxd4 Nb6 13. Bb2 exd4 14. e4 Be6
15. Rc1 Re7 16. Qxd4 Qc7 17. c5 dxc5 18. Rxc5 Qf4 19. Bc1 Qb8 20. Rg5 Nbd7 21.
Rxg7+ Kxg7 22. Nh5+ Kg6 23. Qe3 1-0
[Event "World Championship 18th"]
[Site "The Hague/Moscow"]
[Date "1948.04.13"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Black "Euwe, Max"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D49"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "1948.03.02"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "25"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "MainBase"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 c6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Bd3
a6 9. e4 c5 10. e5 cxd4 11. Nxb5 axb5 12. exf6 Qb6 13. fxg7 Bxg7 14. O-O Nc5
15. Bf4 Bb7 16. Re1 Rd8 17. Rc1 Rd5 18. Be5 Bxe5 19. Rxe5 Rxe5 20. Nxe5 Nxd3
21. Qxd3 f6 22. Qg3 fxe5 23. Qg7 Rf8 24. Rc7 Qxc7 25. Qxc7 Bd5 26. Qxe5 d3 27.
Qe3 Bc4 28. b3 Rf7 29. f3 Rd7 30. Qd2 e5 31. bxc4 bxc4 32. Kf2 Kf7 33. Ke3 Ke6
34. Qb4 Rc7 35. Kd2 Rc6 36. a4 1-0
[Event "World Championship 18th"]
[Site "The Hague/Moscow"]
[Date "1948.04.15"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Smyslov, Vassily"]
[Black "Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B62"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1948.03.02"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "25"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "MainBase"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[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. Be2 Be7 8.
O-O O-O 9. Ndb5 a6 10. Bxf6 gxf6 11. Nd4 Kh8 12. Kh1 Rg8 13. f4 Bd7 14. Bf3 Rc8
15. Nxc6 bxc6 16. Ne2 d5 17. f5 Qc7 18. c4 dxc4 19. Qd4 c5 20. Qxc4 Bd6 21. g3
Bb5 22. Qc2 exf5 23. exf5 Rce8 24. Rf2 Re3 25. Bg2 Qe7 26. Ng1 Bd3 27. Qd2 c4
28. Rf3 Re8 29. Rd1 Bc5 30. b3 Re1 31. bxc4 Bxc4 32. Bf1 Rxd1 33. Qxd1 Rd8 34.
Qc2 Bd5 35. Qc3 Bd4 36. Qd3 Qe3 37. Qxe3 Bxe3 38. Bg2 Bxf3 39. Bxf3 Rd2 40. Ne2
Rxa2 41. Kg2 0-1
[Event "World Championship 18th"]
[Site "The Hague/Moscow"]
[Date "1948.04.18"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Black "Reshevsky, Samuel Herman"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E29"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "1948.03.02"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "25"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "MainBase"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Nc6 7. Bd3 O-O 8.
Ne2 b6 9. e4 Ne8 10. Be3 d6 11. O-O Na5 12. Ng3 Ba6 13. Qe2 Qd7 14. f4 f5 15.
Rae1 g6 16. Rd1 Qf7 17. e5 Rc8 18. Rfe1 dxe5 19. dxe5 Ng7 20. Nf1 Rfd8 21. Bf2
Nh5 22. Bg3 Qe8 23. Ne3 Qa4 24. Qa2 Nxg3 25. hxg3 h5 26. Be2 Kf7 27. Kf2 Qb3
28. Qxb3 Nxb3 29. Bd3 Ke7 30. Ke2 Na5 31. Rd2 Rc7 32. g4 Rcd7 33. gxf5 gxf5 34.
Red1 h4 35. Ke1 Nb3 36. Nd5+ exd5 37. Bxf5 Nxd2 38. Rxd2 dxc4 39. Bxd7 Rxd7 40.
Rf2 Ke6 41. Rf3 Rd3 42. Ke2 0-1
[Event "World Championship 18th"]
[Site "The Hague/Moscow"]
[Date "1948.04.20"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Keres, Paul"]
[Black "Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C08"]
[PlyCount "144"]
[EventDate "1948.03.02"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "25"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "MainBase"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
1. d4 e6 2. e4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. exd5 exd5 5. Ngf3 a6 6. dxc5 Bxc5 7. Nb3 Ba7 8.
Bg5 Nf6 9. Nfd4 O-O 10. Be2 Qd6 11. O-O Ne4 12. Be3 Nc6 13. Nxc6 Bxe3 14. fxe3
bxc6 15. Bd3 Nf6 16. Qe1 Ng4 17. Qh4 f5 18. Rf4 Ne5 19. Qg3 Ra7 20. Raf1 Raf7
21. Nd4 Nxd3 22. cxd3 c5 23. Nf3 Qb6 24. Rh4 h6 25. Ne5 Rf6 26. d4 cxd4 27.
Rxd4 Qxb2 28. Rxd5 Be6 29. Rd4 Kh7 30. Nd7 Bxd7 31. Rxd7 Rg6 32. Qf3 Qe5 33.
Rd4 Rb8 34. Qf4 Qe6 35. Rd2 Rb5 36. h3 Re5 37. Kh2 Rf6 38. Rfd1 Re4 39. Qb8
Rxe3 40. Rd8 Qe5+ 41. Qxe5 Rxe5 42. R1d2 g5 43. g4 Rf7 44. R8d7 Kg7 45. gxf5
Rexf5 46. a3 Rf2+ 47. Kg3 Rxd2 48. Rxd2 Rc7 49. Rd4 Rc6 50. a4 Kg6 51. h4 Kh5
52. hxg5 hxg5 53. Rd3 Rc4 54. Ra3 a5 55. Kh3 Rb4 56. Kg3 Rf4 57. Ra1 Rg4+ 58.
Kh3 Re4 59. Ra3 Kg6 60. Kg3 Kf5 61. Kf3 Ke5 62. Kg3 Rd4 63. Ra1 Kd5 64. Rb1 Rb4
65. Rf1 Ke4 66. Re1+ Kd4 67. Kh2 Rxa4 68. Rg1 Rc4 69. Rxg5 a4 70. Kg2 Kc3 71.
Kf3 a3 72. Ra5 Kb3 0-1
[Event "World Championship 18th"]
[Site "The Hague/Moscow"]
[Date "1948.04.25"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Euwe, Max"]
[Black "Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C08"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "1948.03.02"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "25"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "MainBase"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. exd5 exd5 5. Bb5+ Bd7 6. Qe2+ Qe7 7. Bxd7+ Nxd7
8. dxc5 Nxc5 9. Nb3 Qxe2+ 10. Nxe2 Nxb3 11. axb3 Bc5 12. Bd2 Ne7 13. Bc3 Nc6
14. O-O-O Bxf2 15. Bxg7 Rg8 16. Bh6 Rxg2 17. Rxd5 Rd8 18. Rxd8+ Nxd8 19. Kd2
Ne6 20. Be3 Ke7 21. Bxf2 Rxf2 22. Ke3 Rf5 23. Ra1 a6 24. Ra4 Rh5 25. h4 Re5+
26. Kf3 Rf5+ 27. Ke3 Re5+ 28. Kf3 Rf5+ 29. Ke3 1/2-1/2
[Event "World Championship 18th"]
[Site "The Hague/Moscow"]
[Date "1948.04.27"]
[Round "18"]
[White "Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Black "Smyslov, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D76"]
[PlyCount "160"]
[EventDate "1948.03.02"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "25"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "MainBase"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Bg2 Bg7 6. Nf3 O-O 7. O-O Nb6 8.
Nc3 a5 9. Bf4 c6 10. Qc1 Re8 11. Rd1 Na6 12. h3 a4 13. e4 Bd7 14. Ne5 Qc8 15.
Kh2 Rd8 16. Bg5 f6 17. Nxd7 Qxd7 18. Be3 Kh8 19. Bf1 f5 20. d5 c5 21. Bb5 Qc7
22. Bf4 Be5 23. Bxe5+ Qxe5 24. f4 Qg7 25. Qe3 fxe4 26. Rac1 a3 27. bxa3 Nc8 28.
Nxe4 Nd6 29. Bxa6 Nxe4 30. Qxe4 Rxa6 31. Rxc5 Rxa3 32. Rd2 Rda8 33. Qe6 Rc3 34.
Rxc3 Qxc3 35. Qe5+ Qxe5 36. fxe5 Kg7 37. Kg2 Kf7 38. Rf2+ Ke8 39. Rd2 Ra3 40.
Rb2 Rd3 41. Rb5 Kd8 42. a4 b6 43. Rxb6 Rxd5 44. Rb8+ Kd7 45. Rh8 Rxe5 46. Rxh7
Ke6 47. Rh4 Re2+ 48. Kf3 Ra2 49. Re4+ Kf6 50. Rf4+ Kg7 51. Rc4 Ra3+ 52. Kg4 e5
53. Kh4 Kh6 54. Rb4 Ra1 55. Kg4 Ra3 56. h4 Kg7 57. h5 gxh5+ 58. Kxh5 Kf6 59.
Kh4 Kf5 60. g4+ Kf6 61. Rb6+ Kf7 62. Rb7+ Kg6 63. Rb4 Kf6 64. Rb6+ Kf7 65. Rb7+
Kg6 66. Ra7 e4 67. Ra6+ Kf7 68. g5 e3 69. Kg3 e2+ 70. Kf2 Re3 71. Ke1 Kg7 72.
Ra7+ Kg6 73. Ra8 Kg7 74. a5 Re5 75. g6 Kxg6 76. a6 Kg7 77. Ra7+ Kg6 78. Rb7 Ra5
79. Rb6+ Kf7 80. Kxe2 Ke7 1/2-1/2
[Event "World Championship 18th"]
[Site "The Hague/Moscow"]
[Date "1948.05.03"]
[Round "19"]
[White "Reshevsky, Samuel Herman"]
[Black "Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C18"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "1948.03.02"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "25"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "MainBase"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
1. d4 e6 2. e4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Qc7 7. Qg4 f5 8. Qg3
cxd4 9. cxd4 Ne7 10. Bd2 O-O 11. Bd3 b6 12. Ne2 Ba6 13. Nf4 Qd7 14. Bxa6 Nxa6
15. Qd3 Nb8 16. h4 Nbc6 17. Rh3 Rac8 18. Rg3 Kh8 19. h5 Rf7 20. h6 g6 21. Rc1
Rff8 22. Ne2 Nb8 23. Kf1 Rc4 24. Kg1 Nbc6 25. Bg5 Ng8 26. Re1 Qf7 27. c3 Na5
28. Nf4 Rc6 29. Bf6+ Nxf6 30. exf6 Nc4 31. Qb1 Qxf6 32. a4 g5 33. Nd3 f4 34.
Rh3 g4 35. Rh1 Rc7 36. Qd1 Qg6 37. Rh4 f3 38. g3 Rcf7 39. Nf4 Rxf4 40. gxf4
Rxf4 41. Qb1 Rf5 42. Qd3 g3 43. Qf1 gxf2+ 44. Kxf2 Rg5 45. Qh3 Rg2+ 46. Kxf3
Nd2+ 47. Ke3 Rg3+ 0-1
[Event "World Championship 18th"]
[Site "The Hague/Moscow"]
[Date "1948.05.04"]
[Round "20"]
[White "Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Black "Keres, Paul"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D06"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "1948.03.02"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "25"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "MainBase"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Bf5 3. c4 e6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Qb3 Nc6 6. Bg5 Be7 7. Bxe7 Ngxe7
8. e3 Qd6 9. Nbd2 O-O 10. Rc1 a5 11. a3 Rfc8 12. Bd3 a4 13. Qc2 Bxd3 14. Qxd3
Nd8 15. O-O Ne6 16. Rc3 b5 17. Qc2 Rcb8 18. Ne1 Nc8 19. Rc6 Qe7 20. Nd3 Nb6 21.
Nb4 Rd8 22. Qf5 Rd6 23. Rfc1 Rxc6 24. Rxc6 Rd8 25. Rxb6 cxb6 26. Nc6 Qc7 27.
Nxd8 Qxd8 28. Qc2 Qc7 29. Qxc7 Nxc7 30. Nb1 Kf8 31. Kf1 Ke7 32. Ke2 Kd6 33. Kd3
Kc6 34. Nc3 Ne8 35. Na2 f6 36. f3 Nc7 37. Nb4+ Kd6 38. e4 dxe4+ 39. fxe4 Ne6
40. Ke3 Nc7 41. Kd3 Ne6 42. Nd5 Kc6 43. h4 Nd8 44. Nf4 Kd6 45. Nh5 Ne6 46. Ke3
Ke7 47. d5 Nc5 48. Nxg7 Kd6 49. Ne6 Nd7 50. Kd4 Ne5 51. Ng7 Nc4 52. Nf5+ Kc7
53. Kc3 Kd7 54. g4 Ne5 55. g5 fxg5 56. hxg5 Nf3 57. Kb4 Nxg5 58. e5 h5 59. e6+
Kd8 60. Kxb5 1-0
[Event "World Championship 18th"]
[Site "The Hague/Moscow"]
[Date "1948.05.09"]
[Round "22"]
[White "Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Black "Euwe, Max"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D35"]
[PlyCount "28"]
[EventDate "1948.03.02"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "25"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "MainBase"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Nc3 c6 6. Qc2 g6 7. Bg5 Bg7 8. e3
Bf5 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 O-O 11. O-O Nbd7 12. Ne5 Qe8 13. Nxd7 Qxd7 14. b4 Rfe8
1/2-1/2
[Event "World Championship 18th"]
[Site "The Hague/Moscow"]
[Date "1948.05.11"]
[Round "23"]
[White "Smyslov, Vassily"]
[Black "Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D22"]
[PlyCount "34"]
[EventDate "1948.03.02"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "25"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "MainBase"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 a6 4. e3 Bg4 5. Bxc4 e6 6. Nbd2 Nd7 7. O-O Ngf6 8.
h3 Bh5 9. b3 c5 10. Be2 cxd4 11. Nxd4 Bxe2 12. Qxe2 Bc5 13. Bb2 O-O 14. Rac1
Rc8 15. Rfd1 Qe7 16. N4f3 Bb4 17. Rxc8 Rxc8 1/2-1/2
[Event "World Championship 18th"]
[Site "The Hague/Moscow"]
[Date "1948.05.13"]
[Round "24"]
[White "Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Black "Reshevsky, Samuel Herman"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C49"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1948.03.02"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "25"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "MainBase"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Bb4 5. O-O O-O 6. d3 Bxc3 7. bxc3 d6 8.
Bg5 Qe7 9. Re1 Nd8 10. d4 Ne6 11. Bc1 Rd8 12. Bf1 Nf8 13. Nh4 Ng4 14. g3 Qf6
15. f3 Nh6 16. Be3 Re8 17. Qd2 Ng6 18. Ng2 Bh3 19. Be2 Bxg2 20. Kxg2 d5 21.
exd5 exd4 22. cxd4 Nf5 23. Bf2 Red8 24. c4 h5 25. h4 b5 26. Qg5 Qxg5 27. hxg5
h4 28. Bd3 hxg3 29. Bxg3 Nxd4 30. Rad1 c5 31. dxc6 Nxc6 32. Be4 Rac8 33. Rxd8+
Nxd8 34. Bf5 Ra8 35. Re8+ Kh7 36. cxb5 f6 37. Bc7 Ne6 38. Rxa8 Nxc7 39. Rxa7
Nxb5 40. Rd7 fxg5 41. a4 1-0
[Event "World Championship 18th"]
[Site "The Hague/Moscow"]
[Date "1948.05.16"]
[Round "25"]
[White "Keres, Paul"]
[Black "Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C15"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "1948.03.02"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "25"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "MainBase"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Bd2 dxe4 5. Qg4 Nf6 6. Qxg7 Rg8 7. Qh6 Nc6 8.
O-O-O Rg6 9. Qh4 Bxc3 10. Bxc3 Qd5 11. b3 Ne7 12. f3 Bd7 13. Bb2 Bc6 14. c4 Qf5
15. d5 exd5 16. fxe4 dxe4 17. Nh3 Ng4 18. Qg3 Qc5 19. Qxc7 Rc8 20. Qf4 Qe3+ 21.
Rd2 Qxf4 22. Nxf4 e3 23. Rc2 Rg5 24. Be2 Nf2 25. Re1 Rd8 26. g3 Rf5 27. Bf1
Rxf4 28. gxf4 Nd3+ 29. Bxd3 Rxd3 30. Rc3 Rxc3+ 31. Bxc3 Nf5 32. Bd2 Kd7 33.
Bxe3 b6 34. Bf2 f6 35. Kd2 h5 36. Kd3 Nh6 37. Bh4 f5 38. Re7+ Kd6 39. h3 1-0
