[Event "World Championship 18th"]
[Site "The Hague/Moscow"]
[Date "1948.03.02"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Smyslov, Vassily"]
[Black "Reshevsky, Samuel Herman"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C99"]
[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. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. c3
d6 9. h3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. d4 Qc7 12. Nbd2 cxd4 13. cxd4 Nc6 14. Nb3 a5 15.
Be3 a4 16. Nbd2 Bd7 17. Rc1 Rfc8 18. Bb1 Qb8 19. Nf1 Na5 20. Rxc8+ Bxc8 21. Bg5
h6 22. Bh4 Nc6 23. Ne3 Nxd4 24. Nxd4 exd4 25. Qxd4 Qa7 26. Qd3 Be6 27. Bg3 Qc5
28. Nd5 Bxd5 29. exd5 Ra7 30. Rd1 Rc7 31. Bh4 g6 32. a3 Qxd5 33. Bxf6 Qxd3 34.
Bxd3 Bxf6 35. Bxb5 Bxb2 36. Rd3 Rc5 37. Bxa4 Ra5 38. Bb3 Bxa3 39. Rf3 d5 40.
Bxd5 Rxd5 41. Rxa3 1/2-1/2
[Event "World Championship 18th"]
[Site "The Hague/Moscow"]
[Date "1948.03.04"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Keres, Paul"]
[Black "Smyslov, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D94"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[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 Nf6 2. Nf3 c6 3. Nc3 d5 4. e3 g6 5. d4 Bg7 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. Bc4 O-O 8. O-O
b6 9. Qb3 Nxc3 10. bxc3 Ba6 11. Ba3 Bxc4 12. Qxc4 Re8 13. e4 b5 14. Qb3 Nd7 15.
c4 Rb8 16. Rad1 Qa5 17. c5 b4 18. Bb2 e5 19. Ng5 Re7 20. f4 exd4 21. f5 Nxc5
22. Qh3 h5 23. f6 Bh6 24. fxe7 Bxg5 25. Qf3 f6 26. Bxd4 Nd7 27. h4 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 "Euwe, Max"]
[Black "Smyslov, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C98"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[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. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. c3
d6 9. h3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. d4 Qc7 12. Nbd2 Nc6 13. dxc5 dxc5 14. Nf1 Be6 15.
Ne3 Rad8 16. Qe2 g6 17. Ng5 Bc8 18. Bd2 Kg7 19. Rad1 h6 20. Nf3 Be6 21. a4 Qb8
22. Bc1 Rxd1 23. Rxd1 Rd8 24. Rxd8 Bxd8 25. axb5 axb5 26. Nd5 Ng8 27. Be3 c4
28. b3 Na5 29. Nxe5 cxb3 30. Bb1 Qb7 31. Bd4 Kh7 32. Nf4 Bc4 33. Nexg6 fxg6 34.
Nxg6 Kxg6 35. e5+ Kf7 36. Qh5+ Kf8 37. f4 Bb6 38. Qf5+ Ke7 39. Qh7+ Kd8 40.
Bxb6+ Qxb6+ 41. Kh2 Qe3 42. Qf5 Nc6 0-1
[Event "World Championship 18th"]
[Site "The Hague/Moscow"]
[Date "1948.03.15"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Reshevsky, Samuel Herman"]
[Black "Smyslov, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D17"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[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 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 c6 4. Nf3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. Ne5 e6 7. f3 Bb4 8. e4
Bxe4 9. fxe4 Nxe4 10. Bd2 Qxd4 11. Nxe4 Qxe4+ 12. Qe2 Bxd2+ 13. Kxd2 Qd5+ 14.
Kc2 Na6 15. Rd1 Qa5 16. Nxc4 Qxa4+ 17. b3 Qa2+ 18. Kc3 Qxe2 19. Bxe2 Ke7 20.
Na5 Nc5 21. Bf3 Rhc8 22. b4 Na6 23. Kb3 Rab8 24. Ra1 f5 25. Rhc1 Kf6 26. Nxc6
bxc6 27. Rxa6 c5 28. Rc4 Rxb4+ 29. Rxb4 cxb4 30. Rxa7 h6 31. Ra6 Ke5 32. Kxb4
g5 33. Rc6 Rxc6 34. Bxc6 Kd4 35. Bd7 Ke3 36. Bxe6 Kf2 37. Bd5 g4 38. Kc5 Kg1
39. Kd4 Kxh2 40. Ke5 Kg3 41. Kxf5 h5 42. Kg5 h4 43. Bc6 h3 44. gxh3 gxh3 45.
Bb7 1/2-1/2
[Event "World Championship 18th"]
[Site "The Hague/Moscow"]
[Date "1948.03.16"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Smyslov, Vassily"]
[Black "Keres, Paul"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E02"]
[PlyCount "114"]
[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. g3 d5 4. Bg2 dxc4 5. Qa4+ Bd7 6. Qxc4 Bc6 7. Nf3 Nbd7 8.
Nc3 Nb6 9. Qd3 Bb4 10. O-O O-O 11. Rd1 h6 12. Bd2 Qe7 13. a3 Bxc3 14. Qxc3 Rfd8
15. Be1 Rac8 16. Bf1 Bd5 17. b4 Nbd7 18. Nh4 Ne4 19. Qc2 Nd6 20. f3 g5 21. Ng2
f5 22. Bf2 Nf6 23. Ne1 a5 24. Nd3 Ra8 25. Bg2 Ra7 26. Re1 Qh7 27. b5 Nxb5 28.
Qc5 c6 29. a4 Nd7 30. Qc2 Nd6 31. Ne5 Nf6 32. Rac1 Raa8 33. Nd3 Rab8 34. Nc5 b6
35. e4 fxe4 36. Nxe4 Qg6 37. Qe2 Rb7 38. Nc3 Bc4 39. Qb2 b5 40. axb5 cxb5 41.
Ne4 Ndxe4 42. fxe4 Ng4 43. Rxc4 Qh5 44. Rc2 Qxh2+ 45. Kf1 Rf7 46. Ree2 Qxg3 47.
Qc3 Qxc3 48. Rxc3 Rdf8 49. Rcc2 Nxf2 50. Rxf2 Rxf2+ 51. Rxf2 Rxf2+ 52. Kxf2 a4
53. Bh3 Kf7 54. d5 exd5 55. Bd7 Kf6 56. Bc6 dxe4 57. Bxb5 a3 0-1
[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 "Smyslov, Vassily"]
[Black "Euwe, Max"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C90"]
[PlyCount "139"]
[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. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
Na5 9. Bc2 c5 10. d4 Qc7 11. Nbd2 Bb7 12. Nf1 cxd4 13. cxd4 Rc8 14. Re2 O-O 15.
Ng3 Rfe8 16. b3 Bf8 17. Bb2 g6 18. Qd2 Bg7 19. Rc1 Nd7 20. Ree1 Nc6 21. Bb1 Qb6
22. d5 Ne7 23. Bc3 Ba8 24. h4 h5 25. Ba5 Qb8 26. Nf1 Rxc1 27. Rxc1 Rc8 28. Ne1
Nc5 29. Qg5 Kf8 30. Qe3 Ng8 31. Qh3 Bh6 32. Rc3 Ne7 33. Bc2 Nb7 34. Rxc8+ Qxc8
35. Qxc8+ Nxc8 36. Bc3 Nc5 37. Bb4 Ke7 38. f3 Kd7 39. Nd3 Nxd3 40. Bxd3 Ne7 41.
g4 hxg4 42. fxg4 Bc1 43. g5 Bb7 44. Kf2 Nc8 45. Ne3 Ke7 46. Ba5 Ba3 47. Kg3 Bc5
48. Bd2 Kf8 49. Nc2 Ke7 50. Be2 Na7 51. Ba5 Nc8 52. Bg4 f6 53. Be6 fxg5 54.
hxg5 Nb6 55. b4 Nc4 56. bxc5 Nxa5 57. cxd6+ Kxd6 58. Bf7 Nc4 59. Bxg6 a5 60.
Kg4 b4 61. Bf5 Ke7 62. Be6 Nd6 63. Ne3 Nxe4 64. Kf5 Nd6+ 65. Kxe5 Nf7+ 66. Kf4
Nd8 67. Nf5+ Kf8 68. g6 Nxe6+ 69. dxe6 a4 70. Ke5 1-0
[Event "World Championship 18th"]
[Site "The Hague/Moscow"]
[Date "1948.04.11"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Smyslov, Vassily"]
[Black "Reshevsky, Samuel Herman"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C75"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[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. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6 5. c3 Nge7 6. d4 Bd7 7. Bb3 h6 8. Nbd2
Ng6 9. Nc4 Be7 10. O-O O-O 11. Ne3 Bf6 12. Nd5 Re8 13. dxe5 Bxe5 14. Nxe5 dxe5
15. Qf3 Be6 16. Rd1 Bxd5 17. Rxd5 Qe7 18. Qf5 Nf8 19. Be3 Ne6 20. Rad1 Red8 21.
g3 Rd6 22. Rxd6 cxd6 23. Qg4 Kh8 24. Bb6 Nb8 25. Bxe6 fxe6 26. Qh4 Qd7 27. Qd8+
Qxd8 28. Bxd8 Nd7 29. Bc7 Nc5 30. Rxd6 Rc8 31. Bb6 Na4 32. Rxe6 Nxb2 33. Rxe5
Nc4 34. Re6 Nxb6 35. Rxb6 Rxc3 36. Rxb7 Rc2 37. h4 Rxa2 38. Kg2 a5 39. h5 a4
40. Ra7 Kg8 41. g4 a3 42. Kg3 Re2 43. Kf3 Ra2 44. Ke3 Kf8 45. f3 Ra1 46. Kf4 a2
47. e5 Kg8 48. Kf5 Rf1 49. Rxa2 Rxf3+ 50. Kg6 Kf8 51. Ra8+ Ke7 52. Ra7+ 1-0
[Event "World Championship 18th"]
[Site "The Hague/Moscow"]
[Date "1948.04.13"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Keres, Paul"]
[Black "Smyslov, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D99"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[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. Qb3 Nb6 10. Rd1 e5 11. dxe5 N8d7 12. Be2 Qe7 13. Bg5 Qe8 14. O-O
Nxe5 15. Nd5 Nxd5 16. exd5 Nxf3+ 17. Bxf3 Bxf3 18. Qxf3 Qd7 19. Rd2 Rfe8 20.
Rc1 Be5 21. g3 a5 22. Kg2 a4 23. Re2 Bd6 24. Rce1 Rxe2 25. Rxe2 Re8 26. Rxe8+
Qxe8 27. Bf6 Bf8 28. d6 cxd6 29. Qxb7 Qe6 30. Bc3 Qxa2 31. Qe4 f5 32. Qd4 Kf7
33. Qh8 Ke8 34. Qxh7 Qf7 35. Qh4 Qd5+ 36. Kg1 Qd1+ 37. Kg2 Qd5+ 38. f3 Qb5 39.
Qd4 Qe2+ 40. Qf2 Qxf2+ 41. Kxf2 Kf7 42. Ke3 Ke6 1/2-1/2
[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 "Euwe, Max"]
[Black "Smyslov, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D99"]
[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 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Qb3 dxc4 6. Qxc4 O-O 7. e4 Bg4 8.
Be3 Nfd7 9. Qb3 Nb6 10. a4 a5 11. d5 Na6 12. Be2 e6 13. h3 Bxf3 14. Bxf3 exd5
15. exd5 Qh4 16. Ne4 Rae8 17. g3 Qd8 18. d6 Nc8 19. dxc7 Qxc7 20. O-O Re6 21.
Rac1 Qe5 22. Qxb7 Ne7 23. Ng5 Rf6 24. Bf4 Rxf4 25. gxf4 Qxf4 26. Qxe7 Bf6 27.
Qe3 Qxe3 28. fxe3 Bxg5 29. Rc3 f5 30. Rd1 Nc5 31. b3 Re8 32. Rd5 Bxe3+ 33. Kg2
Na6 34. Rd7 Bf4 35. Ra7 Nb4 36. Rxa5 Kg7 37. Rb5 Bd2 38. Rc7+ Kf6 39. Rd7 Be1
40. Rb6+ Kg5 41. h4+ Kf4 42. Rxb4+ 1-0
[Event "World Championship 18th"]
[Site "The Hague/Moscow"]
[Date "1948.04.22"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Reshevsky, Samuel Herman"]
[Black "Smyslov, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D19"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[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 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. e3 e6 7. Bxc4 Bb4 8. O-O
O-O 9. Qe2 Bg4 10. h3 Bxf3 11. Qxf3 Nbd7 12. Rd1 e5 13. d5 Bxc3 14. dxc6 e4 15.
Qf5 Be5 16. cxd7 Qc7 17. Bb3 g6 18. Qg5 Kg7 19. f4 exf3 20. gxf3 h6 21. Qg2 Qb6
22. Bc2 Rfd8 23. Ra3 Rxd7 24. Rxd7 Nxd7 25. f4 Bf6 26. Rb3 Qc5 27. Rb5 Qc4 28.
Rxb7 Rc8 29. Rxd7 Qxc2 30. Qxc2 Rxc2 31. Bd2 Bxb2 32. Kf1 a6 33. Ke2 Bc1 34.
Kd1 Rxd2+ 35. Rxd2 Bxd2 36. Kxd2 g5 37. Ke2 f5 38. Kf3 Kf6 39. e4 fxe4+ 40.
Kxe4 gxf4 41. Kxf4 a5 1/2-1/2
[Event "World Championship 18th"]
[Site "The Hague/Moscow"]
[Date "1948.04.25"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Smyslov, Vassily"]
[Black "Keres, Paul"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D36"]
[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. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 c6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. cxd5 exd5 7. Bd3 Be7 8.
Nf3 O-O 9. Qc2 Re8 10. O-O Nf8 11. Rab1 Ng6 12. b4 Bd6 13. b5 Bd7 14. bxc6 Bxc6
15. Qb3 Be7 16. Bxf6 Bxf6 17. Bb5 Qd6 18. Rfc1 h5 19. Ne2 h4 20. Bxc6 bxc6 21.
Qa4 Ne7 22. Rb7 a5 23. h3 Reb8 24. Rcb1 Rxb7 25. Rxb7 c5 26. Rb5 cxd4 27. Nexd4
Rc8 28. Nb3 Bc3 29. Qxh4 Rc4 30. g4 a4 31. Nbd4 Bxd4 32. Nxd4 Qe5 33. Nf3 Qd6
34. Ra5 Rc8 35. Rxa4 Ng6 36. Qh5 Qf6 37. Qf5 Qc6 38. Ra7 Rf8 39. Rd7 d4 40.
Rxd4 Ra8 41. a4 1-0
[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 "Smyslov, Vassily"]
[Black "Euwe, Max"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C81"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[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. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5
Be6 9. Qe2 Nc5 10. Rd1 Nxb3 11. axb3 Qc8 12. c4 dxc4 13. bxc4 Bxc4 14. Qe4 Ne7
15. Na3 c6 16. Nxc4 bxc4 17. Qxc4 Qb7 18. e6 f6 19. Rd7 Qb5 20. Qxb5 cxb5 21.
Nd4 Rc8 22. Be3 Ng6 23. Rxa6 Ne5 24. Rb7 Bc5 25. Nf5 O-O 26. h3 1-0
[Event "World Championship 18th"]
[Site "The Hague/Moscow"]
[Date "1948.05.06"]
[Round "21"]
[White "Smyslov, Vassily"]
[Black "Reshevsky, Samuel Herman"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C81"]
[PlyCount "145"]
[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. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5
Be6 9. Qe2 Nc5 10. Rd1 b4 11. Be3 Nxb3 12. axb3 Qc8 13. c4 dxc4 14. bxc4 h6 15.
Nbd2 Be7 16. Nb3 O-O 17. Bc5 Bg4 18. Qe4 Bxf3 19. gxf3 Qe6 20. Bxe7 Nxe7 21.
Nc5 Qg6+ 22. Qxg6 Nxg6 23. Nxa6 Nxe5 24. b3 Ra7 25. Nxb4 Rxa1 26. Rxa1 Rb8 27.
Nd5 Rxb3 28. f4 Nxc4 29. Rc1 Nd2 30. Rxc7 Nf3+ 31. Kg2 Nh4+ 32. Kf1 Rb2 33. Ne3
Rb4 34. f5 f6 35. Rc5 Kh7 36. Nd5 Rd4 37. Ne7 Re4 38. Ng6 Nxg6 39. fxg6+ Kxg6
40. Kg2 h5 41. h3 f5 42. Rc6+ Kg5 43. Rc7 g6 44. Rc6 Rd4 45. Ra6 h4 46. Rb6 Rd3
47. Ra6 Kh5 48. Ra8 Rd6 49. Rh8+ Kg5 50. Kf3 Rd3+ 51. Kg2 Rd4 52. Kf3 Kf6 53.
Rf8+ Kg7 54. Ra8 Rd3+ 55. Kg2 g5 56. Ra6 Rd7 57. Rb6 Re7 58. Ra6 Kf7 59. Rh6
Re6 60. Rh8 Kg7 61. Rh5 Kg6 62. Rh8 Rc6 63. Rg8+ Kf6 64. Rf8+ Ke5 65. Rg8 Kf4
66. Rh8 Rc5 67. Rh5 Rc6 68. Rh8 Rg6 69. Rh7 Ke5 70. Rh8 Kf6 71. Rf8+ Ke6 72.
Rh8 Kf7 73. f4 1/2-1/2
[Event "World Championship 18th"]
[Site "The Hague/Moscow"]
[Date "1948.05.09"]
[Round "22"]
[White "Keres, Paul"]
[Black "Smyslov, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A16"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[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 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. cxd5 Nxd5 4. e4 Nxc3 5. bxc3 g6 6. Ba3 Nd7 7. Nf3 Bg7 8.
Be2 c5 9. O-O O-O 10. d4 cxd4 11. cxd4 Nb6 12. Qb3 Bg4 13. Rad1 Bd7 14. Rc1 Ba4
15. Qb4 e6 16. Bb5 Bxb5 17. Qxb5 Re8 18. Rfd1 Rc8 19. Bc5 Qc7 20. Rb1 Qc6 21.
Bxb6 axb6 22. e5 Qxb5 23. Rxb5 Rc6 24. g3 Ra8 25. Rd2 Bh6 26. Rdb2 Bc1 27. Rb1
Rxa2 28. Rxb6 Rxb6 29. Rxb6 Rb2 30. Rxb2 Bxb2 31. Kf1 Kf8 32. Ke2 Ke8 33. Kd3
b5 34. Ng5 h5 35. h3 Ba3 36. f3 Be7 37. Ne4 Kd7 38. g4 Kc6 39. Ng3 hxg4 40.
fxg4 b4 41. Kc4 g5 42. Ne4 b3 43. Nc3 b2 44. Kb3 f6 45. Kxb2 fxe5 46. dxe5 Kc5
47. Kc2 Kd4 48. Nb5+ Kxe5 49. Kd3 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 "Euwe, Max"]
[Black "Smyslov, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D99"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[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. Qb3 Nb6 10. a4 a5 11. d5 Bxf3 12. gxf3 Qd6 13. Nb5 Qb4+ 14. Qxb4
axb4 15. Nxc7 Rxa4 16. Rb1 N6d7 17. Nb5 Rc8 18. Be2 b3 19. Na3 Bxb2 20. Rxb2
Rxa3 21. Kd2 Na6 22. Rhb1 Nac5 23. Bd4 e5 24. dxe6 Nxe6 25. Be3 Ndc5 26. Bxc5
Nxc5 27. Kc3 Ra4 28. Kd2 Kg7 29. Ke3 Rd8 30. Rc1 b6 31. Bc4 Rda8 32. Bd5 Ra2
33. Rcb1 R8a4 34. Kd2 Rd4+ 35. Ke2 Na4 36. Rxa2 bxa2 37. Ra1 Nc3+ 38. Ke3 Rd1
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