[Event "URS Absolute-ch"]
[Site "Leningrad/Moscow"]
[Date "1941.03.23"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Black "Boleslavsky, Isaak"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C09"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "1941.03.23"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "20"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "HCL"]
[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. Ngf3 Bd6 7. dxc5 Bxc5
8. O-O Nge7 9. Nb3 Bb6 10. Be3 Bxe3 11. fxe3 O-O 12. Qd2 Qb6 13. a4 Bf5 14.
Nfd4 Nxd4 15. exd4 Rac8 16. Nc5 a6 17. Rae1 Rc7 18. Bd3 Bxd3 19. Qxd3 Qd6 20.
c3 a5 21. Qf3 Ng6 22. Re3 b6 23. Nd3 Rd7 24. Rfe1 Qc6 25. g3 Rd6 26. h4 f6 27.
Qf5 Qc8 28. Qxc8 Rxc8 29. h5 Nf8 30. Re7 Rcd8 31. Nf4 R8d7 32. g4 Rxe7 33. Rxe7
g5 34. hxg6 Nxg6 35. Nxg6 hxg6 36. Rb7 Kf8 37. Kf2 Ke8 38. Ke3 g5 39. Kd3 Re6
40. b4 axb4 41. cxb4 Kd8 42. a5 Kc8 43. a6 b5 44. Rxb5 Rxa6 45. Rxd5 Ra1 46.
Rc5+ Kb7 47. d5 Rf1 48. Rc4 f5 49. Ke2 1-0
[Event "URS Absolute-ch"]
[Site "Leningrad/Moscow"]
[Date "1941.03.24"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Black "Lilienthal, Andor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E68"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "1941.03.23"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "20"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "HCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. Nf3 d6 5. g3 Nbd7 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O e5 8. e4
Re8 9. Be3 exd4 10. Nxd4 Ne5 11. b3 Nfg4 12. Bf4 Nc6 13. Nde2 f5 14. h3 Nf6 15.
exf5 Bxf5 16. Qd2 h5 17. Rae1 Qd7 18. Kh2 Kh7 19. Bg5 Ne5 20. Nf4 c6 21. Bxf6
Bxf6 22. Ne4 Be7 23. Qc3 Qc7 24. Ne2 Rad8 25. f4 Nf7 26. Nd4 Nh6 27. Ng5+ 1-0
[Event "URS Absolute-ch"]
[Site "Leningrad/Moscow"]
[Date "1941.03.26"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Keres, Paul"]
[Black "Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E35"]
[PlyCount "44"]
[EventDate "1941.03.23"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "20"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "HCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bh4 c5 8.
O-O-O Bxc3 9. Qxc3 g5 10. Bg3 cxd4 11. Qxd4 Nc6 12. Qa4 Bf5 13. e3 Rc8 14. Bd3
Qd7 15. Kb1 Bxd3+ 16. Rxd3 Qf5 17. e4 Nxe4 18. Ka1 O-O 19. Rd1 b5 20. Qxb5 Nd4
21. Qd3 Nc2+ 22. Kb1 Nb4 0-1
[Event "URS Absolute-ch"]
[Site "Leningrad/Moscow"]
[Date "1941.03.27"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Black "Bondarevsky, Igor"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D55"]
[PlyCount "177"]
[EventDate "1941.03.23"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "20"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "HCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bg5 Be7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. e3 h6 7. Bxf6 Bxf6 8. Qc2
c5 9. dxc5 Qa5 10. cxd5 exd5 11. Qd2 Be6 12. Rc1 Nc6 13. Be2 Qxc5 14. O-O Qa5
15. Rfd1 Rfd8 16. a3 a6 17. Nd4 Nxd4 18. exd4 Rac8 19. Ra1 Bg5 20. f4 Bf6 21.
b4 Qc7 22. Rac1 Qd7 23. b5 Qd6 24. bxa6 bxa6 25. a4 g5 26. g3 gxf4 27. gxf4 Kh8
28. Kh1 Rg8 29. Bf3 Rc4 30. Qe3 Rgc8 31. Ne2 Bf5 32. a5 Qd7 33. Rg1 Re8 34. Qf2
Qc8 35. Rce1 Be4 36. Rg2 Bxf3 37. Qxf3 Qf5 38. Reg1 Bxd4 39. Ng3 Qh7 40. Qxd5
Bxg1 41. Qxc4 Ba7 42. Nf1 Qf5 43. Qc3+ f6 44. Qc7 Qh7 45. Qc6 Qf7 46. Qxa6 Bd4
47. Qd3 Re1 48. h3 Qd7 49. f5 Qd5 50. a6 Ra1 51. Qe2 Qc6 52. Kh2 Be5+ 53. Kg1
Qc5+ 54. Kh1 Qc3 55. Kg1 Bd4+ 56. Kh2 Be5+ 57. Kg1 Qxh3 58. Qc4 Qe3+ 59. Rf2 h5
60. Kg2 Qg5+ 61. Kh1 Rc1 62. Qa4 Qg8 63. Qh4 Qa8+ 64. Kg1 Rc7 65. Rg2 Qa7+ 66.
Kh1 Qxa6 67. Kg1 Qa7+ 68. Kh1 Qa6 69. Kg1 Qb6+ 70. Kh1 Qb5 71. Kg1 Qb6+ 72. Kh1
Qb5 73. Kg1 Qc5+ 74. Kh1 Qc1 75. Kg1 Qd1 76. Qe4 Kh7 77. Rd2 Rg7+ 78. Rg2 Rd7
79. Qc4 Rg7 80. Rxg7+ Kxg7 81. Qe4 Qg4+ 82. Qxg4+ hxg4 83. Nd2 Kh6 84. Ne4 Kh5
85. Kh1 Kh4 86. Kg2 Bd4 87. Kh2 Bb2 88. Kg2 Be5 89. Kg1 0-1
[Event "URS Absolute-ch"]
[Site "Leningrad/Moscow"]
[Date "1941.03.29"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Smyslov, Vassily"]
[Black "Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C19"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "1941.03.23"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "20"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "HCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Ne7 7. Nf3 Nbc6 8.
Bd3 Qa5 9. Qd2 c4 10. Be2 Qa4 11. h4 Bd7 12. h5 h6 13. Nh4 Nf5 14. Nxf5 exf5
15. Rg1 Ne7 16. g4 fxg4 17. Bxg4 Bxg4 18. Rxg4 Nf5 19. Qe2 Qd7 20. Rf4 Qe6 21.
Qf3 g6 22. a4 O-O-O 23. Ba3 b6 24. Kd2 Rhg8 25. Rb1 Kb7 26. a5 Rc8 27. axb6
axb6 28. Qg4 Kc6 29. Rh1 Kd7 30. Rh3 Rce8 31. Rhf3 Kc7 32. Qh3 Rg7 33. Qh1 Ra8
34. Qc1 Rgg8 35. Qb2 Ra4 36. Bd6+ Kc6 37. Qb1 Rga8 38. Qh1 Ra1 39. Qh3 Rg1 40.
hxg6 Raa1 41. Re3 Rad1+ 42. Ke2 Nxd4+ 0-1
[Event "URS Absolute-ch"]
[Site "Leningrad/Moscow"]
[Date "1941.03.31"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Boleslavsky, Isaak"]
[Black "Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C15"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[EventDate "1941.03.23"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "20"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "HCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Bd3 dxe4 5. Bxe4 Nf6 6. Bd3 c5 7. a3 Bxc3+ 8.
bxc3 Nbd7 9. Nf3 b6 10. O-O Bb7 11. Qe2 O-O 12. Bg5 Qc7 13. Ne5 cxd4 14. Nxd7
Nxd7 15. cxd4 Rfe8 16. Qg4 f5 17. Qh4 Nf8 18. Rfe1 Rac8 19. c4 Qd7 20. Red1 Ba6
21. Rac1 b5 22. c5 Bb7 23. Bf1 Bd5 1/2-1/2
[Event "URS Absolute-ch"]
[Site "Leningrad/Moscow"]
[Date "1941.04.01"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Lilienthal, Andor"]
[Black "Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C82"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "1941.03.23"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "20"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "HCL"]
[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. c3 Bc5 10. Nbd2 O-O 11. Bc2 f5 12. exf6 Nxf6 13. Nb3 Bb6 14. Nfd4 Nxd4
15. cxd4 Qd6 16. Qd3 c6 17. Qg3 Qd7 18. Nc5 Bxc5 19. dxc5 Bf5 20. Bb3 Rae8 21.
Be3 Re4 22. Rad1 Rg4 23. Qd6 Qe8 24. h3 Rg6 25. Qh2 Qe6 26. Kh1 Nh5 27. Rde1
Be4 28. Rg1 Rf3 29. Qb8+ Rf8 30. Qh2 Rf3 31. Qb8+ Rf8 32. Qh2 1/2-1/2
[Event "URS Absolute-ch"]
[Site "Leningrad/Moscow"]
[Date "1941.04.04"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Black "Keres, Paul"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D27"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "1941.03.23"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "20"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "HCL"]
[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 Nf6 5. Bxc4 e6 6. a4 c5 7. O-O Nc6 8. Qe2
Be7 9. Rd1 Qc7 10. h3 O-O 11. Nc3 Rd8 12. b3 Bd7 13. Bb2 Be8 14. d5 exd5 15.
Bxd5 Nd4 16. Nxd4 Nxd5 17. Nf5 Nxc3 18. Bxc3 f6 19. Qg4 Bg6 20. Ba5 Rxd1+ 21.
Rxd1 Qe5 22. Nxe7+ Qxe7 23. Rd7 Qe4 24. Qg3 Qc6 25. Qc7 Qxc7 26. Rxc7 Rb8 27.
Bb6 Bc2 28. a5 Bxb3 29. Bxc5 Bd5 30. f3 Bc6 31. Bb6 Rf8 32. Bc5 Rd8 33. e4 Rd7
34. Rc8+ Kf7 35. Kh2 Rd2 36. Kg3 Bb5 37. f4 g6 38. f5 gxf5 39. exf5 Bc6 40. Kf4
Rd5 41. Rc7+ Rd7 1/2-1/2
[Event "URS Absolute-ch"]
[Site "Leningrad/Moscow"]
[Date "1941.04.05"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Bondarevsky, Igor"]
[Black "Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C02"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "1941.03.23"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "20"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "HCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. Bd3 cxd4 6. O-O Bc5 7. a3 Nge7 8. Nbd2
Ng6 9. Nb3 Bb6 10. Re1 Bd7 11. g3 f6 12. Bxg6+ hxg6 13. Qd3 Kf7 14. h4 Qg8 15.
Bd2 Qh7 16. Bb4 g5 17. Qxh7 Rxh7 18. exf6 gxf6 19. hxg5 e5 20. gxf6 Kxf6 21.
Bd6 Re8 22. Nh4 Rg8 23. Kh2 Bf5 24. Re2 d3 25. Rd2 dxc2 26. f4 Be3 27. Bxe5+
Nxe5 28. fxe5+ Ke7 29. Rf1 c1=Q 0-1
[Event "URS Absolute-ch"]
[Site "Leningrad/Moscow"]
[Date "1941.04.06"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Black "Smyslov, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E70"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "1941.03.23"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "20"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "HCL"]
[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. Nge2 e5 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bh4 g5 8. Bg3
Nh5 9. dxe5 dxe5 10. Qxd8+ Kxd8 11. O-O-O+ Nd7 12. Nd5 c6 13. Ne3 Kc7 14. Nf5
Bf8 15. Rxd7+ Kxd7 16. Bxe5 f6 17. Bc3 Ke6 18. g4 Nf4 19. Nxf4+ gxf4 20. Bd3 a5
21. a3 Bc5 22. e5 Kf7 23. exf6 Bxf5 24. Bxf5 Bxf2 25. Rf1 Bh4 26. Bd3 Rhf8 27.
c5 Bxf6 28. Rxf4 Kg7 29. Bxf6+ Rxf6 30. Bf5 Rff8 31. Kc2 Rfe8 32. h4 Re5 33. b4
axb4 34. axb4 Re3 35. Kb2 Rd8 36. Kc2 Ra8 37. Kb2 Re2+ 38. Kb3 Rae8 39. Rd4
R8e7 40. Rd6 Rf2 41. Bd3 Rf6 42. Rd4 Ref7 43. Bf5 h5 44. b5 hxg4 45. Bxg4 cxb5
46. Bd7 Rf1 47. Bxb5 Rb1+ 48. Kc4 Rc1+ 49. Kb4 Re7 50. Bd3 Re3 51. h5 Kh6 52.
Rd5 Rh3 53. Kb5 Rd1 54. Be4 1/2-1/2
[Event "URS Absolute-ch"]
[Site "Leningrad/Moscow"]
[Date "1941.04.11"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Black "Boleslavsky, Isaak"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C09"]
[PlyCount "129"]
[EventDate "1941.03.23"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "20"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "HCL"]
[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. Ngf3 Bd6 7. O-O Nge7 8.
dxc5 Bxc5 9. Nb3 Bb6 10. Be3 Bxe3 11. Bxc6+ bxc6 12. fxe3 O-O 13. Qd2 Qb6 14.
Qc3 Rb8 15. Rab1 Re8 16. Rfe1 Ng6 17. Nc5 Bg4 18. Nd4 Ne5 19. b4 Rbd8 20. e4
dxe4 21. Rxe4 a5 22. a3 axb4 23. axb4 f6 24. Rbe1 Kh8 25. Kh1 Bd7 26. Nxd7 Rxd7
27. Qxc6 Qd8 28. Nf3 Rc7 29. Nxe5 fxe5 30. Qxe8+ Qxe8 31. Rxe5 Qg8 32. Re8 Rxc2
33. Rxg8+ Kxg8 34. Rb1 Kf7 35. b5 Ke6 36. b6 Rc8 37. h3 Rb8 38. Kh2 Kd5 39. Kg3
Kc6 40. Kg4 Kb7 41. Re1 Rg8 42. Re6 Ka6 43. Kg5 Kb7 44. h4 Ka6 45. h5 Kb7 46.
g4 Ka6 47. Kh4 Kb7 48. h6 gxh6 49. Rxh6 Rg7 50. Kh5 Ka6 51. Rc6 Re7 52. Rc7
Re5+ 53. g5 Kxb6 54. Rxh7 Kc6 55. Kh6 Kd6 56. g6 Re1 57. Rf7 Ke6 58. Rf2 Ra1
59. g7 Rh1+ 60. Kg6 Rg1+ 61. Kh7 Rh1+ 62. Kg8 Ke7 63. Re2+ Kd7 64. Re4 Rh2 65.
Kf7 1-0
[Event "URS Absolute-ch"]
[Site "Leningrad/Moscow"]
[Date "1941.04.12"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Black "Lilienthal, Andor"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E46"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[EventDate "1941.03.23"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "20"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "HCL"]
[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. Nge2 d5 6. a3 Be7 7. cxd5 exd5 8. g3
Nbd7 9. Bg2 Nb6 10. Qd3 a5 11. a4 c6 12. O-O Nbd7 13. Rd1 Nb8 14. b3 Na6 15.
Na2 Re8 16. Bb2 Bd6 17. Re1 Qe7 18. Rad1 g6 19. Nf4 Bf5 20. Qe2 Nb4 21. Nxb4
Bxb4 22. Rf1 Bg4 23. f3 Bf5 24. Bc1 Ba3 25. Rfe1 Bxc1 26. Rxc1 h5 27. Qd2 Qa3
28. Qc3 Re7 29. Ra1 Qd6 30. Ra2 Rae8 31. Rae2 b6 32. Nd3 Bxd3 33. Qxd3 c5 34.
Bf1 Nd7 35. Rd1 Qf6 36. f4 cxd4 37. exd4 Rxe2 38. Bxe2 Qe7 39. Bf3 Nf6 40. Kg2
Rc8 41. Rd2 Qb4 42. f5 Rc3 43. Qe2 g5 44. Qe5 Rxb3 45. Re2 Kg7 46. Bxd5 Rb2 47.
Bc4 Rxe2+ 48. Bxe2 Qxa4 49. Bxh5 Qc2+ 50. Be2 a4 51. d5 Qc5 52. h4 Qxd5+ 53.
Qxd5 Nxd5 54. hxg5 a3 0-1
[Event "URS Absolute-ch"]
[Site "Leningrad/Moscow"]
[Date "1941.04.13"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Keres, Paul"]
[Black "Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C50"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "1941.03.23"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "20"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "HCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bxf6 Qxf6 8.
Nd5 Qd8 9. c3 O-O 10. a4 a6 11. O-O Ba7 12. Ne3 Ne7 13. d4 Ng6 14. Re1 c6 15.
dxe5 Nxe5 16. Nxe5 dxe5 17. Qf3 Qe7 18. Rad1 Be6 19. Bxe6 Qxe6 20. Nf5 Rad8 21.
h4 Kh7 22. h5 g6 23. Ne3 Kg7 24. g3 Bb6 25. Kg2 Rxd1 26. Rxd1 Rd8 27. Rxd8 Bxd8
28. Qg4 Qxg4 29. Nxg4 Bc7 30. Ne3 b5 31. axb5 axb5 32. Nc2 Bd6 33. hxg6 fxg6
34. Ne1 Kf6 35. Nd3 Ke6 36. Kf3 h5 37. Ke3 g5 38. Kf3 Bf8 1/2-1/2
[Event "URS Absolute-ch"]
[Site "Leningrad/Moscow"]
[Date "1941.04.15"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Black "Bondarevsky, Igor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C88"]
[PlyCount "148"]
[EventDate "1941.03.23"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "20"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "HCL"]
[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. a4
Bb7 9. Nc3 Nd4 10. Ba2 b4 11. Nxd4 exd4 12. Nd5 Nxd5 13. Bxd5 Bxd5 14. exd5 d3
15. Re3 Bc5 16. Rxd3 Re8 17. Rf3 Qe7 18. Qf1 Qe4 19. c3 Qxd5 20. d4 Bd6 21. Re3
c5 22. dxc5 Bxc5 23. Rxe8+ Rxe8 24. Bf4 Qb3 25. cxb4 Qxb4 26. Bg3 Qxb2 27. Re1
Rxe1 28. Qxe1 Qa3 29. Qd1 Bd4 30. Kf1 Qa1 31. Qxa1 Bxa1 32. Ke2 f6 33. Kd3 d5
34. h3 Kf7 35. f3 Ke6 36. Bf2 Kd6 37. Bg1 Be5 38. Bf2 Kc6 39. Be3 f5 40. Bf2
Kd6 41. Ba7 Ke6 42. Be3 Kf6 43. Bd2 Kg6 44. Ke2 Kh5 45. Be1 Kg5 46. Bd2+ Kh4
47. Be1+ Bg3 48. Bc3 g5 49. Bd4 g4 50. Bf6+ Kh5 51. hxg4+ fxg4 52. Bd8 Bf4 53.
Be7 g3 54. Kd3 Kg6 55. Kd4 Kf7 56. Bh4 Ke6 57. Bd8 h5 58. Bh4 Kd6 59. Bf6 Kc6
60. Bh4 Bc7 61. Bg5 Kd6 62. Bh4 Bb6+ 63. Kd3 Bf2 64. Bg5 Ke5 65. Bh4 Kf5 66.
Bd8 Bc5 67. Bh4 Bd6 68. Kd4 Ke6 69. Kd3 Be5 70. Ke3 Kf5 71. Kd3 Ke6 72. Ke3 Kf5
73. Kd3 d4 74. Bd8 Bg7 1/2-1/2
[Event "URS Absolute-ch"]
[Site "Leningrad/Moscow"]
[Date "1941.04.17"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Smyslov, Vassily"]
[Black "Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C84"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "1941.03.23"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "20"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "HCL"]
[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. d3 d6 6. c3 Be7 7. O-O O-O 8. Re1
b5 9. Bc2 d5 10. Nbd2 dxe4 11. dxe4 Be6 12. h3 h6 13. Nh2 Nh7 14. Ng4 Bg5 15.
Qe2 Qd6 16. Ne3 Rfd8 17. Nf3 Bxe3 18. Qxe3 Qe7 19. Nh2 Nf8 20. Qf3 Rd7 21. Nf1
Nh7 22. Ng3 Rad8 23. Nf5 Qf6 24. g4 Ne7 25. Qg3 Bc4 26. f3 Bd3 27. Bb3 c5 28.
Be3 c4 29. Bd1 Ng5 30. h4 Ne6 31. a4 b4 32. cxb4 Nf4 33. Kh1 g5 34. b5 a5 35.
Bc5 Nxf5 36. gxf5 Kh7 37. Qg4 gxh4 38. Rg1 h5 39. Qg5 Qxg5 40. Rxg5 f6 41. Rg1
Nh3 42. Re1 Rg8 43. Ra2 Bb1 44. Ra1 Bd3 45. Ra2 Nf4 46. b4 Rc8 47. b6 Rb7 48.
Be3 axb4 49. a5 b3 50. Ra3 b2 51. Ba4 c3 52. Rb3 Ne2 53. Bb5 Bxb5 54. Rxb5 Nd4
55. Bxd4 exd4 56. a6 Rxb6 57. Rxb6 d3 58. Rg1 d2 59. Rxf6 Rc7 60. Rfg6 d1=Q 0-1
[Event "URS Absolute-ch"]
[Site "Leningrad/Moscow"]
[Date "1941.04.21"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Boleslavsky, Isaak"]
[Black "Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C82"]
[PlyCount "36"]
[EventDate "1941.03.23"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "20"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "HCL"]
[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. c3 Bc5 10. Nbd2 O-O 11. Qe2 Bf5 12. Nxe4 dxe4 13. Ng5 Nxe5 14. Nxe4 Qd3
15. Qxd3 Nxd3 16. Nxc5 Nxc5 17. Be3 Nxb3 18. axb3 a5 1/2-1/2
[Event "URS Absolute-ch"]
[Site "Leningrad/Moscow"]
[Date "1941.04.23"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Lilienthal, Andor"]
[Black "Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D49"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventDate "1941.03.23"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "20"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "HCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c6 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Bd3
a6 9. e4 c5 10. e5 cxd4 11. Nxb5 Nxe5 12. Nxe5 axb5 13. O-O Qd5 14. Qe2 Ba6 15.
a4 Bd6 16. axb5 Bb7 17. Rxa8+ Bxa8 18. Nc6 Bxc6 19. bxc6 Ke7 20. Bc4 Qxc6 21.
Bg5 Qc5 22. Bxf6+ Kxf6 23. b3 g6 24. Rd1 Rd8 25. g3 Kg7 26. Qf3 Be5 27. Qb7 Rb8
28. Qe4 Bf6 29. Kg2 Qa5 30. Qe2 Ra8 31. Rd3 Qc5 32. Qe4 Ra1 33. Rd2 Qa5 34. Qe2
Qa8+ 35. Kh3 Rg1 36. f4 Qc8 37. Ba6 Qc5 38. Bd3 Qd5 39. Rd1 Rg2 40. Qe4 Rxh2+
41. Kxh2 Qh5+ 42. Kg2 Qxd1 43. Bc4 h5 44. Qf3 Qxf3+ 45. Kxf3 Be7 46. Ke4 Bc5
47. Bb5 Kf6 48. Be2 Ke7 49. Bb5 Bb4 50. Kxd4 Be1 51. Ke4 Bxg3 52. Kf3 Be1 53.
Bc6 Bb4 54. Ba4 Bd6 55. Bc6 f5 0-1
[Event "URS Absolute-ch"]
[Site "Leningrad/Moscow"]
[Date "1941.04.24"]
[Round "18"]
[White "Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Black "Keres, Paul"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D36"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "1941.03.23"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "20"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "HCL"]
[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 Nbd7 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 Be7 7. e3 c6 8.
Qc2 Nf8 9. Bd3 Ne6 10. Bh4 g6 11. O-O Ng7 12. b4 a6 13. Bxf6 Bxf6 14. a4 Bf5
15. b5 O-O 16. bxc6 bxc6 17. Rab1 Qd6 18. e4 dxe4 19. Nxe4 Bxe4 20. Bxe4
1/2-1/2
[Event "URS Absolute-ch"]
[Site "Leningrad/Moscow"]
[Date "1941.04.27"]
[Round "19"]
[White "Bondarevsky, Igor"]
[Black "Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D11"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "1941.03.23"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "20"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "HCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 c6 3. e3 Bg4 4. c4 e6 5. Nc3 Nd7 6. Bd3 Ngf6 7. O-O Be7 8. b3
O-O 9. Bb2 e5 10. Be2 e4 11. Nd2 Bxe2 12. Qxe2 Bb4 13. a3 Bxc3 14. Bxc3 Re8 15.
f3 Nf8 16. Rf2 Qd7 17. Raf1 exf3 18. Rxf3 Re6 19. Qd3 Rae8 20. Nb1 Ng6 21. Be1
dxc4 22. Qxc4 Rxe3 23. Rxe3 Rxe3 24. Bf2 Nd5 25. Nd2 Ngf4 26. h3 Rc3 27. Qa4
Ne2+ 28. Kh2 Rxh3+ 0-1
[Event "URS Absolute-ch"]
[Site "Leningrad/Moscow"]
[Date "1941.04.29"]
[Round "20"]
[White "Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Black "Smyslov, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[PlyCount "30"]
[EventDate "1941.03.23"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "20"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "HCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Qe2 Qe7 6. d3 Nf6 7. Bg5 Qxe2+ 8.
Bxe2 Be7 9. Nc3 Bg4 10. Nd4 Bxe2 11. Ncxe2 Nd5 12. Bxe7 Nxe7 13. O-O-O Nbc6 14.
Nxc6 Nxc6 15. Rhe1 Kd7 1/2-1/2
