[Event "URS Absolute-ch"]
[Site "Leningrad/Moscow"]
[Date "1941.03.23"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Lilienthal, Andor"]
[Black "Smyslov, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E32"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[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 d6 5. g3 c5 6. dxc5 dxc5 7. Bg2 Nc6 8.
Bxc6+ bxc6 9. Nf3 O-O 10. O-O Re8 11. Bg5 Bxc3 12. Qxc3 Ne4 13. Qe3 Nxg5 14.
Nxg5 e5 15. Ne4 Qd4 16. b3 Bg4 17. Nc3 e4 18. Rad1 Qe5 19. Rd2 Rad8 20. Rxd8
Rxd8 21. Nxe4 f5 22. Nc3 Qxe3 23. fxe3 Rd2 24. Rd1 Rc2 25. Rd3 Bxe2 26. Rd8+
Kf7 27. Nxe2 Rxe2 28. Rd7+ Ke6 29. Rxa7 g5 30. Rxh7 Rxa2 31. Rh6+ Ke5 32. Rxc6
Ke4 33. Rxc5 f4 34. exf4 Kf3 35. h3 Ra1+ 1/2-1/2
[Event "URS Absolute-ch"]
[Site "Leningrad/Moscow"]
[Date "1941.03.24"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Smyslov, Vassily"]
[Black "Keres, Paul"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C87"]
[PlyCount "134"]
[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 d6 6. Re1 Bd7 7. c3 Be7 8. d4
O-O 9. Nbd2 exd4 10. cxd4 Nb4 11. Bxd7 Qxd7 12. Qb3 a5 13. a3 Na6 14. Nf1 d5
15. e5 Ne4 16. N1d2 a4 17. Qd3 Nxd2 18. Bxd2 c6 19. Ng5 Bxg5 20. Bxg5 Nc7 21.
Re3 Ne6 22. Qf5 Nc5 23. g4 Qxf5 24. gxf5 f6 25. exf6 Ne4 26. fxg7 Rxf5 27. Be7
Kxg7 28. f3 Nd2 29. Kf2 Re8 30. Rae1 Ne4+ 31. Kg2 Rxe7 32. fxe4 Rxe4 33. Rxe4
dxe4 34. Rxe4 Rb5 35. Re2 Rb3 36. Kf2 Kf6 37. Ke1 h6 38. Rg2 Ke6 39. Kd1 Kd5
40. Kc2 Rh3 41. Rd2 Kc4 42. Kb1 h5 43. Ka2 Rh4 44. Rf2 Kxd4 45. Rf7 b5 46. Rf2
Rh3 47. Rd2+ Rd3 48. Rf2 Kc4 49. Rc2+ Kd5 50. Rg2 Rh3 51. Rd2+ Kc5 52. Rc2+ Kb6
53. Rf2 c5 54. Rf6+ Ka5 55. Rf2 c4 56. Rg2 c3 57. b4+ axb3+ 58. Kxb3 c2+ 59.
Kxc2 Rxa3 60. Kb2 Rf3 61. Re2 h4 62. Rd2 h3 63. Re2 Ka4 64. Kb1 Rf1+ 65. Kc2 b4
66. Kd3 Rd1+ 67. Kc2 Rg1 0-1
[Event "URS Absolute-ch"]
[Site "Leningrad/Moscow"]
[Date "1941.03.26"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Bondarevsky, Igor"]
[Black "Smyslov, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E25"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[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. a3 Bxc3+ 5. bxc3 c5 6. f3 d5 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8.
dxc5 Qa5 9. e4 Ne7 10. Be3 O-O 11. Qb3 Na6 12. Rd1 Nc6 13. Kf2 Nxc5 14. Qb5 Na4
15. Qxa5 Nxa5 16. Rd4 Nxc3 17. Ne2 Nb5 18. Rd3 b6 19. a4 Nc7 20. Rc3 Na6 21.
Nc1 Bb7 22. Nb3 Nxb3 23. Rxb3 Rfc8 24. a5 Nc5 25. Bxc5 Rxc5 26. axb6 Rc1 27.
Ba6 Rc2+ 28. Be2 axb6 29. Rxb6 Raa2 30. Re1 Bc8 31. Rb8 g5 32. Kg3 Kg7 33. Bf1
Ba6 34. Ra8 Bxf1 35. Rxa2 Rxa2 1/2-1/2
[Event "URS Absolute-ch"]
[Site "Leningrad/Moscow"]
[Date "1941.03.27"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Boleslavsky, Isaak"]
[Black "Smyslov, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C79"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[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 d6 6. Bxc6+ bxc6 7. d4 Nxe4 8.
Re1 f5 9. dxe5 d5 10. Nc3 Bc5 11. Be3 Bxe3 12. Rxe3 O-O 13. Nd4 Qe8 14. f3 f4
15. Re1 Nxc3 16. bxc3 Rb8 17. Nb3 Qg6 18. Re2 Bf5 19. Qd2 Be6 20. Rae1 Qf7 21.
Qd4 Qe7 22. a4 g5 23. Qc5 Qxc5+ 24. Nxc5 Kf7 25. Ra1 Rb6 26. Kf2 h5 27. g3 Ke7
28. a5 Rb5 29. Nxa6 Kd7 30. Nb4 c5 31. Nd3 c4 32. Ne1 fxg3+ 33. hxg3 Ra8 34.
Ng2 Rbxa5 35. Rxa5 Rxa5 36. f4 Ra8 37. Re1 Rf8 38. Rh1 Bg4 39. Ke3 Ke6 40. Ra1
h4 41. Ra6+ Kd7 42. gxh4 1/2-1/2
[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 "Smyslov, Vassily"]
[Black "Lilienthal, Andor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C43"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[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. d4 Nxe4 4. Bd3 d5 5. Nxe5 Bd6 6. Nc3 Nxc3 7. bxc3 Qh4 8.
O-O O-O 9. Re1 Nd7 10. g3 Qh3 11. Bf1 Qf5 12. Bd3 Qh3 13. Bf1 Qf5 14. Ng4 Nb6
15. Ne3 Qf6 16. Bd3 Be6 17. Ng4 Qd8 18. Ne5 c5 19. Qh5 f5 20. Nf3 Qe8 21. Qh4
Qg6 22. dxc5 Bxc5 23. Be3 Bxe3 24. Rxe3 Nc4 25. Re2 Nd6 26. Qb4 Ne4 27. Nd4 Bd7
28. f3 Nd6 29. Qc5 Kh8 30. Qxd5 Rad8 31. Ne6 Bxe6 32. Rxe6 Qf7 33. Qe5 Rfe8 34.
Rxe8+ Qxe8 35. Re1 Qc6 36. Kg2 Re8 37. Qxd6 1-0
[Event "URS Absolute-ch"]
[Site "Leningrad/Moscow"]
[Date "1941.04.01"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Keres, Paul"]
[Black "Smyslov, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E32"]
[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. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d6 5. e3 O-O 6. Nge2 e5 7. Bd2 Re8 8. a3
Bxc3 9. Bxc3 exd4 10. Nxd4 Ne4 11. Bd3 Nxc3 12. Qxc3 Nd7 13. O-O Ne5 14. Bc2
Bd7 15. Rad1 Qe7 16. Rfe1 a6 17. f3 Nc6 18. Be4 Rab8 19. Ne2 f5 20. Bd5+ Kh8
21. Ng3 Ne5 22. f4 Ng4 23. h3 Nf6 24. Bf3 Ne4 25. Bxe4 fxe4 26. Rd4 Qh4 27. Rd5
h6 28. Kh2 Kg8 29. c5 Be6 30. Rdd1 d5 31. Rf1 Qf6 32. Qxf6 gxf6 33. f5 Bf7 34.
Rc1 c6 35. Ne2 h5 36. Nd4 Kf8 37. b4 Ke7 38. a4 Rg8 39. Rb1 Be8 40. g3 Bd7 41.
Rg1 Ra8 42. Rg2 a5 43. b5 cxb5 44. axb5 a4 45. c6 bxc6 46. bxc6 Bc8 47. Ra2 Kd6
48. Rb4 Ke5 49. Rbxa4 Rxa4 50. Rxa4 Bxf5 51. Ra7 Bc8 52. Rh7 Kd6 53. Rxh5 Kc5
54. g4 f5 55. Nxf5 Bxf5 56. Rxf5 Kxc6 57. Kg3 Kc5 58. h4 Kc4 59. h5 Re8 60. h6
d4 61. exd4 e3 62. Rf1 e2 63. Re1 Kd3 64. g5 Re3+ 65. Kg4 1-0
[Event "URS Absolute-ch"]
[Site "Leningrad/Moscow"]
[Date "1941.04.04"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Smyslov, Vassily"]
[Black "Bondarevsky, Igor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A13"]
[PlyCount "227"]
[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. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 dxc4 5. O-O Nbd7 6. Qa4 a6 7. Qxc4 b5 8.
Qc2 Bb7 9. a4 b4 10. a5 Be7 11. d3 O-O 12. Nbd2 e5 13. Nh4 Bxg2 14. Nxg2 Ne8
15. Ne3 Nd6 16. Nf3 Nb5 17. Qc6 Nc5 18. Nf5 g6 19. Nxe7+ Qxe7 20. Qd5 Rfd8 21.
Qc4 Nd4 22. Nxd4 Rxd4 23. Bg5 Qd6 24. Qc2 Ne6 25. Be3 Rd5 26. Rfc1 c5 27. Qc4
Re8 28. Re1 Nd4 29. Rac1 Kg7 30. Bxd4 exd4 31. e4 dxe3 32. fxe3 Rxd3 33. Qxc5
Qxc5 34. Rxc5 Rdxe3 35. Rxe3 Rxe3 36. Rc6 Re1+ 37. Kg2 Re2+ 38. Kg1 Rxb2 39.
Rxa6 Ra2 40. Rb6 Rxa5 41. Rxb4 Ra2 42. Rc4 Kf6 43. Rc5 h6 44. Rb5 Ke6 45. Rc5
f6 46. Rb5 g5 47. h4 gxh4 48. gxh4 Kf7 49. Rc5 Ra4 50. h5 Rg4+ 51. Kf2 Rg5 52.
Rc6 Rxh5 53. Kg3 Rg5+ 54. Kf4 h5 55. Rc8 Kg7 56. Kf3 Rf5+ 57. Kg3 Rf1 58. Rc7+
Kg6 59. Rc8 Rg1+ 60. Kf3 Ra1 61. Kg3 Ra3+ 62. Kf4 Ra4+ 63. Kf3 Kg5 64. Rg8+ Kf5
65. Rh8 Ra3+ 66. Kg2 Kg4 67. Rg8+ Kf4 68. Rh8 Rg3+ 69. Kf2 Rg5 70. Ra8 Re5 71.
Rf8 Rf5 72. Rh8 Kg4+ 73. Kg2 Ra5 74. Rg8+ Rg5 75. Ra8 f5 76. Ra4+ f4 77. Ra8 h4
78. Rh8 Rg7 79. Rh6 Re7 80. Rg6+ Kf5 81. Rh6 Re2+ 82. Kf3 Re3+ 83. Kf2 Kg5 84.
Rh8 Re6 85. Kf3 Rg6 86. Rh7 Rg8 87. Kf2 Kg4 88. Kg2 Rg5 89. Rh8 Rh5 90. Rg8+
Kf5 91. Rf8+ Ke4 92. Re8+ Re5 93. Ra8 Re7 94. Ra4+ Kf5 95. Ra8 Re2+ 96. Kf3
Re3+ 97. Kf2 h3 98. Rf8+ Ke5 99. Re8+ Kd6 100. Rf8 Re4 101. Rh8 Re3 102. Rf8
Ke5 103. Re8+ Kd4 104. Rd8+ Ke4 105. Re8+ Kd3 106. Rd8+ Kc3 107. Rf8 h2 108.
Kg2 Re2+ 109. Kh1 Re4 110. Kxh2 Kd3 111. Kg2 Ke2 112. Rf7 Ke3 113. Ra7 f3+ 114.
Kf1 1/2-1/2
[Event "URS Absolute-ch"]
[Site "Leningrad/Moscow"]
[Date "1941.04.05"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Smyslov, Vassily"]
[Black "Boleslavsky, Isaak"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C13"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[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 Nf6 4. Bg5 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Be7 6. Bxf6 gxf6 7. g3 Bd7 8.
Nf3 Bc6 9. Qe2 Qd5 10. Ned2 Na6 11. a3 O-O-O 12. Bg2 Nb8 13. O-O Qd7 14. Rfe1
Bf8 15. c4 h5 16. b4 b6 17. Ne4 Bg7 18. b5 Bb7 19. c5 Bd5 20. Rac1 Rde8 21. c6
Qd8 22. Qc2 a5 23. Rcd1 Bf8 24. Qd3 Be7 25. Nc3 Bb3 26. Rb1 a4 27. Nd2 h4 28.
Nxb3 hxg3 29. hxg3 axb3 30. Qc4 f5 31. Qa4 Bd6 32. Qa8 Qg5 33. Nd5 1-0
[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 "Lilienthal, Andor"]
[Black "Smyslov, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E38"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[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 c5 5. dxc5 Na6 6. Nf3 Qa5 7. Bd2 Nxc5 8.
e3 O-O 9. Be2 b6 10. a3 Bxc3 11. Bxc3 Qa4 12. Qxa4 Nxa4 13. Bxf6 gxf6 14. O-O-O
Nc5 15. Nd4 Ba6 16. f3 Rfc8 17. Kb1 Nb7 18. b3 Na5 19. Kb2 Kf8 20. Rd2 Ke7 21.
Rhd1 Rc7 22. e4 Rg8 23. Bf1 Nc6 24. Nc2 Ne5 25. Ne3 h5 26. Be2 Bb7 27. h3 h4
28. Bf1 Ng6 29. Ng4 Bc8 30. b4 Nf4 31. Kc3 d5 32. exd5 Nxd5+ 33. Kb3 Nf4 34.
Ne3 e5 35. Bd3 Rg5 36. Be4 Be6 37. Bd5 Rg8 38. Bxe6 fxe6 39. Ng4 Rgc8 40. Rc2
Ng6 41. Rcd2 f5 42. Ne3 Nf4 43. Ka4 1/2-1/2
[Event "URS Absolute-ch"]
[Site "Leningrad/Moscow"]
[Date "1941.04.12"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Smyslov, Vassily"]
[Black "Keres, Paul"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C99"]
[PlyCount "143"]
[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 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. d4 Qc7 12. Nbd2 cxd4 13. cxd4 Nc6 14. Nb3 Rd8 15.
Bd2 Qb8 16. d5 Na7 17. Na5 Bd7 18. Bd3 Rc8 19. b4 Bd8 20. Nb3 Bb6 21. Nh4 g6
22. Qf3 Bd8 23. Bg5 Ne8 24. Bxd8 Rxd8 25. Qe3 Nc8 26. Nf5 Qb6 27. Qg5 f6 28.
Qg3 Kh8 29. Nh6 Kg7 30. Qh4 Ne7 31. Re3 Ng8 32. Nxg8 Kxg8 33. Rg3 Kg7 34. Kh2
Rdc8 35. f4 exf4 36. Qxf4 Qd8 37. Nd4 Qe7 38. Nf5+ Bxf5 39. exf5 Qe5 40. Qf1 h5
41. Re1 h4 42. Rxe5 hxg3+ 43. Kxg3 dxe5 44. Qe2 g5 45. Kh2 Rc3 46. h4 gxh4 47.
Qg4+ Kf8 48. Be4 Rd8 49. Qxh4 Kg8 50. Qg4+ Kf8 51. Qh5 Ke7 52. Qh7+ Kf8 53. Bf3
Rxf3 54. gxf3 Rxd5 55. Kg3 Ng7 56. Qh8+ Kf7 57. Qc8 Rd2 58. f4 exf4+ 59. Kg4
Rd4 60. Qb7+ Kg8 61. Qxa6 Rxb4 62. Qxf6 f3+ 63. Kxf3 Rb1 64. Qd8+ Kf7 65. Qd5+
Kf8 66. Qd6+ Kg8 67. f6 Nf5 68. Qd3 Re1 69. Qxf5 Rf1+ 70. Kg4 Rxf5 71. Kxf5 Kf7
72. a3 1-0
[Event "URS Absolute-ch"]
[Site "Leningrad/Moscow"]
[Date "1941.04.13"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Bondarevsky, Igor"]
[Black "Smyslov, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E32"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[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 O-O 5. Nf3 d6 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. Qxc3 a5 8. g3
b6 9. Bg2 Bb7 10. O-O a4 11. Ne1 Bxg2 12. Nxg2 Nbd7 13. Re1 Qc8 14. f3 e5 15.
Bg5 e4 16. Nf4 Ra5 17. Bxf6 Nxf6 18. fxe4 Nxe4 19. Qd3 Re8 20. Rf1 Nf6 21. Rae1
d5 22. cxd5 Nxd5 23. Nxd5 Rxd5 24. e4 Rdd8 25. Qc4 Qd7 26. d5 Re7 27. Rf2 h6
1/2-1/2
[Event "URS Absolute-ch"]
[Site "Leningrad/Moscow"]
[Date "1941.04.15"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Boleslavsky, Isaak"]
[Black "Smyslov, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C66"]
[PlyCount "130"]
[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 d6 4. d4 Bd7 5. Nc3 Nf6 6. O-O Be7 7. Re1 exd4 8.
Nxd4 O-O 9. Bxc6 bxc6 10. Qf3 Rb8 11. b3 Rb4 12. Nf5 Bxf5 13. Qxf5 Nd7 14. Ba3
Rb8 15. f4 Re8 16. Rad1 Nf8 17. Bb2 Qc8 18. Qh5 Ng6 19. Ne2 Qa6 20. a4 Qb6+ 21.
Kh1 Bf8 22. Qf3 c5 23. Nc3 c6 24. Ba3 Rbd8 25. g3 f6 26. Re2 Qc7 27. Red2 Nh8
28. Kg2 Nf7 29. Nb1 Qe7 30. Re2 Qe6 31. Nd2 Re7 32. c4 Qd7 33. Nf1 Qe8 34. Re3
Re6 35. Rdd3 Rd7 36. Rd1 Ree7 37. Bb2 Nd8 38. Kf2 Ne6 39. Kg2 Nd8 40. Rdd3 Qf7
41. Nd2 Re8 42. f5 d5 43. cxd5 cxd5 44. exd5 Rxe3 45. Qxe3 Rxd5 46. Qe4 Rxd3
47. Qxd3 Nc6 48. Qc4 Qxc4 49. Nxc4 Kf7 50. Kf3 Ke7 51. Ke4 Kd7 52. g4 Ne7 53.
h4 h6 54. Bc3 Nc8 55. Bd2 Kc6 56. Be3 Nd6+ 57. Kd3 Kd5 58. Bf4 Nxc4 59. bxc4+
Kc6 60. g5 h5 61. g6 Be7 62. Ke4 Bd6 63. Bd2 Bf8 64. Bc3 Be7 65. Ba5 Kd6
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 "Smyslov, Vassily"]
[Black "Lilienthal, Andor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C98"]
[PlyCount "249"]
[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 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. d4 Qc7 12. Nbd2 Nc6 13. dxc5 dxc5 14. a4 Bb7 15.
Nh2 Rad8 16. Qf3 c4 17. axb5 axb5 18. Ndf1 Na5 19. Ng3 Bc8 20. Be3 Nb7 21. Nf5
Bxf5 22. Qxf5 Bc5 23. Nf1 Rfe8 24. Red1 Rxd1 25. Rxd1 Rd8 26. Rxd8+ Nxd8 27.
Bxc5 Qxc5 28. Ne3 Ne6 29. g3 Qd6 30. b3 cxb3 31. Bxb3 Nc5 32. Bd5 g6 33. Qc8+
Kg7 34. Qa8 Qc7 35. Kg2 Na4 36. c4 Nb6 37. Qa2 bxc4 38. Bxc4 Nxe4 39. Bb3 Nc5
40. Bd1 Ne6 41. Qc2 Qd6 42. Qe4 Nd4 43. h4 h5 44. Qb7 Qc6+ 45. Qxc6 Nxc6 46. g4
hxg4 47. Bxg4 Nd4 48. Bd1 f5 49. Kh3 Kh6 50. Kh2 Nd7 51. Nc4 Kg7 52. Kh3 Kf6
53. Ne3 Nc5 54. Nd5+ Ke6 55. Nc3 Nd3 56. Kg3 Nf4 57. Na4 Kd5 58. Nb6+ Ke4 59.
Nd7 Nfe2+ 60. Kg2 f4 61. Nc5+ Kf5 62. Ba4 f3+ 63. Kh2 e4 64. Bd7+ Ke5 65. Bg4
Nf4 66. Nd7+ Kd6 67. Nf6 Ke5 68. Nd7+ Kd6 69. Nf6 Nd3 70. Nxe4+ Ke5 71. Nd2 Kf4
72. Bd7 Nxf2 73. Be8 Ng4+ 74. Kh3 Ne2 75. Nxf3 Kxf3 76. Bc6+ Kf4 77. Be8 Ne5
78. Bxg6 Nxg6 79. h5 Nf8 80. Kg2 Ke3 81. Kf1 Kd2 82. Kf2 Nd4 83. h6 Nh7 84. Kf1
Ne6 85. Kf2 Neg5 86. Kg3 Ke3 87. Kg4 Ke4 88. Kg3 Nf3 89. Kf2 Nd4 90. Ke1 Kd3
91. Kd1 Ne2 92. Ke1 Nc3 93. Kf2 Ke4 94. Kg3 Nd1 95. Kg2 Kf4 96. Kf1 Ke3 97. Kg2
Nc3 98. Kg3 Ne2+ 99. Kg2 Nd4 100. Kf1 Nf3 101. Kg2 Ne5 102. Kg3 Ng6 103. Kg2
Nf4+ 104. Kg3 Ne2+ 105. Kg2 Nd4 106. Kf1 Nf3 107. Kg2 Nd2 108. Kg3 Nf1+ 109.
Kg4 Ke4 110. Kh5 Kf5 111. Kh4 Ne3 112. Kg3 Ke4 113. Kf2 Kd3 114. Ke1 Nc2+ 115.
Kd1 Nd4 116. Kc1 Ke2 117. Kb2 Kd2 118. Kb1 Nb3 119. Kb2 Nc1 120. Kb1 Nd3 121.
Ka1 Kc2 122. Ka2 Nb4+ 123. Ka1 Kb3 124. Kb1 Nc2 125. Kc1 1/2-1/2
[Event "URS Absolute-ch"]
[Site "Leningrad/Moscow"]
[Date "1941.04.23"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Keres, Paul"]
[Black "Smyslov, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D96"]
[PlyCount "181"]
[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 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Qb3 c6 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. e4 Nc7 8. Be3
O-O 9. Be2 Nd7 10. Rd1 b6 11. O-O Bb7 12. a4 Qc8 13. h3 Ba6 14. Rc1 Qb7 15.
Rfd1 Rac8 16. Nd2 Bxe2 17. Nxe2 Ne6 18. Nc4 Qa6 19. f4 Nf6 20. Ng3 c5 21. d5
Nd4 22. Bxd4 cxd4 23. Ne5 Rxc1 24. Rxc1 Bh6 25. Nd3 Nd7 26. Rc6 Qa5 27. Qc2 b5
28. axb5 Qxb5 29. Ne2 Bg7 30. Rc7 a5 31. Qc4 Qxc4 32. Rxc4 Rb8 33. e5 f6 34. e6
Nb6 35. Rxd4 f5 36. Ne5 Nc8 37. Rd2 Rb5 38. Nc3 Rc5 39. Na4 Rc1+ 40. Kh2 Bf6
41. g4 fxg4 42. hxg4 g5 43. Nd7 Kg7 44. Nac5 gxf4 45. Ne4 Bh4 46. Kh3 Be1 47.
Rd3 Rc4 48. Ng5 Bb4 49. b3 Rc1 50. Kg2 Nd6 51. Nh3 Ne4 52. Nxf4 Rc2+ 53. Kg1
Bd6 54. Re3 Nc3 55. Nh5+ Kg6 56. Ne5+ Kg5 57. Nf7+ Kxg4 58. Nxd6 Nxd5 59. Re5
Nf4 60. Nxf4 Kxf4 61. Nf7 Rb2 62. Rb5 Re2 63. Nd8 Rb2 64. Nb7 Re2 65. Nc5 Ra2
66. Na6 a4 67. Rb4+ Kg3 68. Rxa4 Rb2 69. Kf1 Rxb3 70. Nc5 Re3 71. Ra7 Re5 72.
Ra3+ Kg4 73. Rc3 h5 74. Kf2 h4 75. Rc4+ Kg5 76. Kf3 Rf5+ 77. Kg2 Re5 78. Kf2
Rf5+ 79. Kg1 Re5 80. Kg2 Re3 81. Rc1 Kg4 82. Rc4+ Kg5 83. Kf2 Re5 84. Kf3 Rf5+
85. Ke3 Kf6 86. Rc2 h3 87. Kd4 Rh5 88. Rf2+ Rf5 89. Rh2 Rh5 90. Ne4+ Kxe6 91.
Rxh3 1/2-1/2
[Event "URS Absolute-ch"]
[Site "Leningrad/Moscow"]
[Date "1941.04.24"]
[Round "18"]
[White "Smyslov, Vassily"]
[Black "Bondarevsky, Igor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B55"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[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 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. f3 e5 6. Nb5 a6 7. N5c3 Be6 8. Nd5
Nxd5 9. exd5 Bc8 10. Be3 Be7 11. Qd2 f5 12. Nc3 Nd7 13. O-O-O b5 14. Kb1 O-O
15. f4 Bb7 16. fxe5 Nxe5 17. Ne2 Nc4 18. Qd3 Nxe3 19. Qxe3 Bg5 20. Qf3 Qf6 21.
h4 Bh6 22. g3 Rae8 23. Nf4 Re5 24. Bg2 Rfe8 25. Qf2 Bxf4 26. Qxf4 Re3 27. Rhf1
Qe5 28. Qxe5 R8xe5 29. Bf3 b4 30. Kc1 a5 31. Kd2 Ba6 32. Rde1 Rxe1 33. Rxe1
Rxe1 34. Kxe1 Kf7 35. Kd2 Kf6 36. c3 Ke5 37. cxb4 axb4 38. a3 bxa3 39. bxa3 f4
40. gxf4+ Kxf4 41. Bd1 Bc4 42. Kc3 Bxd5 43. Kd4 Bb7 44. a4 g6 45. a5 Ba6 46.
Bc2 Kg4 47. Bd3 Bb7 48. a6 Bxa6 49. Bxa6 Kxh4 50. Kd5 g5 51. Kxd6 h5 52. Ke5
Kg3 53. Kf5 g4 54. Kg5 h4 55. Bb7 h3 56. Bc6 h2 57. Bh1 Kh3 58. Kf4 1/2-1/2
[Event "URS Absolute-ch"]
[Site "Leningrad/Moscow"]
[Date "1941.04.27"]
[Round "19"]
[White "Smyslov, Vassily"]
[Black "Boleslavsky, Isaak"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C19"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[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. a4 Qa5 8. Qd2
Nbc6 9. Nf3 c4 10. g3 O-O 11. Bg2 f6 12. exf6 Rxf6 13. O-O Bd7 14. Ba3 Re8 15.
Nh4 Nc8 16. f4 N6e7 17. Rfb1 Qc7 18. a5 Bc6 19. Nf3 Ng6 20. Ne5 Nce7 21. Bc5 a6
22. Ng4 Rf7 23. Re1 Nf5 24. Re2 h6 25. Rae1 Qc8 26. Bf3 Kh7 27. Rf1 Qc7 28. Qe1
Nf8 29. Ne5 Rf6 30. g4 Nd6 31. Qg3 Nf7 32. g5 Nxe5 33. gxf6 Nxf3+ 34. Rxf3 gxf6
35. f5 Qxg3+ 36. Rxg3 e5 37. Reg2 Nd7 38. Rg7+ Kh8 39. R7g6 Kh7 40. Ba3 exd4
41. Bc1 1-0
[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