[Event "12th Soviet Championship"] [Site "Moscow, Russia"] [Date "1940"] [White "Alexander Kotov"] [Black "Vassili Smyslov"] [Result "0-1"] 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 O-O 5.Nge2 d6 6.f3 e5 7.Be3 exd4 8.Nxd4 c6 9.Qd2 d5 10.cxd5 cxd5 11.e5 Ne8 12.f4 f6 13.exf6 Nxf6 14.Be2 Nc6 15.O-O Re8 16.Kh1 Bg4 17.Bxg4 Nxg4 18.Bg1 Nxh2 19.Bxh2 Nxd4 20.Rae1 Qd7 21.Qd3 Rad8 22.Rxe8+ Rxe8 23.Bg1 Qf5 24.Qd1 Ne2 25.Nxe2 Qh5+ 26.Bh2 Rxe2 27.Re1 Re4 28.Qc1 Rxe1+ 29.Qxe1 h6 30.Qd2 Qf5 31.Bg1 Qh5+ 32.Bh2 Kh7 33.b3 d4 34.Qd3 Qf5 35.Qd2 Qe4 36.Bg1 b5 37.b4 a6 38.Kh2 g5 39.g3 gxf4 40.gxf4 Kg6 41.Bf2 Bf6 42.a4 bxa4 43.Qa2 d3 44.Qxa4 Qe2 45.Kg3 h5 46.Qxa6 h4+ 47.Kg2 Qe4+ 48.Kf1 Qh1+ 49.Bg1 Qf3+ 50.Bf2 d2 51.f5+ Kh5 0-1 [Event "12th Soviet Championship"] [Site "Moscow, Russia"] [Date "1940"] [White "Vasily Panov"] [Black "Vassili Smyslov"] [Result "0-1"] 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 g6 6.Be3 Bg7 7.f3 Nc6 8.Nb3 O-O 9.Qd2 Re8 10.O-O-O Be6 11.Nd5 Ne5 12.Kb1 Bxd5 13.exd5 a5 14.Bb5 a4 15.Nc1 Rf8 16.Rhe1 Qc7 17.Qb4 a3 18.b3 Rfc8 19.c4 Nc6 20.dxc6 bxc6 21.Ba4 Rcb8 22.Qxa3 Nd7 23.Kc2 Qa5 24.Kd3 Qh5 25.Ke2 Qxh2 26.Rg1 Nf6 27.Kf2 Ra5 28.Rh1 Qe5 29.Nd3 Qf5 30.Kg1 d5 31.Qc1 e5 32.Nxe5 Qxe5 33.Bf4 Qe8 34.cxd5 Nxd5 35.Bxb8 Qxb8 36.Rh4 Nc3 37.Re1 Rd5 38.Qe3 Rd8 39.Bxc6 Qd6 40.Ba4 Nd1 41.Qe4 Qg3 42.Qe7 Rd2 0-1 [Event "12th Soviet Championship"] [Site "Moscow, Russia"] [Date "1940"] [White "Vassili Smyslov"] [Black "Viacheslav Ragozin"] [Result "1-0"] 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.d3 d6 6.c3 Be7 7.O-O Bg4 8.Nbd2 Nd7 9.h3 Bh5 10.Re1 Nc5 11.Bc2 Ne6 12.Nf1 Bg5 13.Ng3 Bxf3 14.Qxf3 O-O 15.Be3 g6 16.Ne2 Kg7 17.d4 exd4 18.cxd4 Bxe3 19.Qxe3 Qf6 20.Rad1 Rfe8 21.d5 Nb4 22.Bb1 Nc5 23.a3 Qxb2 24.axb4 Qxb4 25.Nd4 f6 26.f4 Re7 27.Qg3 Kf7 28.Qh4 Kg7 29.e5 Rf7 30.f5 Qb6 31.exf6+ Kg8 32.fxg6 1-0 [Event "Leningrad/Moscow"] [Site "Leningrad, Russia"] [Date "1941"] [Round "2"] [White "Vassili Smyslov"] [Black "Andor Lilienthal"] [Result "1-0"] 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 "Leningrad/Moscow"] [Site "Leningrad, Russia"] [Date "1941"] [Round "2"] [White "Vassili Smyslov"] [Black "Isaak Boleslavsky"] [Result "1-0"] 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 axb3 29.Qc4 f5 30.Qa4 Bd6 31.Qa8 Qg5 32.Nd5 1-0 [Event "Leningrad/Moscow"] [Site "Leningrad, Russia"] [Date "1941"] [Round "3"] [White "Vassili Smyslov"] [Black "Paul Keres"] [Result "1-0"] 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 "Leningrad/Moscow"] [Site "Leningrad, Russia"] [Date "1941"] [Round "4"] [White "Vassili Smyslov"] [Black "Isaak Boleslavsky"] [Result "1-0"] 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 "13th Soviet Championship"] [Site "Moscow, Russia"] [Date "1944"] [White "Alexander Kotov"] [Black "Vassili Smyslov"] [Result "0-1"] 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.e3 b5 6.a4 b4 7.Na2 e6 8.Bxc4 Bb7 9.O-O c5 10.Qe2 Nbd7 11.Rd1 cxd4 12.Nxd4 Qb8 13.Bd2 Bd6 14.Bxb4 Bxb4 15.Nxb4 Bxg2 16.Nb5 Bb7 17.Nd6+ Kf8 18.Ba6 Bd5 19.Nxd5 exd5 20.Bb7 Qxd6 21.Bxa8 Ke7 22.Bxd5 Nxd5 23.Qd3 N7f6 24.e4 Ng4 25.e5 Qxe5 26.Qh3 Ngf6 27.Re1 Ne4 28.Qh4+ Ndf6 29.f3 g5 30.Qg3 Nxg3 31.Rxe5+ Kd6 32.Rxg5 Ne2+ 33.Kf2 Nf4 34.Ra5 Rb8 35.Rd1+ N6d5 36.Rd2 Rb7 37.b4 f6 38.b5 Rg7 39.Ra6+ Ke5 40.Rc6 Rg2+ 41.Ke1 0-1 [Event "13th Soviet Championship"] [Site "Moscow, Russia"] [Date "1944"] [White "Vassili Smyslov"] [Black "Andor Lilienthal"] [Result "0-1"] 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Bg5 h6 5.Bxf6 Qxf6 6.Rc1 O-O 7.a3 Bxc3+ 8.Rxc3 d6 9.Nf3 e5 10.d5 a5 11.Rg1 e4 12.Nd4 Re8 13.Qd2 Na6 14.g4 Nc5 15.e3 a4 16.Rg3 Bd7 17.Be2 c6 18.dxc6 bxc6 19.Kf1 Rab8 20.Kg1 Rb6 21.Bf1 Reb8 22.Rc2 Nb3 23.Nxb3 Rxb3 24.h4 Rxb2 25.g5 hxg5 26.hxg5 Qe5 27.g6 fxg6 28.Rxg6 Rxc2 29.Qxc2 Kf7 30.Rg3 Rb3 31.f4 exf3 32.Rxf3+ Ke7 33.Qf2 Kd8 34.Rf8+ Kc7 35.Ra8 Qxe3 36.Ra7+ Kc8 37.Qxe3 Rxe3 38.Rxa4 Kb7 39.Ra5 c5 40.Bg2+ Kb6 41.Ra8 Re8 42.Rxe8 Bxe8 0-1 [Event "13th Soviet Championship"] [Site "Moscow, Russia"] [Date "1944"] [White "Vassili Smyslov"] [Black "Isaak Boleslavsky"] [Result "0-1"] 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 d6 6.Nb3 g6 7.Be2 Bg7 8.O-O O-O 9.Be3 a6 10.a4 Be6 11.Nd4 Bd7 12.Qd2 Rc8 13.f3 Na5 14.Rfd1 Re8 15.Bf1 Qc7 16.Qf2 Nc4 17.Bc1 Qb8 18.b3 Ne5 19.Bb2 Nc6 20.Nd5 Nxd5 21.exd5 Nxd4 22.Bxd4 Bxd4 23.Rxd4 b5 24.axb5 axb5 25.Rh4 Bf5 26.Qe3 Bxc2 27.Qh6 Qb6+ 28.Kh1 g5 29.Qxg5+ Bg6 30.Bd3 Qc5 31.Rf1 e6 32.f4 Qe3 33.Rh3 Qd2 34.Bxb5 Rc1 35.Rf3 Rb8 36.Bc4 e5 37.Rxc1 Qxc1+ 38.Rf1 Qd2 39.h4 h6 40.Qxh6 Re8 41.h5 Be4 42.Qg5+ Kh7 43.Qg3 Rg8 44.Qf2 Qc3 45.Kh2 Rxg2+ 46.Qxg2 Bxg2 47.Kxg2 e4 48.f5 Kh6 49.f6 Kxh5 50.Rf4 Qd2+ 51.Rf2 Qd4 52.Kf1 Kg5 53.Ke2 Qc3 54.Rf1 Kg4 55.Rg1+ Kf4 56.Rf1+ Ke5 57.Rf2 e3 58.Rg2 Kf4 59.Kd1 Qa1+ 0-1 [Event "13th Soviet Championship"] [Site "Moscow, Russia"] [Date "1944"] [White "Vassili Smyslov"] [Black "Mikhail Botvinnik"] [Result "0-1"] 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e5 c5 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.bxc3 Ne7 7.a4 Nbc6 8.Nf3 Qa5 9.Bd2 c4 10.Ng5 h6 11.Nh3 Ng6 12.Qf3 Bd7 13.Nf4 Nxf4 14.Qxf4 Ne7 15.h4 Bxa4 16.h5 Qb5 17.Kd1 Rc8 18.Bc1 Rc6 19.Be2 Ra6 20.Kd2 O-O 21.g4 f6 22.exf6 Rxf6 23.Qc7 Rf7 24.Qd8+ Kh7 25.f4 Qa5 26.Qb8 Nc6 27.Qe8 Re7 28.Qg6+ Kg8 29.Ba3 e5 30.fxe5 Nxd4 31.Bb4 Qd8 32.Qxa6 bxa6 33.cxd4 Rb7 34.Rxa4 Qg5+ 35.Kd1 a5 36.Bf3 Rxb4 37.Bxd5+ Kf8 38.Rf1+ Ke8 39.Bc6+ Ke7 40.Rxb4 Qxg4+ 0-1 [Event "13th Soviet Championship"] [Site "Moscow, Russia"] [Date "1944"] [White "Vassili Smyslov"] [Black "Viacheslav Ragozin"] [Result "1-0"] 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 Nxd2 12.Qxd2 Ne7 13.b4 Bb6 14.Ng5 Bf5 15.Bxf5 Nxf5 16.Qd3 g6 17.e6 f6 18.Nf7 Qe7 19.Qxd5 Rfe8 20.Re1 Ng7 21.Nh6+ Kh8 22.Bb2 Nxe6 23.c4 Rad8 24.Rxe6 Qxe6 25.Qxe6 Rxe6 26.Nf7+ Kg7 27.Nxd8 Re2 28.c5 Rxb2 29.cxb6 cxb6 30.Nc6 Rc2 31.Ne7 Kf7 32.Nd5 Ke6 33.Nxb6 Rb2 34.a3 Rb3 35.g4 Rd3 36.Re1+ Kd6 37.Re3 Rd1+ 38.Kg2 Rd4 39.h3 Kc7 40.Re6 f5 41.gxf5 gxf5 42.Rh6 Kb7 43.Kf3 Rd3+ 44.Kf4 Rxa3 45.Nd5 Rd3 46.Ke5 a5 47.Rxh7+ Ka6 48.Rh6+ Ka7 49.bxa5 Rf3 50.Nc7 1-0 [Event "14th Soviet Championship"] [Site "Moscow, Russia"] [Date "1945"] [White "Alexander Kotov"] [Black "Vassili Smyslov"] [Result "1-0"] 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.Nf3 d5 5.Qb3 dxc4 6.Qxc4 O-O 7.e4 Bg4 8.Be2 Nc6 9.d5 Bxf3 10.gxf3 Ne5 11.Qb3 c6 12.f4 Ned7 13.dxc6 bxc6 14.e5 Nd5 15.Nxd5 cxd5 16.Qxd5 e6 17.Qd6 Rb8 18.O-O Nb6 19.Qxd8 Rfxd8 20.Re1 Nd5 21.Bf3 Nb4 22.Be4 a5 23.Be3 Bh6 24.b3 Nd5 25.Bxd5 Rxd5 26.Rad1 Rdb5 27.Rd4 Bf8 28.Red1 Kg7 29.Rc4 Rd5 30.Rxd5 exd5 31.Rc7 Bb4 32.Bd4 Kf8 33.Kg2 Ke8 34.Kf3 Be7 35.Ra7 Bb4 36.Rc7 Rd8 37.f5 gxf5 38.Rc6 Bd2 39.Ke2 Bb4 40.Kd3 Kd7 41.Rh6 Rc8 42.Rxh7 Ke7 43.Be3 f4 44.Bxf4 a4 45.Bd2 Bc5 46.f4 axb3 47.axb3 Rb8 48.Kc2 Ke6 49.h4 Rc8 50.Rh6+ Kf5 51.Kd3 Be7 52.h5 Rb8 53.b4 f6 54.Kd4 Rb5 55.Rg6 Rb8 56.Rh6 Rb5 57.Bc3 Bd8 58.Kd3 fxe5 59.fxe5 d4 60.Kc4 Rxe5 61.Bxd4 Re4 62.b5 Kg5 63.Rd6 Bc7 64.Rd5+ Kh6 65.Kd3 Re7 66.Be3+ Kh7 67.b6 Rxe3+ 68.Kxe3 Bxb6+ 69.Kf3 Bg1 70.Rd6 Bc5 71.Rc6 1-0 [Event "14th Soviet Championship"] [Site "Moscow, Russia"] [Date "1945"] [White "Isaak Boleslavsky"] [Black "Vassili Smyslov"] [Result "1-0"] 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 Re8 13.Nf1 Bb7 14.d5 c4 15.b4 cxb3 16.axb3 Bc8 17.Bd2 Nb7 18.b4 Nd7 19.Bd3 Qb8 20.c4 bxc4 21.Bxc4 a5 22.bxa5 Nbc5 23.Qc2 Ba6 24.Reb1 Qc8 25.Rc1 Bxc4 26.Qxc4 Qa6 27.Ne1 Reb8 28.Rab1 Rxb1 29.Qxa6 Rxa6 30.Rxb1 Bd8 31.Rb5 Nxe4 32.Bb4 Nec5 33.Ne3 Kf8 34.N1c2 Bc7 35.Nc4 Ra8 36.Kf1 Ke8 37.Ba3 Ne4 38.Nb4 Ndc5 39.Na2 Na6 40.f3 Nec5 41.Nb4 Na4 42.Nxa6 Rxa6 43.Bb4 Kd8 44.Ke2 f5 45.Kd3 h5 46.Kc2 h4 47.Kb3 Nc5+ 48.Bxc5 dxc5 49.Rxc5 e4 50.fxe4 fxe4 51.Kc3 Bh2 52.Rb5 Rg6 53.Kd4 Rxg2 54.Rb7 Kc8 55.a6 Bg1+ 56.Kxe4 Re2+ 57.Kd3 Rh2 58.Nd6+ Kd8 59.Nf7+ Ke8 60.d6 1-0 [Event "14th Soviet Championship"] [Site "Moscow, Russia"] [Date "1945"] [White "Mikhail Botvinnik"] [Black "Vassili Smyslov"] [Result "1-0"] 1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.c4 c6 4.cxd5 cxd5 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Bf4 e6 7.e3 Be7 8.Bd3 O-O 9.h3 Bd7 10.O-O a6 11.Rc1 Be8 12.Bb1 Nh5 13.Bh2 f5 14.Na4 Bd6 15.Nc5 Bxh2+ 16.Nxh2 Qe7 17.Qb3 Rf7 18.g4 fxg4 19.hxg4 Nf6 20.f4 b6 21.Qxb6 Rb8 22.Qxa6 e5 23.dxe5 Nxe5 24.fxe5 Qxe5 25.Qe6 Qg3+ 26.Kh1 Rxb2 27.Rc2 Rb8 28.Rg2 Qh4 29.g5 Nh5 30.g6 hxg6 31.Bxg6 1-0 [Event "14th Soviet Championship"] [Site "Moscow, Russia"] [Date "1945"] [White "Viacheslav Ragozin"] [Black "Vassili Smyslov"] [Result "1-0"] 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.a4 Bf5 6.Nh4 Bg4 7.f3 Bc8 8.e4 e5 9.dxe5 Nfd7 10.Nf5 Nxe5 11.Qxd8+ Kxd8 12.Bg5+ f6 13.O-O-O+ Ke8 14.Bf4 Be6 15.Bg3 g6 16.Nd4 Bf7 17.f4 Nd3+ 18.Bxd3 cxd3 19.e5 f5 20.Bh4 Bc4 21.b3 Ba6 22.Ndb5 Bxb5 23.axb5 Nd7 24.bxc6 bxc6 25.Na4 Bh6 26.g3 Bf8 27.Rxd3 Nb6 28.Nxb6 axb6 29.Rhd1 Ra1+ 30.Kc2 Rxd1 31.Rxd1 Be7 32.Ra1 Bxh4 33.gxh4 Kd7 34.Ra7+ Ke6 35.Rc7 Kd5 36.Kd3 c5 37.h5 gxh5 38.Rd7+ Kc6 39.Rd6+ Kb5 40.Rf6 Ra8 41.Rxf5 Kb4 42.e6 Kxb3 43.Re5 c4+ 44.Kd4 Rd8+ 45.Rd5 Rxd5+ 46.Kxd5 c3 47.e7 c2 48.e8=Q c1=Q 49.Qb5+ Ka3 50.Qa6+ Kb2 51.Qxb6+ Ka1 52.Qd4+ Kb1 53.Qe4+ Ka1 54.f5 Qf1 55.Qe5+ Kb1 56.Ke6 h4 57.Ke7 Qc4 58.f6 Qb4+ 59.Ke8 Qa4+ 60.Kf8 Qb4+ 61.Kg7 Qg4+ 62.Kxh7 h3 63.f7 Qh4+ 64.Kg8 Qc4 65.Qf5+ Ka1 66.Qxh3 Qd5 67.Qg4 1-0 [Event "15th Soviet Championship"] [Site "Leningrad, Russia"] [Date "1947"] [Round "6"] [White "Vassili Smyslov"] [Black "Viacheslav Ragozin"] [Result "1-0"] 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 c6 4.Nf3 Nf6 5.Bg5 dxc4 6.e4 b5 7.e5 h6 8.Bh4 g5 9.Nxg5 Nd5 10.Nxf7 Qxh4 11.Nxh8 Bb4 12.Rc1 c5 13.dxc5 Nd7 14.Be2 Bb7 15.Bh5+ Kd8 16.O-O Bxc3 17.Rxc3 Kc7 18.Ng6 Qe4 19.Rg3 Nxc5 20.Bf3 Qf5 21.Qd4 Kb6 22.b4 cxb3 23.axb3 Qc2 24.Bxd5 Rd8 25.Nf4 Bxd5 26.Rc3 1-0 [Event "15th Soviet Championship"] [Site "Leningrad, Russia"] [Date "1947"] [Round "8"] [White "Vassili Smyslov"] [Black "Andor Lilienthal"] [Result "1-0"] 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.Qb3 c6 6.cxd5 Nxd5 7.e4 Nb6 8.Be3 O-O 9.Rd1 Be6 10.Qc2 Bc4 11.Be2 Bxe2 12.Nxe2 N8d7 13.Nf4 Qc8 14.O-O e5 15.dxe5 Nxe5 16.Nxe5 Bxe5 17.Nd3 Bg7 18.Nc5 Qc7 19.Rd3 Rfd8 20.Rfd1 Rxd3 21.Rxd3 Bf6 22.g3 Rd8 23.Rxd8+ Bxd8 24.Qc3 Nd7 25.Nxd7 Qxd7 26.Bxa7 b6 27.Bb8 Bc7 28.Bxc7 Qxc7 29.Qd4 c5 30.Qd5 b5 31.a3 b4 32.axb4 cxb4 33.Kg2 h5 34.h4 Qb6 35.e5 Kg7 36.Kf3 Qb8 37.Qd4 Qb7+ 38.Ke3 Kh7 39.Kd3 Qb5+ 40.Qc4 Qd7+ 41.Ke3 Qa7+ 42.Qd4 Qa4 43.Qd5 Qa7+ 44.Ke2 Kg8 45.e6 fxe6 46.Qe4 Qa6+ 47.Qd3 Qb6 48.Qxg6+ Kf8 49.Qxh5 Qd4 50.Qf3+ Kg7 51.b3 Qb2+ 52.Kf1 Qc1+ 53.Kg2 Qc3 54.Qe3 e5 55.h5 Qc6+ 56.Kg1 Qc3 57.Qg5+ Kf7 58.Qg6+ Ke7 59.h6 Qxb3 60.h7 Qd1+ 61.Kg2 Qd5+ 62.f3 Qd2+ 63.Kh3 Qd7+ 64.Qg4 Qd1 65.Qg7+ 1-0 [Event "15th Soviet Championship"] [Site "Leningrad, Russia"] [Date "1947"] [Round "10"] [White "Paul Keres"] [Black "Vassili Smyslov"] [Result "1-0"] 1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 c5 3.Nf3 e6 4.g3 d5 5.cxd5 Nxd5 6.Bg2 Nc6 7.O-O Nc7 8.b3 Be7 9.Bb2 e5 10.Rc1 f6 11.Na4 b6 12.Nh4 Bd7 13.e3 O-O 14.d4 exd4 15.exd4 Rc8 16.dxc5 b5 17.Nc3 f5 18.Rc2 Bxh4 19.Rd2 Rf7 20.gxh4 Ne6 21.Nxb5 Nxc5 22.Nd6 Re7 23.Nxc8 Qxc8 24.Ba3 Ne4 25.Bxe4 fxe4 26.Bxe7 Nxe7 27.Rxd7 1-0 [Event "1948 World Championship Tournament"] [Site "NLD"] [Date "1948"] [Round "2"] [White "Paul Keres"] [Black "Vassili Smyslov"] [Result "1-0"] 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 "1948 World Championship Tournament"] [Site "NLD"] [Date "1948"] [Round "4"] [White "Max Euwe"] [Black "Vassili Smyslov"] [Result "0-1"] 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 "1948 World Championship Tournament"] [Site "NLD"] [Date "1948"] [Round "7"] [White "Vassili Smyslov"] [Black "Paul Keres"] [Result "0-1"] 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 "1948 World Championship Tournament"] [Site "NLD"] [Date "1948"] [Round "9"] [White "Vassili Smyslov"] [Black "Max Euwe"] [Result "1-0"] 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 "1948 World Championship Tournament"] [Site "NLD"] [Date "1948"] [Round "17"] [White "Vassili Smyslov"] [Black "Paul Keres"] [Result "1-0"] 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 "1948 World Championship Tournament"] [Site "NLD"] [Date "1948"] [Round "19"] [White "Vassili Smyslov"] [Black "Max Euwe"] [Result "1-0"] 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 "1948 World Championship Tournament"] [Site "NLD"] [Date "1948"] [Round "24"] [White "Max Euwe"] [Black "Vassili Smyslov"] [Result "0-1"] 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 0-1 [Event "1948 World Championship Tournament"] [Site "NLD"] [Date "1948.04.11"] [Round "11"] [White "Vassili Smyslov"] [Black "Samuel Herman Reshevsky"] [Result "1-0"] 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 d6 5.c3 Ne7 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 "17th Soviet Championship"] [Site "Moscow, Russia"] [Date "1949"] [White "Andor Lilienthal"] [Black "Vassili Smyslov"] [Result "0-1"] 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 c5 4.Nc3 cxd4 5.Nxd4 Bb4 6.Bd2 O-O 7.e3 Nc6 8.Be2 d5 9.cxd5 exd5 10.O-O Bd6 11.Rc1 Ne5 12.Nf3 a6 13.Nxe5 Bxe5 14.Bf3 Be6 15.b3 Qd6 16.h3 Qa3 17.Qc2 Rac8 18.Qd3 Rcd8 19.Nb1 Qe7 20.Bc3 Bb8 21.Rfd1 Rfe8 22.Nd2 Nd7 23.Be2 f6 24.Nf1 Nc5 25.Qb1 Ne4 26.Ba5 Rd7 27.Bd3 f5 28.Be1 Qg5 29.Nd2 Qh5 30.Bf1 Qh6 31.Nf3 f4 32.exf4 Qxf4 33.Bd2 Nxd2 34.Rxd2 Rf7 35.Re2 Qd6 36.Rxe6 Rxe6 37.Rc8+ Rf8 38.Rxf8+ Qxf8 39.Ng5 Rg6 40.h4 Qd6 41.Bd3 Qh2+ 42.Kf1 Qh1+ 43.Ke2 Qxb1 44.Bxb1 Rh6 45.g3 Kf8 46.Nxh7+ Ke7 47.Ng5 Rc6 48.Kd2 Ba7 49.Nh3 Bc5 50.h5 Bb4+ 51.Kd1 Re6 52.Bd3 Re1+ 53.Kc2 Ra1 54.Kb2 Rd1 55.Nf4 Kd6 56.Bc2 Rf1 57.g4 Rxf2 58.Nd3 Ba3+ 0-1 [Event "17th Soviet Championship"] [Site "Moscow, Russia"] [Date "1949"] [White "Grigory Levenfish"] [Black "Vassili Smyslov"] [Result "1-0"] 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.Qb3 dxc4 6.Qxc4 O-O 7.e4 Nfd7 8.Be3 Nb6 9.Qb3 Nc6 10.Rd1 Bg4 11.d5 Ne5 12.Be2 Nxf3+ 13.gxf3 Bh5 14.f4 Bxe2 15.Nxe2 Qc8 16.Rc1 c6 17.f5 Nd7 18.Rg1 Kh8 19.fxg6 hxg6 20.Bd4 Nf6 21.Rc3 Nxe4 22.Rxg6 fxg6 23.Rh3+ Kg8 24.dxc6+ e6 25.cxb7 Qc6 26.bxa8=Q Rxa8 27.Bxg7 Kxg7 28.Qe3 Nf6 29.Nd4 Qh1+ 30.Ke2 Qd5 31.Nxe6+ Kg8 32.Rh8+ Kf7 33.Ng5+ Kg7 34.Rxa8 Qxa8 1-0 [Event "17th Soviet Championship"] [Site "Moscow, Russia"] [Date "1949"] [White "Tigran Petrosian"] [Black "Vassili Smyslov"] [Result "0-1"] 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be2 e6 7.O-O Be7 8.Be3 O-O 9.f4 Qc7 10.f5 e5 11.Nb3 b5 12.a3 Bb7 13.Bf3 Rd8 14.Nd2 Nbd7 15.Kh1 Rac8 16.Qe2 Nb6 17.Qf2 Nc4 18.Nxc4 Qxc4 19.Bg5 h6 20.Bxf6 Bxf6 21.Rad1 Qc5 22.Be2 Qxf2 23.Rxf2 d5 24.Nxd5 Bxd5 25.exd5 Rxc2 26.b3 e4 27.g4 e3 28.Rg2 Rd2 29.Rxd2 exd2 30.Bd1 Rxd5 31.Kg1 Kf8 32.Kf1 Bg5 33.a4 h5 34.h3 h4 35.axb5 axb5 36.Rf2 Ke7 37.Rf3 Re5 38.Be2 Rd5 39.Bd1 Kf6 40.Rc3 Bf4 41.Ke2 Kg5 42.Rf3 b4 43.Kf1 Re5 44.Be2 Be3 45.Bd1 Kf6 46.Be2 Re4 0-1 [Event "17th Soviet Championship"] [Site "Moscow, Russia"] [Date "1949"] [White "Vassili Smyslov"] [Black "David Bronstein"] [Result "1-0"] 1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.Nf3 d6 4.d4 e4 5.Nd2 Bf5 6.e3 c6 7.Be2 d5 8.Qb3 Qd7 9.cxd5 cxd5 10.f4 exf3 11.Nxf3 Bd6 12.Ne5 Bxe5 13.dxe5 Ne4 14.O-O Nc6 15.Rd1 O-O 16.Bf3 Qe6 17.Qxd5 Rad8 18.Qxe6 Rxd1+ 19.Bxd1 fxe6 20.Nxe4 Bxe4 21.Bd2 Nxe5 22.Bc3 Rf5 23.Bb3 Kf7 24.Rd1 Rg5 25.Rf1+ Ke8 26.Rf4 Bc6 27.g3 Nd3 28.Rh4 Nc5 29.Rxh7 Nxb3 30.axb3 Kf7 31.Rh4 Rf5 32.e4 Rf3 33.Rh7 Kf8 34.Rh4 Kf7 35.Rg4 g6 36.h3 a6 37.Kg2 Re3 38.Rf4+ Ke7 39.Rf2 Rxe4 40.Rf6 Be8 41.Kf3 Bc6 42.Rxg6 Rh4+ 43.Ke3 Rxh3 44.Kf4 Be8 45.Rg8 a5 46.g4 b6 47.g5 e5+ 48.Bxe5 Rxb3 49.Bf6+ Kd7 50.g6 Bxg6 51.Rxg6 a4 52.Be5 a3 53.Rd6+ Kc8 54.bxa3 Rxa3 55.Rxb6 Kd7 56.Ke4 Ra4+ 57.Kf5 Rc4 58.Rd6+ Kc8 59.Ke6 Kb7 60.Kd5 Rc1 61.Rd7+ Kc8 62.Rh7 Rd1+ 63.Ke6 Rc1 64.Rh8+ Kb7 65.Rb8+ Ka7 66.Rb4 Rh1 67.Kd6 Rh6+ 68.Kc7 Ka6 69.Bc3 Rh7+ 70.Kc6 Rh6+ 71.Kc5 Rh5+ 72.Kc4 Rh1 73.Rb3 Rh3 74.Rb1 Rh4+ 75.Bd4 Rh6 76.Rb3 Rc6+ 77.Kd5 Rh6 78.Be3 Rh5+ 79.Kc6 Rb5 80.Ra3+ Ra5 81.Rd3 Rb5 82.Bc5 Rb6+ 83.Kd5 Rh6 84.Rb3 Ka5 85.Rb7 Ka6 86.Rb1 Ka5 87.Be3 Rh5+ 88.Kc4 Rh4+ 89.Bd4 Ka6 90.Rb6+ Ka5 91.Rg6 Re4 92.Rg1 Ka6 93.Rg7 1-0 [Event "17th Soviet Championship"] [Site "Moscow, Russia"] [Date "1949"] [White "Viacheslav Ragozin"] [Black "Vassili Smyslov"] [Result "0-1"] 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 O-O 5.Bd3 d5 6.Nf3 c5 7.O-O Nbd7 8.Bd2 cxd4 9.exd4 dxc4 10.Bxc4 Nb6 11.Bb3 Bd7 12.Ne5 Rc8 13.a4 a5 14.Bg5 Bc6 15.Qd3 Be7 16.Nxc6 bxc6 17.Bc2 g6 18.Bh6 Re8 19.Rad1 Nbd5 20.Qf3 Rb8 21.Bc1 Bf8 22.Rfe1 Bg7 23.h4 Rb4 24.Na2 Rb7 25.Re2 Qb8 26.Nc3 Qa7 27.h5 Nxh5 28.Ne4 Rb4 29.g4 Nhf6 30.Nc5 Nd7 31.Nxd7 Qxd7 32.Qe4 c5 33.Qf3 Rxd4 34.Rxd4 cxd4 35.Be4 Nb4 36.b3 d3 37.Rd2 Rd8 38.Ba3 f5 39.gxf5 gxf5 40.Bb7 Nc2 0-1 [Event "18th Soviet Championship"] [Site "Moscow, Russia"] [Date "1950"] [White "Igor Bondarevsky"] [Black "Vassili Smyslov"] [Result "0-1"] 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 d5 5.a3 Be7 6.Nf3 O-O 7.Bd3 b6 8.O-O c5 9.Qe2 Nc6 10.Rd1 cxd4 11.exd4 Ba6 12.b3 Rc8 13.Rb1 Qc7 14.Nb5 Qb8 15.Bg5 h6 16.Bh4 Nh5 17.Bxe7 Nxe7 18.Ne5 Nf6 19.a4 Nc6 20.f4 Nb4 21.f5 Nxd3 22.Qxd3 exf5 23.Qxf5 Bb7 24.Rbc1 a6 25.Nc3 Qd6 26.a5 dxc4 27.bxc4 b5 28.c5 Qd8 29.Ra1 b4 30.Ne2 Be4 31.Qh3 Bc2 32.Rf1 b3 33.Qc3 Nd5 34.Qb2 Ne3 35.Rfe1 Qd5 36.Nf3 Rfe8 37.Rac1 Rc6 38.Nc3 Qf5 39.Nd1 Rce6 40.Nxe3 Rxe3 41.Rxe3 Rxe3 42.Kf2 Qe4 43.Re1 Rxe1 44.Nxe1 Bd1 45.c6 Qxc6 46.Nd3 Qc4 47.Ke3 Bc2 48.Ne1 Bf5 49.Kd2 Qb5 50.Kd1 Bg4+ 51.Kc1 Qc4+ 0-1 [Event "Soviet Championship Semifinal"] [Site "Leningrad, Russia"] [Date "1951"] [Round "10"] [White "Vassili Smyslov"] [Black "Vasily Panov"] [Result "1-0"] 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.g3 Bg7 4.Bg2 O-O 5.Nf3 d6 6.O-O Nc6 7.d5 Nb8 8.Nc3 e5 9.dxe6 fxe6 10.Ng5 Nc6 11.Nge4 Bd7 12.Bg5 Rb8 13.Rc1 b6 14.e3 Ne7 15.Nxf6+ Bxf6 16.Bxf6 Rxf6 17.f4 Qe8 18.Ne4 Rf8 19.Qd4 Nf5 20.Nf6+ Rxf6 21.Qxf6 Nxe3 22.Rfe1 Nxg2 23.Kxg2 a5 24.h4 Qf8 25.Qxf8+ Rxf8 26.Rf1 h5 27.Kf2 Rf5 28.Ke3 Kg7 29.Rg1 e5 30.Rgf1 Bc6 31.fxe5 Rxe5+ 32.Kd2 Bg2 33.Rf2 Be4 34.Re1 d5 35.Kc3 c6 36.cxd5 cxd5 37.Kd4 Re7 38.Rc1 b5 39.Rc5 Rb7 40.Rc6 a4 41.Rff6 Bb1 42.a3 b4 43.Rb6 Ra7 44.Rf1 Ba2 45.axb4 Rc7 46.Rf4 Kh6 47.b5 Rc2 48.Rb7 Rd2+ 49.Kc3 Rg2 50.Rf8 Rxg3+ 51.Kd2 Rg2+ 52.Ke1 1-0 [Event "19th Soviet Championship"] [Site "Moscow, Russia"] [Date "1951"] [White "Salo Flohr"] [Black "Vassili Smyslov"] [Result "0-1"] 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 d6 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Bd2 c5 7.dxc5 dxc5 8.e3 Nc6 9.a3 Ba5 10.O-O-O Qe7 11.Bd3 Bd7 12.Rhg1 Rfd8 13.g4 g6 14.g5 Nh5 15.Ne4 Bc7 16.Be2 a5 17.Bc3 Nb4 18.axb4 axb4 19.Nf6+ Nxf6 20.Bxf6 Ra1+ 21.Kd2 Ba4+ 22.Nd4 Rxd1+ 23.Qxd1 Qxf6 24.gxf6 Bxd1 25.Rxd1 cxd4 26.exd4 Rxd4+ 27.Kc2 Rxd1 28.Bxd1 Bxh2 29.c5 Be5 30.Kb3 Bxf6 31.Bf3 Bd4 32.Kxb4 Bxb2 33.Kc4 Be5 34.Bxb7 f5 35.Kd3 Kf7 36.Ke3 g5 37.Kf3 h5 38.Kg2 g4 0-1 [Event "19th Soviet Championship"] [Site "Moscow, Russia"] [Date "1951"] [White "Vassili Smyslov"] [Black "David Bronstein"] [Result "1-0"] 1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.g3 g6 4.Bg2 Bg7 5.d3 d6 6.Be3 Nh6 7.Qc1 Ng4 8.Bd2 Nd4 9.h3 Ne5 10.Nce2 Qb6 11.f4 Nxc2+ 12.Qxc2 Qxb2 13.Qxb2 Nxd3+ 14.Kf1 Bxb2 15.Rb1 Be6 16.Bc3 Bxa2 17.Rxb2 Nxb2 18.Bxb2 Rg8 19.Kf2 Bc4 20.Nf3 Bxe2 21.Kxe2 Kd7 22.Rd1 a5 23.Ne5+ Kc7 24.Nxf7 a4 25.e5 a3 26.Ba1 Rge8 27.Ng5 Ra5 28.Ne6+ Kd7 29.Bd5 a2 30.g4 Rc8 31.Ng5 Rf8 32.f5 gxf5 33.gxf5 h6 34.Be6+ Kc7 35.exd6+ exd6 36.Ne4 Ra3 37.Nxd6 Rxh3 38.Be5 Ra8 39.Nc4+ 1-0 [Event "19th Soviet Championship"] [Site "Moscow, Russia"] [Date "1951"] [White "Vassili Smyslov"] [Black "Efim Geller"] [Result "1-0"] 1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.g3 g6 4.Bg2 Bg7 5.d3 d6 6.Be3 Rb8 7.Qd2 b5 8.Nd1 b4 9.h3 e6 10.Ne2 Nd4 11.O-O Ne7 12.Nxd4 cxd4 13.Bh6 O-O 14.Bxg7 Kxg7 15.f4 e5 16.b3 Qc7 17.a3 Nc6 18.Nb2 f6 19.f5 a5 20.h4 bxa3 21.Rxa3 Nb4 22.Nc4 gxf5 23.Rxa5 fxe4 24.dxe4 Be6 25.Rfa1 Bxc4 26.Ra7 Rb7 27.Rxb7 Qxb7 28.bxc4 Nc6 29.Kh2 Ra8 30.Rf1 Ra2 31.Rxf6 Qe7 32.Qh6+ Kg8 33.c5 Rxc2 34.cxd6 Qg7 35.d7 Qxh6 36.Rxh6 Nd8 37.Rd6 Kf7 38.g4 Ke7 39.Rd5 Nf7 40.g5 Rc6 41.Bh3 Rd6 42.Kg2 Rxd5 43.exd5 Nd6 44.h5 Ne4 45.g6 hxg6 46.hxg6 Nf6 47.d6+ Kd8 48.g7 1-0 [Event "19th Soviet Championship"] [Site "Moscow, Russia"] [Date "1951"] [White "Vassili Smyslov"] [Black "Mark Taimanov"] [Result "1-0"] 1.c4 Nf6 2.g3 e6 3.Bg2 d5 4.Nf3 dxc4 5.Qa4+ Nbd7 6.Qxc4 c5 7.O-O a6 8.Qb3 Be7 9.d3 O-O 10.Bd2 Qc7 11.a4 b6 12.Na3 Bb7 13.Nc4 Nd5 14.Rfc1 a5 15.Na3 Bc6 16.Nb5 Qb7 17.Bg5 N5f6 18.e4 Rfd8 19.Bf4 Ne8 20.Nd2 g5 21.Be3 Ne5 22.Bf1 Ng4 23.Nc4 Nxe3 24.fxe3 Bf6 25.Be2 Bg7 26.Rf1 Rd7 27.Rf2 Bxb5 28.Qxb5 Nd6 29.Nxd6 Rxd6 30.e5 Bxe5 31.d4 Rxd4 32.exd4 Bxd4 33.Rf1 Rd8 34.Qb3 Qd5 35.Qxd5 Rxd5 36.Bc4 Bxf2+ 37.Rxf2 Rd4 38.b3 Kg7 39.Kf1 Kg6 40.Ke2 Rd6 41.Rf3 f5 42.Rd3 Rxd3 43.Kxd3 Kf6 44.Ba6 Ke5 45.Kc4 f4 46.gxf4+ Kxf4 47.Kb5 h5 48.Kxb6 g4 49.Kxa5 h4 50.Kb6 e5 51.Bf1 g3 52.hxg3+ hxg3 53.a5 e4 54.a6 e3 55.a7 e2 56.Bxe2 g2 57.a8=Q g1=Q 58.Qf8+ 1-0 [Event "19th Soviet Championship"] [Site "Moscow, Russia"] [Date "1951"] [White "Vassili Smyslov"] [Black "Mikhail Botvinnik"] [Result "1-0"] 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 Be6 10.d4 Bxb3 11.Qxb3 Qd7 12.Bg5 h6 13.Bxf6 Bxf6 14.d5 Na5 15.Qc2 c6 16.dxc6 Qxc6 17.Nbd2 Rac8 18.Rac1 Rfd8 19.Nf1 Nc4 20.b3 Nb6 21.Ne3 d5 22.Ng4 d4 23.Nxf6+ Qxf6 24.Qb2 dxc3 25.Rxc3 Nd7 26.Rec1 Rxc3 27.Qxc3 Qd6 28.Qc6 Nf6 29.Qxd6 Rxd6 30.Nxe5 Nxe4 31.f3 Ng5 32.f4 Ne6 33.f5 Nd8 34.Rc8 Kf8 35.Kf2 Ke7 36.Ke3 Rd1 37.Ra8 Kf6 38.Nd3 Nc6 39.Rxa6 1-0 [Event "20th Soviet Championship"] [Site "Moscow, Russia"] [Date "1952"] [White "Efim Geller"] [Black "Vassili Smyslov"] [Result "0-1"] 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.a4 Bf5 6.e3 e6 7.Bxc4 Bb4 8.O-O a5 9.Qe2 Ne4 10.Na2 Bd6 11.Bd3 Bg6 12.Nc3 Ng5 13.Nxg5 Qxg5 14.e4 Qh5 15.Qxh5 Bxh5 16.f4 Na6 17.Rf2 Nb4 18.Bc4 Kd7 19.Be3 Rae8 20.e5 Be7 21.f5 Bg4 22.fxe6+ fxe6 23.Ne4 b6 24.Bg5 Ref8 25.Bxe7 Kxe7 26.Raf1 Rxf2 27.Rxf2 Rf8 28.Rxf8 Kxf8 29.h3 Bf5 30.Nd6 Ke7 31.Bb3 Kd7 32.Nxf5 exf5 33.Kf1 c5 34.dxc5 bxc5 35.Ke2 Nc6 36.Bg8 h6 37.e6+ Kd6 38.Kd3 Ne5+ 39.Ke3 g5 40.b3 Nc6 41.Kd3 Ne5+ 42.Ke3 Ke7 43.g3 Ng6 44.Ke2 Kf8 45.Bh7 Kg7 46.Bxg6 Kxg6 47.Kd3 Kf6 48.Kc4 Kxe6 49.Kxc5 h5 50.b4 f4 51.gxf4 g4 52.hxg4 h4 53.f5+ Kd7 54.g5 h3 55.g6 Ke7 56.bxa5 h2 57.a6 h1=Q 58.Kb6 Kd6 0-1 [Event "20th Soviet Championship"] [Site "Moscow, Russia"] [Date "1952"] [White "Vassili Smyslov"] [Black "Paul Keres"] [Result "1-0"] 1.c4 Nf6 2.d4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 d5 5.a3 Be7 6.Bd3 b6 7.cxd5 exd5 8.Nge2 O-O 9.b4 Nbd7 10.Qb3 Bb7 11.O-O Re8 12.b5 Bd6 13.h3 Nf8 14.a4 Ne4 15.Nxe4 dxe4 16.Bc4 Qf6 17.Ba3 Rad8 18.a5 Ng6 19.axb6 axb6 20.Bxd6 cxd6 21.Bd5 Bxd5 22.Qxd5 Qe6 23.Nc3 Nf8 24.Qxe6 fxe6 25.Nxe4 d5 26.Ng5 e5 27.dxe5 d4 28.exd4 Rxd4 29.Ra7 Rd5 30.f4 Rxb5 31.Ne4 Rb8 32.Nd6 Ra5 33.Rxa5 bxa5 34.f5 Nd7 35.e6 Nf6 36.g4 h6 37.Ra1 Rd8 38.Nc4 Rc8 39.Ne5 Rc5 40.Ng6 Rb5 41.Rc1 Rb8 42.Rc4 Ra8 43.Ra4 Nd5 44.Ne5 Nc3 45.Rc4 Nb5 46.Nd7 Nd6 47.Ra4 Ne8 48.Kf2 Nf6 49.Ne5 Kf8 50.Kf3 Nd5 51.Nc6 g6 52.Rd4 Rc8 53.Rxd5 Rxc6 54.Rxa5 gxf5 55.gxf5 Ke7 56.Ra7+ 1-0 [Event "World Championship 20th"] [Site "Moscow, Russia"] [Date "1954"] [Round "1"] [White "Vassili Smyslov"] [Black "Mikhail Botvinnik"] [Result "0-1"] 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e5 c5 5.a3 Ba5 6.b4 cxd4 7.Nb5 Bc7 8.f4 Ne7 9.Nf3 Nbc6 10.Bd3 Bb8 11.Nbxd4 a6 12.Be3 Ba7 13.O-O Nxd4 14.Bxd4 Bxd4+ 15.Nxd4 Qb6 16.Kh1 Bd7 17.c3 Rc8 18.Qe1 h6 19.a4 a5 20.Nb3 Qc7 21.Nc5 Bc6 22.Qf2 O-O 23.Nb3 Bd7 24.Qc5 Qxc5 25.Nxc5 Rc7 26.Nxd7 Rxd7 27.bxa5 Ra8 28.a6 bxa6 29.c4 dxc4 30.Bxc4 Rd4 31.Be2 Nd5 32.g3 Nc3 33.Bf3 Rb8 34.Ra3 Nb1 35.Ra2 Nd2 36.Rf2 Nc4 37.h4 g5 38.hxg5 hxg5 39.fxg5 Nxe5 40.Be2 Rb1+ 41.Kg2 a5 42.Rc2 Rb3 43.Rf4 Rd5 44.Re4 Kg7 45.Bh5 Ng6 46.Rg4 Re3 47.Bxg6 Kxg6 48.Rf2 Rf5 49.Rxf5 exf5 50.Rc4 Re4 51.Rc7 Rxa4 52.Ra7 Ra3 53.Kh3 f4 54.Kh4 fxg3 55.Ra6+ Kf5 56.Rf6+ Ke4 57.Kh3 Rf3 58.Ra6 Rf5 0-1 [Event "World Championship 20th"] [Site "Moscow, Russia"] [Date "1954"] [Round "7"] [White "Vassili Smyslov"] [Black "Mikhail Botvinnik"] [Result "1-0"] 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.a3 Bxc3+ 5.bxc3 dxe4 6.Qg4 Nf6 7.Qxg7 Rg8 8.Qh6 c5 9.Ne2 Rg6 10.Qe3 Nc6 11.dxc5 Ng4 12.Qxe4 Qd1+ 13.Kxd1 Nxf2+ 14.Ke1 Nxe4 15.Nf4 Rg8 16.Bd3 Nxc5 17.Bxh7 Rh8 18.Bd3 Nxd3+ 19.cxd3 Bd7 20.Be3 O-O-O 21.Kf2 e5 22.Ne2 Bg4 23.h3 Bh5 24.d4 Bxe2 25.Kxe2 exd4 26.cxd4 Nxd4+ 27.Kf2 b6 28.Rhd1 Ne6 29.Rac1+ Kb7 30.Rxd8 Rxd8 31.h4 Rh8 32.g3 b5 33.Kf3 a5 34.Ke4 Re8 35.Kf3 Rh8 36.Rc3 f5 37.Rd3 Kc6 38.Bd2 Ra8 39.Bc3 Kc5 40.Bf6 b4 41.h5 Ra7 42.Re3 Kd6 43.Be5+ Kd5 44.Bb2 Kd6 45.Rd3+ Kc5 46.Rd2 Rh7 47.Rh2 Kd6 48.a4 Ke7 49.g4 f4 50.Rd2 1-0 [Event "World Championship 20th"] [Site "Moscow, Russia"] [Date "1954"] [Round "9"] [White "Vassili Smyslov"] [Black "Mikhail Botvinnik"] [Result "1-0"] 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e5 c5 5.a3 Ba5 6.b4 cxd4 7.Qg4 Ne7 8.bxa5 dxc3 9.Qxg7 Rg8 10.Qxh7 Nd7 11.Nf3 Nf8 12.Qd3 Qxa5 13.h4 Bd7 14.Bg5 Rc8 15.Nd4 Nf5 16.Rb1 Rc4 17.Nxf5 exf5 18.Rxb7 Re4+ 19.Qxe4 dxe4 20.Rb8+ Bc8 21.Bb5+ Qxb5 22.Rxb5 Ne6 23.Bf6 Rxg2 24.h5 Ba6 25.h6 1-0 [Event "World Championship 20th"] [Site "Moscow, Russia"] [Date "1954"] [Round "10"] [White "Mikhail Botvinnik"] [Black "Vassili Smyslov"] [Result "0-1"] 1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.Nf3 a6 4.e3 Bg4 5.Bxc4 e6 6.Qb3 Bxf3 7.gxf3 b5 8.Be2 Nd7 9.a4 b4 10.f4 Ngf6 11.Bf3 Ra7 12.Bc6 Be7 13.Nd2 O-O 14.Nc4 a5 15.Ne5 Nb8 16.Bd2 Nd5 17.e4 Nb6 18.Be3 Bd6 19.Bb5 Qh4 20.Rc1 Kh8 21.Be2 Bxe5 22.dxe5 N8d7 23.Bb5 Rd8 24.Bd2 Nxe5 25.Qe3 Ng4 26.Qg3 Qxg3 27.fxg3 Nf2 28.Kxf2 Rxd2+ 29.Ke3 Rxb2 30.Rb1 Rxb1 31.Rxb1 c5 32.Rd1 Ra8 33.Rd6 Rb8 34.Kd2 c4 35.Kc2 g6 36.Rc6 c3 37.Kb3 Rc8 0-1 [Event "World Championship 20th"] [Site "Moscow, Russia"] [Date "1954"] [Round "11"] [White "Vassili Smyslov"] [Black "Mikhail Botvinnik"] [Result "1-0"] 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O d6 6.Bxc6+ bxc6 7.d4 exd4 8.Nxd4 c5 9.Nf3 Be7 10.Nc3 O-O 11.Re1 Bb7 12.Bg5 h6 13.Bh4 Re8 14.e5 dxe5 15.Rxe5 Qxd1+ 16.Rxd1 Bd6 17.Rxe8+ Nxe8 18.Nd2 Be5 19.Nb3 Bxc3 20.bxc3 c4 21.Nc5 Bc6 22.Rd8 g5 23.Rxa8 Bxa8 24.Bg3 a5 25.f3 f5 26.Be5 Kf7 27.f4 Nd6 28.Na6 Ne8 29.Kf2 Be4 30.g3 Kg6 31.Ke3 Kh5 32.Kd4 Kg4 33.Kxc4 Kh3 34.fxg5 hxg5 35.Nxc7 Nxc7 36.Bxc7 Kxh2 37.Kb5 Kh3 38.c4 Kg4 39.c5 f4 40.gxf4 gxf4 41.Bxa5 Kf5 1-0 [Event "World Championship 20th"] [Site "Moscow, Russia"] [Date "1954"] [Round "14"] [White "Mikhail Botvinnik"] [Black "Vassili Smyslov"] [Result "0-1"] 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.g3 Bg7 4.Bg2 O-O 5.Nc3 d6 6.Nf3 Nbd7 7.O-O e5 8.e4 c6 9.Be3 Ng4 10.Bg5 Qb6 11.h3 exd4 12.Na4 Qa6 13.hxg4 b5 14.Nxd4 bxa4 15.Nxc6 Qxc6 16.e5 Qxc4 17.Bxa8 Nxe5 18.Rc1 Qb4 19.a3 Qxb2 20.Qxa4 Bb7 21.Rb1 Nf3+ 22.Kh1 Bxa8 23.Rxb2 Nxg5+ 24.Kh2 Nf3+ 25.Kh3 Bxb2 26.Qxa7 Be4 27.a4 Kg7 28.Rd1 Be5 29.Qe7 Rc8 30.a5 Rc2 31.Kg2 Nd4+ 32.Kf1 Bf3 33.Rb1 Nc6 0-1 [Event "World Championship 20th"] [Site "Moscow, Russia"] [Date "1954"] [Round "20"] [White "Mikhail Botvinnik"] [Black "Vassili Smyslov"] [Result "0-1"] 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.g3 Bg7 4.Bg2 O-O 5.Nc3 d6 6.e3 Nbd7 7.Nge2 e5 8.b3 Re8 9.Ba3 h5 10.h3 a6 11.dxe5 dxe5 12.e4 Nh7 13.O-O h4 14.Bc1 c6 15.Be3 hxg3 16.fxg3 Qe7 17.Qd2 b5 18.Rad1 bxc4 19.bxc4 Qb4 20.Rc1 Bf8 21.Kh2 Nc5 22.Nb1 a5 23.Qc2 Be6 24.Rfd1 Reb8 25.Bf1 a4 26.Bd2 Qb6 27.Be3 a3 28.Nec3 Qa5 29.Qf2 Be7 30.Rc2 Nf6 31.Nd2 Rb2 32.Rdc1 Rd8 33.Bxc5 Qxc5 34.Qe2 Qb4 35.Nb3 Rxc2 36.Rxc2 Ne8 37.Nb1 Nd6 38.N1d2 Nb7 39.h4 Nc5 40.Nxc5 Qxc5 41.Nb3 Qd6 42.Rd2 Qb4 43.Rc2 f6 44.Bh3 Bf7 45.Bg4 Kg7 46.Kg2 Qd6 47.Rd2 Qb8 48.Rc2 Bb4 49.h5 Qd6 50.hxg6 Bxg6 51.Bh5 Qd3 52.Bxg6 Qxe2+ 53.Rxe2 Kxg6 54.Rf2 Kf7 55.Rf1 Ke6 56.Rf3 Be7 57.Rf1 Bb4 58.Rf3 Ke7 59.Rf1 Kf7 60.Rf3 Kg6 61.Rf2 Rd6 62.Rf5 Bd2 63.Rf3 Bg5 64.c5 Rd7 65.Rc3 f5 66.Kf3 Kf6 67.exf5 Kxf5 68.g4+ Ke6 69.Ke2 e4 70.Rc4 Ke5 71.Ra4 Rh7 72.Rxa3 Rh2+ 0-1 [Event "World Championship 20th"] [Site "Moscow, Russia"] [Date "1954"] [Round "23"] [White "Vassili Smyslov"] [Black "Mikhail Botvinnik"] [Result "1-0"] 1.e4 e6 2.d3 c5 3.Nd2 Nc6 4.g3 g6 5.Bg2 Bg7 6.Ngf3 Nge7 7.O-O O-O 8.c3 d6 9.a4 f5 10.Qb3 d5 11.exd5 exd5 12.Re1 f4 13.Nf1 Bg4 14.gxf4 Bxf3 15.Bxf3 Kh8 16.Bd2 Bh6 17.Re6 Bxf4 18.Rae1 Bxd2 19.Nxd2 Nf5 20.Bg2 Nh4 21.Qxd5 Nxg2 22.Qxg2 Qxd3 23.Ne4 Rf5 24.Nd6 Rf3 25.Nxb7 Raf8 26.Nxc5 Qf5 27.Re8 Kg8 28.Rxf8+ 1-0 [Event "22nd Soviet Championship"] [Site "Moscow, Russia"] [Date "1955"] [White "Paul Keres"] [Black "Vassili Smyslov"] [Result "0-1"] 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.a4 b4 10.d4 bxc3 11.dxe5 Nxe5 12.Nxe5 dxe5 13.Nxc3 a5 14.Nd5 Nxd5 15.Bxd5 Ra6 16.Be3 Bb4 17.Re2 Rd6 18.Qc1 c6 19.Bxc6 Be6 20.Qc2 Qb8 21.Bd5 Bxd5 22.exd5 Rxd5 23.Rc1 Qd6 24.h3 Rd8 25.Qc4 h6 26.Rec2 Qe6 27.Qe2 Qd7 28.Rc7 Qxa4 29.Bxh6 Rd1+ 30.Kh2 Rxc1 31.Qg4 Rh1+ 32.Kg3 Rd3+ 33.Be3 Rxe3+ 34.fxe3 Be1+ 35.Kf3 e4+ 36.Kf4 Rf1+ 37.Ke5 Qb5+ 38.Kd4 Qb6+ 39.Rc5 Bb4 0-1 [Event "22nd Soviet Championship"] [Site "Moscow, Russia"] [Date "1955"] [White "Vassili Smyslov"] [Black "Efim Geller"] [Result "1-0"] 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 c5 5.cxd5 cxd4 6.Qxd4 Be7 7.e4 Nc6 8.Qd2 Nxe4 9.Nxe4 exd5 10.Bxe7 Qxe7 11.Qxd5 O-O 12.f3 Nb4 13.Qd6 Qxd6 14.Nxd6 Nc2+ 15.Kd2 Nxa1 16.Bd3 Rd8 17.Ne4 Rxd3+ 18.Kxd3 b6 19.Nh3 Bxh3 20.gxh3 Rd8+ 21.Kc3 f5 22.Ng3 Rc8+ 23.Kd2 Rc2+ 24.Kd3 Rxb2 25.Rxa1 Rxh2 26.Nxf5 Rxh3 27.Ke4 g6 28.Nd4 Rh5 29.Nc6 Rh4+ 30.Ke5 Rh3 31.f4 Rh5+ 32.Ke4 a6 33.Rd1 Rh2 34.Ke5 Rc2 35.Nb4 Rc5+ 36.Rd5 a5 37.Rxc5 bxc5 38.Nd5 Kf7 39.Nf6 c4 40.Ne4 h5 41.Nd6+ 1-0 [Event "22nd Soviet Championship"] [Site "Moscow, Russia"] [Date "1955"] [White "Vassili Smyslov"] [Black "Mikhail Botvinnik"] [Result "1-0"] 1.Nf3 Nf6 2.g3 g6 3.Bg2 Bg7 4.O-O O-O 5.d3 c5 6.e4 Nc6 7.Nbd2 d6 8.a4 Ne8 9.Nc4 e5 10.c3 f5 11.b4 cxb4 12.cxb4 fxe4 13.dxe4 Be6 14.Ne3 Nxb4 15.Rb1 a5 16.Ba3 Nc7 17.Bxb4 axb4 18.Rxb4 Bh6 19.Rb6 Bxe3 20.fxe3 Bc4 21.Rxd6 Qe8 22.Re1 Rf7 23.Ng5 Re7 24.Bf1 Bxf1 25.Rxf1 Qxa4 26.Rd8+ Re8 27.Qf3 Qc4 28.Rd7 1-0 [Event "22nd Soviet Championship playoff-1pl"] [Site "Moscow, Russia"] [Date "1955"] [Round "7"] [White "Vassili Smyslov"] [Black "Efim Geller"] [Result "0-1"] 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.f3 O-O 6.Be3 e5 7.Nge2 c6 8.d5 cxd5 9.cxd5 Ne8 10.Qd2 f5 11.h3 Nd7 12.g3 Nb6 13.b3 f4 14.gxf4 exf4 15.Bd4 Nd7 16.h4 Ne5 17.Bg2 Bd7 18.Bf2 Rc8 19.Nd4 Qa5 20.Rc1 Nc7 21.Rc2 Na6 22.O-O Nc5 23.Nce2 Qxd2 24.Rxd2 Nxe4 25.fxe4 f3 26.Nxf3 Nxf3+ 27.Bxf3 Rxf3 28.Bxa7 Rh3 29.Bf2 Be5 30.Nd4 Bg4 31.Be1 Re3 32.Bf2 Rxe4 33.Re1 Rxe1+ 34.Bxe1 Rc1 0-1 [Event "World Championship 21th"] [Site "Moscow, Russia"] [Date "1957"] [Round "1"] [White "Mikhail Botvinnik"] [Black "Vassili Smyslov"] [Result "0-1"] 1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 g6 3.g3 Bg7 4.Bg2 O-O 5.e4 c5 6.Nge2 Nc6 7.O-O d6 8.a3 Bd7 9.h3 Ne8 10.d3 Nc7 11.Rb1 Rb8 12.Be3 b5 13.cxb5 Nxb5 14.Nxb5 Rxb5 15.d4 Qc8 16.dxc5 dxc5 17.Kh2 Rd8 18.Qc1 Nd4 19.Nc3 Rb7 20.f4 Bc6 21.Rf2 a5 22.Qf1 Nb5 23.e5 Nxc3 24.bxc3 Bxg2 25.Rxg2 Rxb1 26.Qxb1 Qc6 27.Rd2 Rxd2+ 28.Bxd2 c4 29.Be3 f6 30.Bd4 Kf7 31.Qd1 a4 32.Qe2 Qd5 33.Kg1 Bf8 34.f5 fxe5 35.fxg6+ hxg6 36.Bxe5 e6 37.Qf2+ Ke8 38.Qf6 Bxa3 39.Qxg6+ Kd7 40.Qh7+ Be7 41.Bf6 0-1 [Event "World Championship 21th"] [Site "Moscow, Russia"] [Date "1957"] [Round "4"] [White "Vassili Smyslov"] [Black "Mikhail Botvinnik"] [Result "0-1"] 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 d6 6.Bg5 e6 7.Qd2 a6 8.O-O-O h6 9.Be3 Bd7 10.f3 b5 11.Nxc6 Bxc6 12.Qf2 Qc7 13.Bd3 Be7 14.Qg3 g6 15.Kb1 O-O-O 16.Qf2 Kb7 17.Ne2 e5 18.Nc1 d5 19.exd5 Nxd5 20.Rhe1 f5 21.Nb3 Nxe3 22.Qxe3 Bd6 23.c4 bxc4 24.Bxc4 Qb6 25.Qe2 Ka7 26.Rc1 Bb7 27.Red1 e4 28.Bd5 Bf4 29.Bxb7 Bxc1 30.Bd5 Be3 31.fxe4 fxe4 32.Qc4 Rh7 33.Qxe4 Rhd7 34.Rd3 Bg5 35.Qf3 Rxd5 36.Rxd5 Qg1+ 37.Kc2 Rc8+ 38.Kd3 Qb1+ 39.Kd4 Qxb2+ 40.Ke4 Re8+ 41.Kd3 0-1 [Event "World Championship 21th"] [Site "Moscow, Russia"] [Date "1957"] [Round "5"] [White "Mikhail Botvinnik"] [Black "Vassili Smyslov"] [Result "1-0"] 1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 g6 3.g3 Bg7 4.Bg2 O-O 5.d4 d6 6.Nf3 Bg4 7.h3 Bxf3 8.Bxf3 Nc6 9.Bg2 Nd7 10.e3 e5 11.d5 Ne7 12.e4 f5 13.h4 f4 14.Bh3 Rf6 15.Qe2 Bh6 16.Bd2 Nc5 17.b4 f3 18.Qf1 Bxd2+ 19.Kxd2 Na6 20.a3 c6 21.Qd3 Nc7 22.Rab1 Rb8 23.Rhc1 a5 24.b5 c5 25.b6 Ne8 26.Re1 Ng7 27.Re3 Qf8 28.Rb5 Ra8 29.Na4 Qf7 30.Qc3 h5 31.Rxa5 Rb8 32.Nb2 Kh7 33.Qb3 Ng8 34.Nd3 Nh6 35.Re1 Ng4 36.Qa4 Qe7 37.Kc2 Rff8 38.Ra7 Ne8 39.Bxg4 hxg4 40.Qb5 Nf6 41.a4 Kg8 42.Qa5 Qd8 43.Nb2 Nd7 44.Nd1 Nf6 45.Qb5 Qe7 46.a5 Qh7 47.Kd3 Rf7 48.Qb2 Nh5 49.Rg1 g5 50.hxg5 Rbf8 51.Qd2 Rf4 52.Nc3 Nxg3 53.Rxg3 Qh2 54.Qe1 1-0 [Event "World Championship 21th"] [Site "Moscow, Russia"] [Date "1957"] [Round "6"] [White "Vassili Smyslov"] [Black "Mikhail Botvinnik"] [Result "1-0"] 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.O-O-O Nc6 10.h3 Bxf3 11.gxf3 Nb6 12.Qc5 f5 13.Ne2 Qd6 14.e5 Qxc5+ 15.dxc5 Nc4 16.f4 Rfd8 17.Bg2 Nxe3 18.fxe3 Nb4 19.Bxb7 Rab8 20.c6 Kf7 21.Nd4 e6 22.Nb5 Nd5 23.Rxd5 exd5 24.Nxc7 Rdc8 25.Bxc8 Rxc8 26.Nxd5 Rxc6+ 27.Kd2 Ke6 28.Nc3 1-0 [Event "World Championship 21th"] [Site "Moscow, Russia"] [Date "1957"] [Round "8"] [White "Vassili Smyslov"] [Black "Mikhail Botvinnik"] [Result "1-0"] 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 d6 6.Bg5 e6 7.Qd2 a6 8.O-O-O h6 9.Be3 Bd7 10.f4 Rc8 11.Kb1 b5 12.Bd3 Ng4 13.Bg1 Nxd4 14.Bxd4 e5 15.Bg1 exf4 16.Nd5 Ne3 17.Bxe3 fxe3 18.Qxe3 Be6 19.Qa7 Bxd5 20.exd5 Be7 21.Rhe1 Qc7 22.Qxa6 O-O 23.c3 Bf6 24.Bxb5 Ra8 25.Qc6 Qb8 26.Qc4 Rc8 27.Bc6 Ra7 28.Qb3 Qc7 29.Re4 g6 30.Rf1 Be5 31.h3 Kg7 32.Rb4 Rf8 33.a3 h5 34.Ka2 Qd8 35.Qc2 f5 36.Qf2 Raf7 37.a4 g5 38.Rb5 g4 39.a5 f4 40.hxg4 hxg4 41.a6 1-0 [Event "World Championship 21th"] [Site "Moscow, Russia"] [Date "1957"] [Round "12"] [White "Vassili Smyslov"] [Black "Mikhail Botvinnik"] [Result "1-0"] 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 g6 3.c4 Bg7 4.d4 d6 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Be3 Bg4 7.dxc5 dxc5 8.Qxd8+ Rxd8 9.Bxc5 Bxc3+ 10.bxc3 Nf6 11.Nd4 Nxe4 12.Nxc6 bxc6 13.Bxa7 Bf5 14.f3 Nd6 15.a4 Ra8 16.Bb6 O-O 17.c5 Nc8 18.g4 Be6 19.a5 Nxb6 20.cxb6 Rfb8 21.Bd3 Rxb6 22.axb6 Rxa1+ 23.Kd2 Ra2+ 24.Ke3 Bc8 25.Rd1 Rb2 26.Bc4 Kg7 27.Rd8 Be6 28.Bxe6 fxe6 29.Rb8 e5 30.c4 Kf7 31.c5 Ke6 32.Rd8 g5 33.h3 Rb1 34.Kd2 Rb5 35.Kd3 Rb1 36.Kc4 Rc1+ 37.Kb4 Rb1+ 38.Ka4 Ra1+ 39.Kb4 Rb1+ 40.Ka3 Ra1+ 41.Kb2 Ra5 42.Rd3 Ra8 43.Kb3 Ra5 1-0 [Event "World Championship 21th"] [Site "Moscow, Russia"] [Date "1957"] [Round "17"] [White "Mikhail Botvinnik"] [Black "Vassili Smyslov"] [Result "0-1"] 1.Nf3 Nf6 2.g3 g6 3.c4 c6 4.Bg2 Bg7 5.d4 O-O 6.Nc3 d5 7.cxd5 cxd5 8.Ne5 b6 9.Bg5 Bb7 10.Bxf6 Bxf6 11.O-O e6 12.f4 Bg7 13.Rc1 f6 14.Nf3 Nc6 15.e3 Qd7 16.Qe2 Na5 17.h4 Nc4 18.Bh3 Nd6 19.Kh2 a5 20.Rfe1 b5 21.Nd1 b4 22.Nf2 Ba6 23.Qd1 Rfc8 24.Rxc8+ Rxc8 25.Bf1 Bxf1 26.Rxf1 Qc6 27.Nd3 Qc2+ 28.Qxc2 Rxc2+ 29.Rf2 Rxf2+ 30.Nxf2 Nc4 31.Nd1 Kf7 32.b3 Nd6 33.Kg2 h5 34.Kh3 Ne4 35.g4 hxg4+ 36.Kxg4 f5+ 37.Kh3 Bf6 38.Ne1 Kg7 39.Nd3 Nc3 40.Nxc3 bxc3 41.Ne1 Kh6 42.Nc2 Be7 43.Kg3 Kh5 44.Kf3 Kxh4 45.Ne1 g5 46.fxg5 Kxg5 47.Nc2 Bd6 48.Ne1 Kh4 49.Nc2 Kh3 50.Na1 Kh2 51.Kf2 Bg3+ 52.Kf3 Bh4 53.Nc2 Kg1 54.Ke2 Kg2 55.Na1 Be7 56.Nc2 Kg3 57.Ne1 Bd8 58.Nc2 Bf6 59.a3 Be7 60.b4 a4 61.Ne1 Bg5 62.Nc2 Bf6 63.Kd3 Kf2 64.Na1 Bd8 65.Nc2 Bg5 66.b5 Bd8 67.Nb4 Bb6 68.Nc2 Ba5 69.Nb4 Ke1 0-1 [Event "World Championship 21th"] [Site "Moscow, Russia"] [Date "1957"] [Round "20"] [White "Vassili Smyslov"] [Black "Mikhail Botvinnik"] [Result "1-0"] 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e5 c5 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.bxc3 Qc7 7.Qg4 f6 8.Nf3 Nc6 9.Qg3 Qf7 10.dxc5 Nge7 11.Bd3 fxe5 12.Nxe5 Nxe5 13.Qxe5 O-O 14.O-O Nc6 15.Qg3 e5 16.Be3 Bf5 17.Rab1 Bxd3 18.cxd3 Rae8 19.f4 Qc7 20.fxe5 Rxf1+ 21.Rxf1 Qxe5 22.Qxe5 Nxe5 23.Rd1 Kf7 24.h3 Nc6 25.Bf4 Re7 26.Bd6 Rd7 27.Rf1+ Ke6 28.Re1+ Kf7 29.Kf2 b6 30.Rb1 Ke6 31.Rb5 d4 32.c4 bxc5 33.Bh2 Rf7+ 34.Ke2 Re7 35.Rxc5 Kd7+ 36.Kd2 Re6 37.Rg5 g6 38.Rd5+ Kc8 39.Bg1 Rf6 40.Bxd4 Nxd4 41.Rxd4 Rf2+ 42.Kc3 1-0 [Event "World Championship 22th"] [Site "Moscow, Russia"] [Date "1958"] [Round "1"] [White "Vassili Smyslov"] [Black "Mikhail Botvinnik"] [Result "0-1"] 1.e4 c6 2.Nc3 d5 3.Nf3 Bg4 4.h3 Bxf3 5.Qxf3 Nf6 6.d3 e6 7.Be2 Nbd7 8.Qg3 g6 9.O-O Bg7 10.Bf4 Qb6 11.Rab1 O-O 12.Bc7 Qd4 13.Bf3 e5 14.Bd6 Rfe8 15.Ba3 dxe4 16.dxe4 b5 17.Rfd1 Qb6 18.b3 Nc5 19.Bc1 Qc7 20.Be3 Ne6 21.a4 a6 22.b4 Rad8 23.Be2 Qe7 24.axb5 axb5 25.Rxd8 Rxd8 26.Bb6 Ra8 27.f3 Ra3 28.Qe1 Bh6 29.Bf1 Nd4 30.Bc5 Qe6 31.Bd3 Nd7 32.Bxd4 exd4 33.Ne2 Be3+ 34.Kh1 Ne5 35.Qf1 Qd6 36.f4 Nxd3 37.cxd3 Rxd3 38.Qf3 Rd2 39.Rf1 Qxb4 40.e5 Qc4 41.Ng3 Rc2 42.f5 Rc1 43.e6 fxe6 44.fxg6 Rxf1+ 45.Nxf1 hxg6 46.Qf6 b4 47.Kh2 g5 48.Nxe3 dxe3 49.Qxg5+ Kf7 50.Qxe3 b3 51.Qe5 c5 52.Qc7+ Kg6 53.Qb8 Kf5 54.Qf8+ Ke4 55.Qf6 Qd5 56.Qf3+ Kd4 57.Qd1+ Ke5 58.Qe2+ Kd6 59.Qa6+ Ke7 60.Qa7+ Kf6 61.Qh7 Qe5+ 62.Kh1 b2 0-1 [Event "World Championship 22th"] [Site "Moscow, Russia"] [Date "1958"] [Round "2"] [White "Mikhail Botvinnik"] [Black "Vassili Smyslov"] [Result "1-0"] 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.f3 O-O 6.Be3 a6 7.Bd3 Nc6 8.Nge2 Rb8 9.a3 Nd7 10.Bb1 Na5 11.Ba2 b5 12.cxb5 axb5 13.b4 Nc4 14.Bxc4 bxc4 15.O-O c6 16.Qd2 Nb6 17.Bh6 Bxh6 18.Qxh6 f6 19.a4 Na8 20.Rfb1 f5 21.Qe3 fxe4 22.fxe4 Nc7 23.d5 cxd5 24.exd5 Bb7 25.Rf1 Qd7 26.Qd4 e6 27.dxe6 Nxe6 28.Qg4 Rfe8 29.Nd4 Qg7 30.Rad1 Nc7 31.Qf4 Re5 32.Nc6 Bxc6 33.Qxc4+ d5 34.Qxc6 Rd8 35.Qb6 Qe7 36.Qd4 Qd6 37.Rfe1 Rde8 38.Rxe5 Rxe5 39.b5 Ne6 40.Qa7 d4 41.Ne4 1-0 [Event "World Championship 22th"] [Site "Moscow, Russia"] [Date "1958"] [Round "3"] [White "Vassili Smyslov"] [Black "Mikhail Botvinnik"] [Result "0-1"] 1.e4 c6 2.Nc3 d5 3.d4 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Bf5 5.Ng3 Bg6 6.h4 h6 7.Nf3 Nd7 8.Bd3 Bxd3 9.Qxd3 Qc7 10.Bd2 Ngf6 11.O-O-O e6 12.Kb1 O-O-O 13.c4 c5 14.Bc3 cxd4 15.Nxd4 a6 16.Qe2 Bd6 17.Ne4 Nxe4 18.Qxe4 Nf6 19.Qe2 Rd7 20.Rc1 Qc5 21.Nb3 Qf5+ 22.Rc2 Bc7 23.c5 Rd5 24.c6 Bb6 25.Nd2 Qd3 26.Nc4 Bc7 27.Qxd3 Rxd3 28.Ne5 Rxc3 29.cxb7+ Kxb7 30.Rxc3 Bxe5 31.Rb3+ Ka7 32.Rc1 Rb8 33.Rxb8 Kxb8 34.Rc4 Nd5 35.Kc2 h5 36.b4 Kb7 37.Kb3 Bd6 38.a3 Bc7 39.Rc2 Bb6 40.Kc4 Nf4 41.g3 Nh3 42.f3 Ng1 43.f4 Nf3 44.a4 Nd4 45.Rd2 Nf5 46.a5 Be3 47.Rd8 Bf2 48.b5 Kc7 49.Rg8 axb5+ 50.Kxb5 Bxg3 51.a6 Bf2 52.Ka5 g6 53.Ra8 Be1+ 54.Kb5 Nd6+ 55.Ka4 Nc8 56.Kb5 Bf2 57.Ka5 Ba7 58.Kb5 f6 59.Kb4 e5 60.fxe5 fxe5 61.Kc3 Bb8 62.Kd3 Nb6 63.a7 Nxa8 64.axb8=Q+ Kxb8 65.Ke4 Nb6 66.Kxe5 Nd7+ 0-1 [Event "World Championship 22th"] [Site "Moscow, Russia"] [Date "1958"] [Round "5"] [White "Vassili Smyslov"] [Black "Mikhail Botvinnik"] [Result "1-0"] 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 d6 6.Be2 g6 7.Be3 Bg7 8.h4 O-O 9.h5 d5 10.hxg6 hxg6 11.exd5 Nxd5 12.Nxc6 bxc6 13.Nxd5 Qxd5 14.Qxd5 cxd5 15.O-O-O Bb7 16.f4 d4 17.Bxd4 Bxg2 18.Rhg1 Be4 19.Bxg7 Kxg7 20.Rd7 Kf6 21.Rd4 Bf5 22.Rgd1 Rac8 23.R1d2 Rc7 24.b3 Rh8 25.Bc4 Rh3 26.Kb2 Re3 27.a4 e5 28.fxe5+ Kxe5 29.a5 Be6 30.Bxe6 Kxe6 31.Rd8 Ke7 32.Rb8 Re6 33.c4 a6 34.Kc3 f5 35.Rdd8 f4 36.Re8+ Kf6 37.Rxe6+ Kxe6 38.Kd4 Rf7 39.Ke4 Kd6 40.Rb6+ Kc5 41.Kd3 1-0 [Event "World Championship 22th"] [Site "Moscow, Russia"] [Date "1958"] [Round "6"] [White "Mikhail Botvinnik"] [Black "Vassili Smyslov"] [Result "1-0"] 1.c4 g6 2.e4 Bg7 3.d4 d6 4.Nc3 a6 5.Be3 Nf6 6.f3 c6 7.Bd3 b5 8.Qd2 bxc4 9.Bxc4 d5 10.Bb3 dxe4 11.Nxe4 O-O 12.Ne2 a5 13.O-O a4 14.Bc4 Nbd7 15.Rac1 Rb8 16.Nxf6+ Bxf6 17.Nc3 Nb6 18.Be2 Be6 19.Rfd1 Bg7 20.Bh6 Bxh6 21.Qxh6 f6 22.Rd2 Bf7 23.h4 Qd7 24.a3 Rfd8 25.Ne4 Qe8 26.Bf1 Bd5 27.Nc5 Qf8 28.Qxf8+ Kxf8 29.Na6 Rbc8 30.Nb4 Bb3 31.Rxc6 Rxc6 32.Nxc6 Rd6 33.Na5 Ba2 34.Nb7 Rd5 35.Nc5 e5 36.Ne4 Rxd4 37.Rxd4 exd4 38.Nxf6 Ke7 39.Nxh7 Bb1 40.Ba6 Nd5 41.Kf2 Ne3 42.Be2 Ke6 43.Ng5+ Kd5 44.Ne4 Bxe4 45.fxe4+ Kxe4 46.g4 Kf4 47.h5 gxh5 48.gxh5 Kg5 49.Kf3 1-0 [Event "World Championship 22th"] [Site "Moscow, Russia"] [Date "1958"] [Round "11"] [White "Vassili Smyslov"] [Black "Mikhail Botvinnik"] [Result "1-0"] 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.Rd1 Nb6 10.Qb3 Nc6 11.d5 Ne5 12.Be2 Nxf3+ 13.gxf3 Bh5 14.h4 Qd7 15.a4 a5 16.Nb5 Nc8 17.Bd4 Nd6 18.Bxg7 Kxg7 19.Nd4 Kg8 20.Rg1 Qh3 21.Qe3 c5 22.dxc6 bxc6 23.Qg5 c5 24.Nc6 1-0 [Event "World Championship 22th"] [Site "Moscow, Russia"] [Date "1958"] [Round "19"] [White "Vassili Smyslov"] [Black "Mikhail Botvinnik"] [Result "1-0"] 1.e4 c6 2.Nc3 d5 3.Nf3 Bg4 4.h3 Bxf3 5.Qxf3 Nf6 6.d3 e6 7.a3 Be7 8.g4 Nfd7 9.d4 Nf8 10.Be3 Ng6 11.Qg3 Bh4 12.Qh2 Nd7 13.O-O-O Qb8 14.f4 dxe4 15.Nxe4 Nf6 16.Nxf6+ Bxf6 17.Qf2 Bh4 18.Qf3 Ne7 19.Bd3 g6 20.f5 exf5 21.Bf4 Qd8 22.gxf5 Qd5 23.Qg4 Bf6 24.Rhe1 h5 25.Qg3 h4 26.Qg4 gxf5 27.Bxf5 Kf8 28.Be4 Qa2 29.c3 Rd8 30.Rf1 Nd5 31.Bd2 Rd6 32.Qc8+ Ke7 33.Qxb7+ Rd7 34.Rde1 Qa1+ 35.Bb1+ 1-0 [Event "World Championship 22th"] [Site "Moscow, Russia"] [Date "1958"] [Round "22"] [White "Mikhail Botvinnik"] [Black "Vassili Smyslov"] [Result "0-1"] 1.d4 f5 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 e6 4.Nf3 Be7 5.O-O O-O 6.c4 c6 7.Nc3 d5 8.Bg5 Nbd7 9.e3 Qe8 10.Qc2 Kh8 11.Ne2 h6 12.Bxf6 Bxf6 13.cxd5 exd5 14.Nf4 g5 15.Nd3 Rg8 16.Qc3 Be7 17.Nfe5 Nf6 18.f3 Be6 19.Nc5 Bxc5 20.Qxc5 Nd7 21.Nxd7 Qxd7 22.Rae1 Rg7 23.Rf2 b6 24.Qc3 Qd6 25.Rc2 Bd7 26.b4 h5 27.Kh1 h4 28.gxh4 gxh4 29.f4 Rag8 30.Bf3 Be8 31.Qd2 Qh6 32.Qe2 h3 33.Rcc1 Rg2 34.Bxg2 Rxg2 35.Qf3 Qh4 36.b5 Bh5 37.Qxg2 hxg2+ 38.Kg1 c5 0-1 [Event "Soviet Team Championship"] [Site "Moscow, Russia"] [Date "1959"] [White "Vassili Smyslov"] [Black "Mark Taimanov"] [Result "1-0"] 1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.f4 g6 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.d3 d6 6.g3 Nf6 7.Bg2 O-O 8.O-O Rb8 9.h3 b5 10.g4 b4 11.Ne2 c4 12.Be3 Ba6 13.Ned4 Nxd4 14.Bxd4 Qc7 15.Rf2 Rfe8 16.f5 e5 17.fxe6 fxe6 18.e5 Nd5 19.exd6 Qd7 20.dxc4 Nf4 21.Bxg7 Qxg7 22.Qd4 Nxg2 23.Qxg7+ Kxg7 24.Kxg2 Bxc4 25.Ne5 Bd5+ 26.Kg3 Red8 27.d7 1-0 [Event "27th Soviet Championship"] [Site "Leningrad, Russia"] [Date "1960"] [Round "5"] [White "Vassili Smyslov"] [Black "Viktor Korchnoi"] [Result "0-1"] 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.g3 c6 4.Bg2 d5 5.cxd5 cxd5 6.Nf3 Bg7 7.O-O O-O 8.Nc3 Nc6 9.Ne5 e6 10.Nxc6 bxc6 11.Bf4 Nd7 12.Na4 Ba6 13.Rc1 Qa5 14.b3 Rfc8 15.Bd6 Bb5 16.Nc3 Qb6 17.Bc5 Nxc5 18.dxc5 Qxc5 19.Nxd5 Qa3 20.Nc3 Bxc3 21.Rxc3 Qxa2 22.Bf3 Rd8 23.Qc1 Rac8 24.Qe3 Qd2 25.Qc5 Qd4 26.Rfc1 Qxc5 27.Rxc5 a6 28.Kg2 Kf8 29.R1c3 Ke7 30.e4 Kd6 31.e5+ Kc7 32.Re3 Kb6 33.Rcc3 Rd2 34.Re4 Rcd8 35.Rf4 R8d7 36.h4 R2d4 37.Be4 c5 38.Kh3 a5 39.Kg4 h6 40.f3 Bc6 41.Re3 Bxe4 42.fxe4 a4 43.bxa4 c4 44.Rf1 Rd3 45.Kf3 Ka5 46.Rxd3 cxd3 47.Ke3 d2 48.Rd1 Kxa4 49.Rxd2 Rxd2 50.Kxd2 Kb3 51.Kd3 h5 52.Ke2 Kc2 53.Ke3 Kc3 54.Kf3 Kd3 0-1 [Event "Soviet Team Championship"] [Site "Moscow, Russia"] [Date "1960"] [White "Vassili Smyslov"] [Black "Boris Spassky"] [Result "1-0"] 1.e4 Nf6 2.e5 Nd5 3.d4 d6 4.Nf3 Bg4 5.Be2 Nc6 6.c4 Nb6 7.exd6 exd6 8.O-O Be7 9.Nc3 O-O 10.b3 Bf6 11.Be3 Re8 12.h3 Bh5 13.Qd2 d5 14.c5 Nc8 15.Rad1 a5 16.Rfe1 N8a7 17.Bf4 Qd7 18.g4 Bg6 19.Bg3 h6 20.Qf4 Re7 21.Bf1 Rae8 22.Rxe7 Rxe7 23.h4 Re4 24.Nxe4 dxe4 25.h5 Bh7 26.g5 hxg5 27.Nxg5 Bxg5 28.Qxg5 f6 29.Bc4+ 1-0 [Event "28th Soviet Championship"] [Site "Moscow, Russia"] [Date "1961"] [White "Mark Taimanov"] [Black "Vassili Smyslov"] [Result "0-1"] 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.e3 O-O 6.Bd2 Nc6 7.cxd5 Nxd5 8.Bb5 Nxc3 9.Bxc3 Qd5 10.Qe2 Bg4 11.O-O a6 12.Ba4 Rfd8 13.Rfc1 Rac8 14.h3 Bxf3 15.Qxf3 Qxf3 16.gxf3 Nb8 17.Rc2 Rd5 18.Rac1 c6 19.Bb3 Rh5 20.Kg2 Nd7 21.a4 e6 22.Bd2 Rd8 23.f4 c5 24.dxc5 Rxc5 25.Bb4 Rxc2 26.Rxc2 Bf8 27.Bxf8 Kxf8 28.Rc7 b6 29.Bc4 a5 30.Rc6 Rb8 31.Bb5 Rb7 32.Kf3 Ke7 33.e4 Nf6 34.Rc8 Nd7 35.e5 g5 36.Rg8 gxf4 37.Kxf4 Nf8 38.Ke4 Rc7 39.Rg3 Rc2 40.f4 Rxb2 41.Rc3 Rb4+ 42.Ke3 Ng6 43.Rc8 f5 44.Rc7+ Kf8 45.Bc4 Rxa4 46.Bxe6 Re4+ 47.Kd2 Nxf4 48.Bxf5 Re2+ 49.Kc3 Nd5+ 50.Kd3 Rxe5 51.Rc8+ Kg7 52.Be4 Nf4+ 53.Kd4 Re7 54.Rb8 Ne2+ 55.Kd3 Nc1+ 56.Kd4 Ne2+ 57.Kd3 Nc1+ 58.Kd4 Nb3+ 59.Kd5 Nc5 60.Bb1 Nd7 61.Rd8 Nf6+ 62.Kc6 Re6+ 63.Kb7 b5 64.Ra8 a4 65.Ra5 Nd5 66.Rxb5 Nc3 67.Rg5+ Kh6 68.Rg1 a3 69.Bd3 Re3 70.Bc4 Re4 71.Bg8 Re7+ 72.Kb6 Rg7 73.Rc1 Rxg8 74.Rxc3 Ra8 0-1 [Event "28th Soviet Championship"] [Site "Moscow, Russia"] [Date "1961"] [White "Vassili Smyslov"] [Black "Viktor Korchnoi"] [Result "1-0"] 1.c4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 g6 5.e4 Nf6 6.Nc3 Nxd4 7.Qxd4 d6 8.Be2 Bg7 9.O-O O-O 10.Qd3 Be6 11.Bd2 Nd7 12.b3 Ne5 13.Qg3 Nc6 14.Kh1 Nd4 15.Bd3 Rc8 16.Rad1 a6 17.f4 b5 18.f5 bxc4 19.fxe6 cxd3 20.exf7+ Rxf7 21.Rxf7 Kxf7 22.Qxd3 Kg8 23.Qxa6 Kh8 24.Qd3 Qa5 25.Rf1 Rc6 26.Ne2 Qc5 27.Be3 1-0 [Event "29th Soviet Championship"] [Site "Baku, Azerbaijan"] [Date "1961"] [Round "1"] [White "Vassili Smyslov"] [Black "Lev Polugaevsky"] [Result "1-0"] 1.e4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.g3 d5 4.exd5 Nxd5 5.Bg2 Be6 6.Nf3 Nc6 7.O-O Be7 8.Re1 Bf6 9.Ne4 O-O 10.d3 Be7 11.a3 Nb6 12.b4 Bg4 13.c3 a6 14.h3 Bh5 15.Nc5 Rb8 16.Bb2 Bd6 17.Qb3 Nd7 18.d4 Re8 19.Re3 exd4 20.cxd4 Rxe3 21.Qxe3 a5 22.b5 Ne7 23.Re1 Nd5 24.Qb3 N5f6 25.Nd3 Nb6 26.Nfe5 a4 27.Qc2 Bg6 28.Nxg6 hxg6 29.Ne5 Nbd5 30.Qxa4 b6 31.Nd3 Bf8 32.Ne5 Qd6 33.Nc6 Re8 34.Re5 Ne7 35.Qc4 Nf5 36.Rxe8 Nxe8 37.Ne5 Qe7 38.Nxf7 Qe1+ 39.Bf1 Nxg3 40.Ne5+ Kh7 41.fxg3 Qxg3+ 42.Kh1 1-0 [Event "29th Soviet Championship"] [Site "Baku, Azerbaijan"] [Date "1961"] [Round "5"] [White "Vassili Smyslov"] [Black "Boris Spassky"] [Result "0-1"] 1.Nf3 d5 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 g6 4.b4 Bg7 5.Bb2 O-O 6.O-O Bg4 7.c4 c6 8.Na3 Nbd7 9.Rc1 a5 10.b5 a4 11.d3 e5 12.bxc6 bxc6 13.cxd5 cxd5 14.Nc2 e4 15.dxe4 dxe4 16.Nd2 Rb8 17.Ba3 Re8 18.Ne3 Ne5 19.Nxg4 Nexg4 20.Nc4 e3 21.f3 Nf2 22.Qxa4 Nd5 23.f4 Nc3 24.Qc2 Qd4 25.Ne5 Bxe5 26.fxe5 Rec8 27.Bf3 Qd2 28.Kg2 Qd7 29.Bd6 Nce4 30.e6 Qxe6 31.Bxb8 Rxc2 32.Rxc2 g5 33.Kg1 Nd2 34.Rfc1 Nxf3+ 35.exf3 Nd3 36.Rc6 Qxa2 37.R6c2 Qa4 0-1 [Event "29th Soviet Championship"] [Site "Baku, Azerbaijan"] [Date "1961"] [Round "7"] [White "Vassili Smyslov"] [Black "Mark Taimanov"] [Result "0-1"] 1.c4 g6 2.Nc3 Bg7 3.g3 Nf6 4.Bg2 O-O 5.e4 c5 6.Nge2 Nc6 7.O-O a6 8.Rb1 Rb8 9.a3 b5 10.cxb5 axb5 11.b4 cxb4 12.axb4 e5 13.d3 d6 14.h3 Be6 15.Nd5 Ne7 16.Nxe7+ Qxe7 17.f4 exf4 18.Nxf4 Nd7 19.Be3 Ne5 20.Nxe6 Qxe6 21.Qd2 Ra8 22.Rf2 Ra3 23.Bf1 Rc8 24.Rc1 Rxc1 25.Qxc1 Ra1 26.Qxa1 Nf3+ 27.Rxf3 Bxa1 28.Kg2 Qb3 29.Rf2 Kg7 30.h4 h5 31.g4 hxg4 32.h5 gxh5 33.Rf5 Qd1 34.Kg1 h4 35.Rg5+ Kf8 36.Rf5 h3 37.Rh5 Be5 0-1 [Event "Amsterdam Interzonal Tournament"] [Site "Amsterdam, Netherlands"] [Date "1964"] [Round "4"] [White "Vassili Smyslov"] [Black "David Bronstein"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] 1.Nf3 Nf6 2.g3 g6 3.b4 Bg7 4.Bb2 c6 5.Bg2 a5 6.a3 axb4 7.axb4 Rxa1 8.Bxa1 Qb6 9.c3 O-O 10.O-O d5 11.d3 Bg4 12.Nbd2 Nbd7 13.Qa4 Qc7 14.c4 dxc4 15.dxc4 c5 16.b5 Nb6 17.Qb3 Ra8 18.h3 Bf5 19.Be5 Qc8 20.g4 Bd7 21.Qc3 Be6 22.Rc1 Ra4 23.Qd3 h6 24.Nh2 Nbd7 25.Bf4 Nb6 26.Nhf1 h5 27.g5 Nfd7 28.Ne3 Nf8 29.Kh2 Kh7 30.Qe4 Ra2 31.Rd1 Na4 1/2-1/2 [Event "Amsterdam Interzonal Tournament"] [Site "Amsterdam, Netherlands"] [Date "1964"] [Round "6"] [White "Vassili Smyslov"] [Black "Leonid Stein"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] 1.c4 g6 2.Nc3 Bg7 3.g3 c5 4.Bg2 Nc6 5.a3 Nf6 6.d3 O-O 7.Rb1 a5 8.e3 e6 9.Nge2 d5 10.O-O Re8 11.Qc2 d4 12.Na4 Nd7 13.exd4 cxd4 14.b4 axb4 15.axb4 e5 16.b5 Ncb8 17.Bd2 e4 18.Nf4 exd3 19.Nxd3 Ne5 20.Nxe5 Rxe5 21.Bf4 Bf5 22.Qb3 Re2 23.Nc5 Bxb1 24.Qxb1 Nd7 25.Nxb7 Qe7 26.c5 Raa2 27.c6 Nb6 28.Qd3 Be5 29.Bf3 Reb2 30.Re1 f6 31.Bxe5 fxe5 32.Re2 Kg7 33.Rxb2 Rxb2 34.Kg2 1/2-1/2 [Event "Amsterdam Interzonal Tournament"] [Site "Amsterdam, Netherlands"] [Date "1964"] [Round "7"] [White "Vassili Smyslov"] [Black "Boris Spassky"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Nd7 5.Nf3 Ngf6 6.Ng3 e6 7.Bd3 c5 8.O-O cxd4 9.Nxd4 Nc5 10.Bb5+ Bd7 11.b4 Bxb5 12.Nxb5 a6 13.Nd4 Ncd7 14.a3 Be7 15.Qe2 O-O 16.c4 a5 17.Bd2 Nb6 18.Be3 Qc7 19.Nb5 Qc6 20.Bxb6 Qxb6 21.Nf5 exf5 22.Qxe7 axb4 23.Qxb4 Ne4 24.Rad1 Rfd8 25.Rd5 g6 26.a4 Rxd5 27.cxd5 Qc5 28.Qxc5 Nxc5 29.Ra1 Rxa4 30.Rxa4 Nxa4 31.f4 Nb6 32.Nc3 Kf8 33.Kf2 Nc4 34.Ke2 Ke7 35.Kd3 Na3 36.Nd1 Kd6 37.Kd4 Nb5+ 38.Kc4 Nc7 39.Ne3 b5+ 40.Kd4 h5 41.g3 Na8 42.Nc2 Nc7 43.Nb4 h4 44.gxh4 Ne8 45.Nc6 Nf6 46.Ne5 Nxd5 47.Nxf7+ Ke7 48.Ne5 Nxf4 49.Kc5 Kf6 50.Nf3 Kg7 51.Kxb5 Kh6 52.Kc4 Kh5 53.Kd4 Kg4 54.Ke3 Ng2+ 55.Kf2 Nxh4 56.Ng1 f4 57.h3+ Kh5 58.Ne2 g5 59.Nd4 Kg6 60.Ke2 1/2-1/2 [Event "Amsterdam Interzonal Tournament"] [Site "Amsterdam, Netherlands"] [Date "1964"] [Round "8"] [White "Lajos Portisch"] [Black "Vassili Smyslov"] [Result "0-1"] 1.c4 Nf6 2.d4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Ba6 5.Qa4 c6 6.Nc3 Be7 7.Bg2 O-O 8.Bf4 d6 9.Rc1 Qc8 10.O-O Nbd7 11.Rfd1 Bb7 12.e4 Nh5 13.Bg5 Bxg5 14.Nxg5 Nhf6 15.Qa3 h6 16.Nf3 c5 17.Ne1 a6 18.dxc5 dxc5 19.Qb3 Qc7 20.f4 e5 21.Nd5 Bxd5 22.exd5 Qd6 23.Nd3 Rfe8 24.Re1 exf4 25.Nxf4 Ne5 26.Qc3 b5 27.b3 bxc4 28.bxc4 Rab8 29.a3 Re7 30.Re2 Rbe8 31.Rce1 Ned7 32.Bh3 Rxe2 33.Rxe2 Rxe2 34.Nxe2 Qe5 35.Qd3 Qa1+ 36.Bf1 Ng4 37.h3 Nge5 38.Qc3 Qb1 39.Nf4 Qe4 40.Kf2 g5 41.Nh5 f5 42.Qb3 Qd4+ 43.Kg2 Qd2+ 44.Kg1 Kf7 45.Bg2 Qe1+ 46.Bf1 Qd2 47.Bg2 Qe2 48.g4 f4 49.Qb1 Qe3+ 50.Kh2 Qd3 51.Qb7 Qd2 52.Kg1 f3 53.Bf1 Qe3+ 54.Kh1 Qe1 55.Kg1 Qe3+ 56.Kh1 Qf2 57.Qb1 Kg8 58.Qa1 Kf8 59.d6 Kf7 60.Qd1 Ke8 61.Ng7+ Kd8 62.Qb1 Nxg4 63.hxg4 Qh4+ 64.Kg1 Qg3+ 65.Kh1 f2 0-1 [Event "Amsterdam Interzonal Tournament"] [Site "Amsterdam, Netherlands"] [Date "1964"] [Round "11"] [White "Vassili Smyslov"] [Black "Svetozar Gligoric"] [Result "1-0"] 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.Qe2 Nc6 4.g3 Nf6 5.Bg2 d5 6.d3 Be7 7.O-O O-O 8.e5 Nd7 9.c4 d4 10.h4 Re8 11.Re1 Nf8 12.Nbd2 Bd7 13.h5 h6 14.Nh2 Nh7 15.Ng4 f5 16.exf6 Nxf6 17.Nxf6+ Bxf6 18.Ne4 Be7 19.f4 e5 20.Rf1 exf4 21.Bxf4 Bf8 22.Rae1 Kh8 23.Qd2 Re6 24.Re2 Qe8 25.Ref2 Be7 26.Bh3 Rxe4 27.Bxd7 Qxd7 28.dxe4 Qe6 29.e5 Kg8 30.Qd3 Bf8 31.b3 Re8 32.Qe4 Rd8 33.Kg2 a6 34.a4 Be7 35.Qg6 Qxg6 36.hxg6 Re8 37.g4 Bh4 38.Bg3 Bxg3 39.Kxg3 Ne7 40.Rf7 b6 41.e6 Nxg6 42.Rb7 Rxe6 43.Rff7 a5 44.Rxg7+ Kf8 45.Rh7 Kg8 46.Rhc7 Nf8 47.Rg7+ Kh8 48.Rge7 Rd6 49.Rb8 Kg8 50.Ree8 Rf6 51.Re2 Kg7 52.Rb7+ Rf7 53.Ree7 Rxe7 54.Rxe7+ Kf6 55.Rb7 Ke5 56.Kf3 Ne6 57.Rxb6 Ng5+ 58.Ke2 Ke4 59.Rxh6 d3+ 60.Kd2 Nf3+ 61.Kc3 d2 62.Kc2 Ke3 63.Kd1 Ng5 64.Rh5 Ne4 65.Re5 Kd3 66.Rxe4 1-0 [Event "34th Soviet Championship"] [Site "Tbilisi, Georgia"] [Date "1966"] [Round "5"] [White "Mark Taimanov"] [Black "Vassili Smyslov"] [Result "1-0"] 1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 d6 3.d4 exd4 4.Qxd4 Nc6 5.Qd2 Nf6 6.g3 Be6 7.Nd5 Ne5 8.b3 Ne4 9.Qd4 Nc5 10.f4 Nc6 11.Qe3 Be7 12.Nxe7 Qxe7 13.Bb2 O-O-O 14.Nf3 Rhe8 15.Nd4 Nxd4 16.Bxd4 Qd7 17.Qc3 Qc6 18.Rg1 Bg4 19.Qc2 Qe4 20.Qxe4 Rxe4 21.Bxg7 Rde8 22.Kd2 Bxe2 23.Bh3+ Kb8 24.Bf5 R4e7 25.Rae1 Bf3 26.Rxe7 Rxe7 27.Re1 Rxe1 28.Kxe1 h5 29.Kf2 Bd1 30.h3 c6 31.g4 Ne6 32.gxh5 Bxh5 33.Bh6 Nd4 34.Bd3 Kc7 35.Ke3 c5 36.Bg7 Ne6 37.Bf6 Nf8 38.h4 Kd7 39.Bf5+ Ke8 40.Be4 Nd7 41.Bc3 b6 42.f5 Ne5 43.f6 Ng6 44.Be1 Nf8 45.Bg3 Kd7 46.Bf5+ Ne6 47.Bh3 Bd1 48.Bf4 Bh5 49.Bh6 Bd1 50.Bf8 Bh5 51.Be7 a5 52.Kf2 Bd1 53.Kg3 a4 54.bxa4 Bxa4 55.h5 Bc2 56.h6 Bg6 57.Bg4 Bh7 58.Kf2 Bb1 59.Ke3 Bh7 60.Kd2 Bb1 61.Kc3 Be4 62.Kb3 d5 63.cxd5 Bxd5+ 64.Kc3 Be4 65.Kc4 Ke8 66.Bf3 b5+ 67.Kc3 Ng5 68.h7 1-0 [Event "Moscow–Leningrad Match"] [Site "Leningrad, Russia"] [Date "1967"] [White "Vassili Smyslov"] [Black "Viktor Korchnoi"] [Result "1-0"] 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.g3 dxc4 5.Qa4+ Nbd7 6.Bg2 a6 7.Qxc4 c5 8.Qc2 b5 9.O-O Bb7 10.a4 Be7 11.dxc5 Bxc5 12.Bg5 Qb6 13.Bxf6 Nxf6 14.axb5 axb5 15.Rxa8+ Bxa8 16.Nc3 O-O 17.e3 Rc8 18.Qd3 b4 19.Na4 Qc6 20.Nxc5 Qxc5 21.Rd1 h6 22.Qd4 Qc2 23.Ne1 Qe2 24.Bxa8 Rxa8 25.Qd2 Qxd2 26.Rxd2 Ra1 27.Kf1 Rb1 28.Ke2 Nd5 29.Nd3 Rh1 30.h4 f5 31.Rd1 Rh2 32.Ne5 Nf6 33.Nf3 Rh3 34.Rd8+ Kf7 35.Ne5+ Ke7 36.Nc6+ Kf7 37.Nxb4 Ne4 38.Nd3 g5 39.hxg5 hxg5 40.Rc8 g4 41.Nc5 Nxc5 42.Rxc5 Rh1 43.Rc2 Ke7 44.e4 Ra1 45.Kd3 Kd6 46.exf5 exf5 47.Kc4 Kc6 48.Kd4+ Kd6 49.b3 Re1 50.Kc4 Kc6 51.Kd3+ Kd5 52.b4 Rb1 53.Kc3 Kc6 54.Kd4+ Kd6 55.Kc4 Kc6 56.Re2 Rc1+ 57.Kd4 Kd6 58.Rb2 Ra1 59.b5 Ra4+ 60.Ke3 Kc7 61.b6+ Kb7 62.Rb5 Re4+ 63.Kd3 Re8 64.Rxf5 Kxb6 65.Rg5 Rd8+ 66.Ke4 Re8+ 67.Kf5 Rf8+ 68.Ke6 Rxf2 69.Rxg4 Re2+ 70.Kf5 Kc5 71.Re4 Rf2+ 72.Rf4 Rd2 73.g4 Rd5+ 74.Kg6 1-0 [Event "Moscow–Leningrad Match"] [Site "Leningrad, Russia"] [Date "1967"] [White "Viktor Korchnoi"] [Black "Vassili Smyslov"] [Result "0-1"] 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e3 g6 5.Nf3 Bg7 6.Bd3 O-O 7.O-O Bg4 8.h3 Bxf3 9.Qxf3 e6 10.Rd1 Nbd7 11.b4 dxc4 12.Bxc4 Nb6 13.Bb3 Nbd5 14.Na4 Nxb4 15.e4 Nd7 16.Ba3 a5 17.Rac1 Qh4 18.Nb2 Rfd8 19.Nc4 Bf8 20.Bxb4 axb4 21.d5 cxd5 22.exd5 e5 23.Re1 Re8 24.Re4 Qg5 25.Rce1 b5 26.h4 Qh6 27.Ne3 Bd6 28.h5 f5 29.Rh4 Rf8 30.Rh3 e4 31.hxg6 Qxg6 32.Qd1 Rf7 33.Nc2 Rg7 34.g3 Ne5 35.Nd4 Nd3 36.Rf1 f4 37.Qh5 fxg3 38.Qxg6 gxf2+ 39.Kh1 Rxg6 40.Nxb5 Bc5 0-1 [Event "37th Soviet Championship"] [Site ", Russia"] [Date "1969"] [White "Vassili Smyslov"] [Black "Leonid Stein"] [Result "1-0"] 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.cxd5 Nxd5 6.Bd2 O-O 7.Rc1 Nb6 8.e3 N8d7 9.Be2 e5 10.O-O exd4 11.Nxd4 c6 12.b4 Re8 13.a4 Ne5 14.Ne4 Nec4 15.Bxc4 Rxe4 16.Bxf7+ Kh8 17.a5 Nd5 18.Bxd5 Qxd5 19.Rc5 Qf7 20.Qc2 Re8 21.Bc3 Kg8 22.Nf3 Bf5 23.Qb2 Bf8 24.Re5 Rxe5 25.Nxe5 Qd5 26.f3 Be6 27.e4 Qb3 28.Qxb3 Bxb3 29.Rb1 Ba4 30.Nd7 Rd8 31.Nxf8 Kxf8 32.Kf2 Kf7 33.Rc1 Rd3 34.h4 h5 35.Kg3 Rd1 36.Rxd1 Bxd1 37.Bd4 a6 38.Kf4 Ke6 39.Kg5 Kf7 40.Kf4 Ke6 41.Bb6 Bb3 42.g4 hxg4 43.Kxg4 Bd1 44.Kf4 Kf7 45.Bd4 Kf8 46.Ke3 Kf7 47.Be5 Ke6 48.Bg3 Kf6 49.Bf4 Ke6 50.h5 gxh5 51.Bg3 1-0 [Event "USSR vs Rest of the World"] [Site "Belgrade, Serbia"] [Date "1970"] [Round "2.6"] [White "Vassili Smyslov"] [Black "Samuel Herman Reshevsky"] [Result "1-0"] 1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.e4 Bb7 5.d3 d6 6.g3 Be7 7.Bg2 O-O 8.O-O c5 9.h3 Nc6 10.d4 cxd4 11.Nxd4 Rc8 12.Nxc6 Bxc6 13.Bf4 Qc7 14.Qe2 a6 15.Rac1 Rfd8 16.Rfd1 Qa7 17.a4 e5 18.Bg5 a5 19.Nb5 Qb8 20.h4 h6 21.Bxf6 Bxf6 22.Nc3 Be7 23.Bh3 Rc7 24.Rd3 Bb7 25.b3 Bc6 26.Rcd1 Bf8 27.Qe3 Qb7 28.Kh2 Kh8 29.h5 Kg8 30.Bf5 Qb8 31.Qf3 Re7 32.Qg4 Qc7 33.Rf3 Ree8 34.Rc1 Re7 35.Nd5 Bxd5 36.exd5 e4 37.Bxe4 Re5 38.Bd3 Rde8 39.Kg2 Qe7 40.Rf5 Re1 41.Rxe1 Qxe1 42.Rf3 Qe7 43.Qf5 g6 44.hxg6 f6 45.Qxf6 Bg7 46.Qf7+ Kh8 47.Qxe7 Rxe7 48.Rf4 Kg8 49.Rh4 Re5 50.Kf3 h5 51.Rf4 Re8 52.Bf5 Bf6 53.Bd7 Rf8 54.Rf5 h4 55.gxh4 Bxh4 56.Be6+ Kg7 57.Bf7 Rh8 58.Kg4 Bf6 59.Rf3 Rh1 60.Kf5 Re1 61.Re3 Rf1 62.Ke6 Bd4 63.Kxd6 1-0 [Event "Palma de Mallorca Interzonal Tournament"] [Site "Palma de Mallorca, Spain"] [Date "1970"] [Round "2"] [White "Vassili Smyslov"] [Black "Robert James Fischer"] [Result "0-1"] 1.c4 g6 2.Nc3 Bg7 3.g3 c5 4.Bg2 Nc6 5.b3 e6 6.Bb2 Nge7 7.Na4 Bxb2 8.Nxb2 O-O 9.e3 d5 10.cxd5 Nxd5 11.Ne2 b6 12.d4 Ba6 13.dxc5 Qf6 14.Nc4 Nc3 15.Nxc3 Qxc3+ 16.Kf1 Rfd8 17.Qc1 Bxc4+ 18.bxc4 Qd3+ 19.Kg1 Rac8 20.cxb6 axb6 21.Qb2 Na5 22.h4 Nxc4 23.Qf6 Qf5 24.Qxf5 gxf5 25.h5 Rd2 26.Rc1 Rc5 27.Rh4 Ne5 28.Rxc5 bxc5 29.Ra4 c4 30.h6 Kf8 31.Ra8+ Ke7 32.Rc8 Rxa2 33.Bf1 Rc2 34.Kg2 Ng4 35.Kg1 Rxf2 36.Bxc4 Rf3 37.Kg2 Rxe3 38.Rh8 Nxh6 39.Rxh7 Ng4 40.Bb5 Rb3 41.Bc6 Rb2+ 42.Kg1 Ne5 43.Ba8 Rb8 44.Bh1 0-1 [Event "Palma de Mallorca Interzonal Tournament"] [Site "Palma de Mallorca, Spain"] [Date "1970"] [Round "5"] [White "Vassili Smyslov"] [Black "Mark Taimanov"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] 1.c4 Nf6 2.g3 c6 3.Nf3 d5 4.b3 Bg4 5.Bg2 Nbd7 6.Bb2 e6 7.O-O Bd6 8.d3 O-O 9.Nbd2 Qe7 10.a3 Rfd8 11.h3 Bh5 12.Qc2 a5 13.Nd4 Bg6 14.cxd5 Nxd5 15.Nc4 Bc7 16.e4 N5b6 17.Ne3 Qc5 18.Qe2 e5 19.Rac1 Qf8 20.Nf3 Bd6 21.a4 Ba3 22.Rfd1 Bxb2 23.Qxb2 f6 24.Qc2 1/2-1/2 [Event "Palma de Mallorca Interzonal Tournament"] [Site "Palma de Mallorca, Spain"] [Date "1970"] [Round "8"] [White "Svetozar Gligoric"] [Black "Vassili Smyslov"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 c5 5.Bd3 d5 6.cxd5 exd5 7.Ne2 Nc6 8.O-O O-O 9.a3 cxd4 10.exd4 Bd6 11.Kh1 Ng4 12.g3 Re8 13.Bf4 Nf6 14.f3 h6 15.Bc2 a6 16.Qd3 1/2-1/2 [Event "Palma de Mallorca Interzonal Tournament"] [Site "Palma de Mallorca, Spain"] [Date "1970"] [Round "15"] [White "Vassili Smyslov"] [Black "Lev Polugaevsky"] [Result "1-0"] 1.Nf3 Nf6 2.g3 g6 3.b3 Bg7 4.Bb2 d6 5.d4 O-O 6.Bg2 e5 7.dxe5 Ng4 8.h3 Nxe5 9.Nxe5 dxe5 10.Qxd8 Rxd8 11.Nd2 Nd7 12.O-O-O Re8 13.Nc4 Nb6 14.Na5 Rb8 15.Rd2 c6 16.Rhd1 f6 17.Rd8 Kf7 18.Rxe8 Kxe8 19.Ba3 Nd5 20.Bd6 Ra8 21.c4 Ne7 22.Bc7 f5 23.Rd8+ Kf7 24.c5 Nd5 25.Bd6 Bf6 26.Rf8+ Kg7 27.Nc4 e4 28.f3 exf3 29.Bxf3 Bg5+ 30.Kd1 Nc3+ 31.Ke1 Nb5 32.Re8 Kf7 33.Rh8 Bf6 34.Ne5+ Kg7 35.Re8 h5 36.e3 Nc3 37.Nxc6 bxc6 38.Bxc6 Bb7 39.Rxa8 Bxc6 40.Rxa7+ Kg8 41.Ra6 Bd5 42.c6 Ne4 43.c7 Bb7 44.Ra8+ Kf7 45.Bb4 1-0 [Event "Palma de Mallorca Interzonal Tournament"] [Site "Palma de Mallorca, Spain"] [Date "1970"] [Round "16"] [White "Efim Geller"] [Black "Vassili Smyslov"] [Result "1-0"] 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.d5 Nd8 14.a4 Rb8 15.b4 c4 16.Nf1 Ne8 17.axb5 axb5 18.N3h2 f5 19.exf5 Bxf5 20.Bxf5 Rxf5 21.Be3 Rf8 22.Nf3 Nf6 23.Ng3 Nf7 24.Ra7 Rb7 25.Ra5 Qd7 26.Qd2 Rfb8 27.Rea1 Bd8 28.Ra6 h6 29.Nh2 Bb6 30.Nhf1 Bc7 31.Qd1 Nh8 32.Nh5 Nxh5 33.Qxh5 Qf7 34.Qxf7+ Kxf7 35.Ng3 Ng6 36.Nf5 Ne7 37.Nxd6+ Bxd6 38.Rxd6 Nf5 39.Re6 Re7 40.Raa6 Rd8 41.Bc5 Red7 42.Kh2 Ne7 43.Rxe7+ Rxe7 44.Bxe7 Kxe7 45.Re6+ Kd7 46.Kg3 Ra8 47.Kf3 Ra3 48.Ke4 Rxc3 49.Rg6 Rc2 50.Rxg7+ Kd6 51.Rg6+ Kd7 52.Rg7+ Kd6 53.Rg6+ Kd7 54.Kxe5 Re2+ 55.Kd4 Rxf2 56.Rg7+ Kd6 57.Rg6+ Kd7 58.g4 Rd2+ 59.Ke5 Re2+ 60.Kd4 Rd2+ 61.Kc5 c3 62.Rd6+ Ke7 63.Re6+ Kd7 64.Re3 c2 65.Rc3 Rh2 66.h4 Rxh4 67.Rxc2 Rxg4 68.Rh2 Rg6 69.Kxb5 Kd6 70.Rh5 Kc7 71.Kc5 Rf6 72.Rh1 Kb7 73.b5 Rg6 74.Rh5 Kc7 75.Rf5 Rg1 76.b6+ Kb7 77.Rf7+ Kb8 78.d6 Rc1+ 79.Kd5 1-0 [Event "Soviet Team Championship"] [Site "Moscow, Russia"] [Date "1972"] [White "Leonid Stein"] [Black "Vassili Smyslov"] [Result "1-0"] 1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.e4 Bb7 5.Qe2 Bb4 6.e5 Ng8 7.d4 d6 8.a3 Bxc3+ 9.bxc3 Ne7 10.h4 Nd7 11.h5 Bxf3 12.Qxf3 dxe5 13.h6 gxh6 14.Bxh6 exd4 15.Bg7 Rg8 16.Rxh7 Nf5 17.Bxd4 c5 18.g4 cxd4 19.gxf5 e5 20.Qd5 Rf8 21.cxd4 Rc8 22.Rd1 Qe7 23.Bg2 Rg8 24.Qb7 Rxc4 25.dxe5 Qxe5+ 26.Kf1 Qb5 27.Kg1 Qc6 28.Qxc6 Rxc6 29.Rh8 Rg6 30.fxg6 Rxh8 31.Bc6 Rg8 32.Bxd7+ Ke7 33.Bf5 fxg6 34.Rd7+ Kf6 35.Bd3 1-0 [Event "Soviet Team Championship"] [Site "Moscow, Russia"] [Date "1972"] [White "Vassili Smyslov"] [Black "Mark Taimanov"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] 1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.d4 d6 5.Bg5 O-O 6.e3 b6 7.Be2 Bb7 8.Qc2 c5 9.d5 e5 10.Nd2 Nbd7 11.O-O a6 12.a4 Qc7 13.f4 exf4 14.exf4 h6 15.Bh4 Rae8 16.Rae1 Bc8 17.h3 Re3 18.Bf2 Re7 19.g4 Rfe8 20.Nf3 Ne4 21.Nxe4 Rxe4 22.Bd3 Rxe1 23.Rxe1 Rxe1+ 24.Bxe1 Qd8 25.Qe2 Kf8 26.b3 a5 27.Bg3 Qe7 28.Kf2 Qxe2+ 29.Kxe2 Ke7 30.Nd2 Nf6 31.Bh4 Ke8 32.Kf3 Bd7 33.Be2 Bc8 34.Kg2 Kf8 35.Bf3 Bd7 36.Nf1 Bc8 37.Ne3 Bd7 38.Nd1 Bc8 39.Nf2 Bd7 40.Kf1 Bc8 41.Ke2 Bd7 42.Kd2 Bc8 43.Nd1 Bd7 44.Nc3 Bh8 45.Nd1 Bg7 46.Nf2 Bc8 47.Be2 Bd7 48.g5 hxg5 49.fxg5 Ne8 50.Bg4 Bxg4 51.Nxg4 Ke7 52.Kd3 Bb2 53.Bg3 Ng7 54.Nh6 1/2-1/2 [Event "Petropolis Interzonal Tournament"] [Site "Petropolis"] [Date "1973"] [Round "5"] [White "David Bronstein"] [Black "Vassili Smyslov"] [Result "1-0"] 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.d4 Bg4 10.Be3 exd4 11.cxd4 Na5 12.Bc2 Nc4 13.Bc1 c5 14.b3 Na5 15.d5 Nd7 16.Nbd2 Bf6 17.Rb1 Bc3 18.h3 Bxf3 19.Qxf3 b4 20.Rd1 Re8 21.Nf1 Qf6 22.Qxf6 Nxf6 23.f3 g6 24.Bf4 Nb7 25.Nd2 Nh5 26.Bh2 f5 27.g4 Nf6 28.g5 Nh5 29.Nc4 f4 30.h4 a5 31.a4 Be5 32.Bd3 Kg7 33.Nb6 Re7 1-0 [Event "Petropolis Interzonal Tournament"] [Site "Petropolis"] [Date "1973"] [Round "7"] [White "Paul Keres"] [Black "Vassili Smyslov"] [Result "0-1"] 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 Re8 13.Nf1 g6 14.Bh6 Nc4 15.Qc1 exd4 16.cxd4 cxd4 17.b3 Ne5 18.Nxd4 Bb7 19.Qb2 Rac8 20.Rad1 d5 21.exd5 Nxd5 22.Bb1 Bb4 23.Bd2 Bc3 24.Bxc3 Nxc3 25.Rc1 Qc5 26.Ne2 Nf3+ 27.gxf3 Rxe2 28.Rxe2 Nxe2+ 29.Qxe2 Qg5+ 30.Kh2 Rxc1 31.Be4 Bc8 32.Bd3 Qh5 33.Qe3 Rc3 34.Qd4 Qxf3 35.Be4 Qf4+ 36.Ng3 b4 37.Kg2 Be6 38.Qxb4 Rc8 39.Qe7 Qe5 40.Qb7 a5 41.h4 0-1 [Event "Soviet Championship Semifinal"] [Site "Odessa"] [Date "1974"] [White "Vassili Smyslov"] [Black "David Bronstein"] [Result "1-0"] 1.Nf3 Nf6 2.g3 d5 3.Bg2 Bf5 4.c4 c6 5.cxd5 cxd5 6.Qb3 Qc8 7.Nc3 e6 8.d3 Nc6 9.Bf4 Be7 10.O-O O-O 11.Rac1 Qd7 12.Ne5 Nxe5 13.Bxe5 Bg6 14.e4 Rad8 15.exd5 exd5 16.Bxf6 Bxf6 17.Nxd5 Be5 18.d4 Bb8 19.Rfe1 Rfe8 20.Rxe8+ Rxe8 21.Ne3 Qxd4 22.Qxb7 h5 23.Rc8 Qe5 24.Nc4 Qe1+ 25.Bf1 Kh7 26.Rxb8 Bd3 27.Nd2 Re2 28.Qf3 1-0 [Event "Soviet Team Championship"] [Site "Riga, Latvia"] [Date "1975"] [White "Vassili Smyslov"] [Black "Viktor Korchnoi"] [Result "1-0"] 1.Nf3 Nf6 2.d4 g6 3.c4 Bg7 4.g3 O-O 5.Bg2 c6 6.O-O d5 7.cxd5 cxd5 8.Ne5 Ng4 9.Nxg4 Bxg4 10.Nc3 Nc6 11.h3 Be6 12.e3 Rc8 13.Bd2 Qd7 14.Kh2 f6 15.Qa4 Bf7 16.b4 e5 17.b5 Ne7 18.Qxa7 Ra8 19.Qc5 Rfc8 20.Qb4 Rc4 21.Qb2 exd4 22.exd4 Rxd4 23.Ne2 Rda4 24.Bc3 d4 25.Bxd4 Rxa2 26.Rfe1 f5 27.Rxa2 Rxa2 28.Qc3 Bf8 29.Qe3 Bd5 30.Nc3 Bxg2 31.Kxg2 Ra8 32.Qe5 Kf7 33.Qh8 Qd6 34.Qxh7+ Ke8 35.Be5 Qe6 36.Re3 Qf7 37.Qh4 Rd8 38.Bf6 Rd6 39.Bxe7 Bxe7 40.Qh8+ Qf8 41.Qe5 Kf7 42.Nd5 Bd8 43.h4 Kg8 44.h5 1-0 [Event "Las Palmas Interzonal Tournament"] [Site "Las Palmas, Spain"] [Date "1982"] [Round "4"] [White "Vassili Smyslov"] [Black "Tigran Petrosian"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] 1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.c4 dxc4 4.e3 e6 5.Bxc4 c5 6.O-O a6 7.dxc5 Qxd1 8.Rxd1 Bxc5 9.b3 Nbd7 10.Bb2 b6 11.Ne5 Bb7 12.Bf1 Nxe5 13.Bxe5 Ke7 1/2-1/2 [Event "Las Palmas Interzonal Tournament"] [Site "Las Palmas, Spain"] [Date "1982"] [Round "5"] [White "Bent Larsen"] [Black "Vassili Smyslov"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] 1.c4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e3 g6 5.Nf3 Bg7 6.Be2 O-O 7.O-O Bg4 8.Qb3 Qb6 9.Qxb6 axb6 10.cxd5 Nxd5 11.Nxd5 cxd5 12.Bd2 Nc6 13.Rfc1 Rfc8 14.Kf1 Na7 15.Rxc8+ Rxc8 16.Rc1 Rxc1+ 17.Bxc1 Bd7 18.Ke1 f6 19.Nd2 Kf7 20.f4 Nb5 21.Bf3 Bc6 22.Nb1 e5 23.Nc3 e4 24.Be2 Nc7 25.Bd2 Bf8 26.g4 f5 27.Kf2 fxg4 28.Bxg4 Ne8 29.Be1 Nd6 30.b3 Nf5 31.Ke2 Be7 32.Bf2 Bb4 33.Kd2 Bb5 34.a3 Bxc3+ 35.Kxc3 Ke7 36.Kd2 Kd6 37.Ke1 Bd3 38.Bd1 Kc6 39.Bg1 b5 40.Kd2 b4 41.a4 b5 42.axb5+ Kxb5 43.Bg4 Ka5 44.Bf2 Kb5 45.Bxf5 gxf5 46.Bh4 Bb1 47.Bg5 Bd3 48.Bh6 Ka5 49.h4 Bb5 50.Bf8 1/2-1/2
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