[Event "Candidates Tournament"]
[Site "Zuerich"]
[Date "1953.08.30"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Averbakh, Yuri L"]
[Black "Smyslov, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C97"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "1953.08.30"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "30"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "Candidates"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. d4 Qc7 12. Nbd2 Bd7 13. Nf1 Rfe8 14. Ne3 Bf8 15.
Bd2 g6 16. Rc1 Nc6 17. dxc5 dxc5 18. Nh2 Rad8 19. Qf3 Bg7 20. Red1 Be6 21. Bb1
Qe7 22. Nhg4 Nxg4 23. Nxg4 Na5 24. b3 Nc6 25. Be3 Rxd1+ 26. Qxd1 Rd8 27. Qf3
Rd7 28. Rd1 b4 29. Rxd7 Bxd7 30. Nh6+ Bxh6 31. Bxh6 bxc3 32. Qxc3 Nd4 1/2-1/2
[Event "Candidates Tournament"]
[Site "Zuerich"]
[Date "1953.08.31"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Smyslov, Vassily"]
[Black "Szabo, Laszlo"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A11"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "1953.08.30"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "30"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "Candidates"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
1. c4 Nf6 2. g3 c6 3. Nf3 d5 4. b3 g6 5. Bb2 Bg7 6. Bg2 Qb6 7. Qc1 O-O 8. O-O
Nbd7 9. cxd5 cxd5 10. Bd4 Qd6 11. Qa3 Ne4 12. Bxg7 Kxg7 13. Qxd6 Nxd6 14. Rc1
e6 15. Nc3 b6 16. d4 Ba6 17. Ne5 Nxe5 18. dxe5 Nb5 19. Nxb5 Bxb5 20. Rc2 Rfc8
21. Rac1 Rxc2 22. Rxc2 Ba6 23. f4 Rc8 24. Rxc8 Bxc8 25. Kf2 Ba6 26. Ke3 h6 27.
Bf3 f5 28. exf6+ Kxf6 29. Kd4 g5 30. fxg5+ hxg5 31. e4 dxe4 32. Kxe4 Bb5 33. h4
gxh4 34. gxh4 a5 35. Kd4 a4 36. b4 a3 37. Be4 Be8 38. Bb1 Bf7 39. Kc3 e5 40. b5
Bd5 41. Kb4 e4 42. Kxa3 e3 43. Bd3 Bf3 44. Kb4 e2 45. Bxe2 Bxe2 46. a4 1/2-1/2
[Event "Candidates Tournament"]
[Site "Zuerich"]
[Date "1953.09.02"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Euwe, Max"]
[Black "Smyslov, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D72"]
[PlyCount "116"]
[EventDate "1953.08.30"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "30"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "Candidates"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e4 Nb6 7. Ne2 c5 8. d5
e6 9. O-O O-O 10. a4 Na6 11. Na3 exd5 12. exd5 Bf5 13. Nc3 Nb4 14. Be3 Rc8 15.
d6 Bd3 16. Bxb7 Rb8 17. Bg2 Bxf1 18. Kxf1 Nd7 19. Nc4 Ne5 20. Nxe5 Bxe5 21.
Bxc5 Qa5 22. Be3 Rfd8 23. Ne4 Bxd6 24. Nf6+ Kh8 25. Bd4 Be5 26. Nd7 f6 27. Bxe5
fxe5 28. Qd2 Rbc8 29. Kg1 Qc5 30. Bh3 Qe7 31. Qe2 Rxd7 32. Bxd7 Qxd7 33. Qxe5+
Kg8 34. Qe4 a5 35. h4 Qd5 36. Qg4 Rf8 37. Rd1 Qf3 38. Qc4+ Qf7 39. Qc5 Qf5 40.
Qc4+ Qf7 41. Qc5 Qf5 42. Qc4+ Kg7 43. Qd4+ Qf6 44. Qc5 Rf7 45. Rd2 Qe7 46. Qc3+
Rf6 47. Rd4 Nc6 48. Rd5 Qe6 49. Rc5 h5 50. b3 Kf7 51. Rb5 Qd7 52. Kg2 Qe7 53.
Qc4+ Kg7 54. Qd3 Kh6 55. Rd5 Rf7 56. Rd6 Ne5 57. Qe3+ Kh7 58. Rb6 Qc7 0-1
[Event "Candidates Tournament"]
[Site "Zuerich"]
[Date "1953.09.05"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Smyslov, Vassily"]
[Black "Stahlberg, Gideon"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C13"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "1953.08.30"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "30"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "Candidates"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Be7 6. Bxf6 Bxf6 7. Nf3 Nd7 8.
Bc4 O-O 9. Qe2 Nb6 10. Bb3 Bd7 11. O-O Qe7 12. Rfe1 Rad8 13. Rad1 Ba4 14. Bxa4
Nxa4 15. Qb5 Nb6 16. c4 c6 17. Qb3 Qc7 18. Nxf6+ gxf6 19. Qe3 Kg7 20. Ne5 Qe7
21. Ng4 Rg8 22. Nh6 Qc7 23. Nxg8 Rxg8 24. b3 Kh8 25. Qh6 Rg6 26. Qh4 Nd7 27.
Re3 Qa5 28. Rh3 Nf8 29. Rg3 Qxa2 30. Rxg6 Nxg6 31. Qxf6+ Kg8 32. Qf3 Qc2 33.
Qd3 1-0
[Event "Candidates Tournament"]
[Site "Zuerich"]
[Date "1953.09.06"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Boleslavsky, Isaak"]
[Black "Smyslov, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D19"]
[PlyCount "34"]
[EventDate "1953.08.30"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "30"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "Candidates"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. e3 e6 7. Bxc4 Bb4 8. O-O
Nbd7 9. Qe2 O-O 10. e4 Bg6 11. e5 Nd5 12. Nxd5 cxd5 13. Bd3 a6 14. Bxg6 fxg6
15. Be3 Qe7 16. Rfc1 Rfc8 17. Bd2 h6 1/2-1/2
[Event "Candidates Tournament"]
[Site "Zuerich"]
[Date "1953.09.08"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Smyslov, Vassily"]
[Black "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B92"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "1953.08.30"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "30"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "Candidates"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. Be3
Nbd7 9. O-O O-O 10. f3 Qc7 11. Qe1 b5 12. a3 Nb6 13. Qf2 Rb8 14. Rab1 Be6 15.
Kh1 Nc4 16. Bxc4 bxc4 17. Nc1 Rb7 18. N1a2 d5 19. exd5 Bxd5 20. Nb4 Bxb4 21.
axb4 Qc6 22. Bg5 Rd7 23. Rfe1 Re8 24. Rbd1 Nh5 25. Qh4 g6 26. Nxd5 Rxd5 27.
Rxd5 Qxd5 28. Qe4 Qxe4 29. Rxe4 f6 30. Be3 Rc8 31. g4 Ng7 32. g5 Kf7 33. gxf6
Kxf6 34. Bd2 Nf5 35. Bc3 Nd4 36. f4 Nxc2 37. Re2 Na1 38. Rxe5 Kf7 39. Ra5 Nc2
40. Rxa6 Rb8 41. Rc6 Nxb4 42. Rc7+ Ke6 43. Rxc4 Nd3 44. b4 Rf8 1/2-1/2
[Event "Candidates Tournament"]
[Site "Zuerich"]
[Date "1953.09.09"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Geller, Efim P"]
[Black "Smyslov, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E29"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[EventDate "1953.08.30"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "30"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "Candidates"]
[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. Bd3 O-O 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 Nc6 8.
Ne2 b6 9. O-O Ba6 10. e4 Ne8 11. Qa4 Qc8 12. Be3 d6 13. Rad1 Na5 14. dxc5 dxc5
15. e5 Qc6 16. Qc2 f5 17. Qa2 Qa4 18. Nf4 Nc7 19. Bc2 Qe8 20. Bb3 g5 21. Nh3 h6
22. f3 Qe7 23. Nf2 Rad8 24. Nd3 Qg7 25. f4 Rd7 26. Nc1 Rfd8 27. Rxd7 Rxd7 28.
Qe2 Nd5 29. Bd2 Nxf4 30. Bxf4 gxf4 31. Rxf4 Qg5 32. g3 Kh7 33. Kf2 Qd8 34. Qh5
Rg7 35. Qe2 Rd7 36. Qh5 Qg5 37. Qe8 Qe7 38. Qxe7+ Rxe7 39. Ba2 Rd7 40. Ke2 Bb7
41. Bb1 Kg8 42. g4 fxg4 43. Rxg4+ Rg7 44. Rh4 Rg1 45. Kd2 Kg7 46. Bd3 Bf3 47.
Rf4 Bh5 48. Ne2 Rg2 49. Ke3 Rg5 50. h4 Rxe5+ 51. Kd2 Nb3+ 52. Kd1 Re3 53. Kc2
e5 54. Rf2 e4 0-1
[Event "Candidates Tournament"]
[Site "Zuerich"]
[Date "1953.09.13"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Smyslov, Vassily"]
[Black "Keres, Paul"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D29"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1953.08.30"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "30"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "Candidates"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Bxc4 c5 6. O-O a6 7. Qe2 b5 8. Bb3
Bb7 9. Rd1 Nbd7 10. Nc3 Be7 11. e4 b4 12. e5 bxc3 13. exf6 Bxf6 14. d5 e5 15.
bxc3 O-O 16. Nd2 Be7 17. Nc4 a5 18. Nxe5 Nxe5 19. Qxe5 Bf6 20. Qg3 c4 21. Ba4
Qe7 22. Bf4 Rfd8 23. d6 Qe4 24. Re1 Qf5 25. d7 h5 26. Re8+ Kh7 27. h4 Ra6 28.
Bg5 Rxd7 29. Bxd7 Qxd7 30. Rae1 Rd6 31. Bxf6 Rxf6 32. Qb8 Rf5 33. Rh8+ Kg6 34.
Rd8 Qb5 35. Rd6+ Kh7 36. Rd8 Qc5 37. Re3 Bd5 38. Rh8+ Kg6 39. Qd8 Bf3 40. Rxf3
Rxf3 41. gxf3 1-0
[Event "Candidates Tournament"]
[Site "Zuerich"]
[Date "1953.09.15"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Reshevsky, Samuel Herman"]
[Black "Smyslov, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E43"]
[PlyCount "37"]
[EventDate "1953.08.30"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "30"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "Candidates"]
[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. Bd3 O-O 6. Nf3 b6 7. O-O Bb7 8. Bd2
cxd4 9. exd4 d5 10. cxd5 Bxc3 11. bxc3 Qxd5 12. Re1 Nbd7 13. Qe2 Qh5 14. a4 a6
15. Reb1 Rfd8 16. Be3 Be4 17. Bf4 Qf5 18. Bxe4 Nxe4 19. Bd2 1/2-1/2
[Event "Candidates Tournament"]
[Site "Zuerich"]
[Date "1953.09.16"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Smyslov, Vassily"]
[Black "Bronstein, David I"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A12"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1953.08.30"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "30"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "Candidates"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
1. c4 Nf6 2. g3 c6 3. Nf3 d5 4. b3 Bf5 5. Bg2 e6 6. O-O Nbd7 7. Bb2 Be7 8. Nc3
O-O 9. Nh4 Bg4 10. h3 Bh5 11. g4 d4 12. Nb1 Bxg4 13. hxg4 Nxg4 14. e4 Nxf2 15.
Rxf2 Bxh4 16. Rf3 Ne5 17. Rh3 Bg5 18. Na3 Ng6 19. Nc2 Nf4 20. Rh2 d3 21. Ne3
Ne2+ 22. Kh1 f5 23. exf5 exf5 24. Bf3 Ng3+ 25. Kg1 Bf6 26. Bxf6 Qxf6 27. Qe1 f4
28. Ng4 Qd4+ 29. Kg2 Rae8 30. Qg1 Qb2 31. Qc1 Qd4 32. Qc3 Qd6 33. c5 Qg6 34.
Qc4+ Kh8 35. Rh3 h5 36. Kh2 Qh7 37. Nf2 g5 38. Qd4+ Kg8 39. Qc4+ Kh8 40. Qd4+
Kg8 1/2-1/2
[Event "Candidates Tournament"]
[Site "Zuerich"]
[Date "1953.09.19"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Gligoric, Svetozar"]
[Black "Smyslov, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A30"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "1953.08.30"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "30"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "Candidates"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. g3 b6 5. Bg2 Bb7 6. O-O Be7 7. d4 cxd4 8. Qxd4
O-O 9. Rd1 Nc6 10. Qf4 Qb8 11. Qxb8 Raxb8 12. Bf4 Rbc8 13. Bd6 Bxd6 14. Rxd6
Ne7 15. Ne5 Bxg2 16. Kxg2 Nf5 17. Rd2 d6 18. e4 Nxg3 19. hxg3 dxe5 20. b3 Rfd8
21. Rad1 Rxd2 22. Rxd2 Kf8 23. f3 Ke7 24. Kf2 h5 25. Ke3 g5 26. Rh2 Rd8 27. Rh1
g4 28. fxg4 Nxg4+ 29. Ke2 Nf6 30. Ke3 Rd4 31. Rf1 Ng4+ 32. Ke2 Kf8 33. Rf3 Kg7
34. Rd3 Kf6 35. Rxd4 exd4 36. Nb5 Ke5 37. Nxa7 Kxe4 38. Nc8 d3+ 39. Kd2 Kd4 40.
c5 bxc5 41. Nd6 Ne5 0-1
[Event "Candidates Tournament"]
[Site "Zuerich"]
[Date "1953.09.22"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Smyslov, Vassily"]
[Black "Taimanov, Mark E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B25"]
[PlyCount "37"]
[EventDate "1953.08.30"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "30"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "Candidates"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. d3 Nf6 6. Nge2 O-O 7. O-O d6 8. Rb1
Rb8 9. a3 b5 10. b4 cxb4 11. axb4 Bd7 12. Nf4 e6 13. Bd2 Qc7 14. Nce2 Rfe8 15.
Nc1 a5 16. bxa5 Nxa5 17. Nb3 Nb7 18. c3 e5 19. Ne2 1/2-1/2
[Event "Candidates Tournament"]
[Site "Zuerich"]
[Date "1953.09.23"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Najdorf, Miguel"]
[Black "Smyslov, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E43"]
[PlyCount "27"]
[EventDate "1953.08.30"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "30"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "Candidates"]
[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. Bd3 O-O 6. Nf3 b6 7. O-O Bb7 8. a3
Bxc3 9. bxc3 Be4 10. Be2 Nc6 11. Nd2 Bg6 12. Nb3 Ne4 13. Qe1 Nd6 14. Qd1
1/2-1/2
[Event "Candidates Tournament"]
[Site "Zuerich"]
[Date "1953.09.26"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Smyslov, Vassily"]
[Black "Petrosian, Tigran V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E58"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "1953.08.30"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "30"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "Candidates"]
[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. Bd3 d5 6. Nf3 c5 7. O-O Nc6 8. a3
Bxc3 9. bxc3 b6 10. cxd5 exd5 11. Bb2 c4 12. Bc2 Bg4 13. Qe1 Ne4 14. Nd2 Nxd2
15. Qxd2 Bh5 16. f3 Bg6 17. e4 Qd7 18. Rae1 f5 19. exd5 Qxd5 20. a4 Rfe8 21.
Qg5 Qf7 22. Ba3 h6 23. Qg3 Rxe1 24. Rxe1 Re8 25. Rxe8+ Qxe8 26. Kf2 Na5 27. Qf4
Nb3 28. Bxf5 Bxf5 29. Qxf5 Qxa4 30. Qc8+ Kh7 31. Qf5+ Kg8 32. Qe6+ Kh7 33. Qe4+
Kg8 34. Qa8+ Kh7 35. Qe4+ Kg8 36. Qd5+ Kh7 37. Be7 Nc1 38. Qf5+ Kg8 39. Qf8+
Kh7 40. Qf5+ Kg8 41. d5 Qa2+ 42. Kg3 Qd2 43. d6 Qe1+ 44. Kg4 Nd3 45. Qd5+ Kh7
46. d7 Qe5 47. Qxd3+ cxd3 48. d8=Q 1/2-1/2
[Event "Candidates Tournament"]
[Site "Zuerich"]
[Date "1953.09.27"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Smyslov, Vassily"]
[Black "Averbakh, Yuri L"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D38"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "1953.08.30"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "30"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "Candidates"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
1. c4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. d4 Bb4 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bxf6 Qxf6 8.
Qb3 Qd6 9. a3 Bxc3+ 10. Qxc3 O-O 11. Rc1 c6 12. e3 Bf5 13. Be2 Nd7 14. O-O a5
15. Ne1 Nf6 16. Nd3 Bxd3 17. Qxd3 Rfe8 18. Bf3 Ne4 19. Bxe4 Rxe4 20. Qb3 Qd7
21. Rc5 Rg4 22. h3 Rg6 23. Kh1 a4 24. Qb4 Rf6 25. Kg1 1/2-1/2
[Event "Candidates Tournament"]
[Site "Zuerich"]
[Date "1953.09.29"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Szabo, Laszlo"]
[Black "Smyslov, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D19"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "1953.08.30"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "30"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "Candidates"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. e3 e6 7. Bxc4 Bb4 8. O-O
Nbd7 9. Qe2 O-O 10. e4 Bg6 11. Bd3 Qa5 12. Na2 Be7 13. Bd2 Qh5 14. Nc3 Rfd8 15.
Bf4 c5 16. d5 exd5 17. e5 Bxd3 18. Qxd3 Ne8 19. Nxd5 Bf8 20. Qb3 Qg6 21. a5 h6
22. Ne3 b6 23. Rfd1 Nc7 24. Bg3 b5 25. Bh4 c4 26. Qc3 f6 27. Nxc4 bxc4 28.
Qxc4+ Qf7 29. Qxc7 Nxe5 30. Qxf7+ Nxf7 31. Bg3 a6 32. Kf1 Rac8 33. Rdc1 Bb4
1/2-1/2
[Event "Candidates Tournament"]
[Site "Zuerich"]
[Date "1953.10.03"]
[Round "18"]
[White "Smyslov, Vassily"]
[Black "Euwe, Max"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A07"]
[PlyCount "135"]
[EventDate "1953.08.30"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "30"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "Candidates"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 Bf5 4. O-O Nbd7 5. d3 c6 6. Nbd2 h6 7. e4 dxe4 8.
dxe4 Nxe4 9. Nd4 Nxd2 10. Bxd2 Bh7 11. Bc3 Qc7 12. Qf3 e5 13. Rfe1 O-O-O 14.
Nb3 f6 15. Ba5 Nb6 16. c4 Rd3 17. Qh5 Qe7 18. Bf1 g6 19. Qe2 Rd7 20. Qe3 Kb8
21. Rad1 Nc8 22. Bh3 Rxd1 23. Rxd1 f5 24. Bb4 Qf6 25. Bc3 Bg7 26. Nc5 Ka8 27.
Nxb7 Kxb7 28. Rd7+ Ka8 29. Qc5 Nb6 30. Rxg7 Qxg7 31. Bxe5 Qd7 32. Bxh8 Kb7 33.
Bd4 Qe6 34. Bf1 Bg8 35. b3 f4 36. a4 fxg3 37. hxg3 Bf7 38. a5 Nc8 39. Bg2 Qd6
40. a6+ Kxa6 41. Bxc6 Qxc5 42. Bxc5 Nb6 43. Kf1 Be6 44. Ke2 Nd7 45. Bd4 Ka5 46.
Bc3+ Kb6 47. Be4 g5 48. Bd4+ Ka5 49. Bxa7 Kb4 50. Bc2 Kc3 51. Bd1 Ne5 52. Ke3
Nc6 53. Bb6 g4 54. Kf4 h5 55. Be3 Na5 56. Ke5 Bc8 57. c5 Nxb3 58. Be2 Na5 59.
Bb5 Nc4+ 60. Kf4 Nxe3 61. fxe3 Kb4 62. Be8 h4 63. gxh4 Kxc5 64. h5 g3 65. Kxg3
Kd5 66. h6 Bf5 67. Kf4 Bh7 68. Kg5 1-0
[Event "Candidates Tournament"]
[Site "Zuerich"]
[Date "1953.10.04"]
[Round "19"]
[White "Stahlberg, Gideon"]
[Black "Smyslov, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D19"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "1953.08.30"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "30"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "Candidates"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. e3 e6 7. Bxc4 Bb4 8. O-O
Nbd7 9. Qe2 Bg6 10. e4 O-O 11. Bd3 h6 12. Rd1 Qe7 13. h3 Rad8 14. e5 Nd5 15.
Nxd5 cxd5 16. Bxg6 fxg6 17. Bd2 Nb8 18. Bxb4 Qxb4 19. a5 Rc8 20. Qd3 g5 21. Qg6
Qe7 22. Rdc1 a6 23. Rc3 Nc6 24. Rac1 Qd7 25. Qc2 Qf7 26. Qd2 Qf5 27. b4 1/2-1/2
[Event "Candidates Tournament"]
[Site "Zuerich"]
[Date "1953.10.06"]
[Round "20"]
[White "Smyslov, Vassily"]
[Black "Boleslavsky, Isaak"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A48"]
[PlyCount "33"]
[EventDate "1953.08.30"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "30"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "Candidates"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bf4 Bg7 4. Nbd2 d6 5. h3 O-O 6. e3 c5 7. Be2 Nc6 8. Bh2
cxd4 9. exd4 Bd7 10. O-O Rc8 11. Re1 a6 12. Bf1 b5 13. c3 Na5 14. Ng5 Re8 15.
Nde4 Nxe4 16. Nxe4 Nc4 17. Rb1 1/2-1/2
[Event "Candidates Tournament"]
[Site "Zuerich"]
[Date "1953.10.07"]
[Round "21"]
[White "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Black "Smyslov, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A13"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "1953.08.30"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "30"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "Candidates"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
1. c4 e6 2. Nf3 d5 3. e3 Nf6 4. b3 g6 5. Bb2 Bg7 6. d4 O-O 7. Bd3 c5 8. O-O
cxd4 9. Nxd4 e5 10. Nb5 a6 11. N5c3 dxc4 12. Bxc4 b5 13. Be2 Bb7 14. Nd2 e4 15.
b4 Qe7 16. a3 Rd8 17. Qc2 Nbd7 18. Nb3 Rac8 19. Rfd1 Nd5 20. Rxd5 Bxc3 21. Rxd7
Rxd7 22. Bxc3 Bd5 23. Nc5 Rd6 24. Bb2 f6 25. Bd4 Qf7 26. h3 Re8 27. Rc1 h5 28.
a4 f5 29. Bb2 Kh7 30. Qc3 Bc4 31. Bxc4 bxc4 32. Qxc4 Rd1+ 33. Kh2 Qxc4 34. Rxc4
Rd2 35. Bf6 Rxf2 36. Rd4 f4 37. Rd7+ Kh6 38. h4 g5 39. Bxg5+ Kg6 40. Bxf4 1-0
[Event "Candidates Tournament"]
[Site "Zuerich"]
[Date "1953.10.10"]
[Round "22"]
[White "Smyslov, Vassily"]
[Black "Geller, Efim P"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E94"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "1953.08.30"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "30"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "Candidates"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O c6 8. Re1
exd4 9. Nxd4 Re8 10. Bf1 Ng4 11. h3 Qf6 12. hxg4 Qxd4 13. g5 Nd7 14. Bf4 Qxd1
15. Raxd1 Be5 16. Be3 Nc5 17. f3 Be6 18. Rc1 a5 19. Rc2 a4 20. a3 Reb8 21. Rb1
h6 22. gxh6 f5 23. f4 Bf6 24. e5 Be7 25. exd6 Bxd6 26. Rd1 Bf8 27. Nd5 Rd8 28.
Nf6+ Kf7 29. Rxd8 Rxd8 30. Nh7 Ne4 31. Ng5+ Kf6 32. g4 Rd1 33. Nxe4+ fxe4 34.
g5+ Kf7 35. Kf2 Rd7 36. Rd2 Rxd2+ 37. Bxd2 Bc5+ 38. Be3 Bd6 39. Bd4 Kg8 40. Ke3
Bf5 41. c5 Bc7 42. Be2 Ba5 43. Bd1 Be1 44. Bxa4 1-0
[Event "Candidates Tournament"]
[Site "Zuerich"]
[Date "1953.10.13"]
[Round "24"]
[White "Keres, Paul"]
[Black "Smyslov, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E14"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "1953.08.30"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "30"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "Candidates"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. e3 Be7 5. b3 O-O 6. Bb2 b6 7. d4 cxd4 8. exd4
d5 9. Bd3 Nc6 10. O-O Bb7 11. Rc1 Rc8 12. Re1 Nb4 13. Bf1 Ne4 14. a3 Nxc3 15.
Rxc3 Nc6 16. Ne5 Nxe5 17. Rxe5 Bf6 18. Rh5 g6 19. Rch3 dxc4 20. Rxh7 c3 21. Qc1
Qxd4 22. Qh6 Rfd8 23. Bc1 Bg7 24. Qg5 Qf6 25. Qg4 c2 26. Be2 Rd4 27. f4 Rd1+
28. Bxd1 Qd4+ 0-1
[Event "Candidates Tournament"]
[Site "Zuerich"]
[Date "1953.10.14"]
[Round "25"]
[White "Smyslov, Vassily"]
[Black "Reshevsky, Samuel Herman"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E32"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "1953.08.30"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "30"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "Candidates"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4 4. g3 b6 5. Bg2 Bb7 6. O-O O-O 7. Qb3 Bxc3 8.
Qxc3 d6 9. b3 Qe7 10. Bb2 c5 11. d4 Nbd7 12. Rad1 Be4 13. dxc5 Nxc5 14. Qe3 e5
15. Bh3 a5 16. Nh4 Rfe8 17. f3 Bg6 18. Rd2 Rad8 19. Rfd1 Qc7 20. Nxg6 hxg6 21.
Bg2 Nh5 22. Qc3 Nf6 23. e4 Nh5 24. Qe3 Nf6 25. Bh3 Nh7 26. Re2 Nf6 27. Rf1 Nh5
28. Bg2 Qe7 29. Bc1 Qc7 30. Rd1 Kh7 31. Qf2 Nf6 32. Be3 Nh5 33. Rc2 f5 34. exf5
gxf5 35. g4 Nf4 36. Bxf4 exf4 37. Qh4+ Kg8 38. gxf5 d5 39. cxd5 Qe5 40. Rcd2
Rd6 41. Rd4 Qe3+ 42. Kh1 Re5 43. Qxf4 Qxf4 44. Rxf4 Re2 45. Rg4 Kf8 46. Rg6 Nb7
47. Re6 Rxa2 48. f4 Rb2 49. Rde1 Rxe6 50. dxe6 Nd6 51. e7+ Kf7 52. Bd5+ Ke8 53.
Bc6+ Kf7 54. e8=Q+ Nxe8 55. Bxe8+ Kf6 56. Bg6 1-0
[Event "Candidates Tournament"]
[Site "Zuerich"]
[Date "1953.10.17"]
[Round "26"]
[White "Bronstein, David I"]
[Black "Smyslov, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C68"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "1953.08.30"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "30"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "Candidates"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. Nc3 f6 6. d4 exd4 7. Qxd4 Qxd4 8.
Nxd4 Bd7 9. Be3 O-O-O 10. O-O-O Ne7 11. h3 Ng6 12. Nb3 Bb4 13. Ne2 Rhe8 14. a3
Bf8 15. Nc3 Be6 16. Rxd8+ Rxd8 17. Rd1 Rxd1+ 18. Kxd1 Ne5 19. Bc5 Bd6 20. Bxd6
cxd6 21. Nd4 1/2-1/2
[Event "Candidates Tournament"]
[Site "Zuerich"]
[Date "1953.10.18"]
[Round "27"]
[White "Smyslov, Vassily"]
[Black "Gligoric, Svetozar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A48"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "1953.08.30"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "30"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "Candidates"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bf4 Bg7 4. Nbd2 d6 5. h3 O-O 6. e3 c5 7. Be2 Nc6 8. Bh2
b6 9. O-O Bb7 10. c3 Qd7 11. Re1 Rfd8 12. Qc2 Rac8 13. Rad1 cxd4 14. Nxd4 d5
15. Nxc6 Qxc6 16. Qb3 Qc5 17. Qb5 Qxb5 18. Bxb5 Ne8 19. Bd3 Nd6 20. f3 Bh6 21.
Bf4 1/2-1/2
[Event "Candidates Tournament"]
[Site "Zuerich"]
[Date "1953.10.20"]
[Round "28"]
[White "Taimanov, Mark E"]
[Black "Smyslov, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E02"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "1953.08.30"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "30"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "Candidates"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 dxc4 5. Qa4+ Bd7 6. Qxc4 Bc6 7. Nf3 Bd5 8.
Qa4+ Qd7 9. Qxd7+ Nbxd7 10. O-O c5 11. Nc3 Bc6 12. dxc5 Bxc5 13. Bf4 O-O 14.
Rad1 Rfd8 15. Bd6 Bxd6 16. Rxd6 Kf8 17. Rfd1 Ke7 18. R6d2 Nc5 19. Rxd8 Rxd8 20.
Rxd8 Kxd8 21. Ne5 Bxg2 22. Kxg2 1/2-1/2
[Event "Candidates Tournament"]
[Site "Zuerich"]
[Date "1953.10.21"]
[Round "29"]
[White "Smyslov, Vassily"]
[Black "Najdorf, Miguel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A49"]
[PlyCount "21"]
[EventDate "1953.08.30"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "30"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "Candidates"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. O-O d6 6. b3 e5 7. dxe5 Ng4 8. Bb2
Nc6 9. c4 Re8 10. Nc3 Ngxe5 11. Nxe5 1/2-1/2
[Event "Candidates Tournament"]
[Site "Zuerich"]
[Date "1953.10.23"]
[Round "30"]
[White "Petrosian, Tigran V"]
[Black "Smyslov, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D14"]
[PlyCount "25"]
[EventDate "1953.08.30"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "30"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "Candidates"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. cxd5 cxd5 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. Bf4 Bf5 7. e3 e6 8. Qb3
Bb4 9. Bb5 Qa5 10. Bxc6+ bxc6 11. a3 Bxc3+ 12. Qxc3 Qxc3+ 13. bxc3 1/2-1/2
