[Event "URS-ch08 Final"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1933.08.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Chekhover, Vitaly A"]
[Black "Kan, Ilia Abramovich"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E16"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "1933.08.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "19"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "URS-ch"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Bxd2+ 7. Qxd2 {
[%cal Gb1c3]} (7. Nbxd2 $143) 7... O-O 8. O-O d6 (8... Qe7) (8... d5 $143 9.
cxd5 exd5 10. Nc3 Qe7 11. Ne5 $14 {[%cal Gg2b7]}) 9. Nc3 Nbd7 10. Qc2 Qe7 11.
e4 e5 12. Rfe1 c5 13. Nd5 Nxd5 14. exd5 Qf6 $6 (14... f6) (14... cxd4 15. Nxd4
Rfe8) 15. dxe5 dxe5 16. Qe4 b5 17. b3 bxc4 18. bxc4 Qa6 19. Nxe5 Nxe5 20. Qxe5
Qxc4 21. Qc7 (21. Rab1) 21... Ba6 22. d6 Rad8 23. Rad1 $40 {[%csl Gd6]} Qa4 24.
Qxa7 c4 25. Qd4 Bb5 26. Re3 Qxa2 27. Ra1 Rxd6 $1 {[%csl Ra1]} 28. Qe5 Qd2 29.
Qxb5 $18 Rf6 30. Re8 Qxf2+ 31. Kh1 g6 32. Raa8 Kg7 33. Qb4 Rxe8 34. Rxe8 g5 35.
g4 Rf4 36. Qf8+ Kg6 37. Qd6+ Kg7 38. Qe5+ Rf6 39. Qe7 Rg6 40. Qf8+ Kf6 41. Re7
Rg7 42. Qd8 Kg6 43. Qd6+ f6 44. Rxg7+ Kxg7 45. Qe7+ 1-0

[Event "URS-ch08 Final"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1933.08.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Riumin, Nikolay Nikolaevich"]
[Black "Chekhover, Vitaly A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B73"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "1933.08.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "19"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "URS-ch"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Be2 g6 7. Be3 Bg7 8. f4
O-O 9. O-O Bd7 10. h3 $6 {[%csl Rg3]} (10. Nb3) (10. Kh1) 10... Rc8 $11 11. Nb3
a6 12. Qd2 b5 13. a3 Be6 14. Bf3 Bxb3 $5 (14... Nd7) 15. cxb3 Na5 16. Qd1 Nd7
17. Kh1 (17. Rc1 $142 Nc5 {[%csl Rb3]} 18. Bxc5 dxc5 19. e5 {[%csl Rg7]}) 17...
Bxc3 18. bxc3 Rxc3 $17 19. Bd2 Rd3 20. Rb1 $2 (20. Bxa5) 20... Nc5 21. Qc2
Naxb3 22. Bc3 Nd4 23. Bxd4 Rxd4 24. Rb4 Rd3 25. e5 Rxa3 26. f5 Nd3 27. Rh4 dxe5
28. Be4 Qc8 29. Qe2 Nf4 30. Qg4 Qc4 31. Rxf4 Qc1+ 0-1

[Event "URS-ch08 Final"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1933.08.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Romanovsky, Peter Arsenievich"]
[Black "Chekhover, Vitaly A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A12"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "1933.08.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "19"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "URS-ch"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. b3 Nf6 3. Bb2 Bg4 4. e3 Nbd7 5. Be2 e6 6. O-O Bd6 7. c4 c6 8. d4
Qb8 9. h3 Bxf3 10. Bxf3 h5 11. Nd2 g5 12. e4 dxe4 13. Bxe4 g4 14. h4 Bf4 15.
Re1 g3 $36 {[%csl Rh2]} 16. f3 Qc7 17. Nf1 O-O-O $17 18. Qe2 Rdg8 19. Red1 (19.
Bc2) 19... Ng4 $3 20. d5 (20. fxg4 hxg4 {[%cal Gh8h4]} 21. d5 Rxh4 $44) 20...
e5 {[%csl Gf4]} 21. c5 $6 (21. dxc6 $132) 21... cxd5 22. Rxd5 Ndf6 23. Rad1
Nxd5 (23... Nf2 {[%cal Gf2d1]}) 24. Rxd5 Nf6 25. Bf5+ Kb8 26. Rxe5 Re8 $1 $40 {
[%csl Re2]} 27. Rxe8+ Rxe8 28. Qc4 Be5 29. Bc1 Rd8 30. Be3 Nd5 31. Bg5 f6 32.
Bh6 Ne7 33. Bc2 Rd4 34. Qb5 Rxh4 35. Be3 Bd4 36. Be4 Bxe3+ 37. Nxe3 a6 38. Qb6
Qxb6 39. cxb6 f5 40. Bxf5 Rd4 41. Bc2 Rd2 42. Be4 Re2 43. Nf1 Re1 0-1

[Event "URS-ch09 Final"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1934.12.10"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Chekhover, Vitaly A"]
[Black "Levenfish, Grigory"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D42"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "1934.12.07"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "19"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "URS-ch"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 c5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e3 Nc6 7. Bd3 Be7 8. O-O
Nxc3 9. bxc3 O-O 10. Qc2 h6 11. Qe2 Qc7 12. Bb2 b6 13. Rac1 Bb7 14. c4 cxd4 15.
exd4 Nb4 16. Bb1 Bf6 17. Ne5 Rfd8 18. f4 Nc6 19. d5 exd5 20. cxd5 Rxd5 21. Qe4
Rc5 22. Qh7+ Kf8 23. Rce1 1-0

[Event "URS-ch09 Final"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1934.12.15"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Lisitsin, Georgy M"]
[Black "Chekhover, Vitaly A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D45"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "1934.12.07"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "19"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "URS-ch"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 c6 3. e3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. b3 Nbd7 6. Bb2 Bd6 7. Qc2 O-O 8. Be2
Qe7 9. d4 dxc4 10. bxc4 e5 11. O-O Re8 12. Rad1 e4 13. Nd2 Nf8 14. Rfe1 Bf5 15.
Nf1 Rad8 16. Qc1 Bg6 17. f4 exf3 18. Bxf3 Ne4 19. Nxe4 Bxe4 20. Bxe4 Qxe4 21.
Nd2 Qg6 22. e4 Bb4 23. Bc3 Bxc3 24. Qxc3 Ne6 25. d5 Nc5 26. Qa3 Nxe4 27. Nxe4
Rxe4 28. Qxa7 cxd5 29. cxd5 Rde8 30. Rxe4 Qxe4 31. d6 g6 32. Qb6 Qg4 33. Qd4
Re1+ 0-1

[Event "URS-ch09 Final"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1934.12.18"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Kan, Ilia Abramovich"]
[Black "Chekhover, Vitaly A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A47"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "1934.12.07"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "19"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "URS-ch"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 b6 3. e3 Bb7 4. Bd3 e6 5. Qe2 c5 6. c3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8. Nbd2
d5 9. dxc5 bxc5 10. e4 O-O 11. e5 Nd7 12. Re1 Re8 13. Nf1 f5 14. Ng3 Nf8 15.
Bd2 Qc7 16. Rad1 Nd8 17. Ng5 Bxg5 18. Bxg5 Nf7 19. Bc1 Ng6 20. f4 Rad8 21. Qf2
Qc6 22. Bf1 Re7 23. Ne2 Rc7 24. Be3 Nf8 25. Nc1 Nd7 26. Nb3 Bc8 27. h3 Rf8 28.
Be2 Nd8 29. Bf3 Ba6 30. Rd2 Nb7 31. Red1 Nb6 32. Nc1 Qe8 33. b3 Qe7 34. Kh2 Nd7
35. Ne2 Nd8 36. Rg1 Nc6 37. g3 Bb7 38. Nc1 Rfc8 39. Qg2 Ba6 40. Rgd1 Nf8 41.
Ne2 Nd8 42. g4 fxg4 43. Qxg4 Ng6 44. Ng3 Nf7 45. Qh5 Bb7 46. Bg4 Nxf4 47. Bxf4
g6 48. Rg1 Kh8 49. Bxe6 gxh5 50. Bxc8 Bxc8 {(...57.)} 0-1

[Event "Moscow International-02"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1935.03.06"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Levenfish, Grigory"]
[Black "Chekhover, Vitaly A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E39"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "1935.02.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "19"]
[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 Nc6 6. Nf3 Bxc5 7. Bf4 O-O 8.
Rd1 b6 9. e3 Bb7 10. Be2 Rc8 11. O-O Be7 12. e4 Na5 13. e5 Nh5 14. Be3 f5 15.
b3 Qe8 16. Nb5 Nc6 17. Nd6 Bxd6 18. Rxd6 Rc7 19. Rfd1 Ne7 20. Nh4 f4 21. Bc1 g5
22. Nf3 Nf5 23. Nxg5 Qg6 24. h4 Bxg2 25. Kh2 f3 26. Bxf3 Bxf3 27. Nxf3 Nhg7 28.
Rg1 Qh5 29. Qe4 Nxd6 30. exd6 Rcc8 31. Bb2 Rf7 32. Qd4 Qh6 33. Ng5 Rcf8 34.
Nxf7 Rxf7 35. b4 e5 36. Rxg7+ Qxg7 37. Qd5 Qf6 38. Qg2+ Kh8 39. Kh3 Qf5+ 40.
Qg4 Qxg4+ 41. Kxg4 Rxf2 42. Bxe5+ Kg8 43. c5 bxc5 44. bxc5 Rxa2 45. Kg5 Kf7 46.
Kh6 Rc2 47. Bd4 Rc4 48. Bf2 a5 0-1

[Event "URS Trade Unions-ch04 Final"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1936.01.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Belavenets, Sergey Vesevolodovi"]
[Black "Chekhover, Vitaly A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A47"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1936.01.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "19"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1999"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 b6 3. e3 Bb7 4. Bd3 e6 5. O-O Be7 6. Nbd2 O-O 7. e4 d6 8. Re1
Nfd7 9. c3 c5 10. Nf1 cxd4 11. Nxd4 Nc6 12. Ng3 Rc8 13. Bf4 Nde5 14. Nxc6 Bxc6
15. Bc2 Bb5 16. Nf1 Qc7 17. Ne3 Rfd8 18. Rc1 Qb7 19. Bb1 Qa6 20. b3 Bd3 21.
Bxd3 Qxd3 22. Bxe5 dxe5 23. Qc2 Qxc2 24. Rxc2 Rd3 25. c4 Rcd8 26. Kf1 Bb4 27.
Rb1 R3d4 28. f3 Rd3 29. Ng4 Rd2 30. Rxd2 Rxd2 31. Nxe5 f6 32. Nc6 Bc5 33. b4
Rf2+ 34. Ke1 Rxg2 35. Rd1 Be3 36. Rd3 Bf4 37. Nxa7 Rxh2 38. Nc8 h5 39. Nxb6 h4
40. Kf1 h3 0-1

[Event "URS Trade Unions-ch04 Final"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1936.01.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Panov, Vasily N"]
[Black "Chekhover, Vitaly A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B23"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "1936.01.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "19"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1999"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 d6 3. f4 Nc6 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bc4 e6 6. Qe2 Be7 7. d3 O-O 8. a3 d5
9. Ba2 Nd4 10. Nxd4 cxd4 11. Nd1 dxe4 12. dxe4 Qb6 13. Nf2 Bd7 14. O-O Rfd8 15.
Bc4 a6 16. a4 Be8 17. Bd3 Nd7 18. a5 Qc7 19. e5 Nc5 20. Bd2 Nxd3 21. cxd3 Rac8
22. Rac1 Qd7 23. Ne4 Rxc1 24. Bxc1 Rc8 25. Qg4 Rc2 26. Bd2 Qc8 27. Be1 Bc6 28.
Qd1 Rxb2 29. Qc1 Rxg2+ 0-1

[Event "URS Trade Unions-ch04 Final"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1936.01.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Tolush, Alexander V"]
[Black "Chekhover, Vitaly A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B70"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "1936.01.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "19"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1999"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. g3 Bg7 7. Bg2 O-O 8. h3
Nc6 9. Nxc6 bxc6 10. e5 dxe5 11. Qxd8 Rxd8 12. Bxc6 Rb8 13. Nd1 Nd5 14. c3 Ba6
15. Bxd5 Rxd5 16. Be3 Rd7 17. Rc1 Ra8 18. b3 f5 19. c4 Rf8 20. Nc3 f4 21. Bc5
fxg3 22. fxg3 Bb7 23. Rf1 Bf3 24. b4 e4 25. Nd5 Re8 26. Be3 e6 27. Nf4 g5 28.
Ne2 h6 29. Kf2 Rf8 30. Rfd1 Rd3 31. Rxd3 exd3 32. Ng1 Be4+ 33. Ke1 Be5 34. g4
Bb2 35. c5 Bxc1 36. Bxc1 Rb8 37. Bd2 Bc6 38. a3 e5 39. Be3 e4 0-1

[Event "URS Young Masters-ch"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1936.12.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Chekhover, Vitaly A"]
[Black "Ragozin, Viacheslav"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C90"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "1936.12.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1998"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.11.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.11.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
Na5 9. Bc2 c5 10. d3 O-O 11. Nbd2 Nd7 12. Nf1 Nb6 13. Ng3 Qc7 14. Ng5 f6 15.
Nh3 Be6 16. Nf5 Bxf5 17. exf5 d5 18. f4 Nc6 19. fxe5 fxe5 20. Rf1 d4 21. Qh5
Qd7 22. a4 Rae8 23. axb5 axb5 24. Bg5 Nd5 25. Bb3 Kh8 26. Bxe7 Rxe7 27. Bxd5
Qxd5 28. Ng5 Qg8 29. Rf3 Rxf5 30. Ra8 1-0

[Event "URS Young Masters-ch"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1936.12.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Chekhover, Vitaly A"]
[Black "Riumin, Nikolay Nikolaevich"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A95"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "1936.12.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1998"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.11.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.11.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. Nf3 f5 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. c4 d5 7. Nc3 c6 8. Qc2
Qe8 9. Bg5 Qh5 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. cxd5 exd5 12. e3 Nd7 13. b4 Nb6 14. b5 Qe8 15.
a4 Nc4 16. a5 a6 17. bxc6 bxc6 18. Nd2 Nxd2 19. Qxd2 Ra7 20. Rab1 Kh8 21. Na4
g5 22. Nc5 Bd8 23. Nd3 h5 24. Rfc1 Rh7 25. Bxd5 cxd5 26. Rxc8 h4 27. Rbb8 hxg3
28. fxg3 Rd7 29. Ne5 f4 30. exf4 gxf4 31. Nxd7 Qxd7 32. Qxf4 1-0

[Event "URS-ch10 Final"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "1937.04.17"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Chekhover, Vitaly A"]
[Black "Lilienthal, Andor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D12"]
[PlyCount "128"]
[EventDate "1937.04.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "19"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bf5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bc4 e6 7. O-O Be7 8. Qe2
Nb6 9. Bb3 O-O 10. e4 Bg4 11. Rd1 Qc7 12. Nc3 N8d7 13. Be3 e5 14. d5 Nc5 15.
Bc2 a5 16. h3 Bxf3 17. Qxf3 Nc4 18. Bc1 Nd7 19. Qd3 Nd6 20. dxc6 bxc6 21. Be3
Rfd8 22. Bb3 Nb6 23. Qe2 a4 24. Bxb6 Qxb6 25. Nxa4 Qb4 26. Nc3 Rf8 27. Rd3 Nb5
28. Nxb5 Qxb5 29. Qc2 Rad8 30. Rad1 Rxd3 31. Rxd3 Bc5 32. Rd7 Bd4 33. Qc4 Qxc4
34. Bxc4 Bxb2 35. a4 Bc3 36. Ra7 Bd4 37. Rc7 Rb8 38. a5 Rb1+ 39. Kh2 g6 40. a6
Ra1 41. Rxf7 Kh8 42. Kg3 Ra4 43. Be2 Ra2 44. Bc4 Ra4 45. Bf1 Ra1 46. Be2 Ra2
47. Bc4 Ra4 48. Be2 Ra2 49. Bc4 Ra4 50. Bd3 {[#]} h6 (50... Ra3 51. Kg4 Rxd3
52. a7 Bxa7 53. Rxa7 Rd2 54. Kg3 $14) 51. Kg4 Kg8 52. Rd7 Bxf2 53. h4 Kf8 54.
h5 gxh5+ 55. Kxh5 Ke8 56. Rc7 Be3 57. Rxc6 Ke7 58. Bc4 Ra5 59. Bd5 Kd7 60. Kg4
Ra3 61. Kf5 Bf4 62. Rg6 Kc7 63. g3 Be3 64. Kxe5 Bg5 1-0

[Event "URS-ch10 Final"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "1937.05.10"]
[Round "19"]
[White "Chekhover, Vitaly A"]
[Black "Panov, Vasily N"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C53"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "1937.04.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "19"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Qe7 5. d4 exd4 (5... Bb6 6. d5 Nb8 7. d6
cxd6) 6. O-O d3 (6... dxc3 7. Nxc3 $44) 7. e5 $1 d6 8. Bg5 f6 9. exf6 Nxf6 10.
Nbd2 $1 (10. Re1 Ne5 11. Nxe5 dxe5 12. Qxd3 Bxf2+ 13. Kxf2 Ng4+ 14. Kg1 Qxg5
15. Nd2 Bf5 (15... Qh4 16. Qg3 Qxg3 17. hxg3 Ke7 18. Be2 Re8 $13) 16. Qd5 $13)
10... Bg4 11. b4 Bb6 12. a4 a5 13. h3 Bxf3 (13... Bh5) 14. Qxf3 O-O-O 15. Bd5 (
15. Qxd3 Ne5 16. Qf5+ Kb8 17. Rab1) 15... Ne5 16. Qf5+ Kb8 17. bxa5 Bxa5 18.
Rab1 c6 (18... b6 19. f4 $1 $40) 19. Nc4 $1 Bxc3 (19... cxd5 20. Nxa5 $16) (
19... Nxc4 20. Bxc4 Bxc3 21. Qxd3 $16) 20. Nxe5 Qxe5 21. Qxe5 dxe5 22. Bxc6 b6
(22... Kc7 23. Bxb7 d2 24. Bf3 $16) 23. Rxb6+ Kc7 24. Rb3 Bd4 (24... Ba5 25.
Bf3 {/\26.Tc1} d2 26. Rb5 Bb6 27. a5) (24... Kxc6 $1 25. Rxc3+ Kb7 26. Rb1+ Ka8
27. Rc6 $1 Rd7 28. Be3 $1 Rb7 $1 (28... Ra7 29. Bxa7 $18) 29. Ra6+ Kb8 30.
Rxb7+ Kxb7 31. Ra7+ Kc6 32. Rxg7 Rd8 33. Ra7 Ne4 34. Ra6+ Kb7 35. Rb6+ Ka8 36.
Rb1 Nc3 $10) 25. Rc1 Kd6 26. Rxd3 Rc8 27. Bf3 Nd5 28. Rcd1 Rc4 29. Be3 Kc5 30.
a5 Ra8 31. Ra3 Ra7 32. a6 Nc3 33. Re1 Kb4 34. Raa1 e4 35. Bg4 Bxe3 36. Rxe3 g6
37. f3 h5 38. Bd7 Rcc7 39. Be8 exf3 40. Rxf3 g5 41. Bxh5 Ne2+ 42. Kh2 Nf4 43.
Be8 Rc4 44. Rg3 Ne6 45. Re3 Nf4 46. Ra4+ Kc5 47. Re5+ Kd6 48. Rxc4 Kxe5 49.
Rc5+ Kf6 50. Ra5 Ne6 51. Bc6 Nd8 52. Bd5 Kg6 53. Kg3 Kf6 54. Kg4 Kg6 55. Be4+
Kh6 56. h4 gxh4 57. Rh5+ (57. Rh5+ Kg7 58. Rh7+ $18) 1-0

[Event "Leningrad-ch12"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1937.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Ilyin Zhenevsky, Alexander"]
[Black "Chekhover, Vitaly A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B15"]
[PlyCount "44"]
[EventDate "1937.10.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2012"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.11.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.11.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Nf3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nf6 5. Nxf6+ exf6 (5... gxf6) 6. d4 Bd6
7. Be2 (7. Bd3) 7... O-O 8. O-O Qc7 9. c4 Rd8 10. Bd2 Bg4 11. h3 Bxf3 12. Bxf3
Bh2+ 13. Kh1 Rxd4 14. g3 (14. Qc2) 14... Qd7 $1 {[%csl Rd2,Rh3]} 15. Re1 {
[%csl Re8]} (15. Kxh2 $142 Rxd2 16. Qb3 {[%cal Ga1d1]}) 15... Na6 16. Bg4 $2 f5
$19 17. Bxf5 Qxf5 18. Qe2 Qd7 19. Bc3 Bxg3 20. Kg2 Rh4 21. fxg3 Qxh3+ 22. Kf3
Qg4+ 0-1

[Event "URS Trade Unions-ch05"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1938.02.15"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Chekhover, Vitaly A"]
[Black "Lisitsin, Georgy M"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B60"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "1938.02.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "HCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bg5 Qa5 7. Bxf6 gxf6 8.
Bb5 Bd7 9. Nb3 Qd8 10. O-O Bg7 11. Nd4 a6 12. Bxc6 bxc6 13. Nf5 Bf8 14. Qh5 Qb6
15. Na4 Qb7 16. b3 h6 17. Rad1 Be6 18. Nd4 Bd7 19. Nf5 Be6 20. c4 c5 21. Nc3
Rg8 22. Nd5 O-O-O 23. Qe2 Rg5 24. f4 Rxf5 25. exf5 Bxf5 26. g4 Bh7 27. f5 h5
28. h3 Rd7 29. Rfe1 Kd8 30. Qd2 Bg7 31. Re2 hxg4 32. hxg4 Bg8 33. Rde1 e6 34.
fxe6 fxe6 35. Rxe6 Bxe6 36. Rxe6 Kc8 37. Re8+ Rd8 38. Qe2 1-0

[Event "URS Trade Unions-ch05"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1938.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Ragozin, Viacheslav"]
[Black "Chekhover, Vitaly A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B15"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "1938.02.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "HCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Nf3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nf6 5. Nxf6+ exf6 6. d4 Bd6 7. Be3 O-O
8. Qd2 Qc7 9. Bd3 Be6 10. c4 Na6 11. a3 Rad8 12. O-O c5 13. d5 Bg4 14. Kh1 Bxf3
15. gxf3 Nb8 16. Rg1 Rfe8 17. f4 Nd7 18. Rg2 g6 19. h4 f5 20. Bxf5 Nf6 21. Bd3
Qd7 22. Qd1 Rxe3 23. fxe3 Qh3+ 24. Rh2 Qxe3 25. Qf1 Nh5 26. Rh3 Ng3+ 27. Rxg3
Qxg3 28. Re1 Qxh4+ 29. Kg1 Bxf4 30. Qe2 Kg7 0-1

[Event "URS Trade Unions-ch05"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1938.??.??"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Chekhover, Vitaly A"]
[Black "Tolush, Alexander V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C67"]
[PlyCount "181"]
[EventDate "1938.02.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[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 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Be7 6. Qe2 Nd6 7. Bxc6 bxc6 8.
dxe5 Nb7 9. Nc3 O-O 10. Re1 Re8 11. Bf4 d5 12. Nd4 Bc5 13. Rad1 Bd7 14. Qd3 Bb6
15. Qg3 Qe7 16. Bg5 Qf8 17. Nce2 c5 18. Nf3 c6 19. Nf4 Bf5 20. c4 d4 21. Nh4
Bg6 22. Nhxg6 fxg6 23. Nd3 Re6 24. h4 Qf5 25. f3 h6 26. Bc1 Rae8 27. Re4 Bc7
28. Rde1 Nd8 29. f4 Ba5 30. R1e2 Bb6 31. Qf3 h5 32. Nf2 Nf7 33. Nd3 Nd6 34. b3
Nxe4 35. Rxe4 Qf7 36. Ba3 Qe7 37. Qh3 Rd8 38. Re1 Kh7 39. f5 gxf5 40. Qxf5+ g6
41. Qe4 Rf8 42. Bc1 Rf5 43. Bg5 Qe8 44. Bf4 Qe7 45. Bg3 Bc7 46. Kh2 Qe8 47. Kh3
Qe7 48. a3 a5 49. Bf4 Qe8 50. a4 Qf8 51. g3 Bd8 52. Kg2 Kg8 53. Rh1 Kf7 54. Bd2
Ke8 55. Bf4 Kd7 56. Re1 Kc8 57. Bd2 Kb7 58. Bh6 Qe7 59. Bg5 Rxg5 60. hxg5 Bc7
61. Qf4 Kb6 62. Kf3 Bd8 63. Ke4 Qxg5 64. Qxg5 Bxg5 65. Rf1 Re7 66. Rf8 Bh6 67.
Rf6 Rg7 68. e6 Bg5 69. Rf7 Rg8 70. Ne5 Rd8 71. Nd7+ Kc7 72. Nxc5+ Kd6 73. Nb7+
Kxe6 74. Nxd8+ Bxd8 75. Rg7 Kf6 76. Rd7 Be7 77. Ra7 Bd6 78. Rxa5 Bxg3 79. Rc5
h4 80. Rxc6+ Kg5 81. Kf3 Kh5 82. a5 g5 83. Rc5 d3 84. Rd5 d2 85. a6 Bb8 86.
Rxd2 g4+ 87. Kg2 h3+ 88. Kh1 g3 89. c5 Ba7 90. b4 Kg4 91. Rd8 1-0

[Event "URS-ch11 Semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1938.06.05"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Chekhover, Vitaly A"]
[Black "Bondarevsky, Igor Tsakharovich"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D42"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "1938.05.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1998"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.11.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.11.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 c5 3. Nf3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. d4 e6 6. e3 Nc6 7. Bd3 Be7 8. O-O
O-O 9. a3 Nxc3 10. bxc3 Bf6 11. Qc2 g6 12. Rd1 cxd4 13. exd4 Bd7 14. Bh6 Re8
15. Rab1 Qc7 16. Ng5 Bg7 17. Bxg7 Kxg7 18. Ne4 Ne7 19. Qb2 b6 20. c4 Ng8 21. c5
bxc5 22. dxc5+ e5 23. Nd6 Re7 24. Qc3 Bc6 25. Re1 f6 26. h4 Nh6 27. h5 Nf7 28.
Be4 Bxe4 29. Nxe4 f5 30. Nd6 Rb8 31. h6+ Kxh6 32. Rxb8 Qxb8 33. Nxf7+ Rxf7 34.
Rxe5 f4 35. Re1 Qc7 36. c6 f3 37. Re4 Qd8 38. Qe3+ Kg7 39. Qd4+ Qxd4 40. Rxd4
Rf6 41. Rc4 Rf8 42. c7 Rc8 43. g4 Kf6 44. Kh2 Ke7 45. Kg3 Kd7 46. Kxf3 Rxc7 47.
Rxc7+ Kxc7 48. Kf4 h6 49. Ke5 h5 50. gxh5 gxh5 51. a4 a5 52. Kf5 Kd6 53. Kg5
Ke5 54. f3 Ke6 55. f4 h4 56. Kxh4 Kf6 57. Kg3 Kg6 58. Kf3 Kf6 59. Ke4 Ke6 60.
Kd4 1-0

[Event "URS-ch11 Final"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1939.04.24"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Chekhover, Vitaly A"]
[Black "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B11"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1939.04.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "URS-ch"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Nf3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Bc4 Ngf6 6. d3 Nb6 7. Nxf6+ gxf6
8. Bb3 Qd6 9. Qe2 Be6 10. c4 O-O-O 11. d4 c5 12. Be3 Nd7 13. Rd1 Qc7 14. O-O h5
15. dxc5 Bh6 16. Bxh6 Rxh6 17. Nd4 Qe5 18. c6 bxc6 19. Qf3 Rg8 20. Nxe6 fxe6
21. Qxc6+ Qc7 22. Qxe6 Rhg6 23. g3 f5 24. Qxf5 e6 25. Qf3 h4 26. Rd3 Kb8 27.
Bc2 Rg5 28. Rfd1 hxg3 29. hxg3 Nc5 30. Re3 Rh8 31. b4 Nd7 32. Rxd7 Qxd7 33.
Qf4+ e5 34. Qxg5 Re8 35. Rxe5 a6 36. Rxe8+ Qxe8 37. Qf4+ Kc8 38. Bf5+ Kb7 39.
Qe4+ Qxe4 40. Bxe4+ Kc7 1-0

[Event "URS-ch11 Final"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1939.04.28"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Chekhover, Vitaly A"]
[Black "Tolush, Alexander V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C90"]
[PlyCount "135"]
[EventDate "1939.04.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "URS-ch"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[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. d3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. Nbd2 Qc7 12. Nf1 h6 13. Ne3 Be6 14. d4 cxd4 15.
cxd4 Rfc8 16. Bd3 Qb7 17. Qe2 exd4 18. Nxd4 Nc6 19. Nxe6 fxe6 20. Ng4 Qd7 21.
Rd1 Nd4 22. Nxf6+ Bxf6 23. Qg4 Kf8 24. Be3 Nc6 25. Qe2 Nb4 26. f4 Nxd3 27. Rxd3
Qc6 28. e5 dxe5 29. fxe5 Bxe5 30. Rc1 Qxc1+ 31. Bxc1 Rxc1+ 32. Kf2 Bf6 33. Rd7
Re8 34. Qh5 Be7 35. Qg6 Rc5 36. g4 Rg5 37. Qe4 Bf6 38. Qh7 Be7 39. Kf3 Kf7 40.
Qe4 Rg6 41. Ra7 e5 42. Qb7 e4+ 43. Ke2 Kf8 44. h3 Rf6 45. Rxa6 Rf3 46. Ra8 b4
47. Qxe4 Rxh3 48. Qf5+ Bf6+ 49. Rxe8+ Kxe8 50. g5 Rh2+ 51. Kd3 hxg5 52. Qc8+
Bd8 53. Qc6+ Ke7 54. Qb7+ Kf6 55. Qc6+ Ke7 56. Qe4+ Kd7 57. Qd4+ Kc8 58. Qg4+
Kb7 59. Qxb4+ Bb6 60. Qe4+ Ka7 61. Qe7+ Ka6 62. Qxg7 g4 63. Ke4 Rg2 64. Qc3 Rf2
65. Qc8+ Kb5 66. b3 Bc5 67. Qb7+ Ka5 68. b4+ 1-0

[Event "URS-ch14 Final"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1945.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Lilienthal, Andor"]
[Black "Chekhover, Vitaly A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E41"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "1945.06.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "URS-ch"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 Bxc3+ 5. bxc3 O-O 6. Bd3 d6 7. Ne2 c5 8.
O-O Nc6 9. e4 e5 10. d5 Ne7 11. Bg5 Nd7 12. Ng3 f6 13. Bd2 Rf7 14. Rb1 Nf8 15.
Qh5 b6 16. Nf5 Nfg6 17. Rfe1 Qd7 18. Kh1 Ba6 19. Qg4 Rd8 20. a4 Bc8 21. a5 bxa5
22. Nxe7+ Qxe7 23. Qd1 Qc7 24. Qb3 f5 25. exf5 Bxf5 26. Bxf5 Rxf5 27. f3 Qf7
28. Qd1 Rf8 29. Ra1 Nf4 30. Bxf4 Rxf4 31. Qd3 Qf5 32. Qe2 Qf7 33. h3 Qc7 34.
Reb1 a6 35. Ra2 Qd8 36. Kh2 Qg5 37. Rxa5 e4 38. fxe4 Qe5 39. Kh1 Rxe4 40. Qd2
Re2 41. Qd3 Re1+ 0-1

[Event "URS-ch14 Final"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1945.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Smyslov, Vassily V"]
[Black "Chekhover, Vitaly A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B11"]
[PlyCount "126"]
[EventDate "1945.06.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "URS-ch"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Nf3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nf6 5. Nxf6+ exf6 6. Bc4 Be7 7. O-O O-O
8. h3 Qc7 9. d4 c5 10. Qe2 Nc6 11. c3 cxd4 12. cxd4 Bf5 13. Be3 Rad8 14. Rac1
Qb8 15. Rfd1 Bd6 16. a3 Rfe8 17. Nh4 Be4 18. Qh5 Re7 19. Nf5 Bh2+ 20. Kh1 Red7
21. Qg4 Bxf5 22. Qxf5 Be5 23. Bb5 g6 24. Qe4 f5 25. Qb1 Bxd4 26. Bg5 Rc8 27.
Rc4 Qe5 28. Qd3 Qxb5 29. Rxd4 Qxd3 30. R4xd3 Rxd3 31. Rxd3 Rc7 32. Bf6 h6 33.
h4 Kh7 34. Re3 Rc8 35. f3 Kg8 36. Rd3 Re8 37. b4 Re6 38. Bc3 a6 39. a4 f6 40.
Rd7 b6 41. Rb7 Ne5 42. Ra7 Rc6 43. Bd2 g5 44. Rxa6 g4 45. fxg4 Rd6 46. Be3 Rd1+
47. Bg1 fxg4 48. Kh2 g3+ 49. Kxg3 Rxg1 50. Rxb6 Rf1 51. Rb5 Kf7 52. a5 Ke6 53.
Rb6+ Kd5 54. a6 f5 55. Rf6 Ke4 56. a7 Ra1 57. b5 Rxa7 58. Rxh6 Rg7+ 59. Kh3 Kf4
60. Rd6 Rg3+ 61. Kh2 Ng4+ 62. Kg1 Rb3 63. Kf1 Rxb5 0-1

[Event "Moscow team"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1945.12.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Averbakh, Yuri L"]
[Black "Chekhover, Vitaly A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A47"]
[Annotator "Petronijevic,Zoran"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1945.12.??"]
[EventType "team-game"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 0,80,16,19,22,22,22,13,25,17,13,9,31,8,8,4,4,-13,4,-10,2,9,11,10,11,20,
23,0,36,20,18,-14,-16,-16,-17,-10,-10,-38,-12,-12,-11,-17,8,8,15,20,42,35,44,
44,94,47,59,74,64,64,64,-1,-1,-11,-11,-90,-90,-131,-18,-136,-92,-230,-232,-300,
-290,-294,-290,-295,-288,-303,-336,-643,-411,-1297,-1659,-1667,-1629]} 1. d4
Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. e3 b6 4. Bd3 Bb7 5. O-O Be7 6. Nbd2 c5 7. b3 Nc6 ({More
flexible is} 7... O-O) 8. a3 O-O 9. Bb2 {[#]} d6 $146 ({At the time this game
was played this was a novelty. In one older game, played was} 9... Rc8 10. Re1
d6 11. Nf1 Qc7 (11... g6 $5) 12. Ng3 Rfd8 13. c4 d5 $13 {1-0 (37) Rubinstein,
A-Przepiorka,D Liege 1930}) 10. c4 ({Nowadays, most often played is} 10. Qe2)
10... Rc8 11. Rc1 Qc7 12. Qc2 (12. Bb1 $5 {is another tempting idea.}) 12... h6
({Although the move} 12... g6 {seems to be sharp, in fact, it is the safest
idea.}) 13. Rfd1 ({The main problem in such kind of positions is: where to
place the rooks?} 13. Rfe1 $5 {also has its good sides.}) 13... Qb8 ({Typical
Reti meneuever. Interesting is} 13... cxd4 14. exd4 d5 $13) 14. Qb1 ({Very
interesting is} 14. d5 exd5 15. Bxf6 Bxf6 16. cxd5 Ne5 17. Nxe5 Bxe5 18. f4 Bf6
19. Nf3 $13) 14... cxd4 15. Nxd4 ({In the case of} 15. exd4 d5 {the position
is even.}) 15... Nxd4 16. Bxd4 d5 17. Qb2 Ng4 $5 {Interesting aggression on
White's King.} 18. Nf1 Bf6 ({Another option is} 18... dxc4 19. Be2 Nf6 $11) 19.
Be2 Bxd4 $6 ({Dubious move which gives White a slight edge. After} 19... Ne5
20. cxd5 Bxd5 21. f3 Rfd8 {with mutual chances.}) 20. exd4 $1 Nf6 ({Stronger
was} 20... Qf4 $14) 21. c5 $1 bxc5 22. dxc5 e5 $6 ({Preferable was} 22... Bc6
23. b4 Bb5) 23. Ne3 (23. b4 $5) 23... d4 24. Nf5 {[%cal Yf5d6]} Rc7 25. b4 ({
Stronger was} 25. f4 {undermining Black pawns in the centre.}) 25... Be4 $6 (
25... Nd5 {is better, although after} 26. Bf3 {White has a clear advantage.})
26. Nd6 Rxc5 $1 27. Rxc5 Qxd6 28. f4 $2 ({Mistake. After a better} 28. f3 {
White has a clear edge. Possible line is} Bb7 29. f4 Nd7 30. Rb5 Qc6 31. Bf1
Ba6 32. Ra5 Bxf1 33. Kxf1 {White has a clear advantage}) 28... Nd7 $1 {The
position is completely unclear.} 29. Ra5 $2 ({White played for win although it
was time to think about salvation which gave} 29. Rc4 Nb6 30. fxe5 Qg6 31. g3
Nxc4 32. Bxc4 d3 33. Qd4 Qg4 34. Re1 d2 35. Qxd2 Qf3 $11) 29... d3 $2 ({
Black missed a strong opportunity} 29... Rc8 30. Bd3 Bxd3 31. Rxd3 Rc4 32. fxe5
Nxe5 33. Rg3 Kh8 $17) 30. Bf1 $2 ({Losing move. After} 30. Bxd3 {the position
is even:} Bxd3 31. fxe5 Qg6 32. Rd5 Bf5 33. Rxd7 Bxd7 34. Rxd7 Rc8 35. Rd2 Qe4
{and Black has sufficient compensation for the sacrificed pawn.}) 30... exf4
$19 31. Qf2 ({Unfortunately} 31. Bxd3 {does not work now due to} Bxd3 32. Qe2
Qd4+ 33. Qf2 Qc4 34. Qd2 Be2 $1 35. Re1 Bg4 $19 {and Black is winning.}) 31...
a6 $2 ({Black missed a very strong move} 31... Rc8 {which wins comfortably:}
32. Qe1 Rc4 33. Rd2 Qg6 34. h3 f3 35. a4 Qb6+ 36. Kh2 fxg2 37. Bxg2 Rc2 $1 $19)
32. h3 $2 ({White's only chance is to play on the Queen side} 32. b5 axb5 33.
Rxb5 f5 34. Bxd3 Bxd3 35. Qa2+ Kh8 36. Qd5 Qxd5 37. Rxd5 Be2 38. Rxd7 Bxd1 39.
Rxd1 $11) 32... Rc8 $1 33. Rd2 Rc1 34. b5 axb5 35. Rxb5 Ne5 36. Rb6 Qc7 37. Rb4
f5 38. a4 f3 $1 39. Qe3 Rxf1+ 40. Kxf1 Qc1+ 0-1

[Event "Leningrad-ch23"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1949.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Bondarevsky, Igor Tsakharovich"]
[Black "Chekhover, Vitaly A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D30"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "1949.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2008"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Results: 1.Chekhover 13/18 2.-4. Bondarevsky, Vasilev, Shukhovitsky 12/
18.} d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 a6 4. Nbd2 Nf6 5. g3 c5 6. Bg2 cxd4 7. Nxd4 e5 8. Nc2
d4 9. O-O Nc6 10. e3 Bg4 11. f3 Be6 12. Kh1 dxe3 13. Nxe3 Bc5 14. Nb3 Ba7 15.
Qe2 O-O 16. Rd1 Nd4 17. Nxd4 exd4 18. Nc2 Bf5 19. Ne1 Re8 20. Qf1 Nd7 21. b3
Nc5 22. Bb2 d3 23. Bc3 Re2 24. Rd2 Rxd2 25. Bxd2 Qd4 26. Rd1 Re8 27. Bb4 Rd8
28. g4 Bg6 {[#]} 29. Bxc5 $2 (29. f4 Be4 30. Bxc5 Bxc5 31. Bxe4 Qxe4+ 32. Qf3
Qxf3+ 33. Nxf3 Be3 $15) 29... Bxc5 $19 30. f4 d2 $1 31. f5 Qxg4 32. Nf3 Qxf5
33. Rxd2 Rxd2 34. Nxd2 Qc2 35. Nf3 Be4 36. Ne1 Qb1 37. Qe2 Bxg2+ 38. Kxg2 Qg6+
39. Kh3 h5 40. Nd3 Be3 41. Nb4 Qf5+ 42. Kg2 Qg5+ 43. Kf3 Bc5 44. Qe8+ Kh7 45.
Qe4+ 0-1

[Event "Odessa"]
[Site "Odessa"]
[Date "1955.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Chekhover, Vitaly A"]
[Black "Yudovich, Mikhail Mikhailovic"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D46"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "1955.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1999"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. d4 c6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 a6 7. e4 dxe4 8. Nxe4
Nxe4 9. Bxe4 Nf6 10. Bc2 c5 11. Ba4+ Bd7 12. Bxd7+ Qxd7 13. O-O cxd4 14. Qxd4
Qxd4 15. Nxd4 Bc5 16. Nb3 Bb6 17. Bf4 Ne4 18. Rae1 Nc5 19. Nxc5 Bxc5 20. Be5
O-O 21. Rd1 Rfd8 22. Bc7 Rxd1 23. Rxd1 Kf8 24. Kf1 Ke7 25. Ke2 f6 26. b3 Rc8
27. Bf4 Rd8 28. Rxd8 Kxd8 29. Be3 Bd6 30. h3 Kd7 31. c5 Bc7 32. Kd3 e5 33. Kc4
Ke6 34. b4 f5 35. f3 h5 36. a4 f4 37. Bd2 g5 38. b5 axb5+ 39. axb5 h4 40. b6
Bb8 41. Be1 e4 42. fxe4 g4 43. hxg4 f3 44. Bxh4 fxg2 45. Bf2 Bh2 46. c6 bxc6
47. b7 Kf6 48. Kc5 Kg5 49. Kxc6 Kxg4 50. Kd5 Bb8 51. Bd4 Kg5 52. e5 Kg6 53. e6
1-0

[Event "Leningrad-Moscow m"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1958.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Chekhover, Vitaly A"]
[Black "Estrin, Yakov Borisovich"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D66"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "1958.12.05"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2008"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 Nf6 4. Bg5 Nbd7 5. e3 c6 6. cxd5 cxd5 7. Bd3 Be7 8.
Nf3 a6 9. O-O O-O 10. Rc1 b5 11. a4 b4 12. Nb1 Bb7 13. Nbd2 Ne4 14. Bxe7 Qxe7
15. Rc7 Rab8 16. Ne5 Nef6 17. Qc2 Rfc8 18. Nxd7 Rxc7 19. Qxc7 Nxd7 20. Nb3 Qd8
21. Qxd8+ Rxd8 22. Na5 Ba8 23. Bxa6 Nb8 24. Bb7 Bxb7 25. Nxb7 Rc8 26. Nc5 Nc6
27. Nb3 Na7 28. Rc1 Rxc1+ 29. Nxc1 Nc6 30. Kf1 Kf8 31. Ke2 Ke7 32. Kd3 Kd6 33.
Kc2 Kc7 34. Nd3 Kb6 35. Ne5 Nd8 36. f3 Ka5 37. b3 Kb6 38. e4 f6 39. Nd7+ Kc6
40. Nc5 Kb6 41. Kd3 Ka5 42. g4 Kb6 43. f4 Kc6 44. Na6 1-0

[Event "Leningrad-Moscow m"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1958.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Estrin, Yakov Borisovich"]
[Black "Chekhover, Vitaly A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B48"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "1958.12.05"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2008"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. Nc3 a6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Qc7 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. Be3 Nf6 8.
Qe2 Bd6 9. g3 h5 10. f4 Ng4 11. Bg1 Bb4 12. O-O-O Bxc3 13. bxc3 Nxd4 14. cxd4
Qc3 15. d5 Qa3+ 16. Kd2 Qa5+ 17. c3 d6 18. Bc4 e5 19. h3 Nf6 20. Bb3 Bd7 21.
Rc1 Rc8 22. Bf2 Bb5 23. Qe3 Bc4 24. Bc2 O-O 25. Qb6 Qxa2 26. Rhe1 Bxd5 27. exd5
Qxd5+ 28. Ke2 exf4 29. Qd4 fxg3 30. Bxg3 Qg2+ 31. Bf2 Qxh3 32. Rg1 Rfe8+ 33.
Kd2 Qf3 34. Rce1 Rxe1 35. Rxe1 Ng4 36. Bh4 Ne5 37. Be4 Qf4+ 38. Kc2 Qh2+ 39.
Kb3 0-1

