[Event "Moscow-ch17"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1937.11.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Panov, Vasily N"]
[Black "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B76"]
[Annotator "Primel,D"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "1937.11.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2012"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.11.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.11.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. f3 Bg7 7. Be3 O-O 8. Qd2
d5 {une ligne secondaire un peu douteuse} (8... Nc6 9. Bc4) 9. e5 Ne8 10. f4 {
[%csl Rg7]} Nc6 11. Nf3 (11. g3 {Rauzer,V-Kasparian,G URS-ch10 Tbilisi 1937 1-0
}) 11... e6 {[%csl Rc8,Rf8]} 12. Bc5 $36 Ne7 13. h4 b6 (13... h5 14. O-O-O b6
15. Ba3) 14. Ba3 f6 15. h5 $36 fxe5 16. fxe5 Rf5 (16... Rxf3 17. gxf3 Bxe5) 17.
Bd3 Bxe5 18. Bxf5 (18. hxg6 Bg3+ 19. Kd1 Nxg6 20. Bxf5 exf5 21. Ne2 $16 {
[%cal Ge2g3]}) 18... Bg3+ 19. Kd1 Nxf5 20. hxg6 hxg6 21. Ne4 Bf4 $1 22. Nf6+ (
22. Qxf4 dxe4+ {[%cal Gd8d1,Ge4f3]}) 22... Qxf6 23. Qxf4 d4 24. Kd2 (24. Qh2 {
[%cal Gh2h7]}) 24... Bb7 25. Qh2 (25. Rae1 $5 {[%cal Gd2d1]}) 25... Neg7 26.
Raf1 Rc8 (26... Nh5 27. g4 $2 Nfg3) 27. Qh8+ Kf7 28. Qxc8 $2 (28. g4 $1 Rxh8
29. Rxh8 {[%csl Rf6]} Ne3 (29... Nh5 30. Rf8+) 30. Ne5# $1) 28... Bxc8 29. Rh8
e5 30. Rf8+ Ke6 31. Nxd4+ (31. g4) (31. Rxf6+ Kxf6 32. g4 Ne3 $1) 31... exd4
32. Rxf6+ Kxf6 33. g4 Ke5 34. gxf5 Bxf5 35. Be7 Ne6 36. b4 g5 37. Bd6+ Kf6 38.
b5 g4 39. a4 Ng5 40. Be7+ Kg6 41. Rc1 Ne4+ 42. Kd3 Nc3+ 43. Kd2 Nxa4 44. Ra1
Nc3 45. Rxa7 g3 {[%csl Gg3]} 46. Bd8 $4 (46. Ra1 g2 47. Rg1 Be4 48. Bd8 {
[%cal Gd8b6]} Nd5 $11) 46... g2 47. Ra1 Ne4+ 48. Ke2 Bg4+ 49. Kd3 Nf2+ 0-1

[Event "URS Trade Unions-ch05"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1938.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Ragozin, Viacheslav"]
[Black "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C76"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[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 a6 4. Ba4 d6 5. O-O Bd7 6. c3 g6 7. d4 Bg7 8. Bg5 f6
9. Be3 Nh6 10. Re1 Nf7 11. c4 O-O 12. Nc3 Bg4 13. Bxc6 bxc6 14. h3 Bxf3 15.
Qxf3 f5 16. d5 f4 17. Bd2 c5 18. Qd1 h5 19. Kf1 Qg5 20. f3 Bf6 21. Qe2 Rab8 22.
Reb1 Qh6 23. Nd1 Rb7 24. b4 cxb4 25. Rxb4 Rxb4 26. Bxb4 g5 27. Nf2 g4 28. fxg4
Bh4 29. Bd2 Ng5 30. gxh5 Qg7 31. Qg4 Bxf2 32. Kxf2 Nxe4+ 33. Ke2 Qxg4+ 34. hxg4
Rb8 35. Ba5 Rb2+ 36. Kf1 Ng3+ 37. Kg1 e4 38. Be1 Ne2+ 39. Kh2 e3 40. g5 Nd4 41.
Bc3 Nf3+ 42. Kh1 Rc2 43. gxf3 Rxc3 44. Rb1 Rxc4 45. Kg1 Rd4 46. Rb8+ Kg7 47.
h6+ Kh7 48. Rc8 Rd1+ 0-1

[Event "URS Trade Unions-ch05"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1938.??.??"]
[Round "19"]
[White "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Black "Tolush, Alexander V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D76"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[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. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 d5 5. Nf3 O-O 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. O-O Nc6 8.
Nc3 Nb6 9. e3 e5 10. d5 Ne7 11. e4 h6 12. Qb3 Kh7 13. Be3 f5 14. exf5 gxf5 15.
Rad1 Ng6 16. Nd2 Nd7 17. Nc4 f4 18. Bc1 Nf6 19. Rfe1 Kh8 20. Qc2 fxg3 21. fxg3
Qe8 22. d6 Qf7 23. dxc7 Qxc4 24. Qxg6 Ng4 25. Be4 Qg8 26. Rd8 1-0

[Event "URS-ch11 Semifinal"]
[Site "Kiev"]
[Date "1938.06.13"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Chistiakov, Alexander Nikolaevi"]
[Black "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C71"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[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. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6 5. Nc3 Bd7 6. Bxc6 Bxc6 7. d4 f6 8. Be3
g6 9. Qd2 Bg7 10. O-O-O Qd7 11. h4 Qf7 12. h5 gxh5 13. dxe5 fxe5 14. Nd5 O-O-O
15. Qa5 h6 16. Nd2 Bxd5 17. exd5 Ne7 18. Nc4 Bf6 19. Kb1 Rhg8 20. Rh3 Rg4 21.
Na3 Rxg2 22. Bxh6 Bg5 23. Bxg5 Rxg5 24. Ka1 Rdg8 25. b3 Rg1 26. Rhd3 e4 27.
R3d2 Rxd1+ 28. Rxd1 Qxf2 29. Qc3 e3 30. Kb2 e2 31. Rh1 Nxd5 32. Qh3+ Kb8 33.
Qxh5 Qd4+ 34. Kb1 Rg1+ 35. Rxg1 Qxg1+ 0-1

[Event "URS-ch11 Final"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1939.04.16"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Kan, Ilia Abramovich"]
[Black "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E07"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[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. Nf3 d5 2. c4 e6 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. d4 Nbd7 7. Nc3 dxc4 8. e4
c5 9. d5 exd5 10. exd5 Nb6 11. Ne5 Bd6 12. Re1 Re8 13. f4 Bf5 14. h3 Bd3 15.
Nxd3 cxd3 16. Rxe8+ Qxe8 17. Qxd3 Qe1+ 18. Kh2 c4 19. Qd1 Re8 20. Bd2 Qf2 21.
Be1 Qe3 22. Qd2 h5 23. Qxe3 Rxe3 24. Nb5 Bb8 25. d6 Re2 26. Bc3 Nfd5 27. Bd4
Rd2 28. Re1 Bxd6 29. Re8+ Kh7 30. Kg1 Nf6 31. Rd8 Bc5 32. Kh1 a6 33. Bxf6 Rxd8
34. Bxd8 axb5 35. Bxb7 Na4 36. b3 Nc3 37. bxc4 b4 38. f5 Nxa2 39. Bc7 f6 40.
Bf4 b3 41. Bd2 Bb4 42. Bxb4 Nxb4 43. Be4 Na2 44. Kg2 Nc3 45. Bd3 b2 46. c5 Kg8
47. c6 Nb5 48. h4 Kf8 49. g4 Ke7 50. gxh5 Kd6 51. Kg3 Kxc6 52. h6 gxh6 53. Kg4
Kd5 54. Kh5 Na3 0-1

[Event "URS-ch11 Final"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1939.04.18"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Chistiakov, Alexander Nikolaevi"]
[Black "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C71"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[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 d6 5. Nc3 b5 6. Bb3 Bg4 7. h3 Bxf3 8. Qxf3
Nf6 9. d3 Nd4 10. Qg3 Nh5 11. Qg5 Qxg5 12. Bxg5 a5 13. Ne2 Ne6 14. Be3 c6 15.
a4 b4 16. Bxe6 fxe6 17. d4 exd4 18. Nxd4 Kd7 19. e5 dxe5 20. Nf3 Bd6 21. O-O-O
Ke7 22. Rd2 Nf6 23. Bg5 h6 24. Be3 Nd5 25. Re1 Rhc8 26. Rde2 c5 27. Nd2 c4 28.
Ne4 Rf8 29. Bc5 Bxc5 30. Nxc5 Rac8 31. Ne4 b3 32. Nc3 Nb4 33. Rxe5 Rxf2 34.
Rxe6+ Kf7 35. R6e2 Rxe2 36. Rxe2 bxc2 37. Nb5 Rb8 38. Nd6+ Kg6 39. Nxc4 Rc8 40.
b3 Rd8 41. Ne3 Re8 42. g3 Re7 43. Kb2 Kh7 44. h4 h5 45. Kc1 g6 46. Kb2 g5 47.
hxg5 Kg6 48. Kc1 Kxg5 49. Kb2 Re5 50. Kc1 Nd5 0-1

[Event "URS-ch11 Final"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1939.04.23"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Black "Makogonov, Vladimir Andreevich"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D58"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[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. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e3 h6 6. Bh4 O-O 7. Nf3 b6 8. Qc2 c5
9. cxd5 exd5 10. dxc5 bxc5 11. Be2 Be6 12. O-O Nbd7 13. Rfd1 Qb6 14. b3 Rac8
15. e4 d4 16. Na4 Qb7 17. Nd2 Nb6 18. Nb2 Rfe8 19. h3 Bd6 20. Bxf6 gxf6 21. Re1
Kh8 22. Ndc4 Nxc4 23. Nxc4 Bxc4 24. Bxc4 Rg8 25. Qe2 Rg6 26. Kh1 Rcg8 27. Qh5
Qe7 28. Rad1 Qf8 29. g3 Kg7 30. Rd3 Rg5 31. Qh4 Re5 32. f4 Re7 33. Rf3 Qe8 34.
Bd5 Rf8 35. Qg4+ Kh7 36. Qf5+ Kg7 37. Qg4+ Kh7 38. Kh2 Qc8 39. Qh4 f5 40. e5 f6
41. e6 Qe8 42. Bc4 Kg7 43. g4 fxg4 44. Rg1 Kh8 45. Bd3 h5 46. Rxg4 Rxe6 47. Rg6
Re2+ 48. Kg3 Re7 49. Rh6+ Kg8 50. Kf2 1-0

[Event "URS-ch11 Final"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1939.04.29"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Tolush, Alexander V"]
[Black "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B10"]
[Annotator "Chekhov,V"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[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. Nf3 d5 3. e5 Bf5 (3... Bg4 4. d4 e6 5. c3 Nd7 6. Nbd2 c5 7. dxc5
Bxc5 8. Qa4 Bxf3 9. Nxf3 Ne7 10. Bf4 O-O $10 {Tolush,A-Goglidze,V/URS/1939/})
4. Nd4 $6 (4. Be2 e6 5. O-O Nd7 6. Re1 c5 7. d3 Ne7 $10 {Bauer-Starck,B/1958/})
4... Bg6 5. e6 Qb6 6. Qg4 c5 $1 7. exf7+ Kxf7 8. Nf3 Nf6 9. Qc8 (9. Ne5+ Kg8
10. Qd1 (10. Qc8 Bxc2) 10... Nc6 $17) (9. Ng5+ Kg8 10. Qe6+ Qxe6+ 11. Nxe6 Nbd7
12. d3 Bf7) 9... Qe6+ (9... Bxc2 $5 10. Nc3 (10. d3 Ba4 {/\ Bd7/}) (10. Ne5+
Kg8 11. Nc3 h6) 10... Qe6+) 10. Qxe6+ Kxe6 11. d4 (11. d3 Nc6 12. Be2 Kd7 13.
Bf4 e6 14. Nbd2 Bd6 $17 {/\ e5/}) 11... cxd4 12. Nxd4+ Kf7 13. c3 e5 14. Nf3
Bd6 $17 15. Nbd2 (15. Bg5 $5 Ne4 (15... h6 16. Bh4 {/\ Nbd2/}) 16. Be3) 15...
Nc6 16. Be2 Rhe8 17. O-O Bc5 (17... h6 $5) (17... a5 $5) 18. Nb3 Bb6 19. Be3
Bxe3 20. fxe3 Rad8 (20... Kg8 $5) 21. Nc5 Re7 22. e4 $6 (22. h3 $5 b6 23. Nb3
h6 24. Nh4 Bh7 25. Nf5 Re6) 22... Bxe4 23. Ng5+ Kg6 24. Ngxe4 dxe4 25. Rae1 Rd2
$1 26. Rf2 e3 27. Rf3 Rxb2 28. Rxe3 Kf7 (28... Rxa2 $2 29. Rg3+ Kh6 (29... Kf7
30. Bc4+) 30. Rh3+ $10) 29. Bc4+ Ke8 30. Rd1 $2 (30. Nd3 Rc2 31. Nxe5 Nxe5 32.
Rxe5 Rxe5 33. Rxe5+ Kd7 34. Re3 Rc1+ 35. Bf1 (35. Kf2 Ng4+) 35... Kd6 $17)
30... Na5 $1 31. Bf1 (31. Bb3 Nxb3 32. axb3 b6 $19) 31... Rxa2 $19 32. Bb5+ Kf7
33. Nd3 e4 34. Nb4 Rb2 35. Ra1 b6 36. Rd1 Re5 37. Bf1 Rc5 38. Rd8 $6 (38. h3)
38... Rb1 39. Ra8 Rf5 40. Rxa7+ Kg6 41. h3 Rfxf1+ 42. Kh2 Nh5 0-1

[Event "URS-ch11 Final"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1939.05.10"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Black "Ragozin, Viacheslav"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E43"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[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. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 b6 5. e3 Bb7 6. Bd3 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 d6 8.
O-O Nbd7 9. Nd2 e5 10. a4 a5 11. f4 e4 12. Be2 Qe7 13. Ba3 O-O-O 14. Qb3 h5 15.
Rfb1 Ng4 16. c5 dxc5 17. Nf1 Qh4 18. Ra2 g5 19. dxc5 gxf4 20. Bb5 Nde5 21. c6
Nxc6 22. exf4 e3 23. Qxf7 Rhe8 24. Qf5+ Kb8 25. Re2 Nd4 26. cxd4 Be4 27. Qf7
Bxb1 28. Bxe8 Qf6 29. Be7 Qxf7 30. Bxf7 Rxd4 31. Bxh5 Rxf4 32. h3 Nf6 {time}
1-0

[Event "URS-ch12 Final"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1940.09.30"]
[Round "18"]
[White "Levenfish, Grigory"]
[Black "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B85"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "1940.09.05"]
[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 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 Qc7 7. O-O e6 8. f4
Be7 9. Be3 Nc6 10. Qe1 O-O 11. Qg3 Bd7 12. Rf2 b5 13. a3 Rfd8 14. Raf1 b4 15.
axb4 Nxb4 16. f5 e5 17. Bh6 Bf8 18. Ne6 fxe6 19. fxe6 Bxe6 20. Rxf6 Re8 21.
Rxe6 Rxe6 22. Bc4 Qxc4 23. Rxf8+ Kxf8 24. Qxg7+ Ke8 25. Bg5 Rc8 26. h4 h6 27.
Bxh6 Qd4+ 28. Kf1 Qc4+ 29. Kg1 Re7 30. Qg3 Kd7 0-1

[Event "Moscow-ch22"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1942.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Black "Dus Chotimirsky, Fedor Ivanovich"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E67"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "1942.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "HCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 d6 3. Nf3 g6 4. Nc3 Nbd7 5. g3 Bg7 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O e5 8. b3
Re8 9. e3 c6 10. Qc2 Nf8 11. Ba3 e4 12. Nd2 d5 13. b4 Bf5 14. b5 Qc8 15. Qb3
Qe6 16. Rfc1 h5 17. bxc6 bxc6 18. cxd5 cxd5 19. Nb5 Reb8 20. Qa4 Qe8 21. Nc3
Qe6 22. Qa5 Rb6 23. Bf1 h4 24. Nb5 Ra6 25. Qc3 Ne8 26. Nb3 Qf6 27. Nc5 Rc6 28.
Qb3 hxg3 29. hxg3 Rd8 30. Nc3 Rb6 31. Nxd5 Rxd5 32. Qxd5 Nc7 33. Qc4 Nce6 34.
Bg2 Ng5 35. Na4 Nf3+ 36. Bxf3 exf3 37. Nxb6 axb6 38. Bxf8 Bxf8 39. Qc6 Be6 40.
d5 Qf5 41. dxe6 fxe6 42. Rd1 Bc5 43. Rd8+ Kg7 44. Rc1 Kh6 45. Qd7 Bxe3 46. Rh8+
1-0

[Event "Moscow-ch22"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1942.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Black "Panov, Vasily N"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C28"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "1942.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "HCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Bg5 h6 6. Be3 d6 7. Qd2 Bb4 8. Nge2
Na5 9. f3 c6 10. a3 Nxc4 11. dxc4 Ba5 12. O-O-O Be6 13. b3 Bc7 14. g4 Qe7 15.
Ng3 O-O-O 16. Qf2 b6 17. Kb2 h5 18. Nf5 Bxf5 19. gxf5 Ne8 20. Rhg1 Rd7 21. a4
Bd8 22. Bg5 Nf6 23. Rd3 Qf8 24. Qd2 Be7 25. Rd1 Ne8 26. a5 Bxg5 27. Qxg5 Qe7
28. Qg1 Rb7 29. axb6 axb6 30. Ra1 Qc7 31. Ra6 Kd7 32. Na4 Ke7 33. Nxb6 Nf6 34.
c5 d5 35. exd5 cxd5 36. Nxd5+ Nxd5 37. Rxd5 Kf8 38. c6 Rb8 39. Rd7 Qc8 40. c7
Rxb3+ 41. cxb3 Qxd7 42. Qc5+ 1-0

[Event "Moscow-ch22"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1942.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Black "Ragozin, Viacheslav"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E52"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "1942.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[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. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. e3 O-O 6. a3 Be7 7. Bd3 b6 8. O-O
Bb7 9. Qe2 Ne4 10. Qc2 f5 11. cxd5 exd5 12. Ne5 Nd7 13. Nb5 Nxe5 14. dxe5 c5
15. Rd1 Qb8 16. f3 Qxe5 17. fxe4 fxe4 18. Bf1 a6 19. Nc3 d4 20. Qb3+ Kh8 21.
Ne2 Bd6 22. g3 Qf6 23. Nf4 Bxf4 24. gxf4 Qg6+ 25. Kf2 Qh5 26. Kg1 Qg4+ 27. Bg2
Rxf4 28. Bd2 Raf8 29. Rf1 b5 30. Qc2 Rxf1+ 31. Rxf1 Rxf1+ 32. Kxf1 Qf5+ 33. Kg1
d3 34. Qd1 Qg5 35. Qf1 h6 36. Qf7 Qg4 37. Qf1 Kh7 38. Bc3 Bd5 39. h3 Qg5 40.
Kh2 Bc6 41. Qf2 h5 42. h4 Qe7 43. b4 Be8 44. bxc5 Bg6 45. Qg3 a5 46. c6 Qxa3
47. Bxe4 Qa2+ 48. Qg2 Qxg2+ 49. Bxg2 b4 50. c7 bxc3 51. c8=Q d2 52. Qd7 a4 53.
Bf3 a3 54. Qd4 a2 55. Qxc3 Kh6 56. Qa1 Bf5 57. Qxa2 1-0

[Event "Moscow-ch22"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1942.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Lilienthal, Andor"]
[Black "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B95"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1942.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "HCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bg5 a6 7. Qf3 Nbd7 8.
O-O-O Qc7 9. Qg3 b5 10. Bxb5 axb5 11. Ndxb5 Qa5 12. Rxd6 Bxd6 13. Qxd6 Rb8 14.
e5 Rxb5 15. exf6 gxf6 16. Nxb5 Qxb5 17. Be3 Bb7 18. Rd1 Bxg2 19. Qg3 Bd5 20. b3
Ke7 21. Qc7 Ra8 22. c4 Qc6 23. Qxc6 Bxc6 24. Kb2 Rg8 25. b4 Rg4 26. Kc3 Ne5 27.
f4 Ng6 28. b5 Bg2 29. a4 e5 30. a5 Nh4 31. f5 Nxf5 32. Bc5+ Ke6 33. a6 Nd4 34.
Bxd4 exd4+ 35. Rxd4 Rxd4 36. Kxd4 Kd6 37. c5+ Kc7 38. b6+ Kd7 39. Kc3 Bf1 40.
a7 Bg2 0-1

[Event "URS-ch13 Semifinal"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1944.03.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Averbakh, Yuri L"]
[Black "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B51"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "1944.03.02"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[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. Bb5+ Nc6 4. c3 Nf6 5. Qe2 Qb6 6. Na3 a6 7. Ba4 Qc7 8. h3
b5 9. Bd1 Bb7 10. d3 e6 11. Bg5 Be7 12. O-O Ne5 13. Nxe5 dxe5 14. f4 c4 15. Bc2
cxd3 16. Bxd3 Bxa3 17. bxa3 Qxc3 18. fxe5 Nxe4 19. Bxe4 Qd4+ 20. Qe3 Qxe4 21.
Qg3 Rc8 22. Rad1 Bd5 23. Rd2 Qg6 24. Qh4 O-O 25. Be7 Rc4 26. Qg5 Qxg5 27. Bxg5
Rfc8 28. Kf2 Kf8 29. Re1 Ra4 30. Re3 h6 0-1

[Event "URS-ch13 Semifinal"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1944.03.??"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Black "Flohr, Salo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C77"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "1944.03.02"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1999"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. c3 g6 7. Nbd2 Bg7 8. Nf1
O-O 9. Ng3 b5 10. Bb3 Na5 11. Bc2 c5 12. O-O Qc7 13. Ne1 d5 14. Bg5 dxe4 15.
dxe4 h6 16. Be3 Nc4 17. Bc1 Be6 18. Nd3 Rfe8 19. Re1 Bf8 20. h3 b4 21. b3 Na5
22. cxb4 cxb4 23. Bb2 Nc6 24. Rc1 Red8 25. Qf3 Nd7 26. Bb1 Qb6 27. Nf5 Rac8 28.
h4 f6 29. Qg3 Kf7 30. Ne3 Nd4 31. Rxc8 Rxc8 32. Nd5 Bxd5 33. exd5 Nf5 34. Qh3
Qd6 35. h5 Ne7 36. hxg6+ Kg8 37. Bc1 Qxd5 38. Bxh6 Rc3 39. g7 Bxg7 40. Qg4 Nf5
41. Nxb4 Nxh6 1-0

[Event "URS-ch13 Semifinal"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1944.03.??"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Dus Chotimirsky, Fedor Ivanovich"]
[Black "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D03"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "1944.03.02"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1999"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. Bg5 c5 4. e3 Qb6 5. Nbd2 d5 6. Rb1 Be7 7. c3 Bd7 8. Bd3
Bb5 9. dxc5 Bxc5 10. Bxb5+ Qxb5 11. Bxf6 gxf6 12. Qe2 Qxe2+ 13. Kxe2 f5 14.
Rbg1 h5 15. h4 Nd7 16. c4 Nb6 17. cxd5 Nxd5 18. Rc1 Be7 19. g3 Rg8 20. a3 Bf6
21. Rc2 Rg4 22. Rhc1 Ke7 23. Nc4 Rb8 24. Nfe5 Rgg8 25. Nd3 Rgd8 26. Nce5 Rd6
27. f3 Bxe5 28. Nxe5 Kf6 29. Nd3 e5 30. Rc8 Rxc8 31. Rxc8 e4 32. fxe4 fxe4 33.
Nc5 Kf5 34. Rg8 Rg6 35. Rxg6 fxg6 36. Nxb7 Kg4 37. Nd6 Kxg3 38. Nxe4+ Kxh4 39.
Kf3 g5 40. Nd6 Kh3 41. Nf7 g4+ 0-1

[Event "URS-ch13 Final"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1944.05.31"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Black "Ragozin, Viacheslav"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D93"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "1944.05.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "URS-ch"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 g6 5. Bf4 Bg7 6. e3 O-O 7. Qb3 Qa5 8. Be2
Na6 9. O-O dxc4 10. Bxc4 b5 11. Be2 Be6 12. Qc2 Rac8 13. e4 Rfd8 14. a3 Nc7 15.
h3 Bd7 16. Rfd1 Ne6 17. Be5 Be8 18. b4 Qb6 19. Bf1 a5 20. Qb2 Nf8 21. Ne1 Ne6
22. Nf3 a4 23. Rd3 Nf8 24. Rad1 N8d7 25. Bf4 Qb7 26. Qc1 Nb6 27. Ne5 Nfd7 28.
R3d2 f6 29. Ng4 Nf8 30. Be3 h5 31. Nh2 Bf7 32. Nf3 Bb3 33. Re1 Rd7 34. Rb2 Kh7
35. Nd2 Bf7 36. Ne2 e5 37. f4 Nc4 38. Nxc4 Bxc4 39. dxe5 fxe5 40. f5 gxf5 41.
exf5 h4 42. Nc3 Bd5 43. Bg5 c5 44. f6 Bh8 45. Bxb5 cxb4 46. Rxb4 Rdc7 47. Bd3+
e4 48. Rxb7 Bxb7 49. Qf4 Ng6 50. Qg4 1-0

[Event "URS-ch13 Final"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1944.06.11"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Black "Lilienthal, Andor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E49"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "1944.05.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[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 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 e5 8. Ne2
e4 9. Bc2 dxc4 10. Ng3 Re8 11. O-O c5 12. f3 cxd4 13. cxd4 exf3 14. Qxf3 Qd5
15. Qf4 Nc6 16. Bb2 Nh5 17. Qh4 g6 18. Nxh5 Qxh5 19. Qf6 Qd5 20. e4 Qe6 21. Qf4
Nd8 22. Kh1 Qg4 23. Qf2 Bf5 24. h3 Qh5 25. Bd1 Qg5 26. exf5 Qe3 27. Qh4 c3 28.
fxg6 hxg6 29. Bc1 Qd3 30. Qf6 Re6 31. Qf2 Rc8 32. Bb3 Re7 33. Bg5 1-0

[Event "Ivanovo"]
[Site "Ivanovo"]
[Date "1944.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Averbakh, Yuri L"]
[Black "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B44"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "1944.09.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2015"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.11.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.11.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. Be2 Nc6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nf6 6. Bf3 Be7 7. O-O Ne5 8.
b3 O-O 9. Bb2 d5 10. exd5 Nxf3+ 11. Qxf3 Qxd5 12. c4 Qg5 13. Qg3 Qxg3 14. hxg3
Rd8 15. Nf3 Ng4 16. Nc3 b6 17. Rad1 Bb7 18. Rxd8+ Rxd8 19. Rd1 Rxd1+ 20. Nxd1
f6 21. Nd4 e5 22. Nb5 a6 23. Ba3 Kf8 24. Bxe7+ Kxe7 25. Nbc3 Kd6 26. b4 e4 27.
Na4 b5 28. Nc5 Bc6 29. Nxa6 bxc4 30. Nc3 Ne5 31. Nc5 Nd3 32. Kf1 Nxb4 33.
N5xe4+ Bxe4 34. Nxe4+ Kd5 35. Nc3+ Kd4 36. Nb5+ Kd3 37. a3 Nc6 38. Ke1 c3 39.
Kd1 Na5 0-1

[Event "Ivanovo"]
[Site "Ivanovo"]
[Date "1944.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Black "Dus Chotimirsky, Fedor Ivanovich"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C90"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "1944.09.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2015"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.11.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.11.20"]
[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 Be6 11. Nbd2 O-O 12. Nf1 Qc7 13. Bg5 Rfb8 14. Ne3 b4 15.
d4 h6 16. dxe5 hxg5 17. exf6 Bxf6 18. Nd5 Bxd5 19. exd5 g6 20. Re4 bxc3 21.
bxc3 Re8 22. Rg4 Qe7 23. Ba4 Reb8 24. Qd2 Qb7 25. Nxg5 Bxg5 26. Rxg5 Qb2 27.
Qe1 Ra7 28. h4 Nc4 29. h5 Ne5 30. hxg6 f6 31. Rg3 Re7 32. Qd1 Kg7 33. Bc2 Rbe8
34. Rb1 Qxa2 35. Qh5 Rh8 36. Qh7+ Rxh7 37. gxh7+ Ng6 38. Bxg6 1-0

[Event "Ivanovo"]
[Site "Ivanovo"]
[Date "1944.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Panov, Vasily N"]
[Black "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B95"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "1944.09.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2015"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.11.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.11.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e6 7. Bg5 Nc6 8. Qd2
Bd7 9. O-O Be7 10. Nb3 Qc7 11. Rad1 Rd8 12. Qe3 Ne5 13. Qg3 O-O 14. f4 Nc6 15.
Rxd6 Kh8 16. Rd2 h6 17. Bxf6 Bxf6 18. e5 Be7 19. Kh1 Na5 20. f5 Nxb3 21. axb3
Bg5 22. fxe6 Bxe6 23. Rxd8 Rxd8 24. Bd3 Rd4 25. Ne2 Rg4 26. Qf3 Qxe5 27. Qxb7
g6 28. Nc3 Rh4 29. g3 Qxg3 30. Qg2 Qxg2+ 31. Kxg2 Bh3+ 0-1

[Event "Moscow-ch24+ 1944/1945"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1944.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Lilienthal, Andor"]
[Black "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E40"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "1944.12.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "HCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 Nc6 5. Nge2 e5 6. d5 Ne7 7. a3 Bxc3+ 8.
Nxc3 d6 9. e4 O-O 10. g3 Ne8 11. Bg2 f5 12. exf5 Bxf5 13. O-O Nf6 14. f4 Ng6
15. fxe5 Bg4 16. Qd4 Nxe5 17. Bf4 Nfd7 18. Rae1 Bf5 19. Ne4 Bxe4 20. Bxe4 b6
21. Bg2 Qe8 22. Bd2 Qh5 23. Bc3 a5 24. b4 axb4 25. axb4 Rxf1+ 26. Rxf1 Qe2 27.
Re1 Qc2 28. Be4 Qb3 29. Rf1 Nf6 30. Bf5 Ra3 31. Be6+ Kh8 32. Qh4 Qxc3 33. Rxf6
Ra8 34. Kg2 Ng6 35. Rxg6 Qc2+ 36. Kh3 Qxg6 0-1

[Event "URS-ch14 Final"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1945.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Ragozin, Viacheslav"]
[Black "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B85"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[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 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. Be2 Be7 7. O-O a6 8. f4
Qc7 9. Bf3 Nc6 10. Be3 O-O 11. Qe1 Bd7 12. Rd1 Nxd4 13. Bxd4 e5 14. Be3 Bc6 15.
Qf2 b5 16. Rfe1 Rac8 17. Kh1 b4 18. fxe5 dxe5 19. Nd5 Bxd5 20. exd5 Bd6 21. Rd2
e4 22. Be2 Bxh2 23. Red1 Bg3 24. Qf5 Qd6 25. Bg5 Rce8 26. Bxf6 gxf6 27. Rd4 Re5
28. Qg4+ Rg5 29. Qxe4 f5 30. Qe3 Qh6+ 31. Kg1 f4 0-1

[Event "URS-ch14 Final"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1945.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Romanovsky, Peter Arsenievich"]
[Black "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B96"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[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 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bg5 a6 7. Be2 Nbd7 8.
O-O b5 9. a3 Bb7 10. f4 Be7 11. Bf3 Qb6 12. Kh1 O-O 13. Bh4 Rac8 14. Qd3 Rfd8
15. Rae1 Ne5 16. Qd1 Nxf3 17. Rxf3 b4 18. axb4 Qxb4 19. Na2 Qc4 20. b3 Qc5 21.
Rff1 Rd7 22. Qd3 Qa5 23. Nc1 Nxe4 24. Rxe4 Bxh4 25. f5 Bxe4 26. Qxe4 e5 27.
Qxh4 exd4 28. f6 Rdc7 29. Qg4 g6 30. Qxd4 Rxc2 31. Nd3 Rd2 32. Rg1 Qf5 0-1

[Event "Match/Nation URS-USA (8-2) (7,5-2,5)"]
[Site "Radio"]
[Date "1945.09.01"]
[Round "1.5"]
[White "Kashdan, Isaac"]
[Black "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B84"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "1945.09.01"]
[EventType "team-match"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "HCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "US of America"]
[BlackTeam "Soviet Union"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "URS"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 Qc7 7. O-O e6 8. f4
Nc6 9. Kh1 Be7 10. Bf3 O-O 11. Nb3 b5 12. Be3 Bb7 13. Qe1 Rac8 14. Qf2 Nd7 15.
Rad1 Na5 16. Nxa5 Qxa5 17. a3 b4 18. axb4 Qxb4 19. Bc1 Nc5 20. e5 Bxf3 21. Qxf3
Qb8 22. Qg3 dxe5 23. fxe5 f5 24. Rd4 Rfd8 25. Rfd1 Rxd4 26. Rxd4 Rd8 27. Qe3
Nd7 28. Qe2 Nc5 29. Rxd8+ Qxd8 30. Be3 Qb8 31. Bxc5 Bxc5 32. Qxa6 Qxe5 33. Qe2
Qd6 34. Qd1 Qf4 35. Ne2 Qf2 36. Nc1 Bd6 37. Qe2 Qf4 38. Qxe6+ Kf8 0-1

[Event "Match/Nation URS-USA (8-2) (7,5-2,5)"]
[Site "Radio"]
[Date "1945.09.03"]
[Round "2.5"]
[White "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Black "Kashdan, Isaac"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D93"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1945.09.01"]
[EventType "team-match"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "HCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Soviet Union"]
[BlackTeam "US of America"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "URS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Qb3 c6 6. Bf4 O-O 7. e3 dxc4 8. Bxc4
Nbd7 9. O-O Nb6 10. Be2 Be6 11. Qc2 Nbd5 12. Be5 Bf5 13. Qb3 Qb6 14. Nd2 Qxb3
15. Nxb3 Rad8 16. Na5 Bc8 17. Bf3 h5 18. h3 Nh7 19. Bh2 Ng5 20. Bd1 c5 21. Bb3
Nxc3 22. bxc3 b6 23. Nc6 Rd7 24. f3 Ba6 25. Nb8 Rxb8 26. Bxb8 Bxf1 27. Kxf1 Ne6
28. Rb1 cxd4 29. cxd4 Rb7 30. Bg3 b5 31. Rc1 a5 32. Rc8+ Kh7 33. Ke2 a4 34.
Bxe6 fxe6 35. Rb8 Rxb8 36. Bxb8 b4 37. Kd3 Bh6 38. f4 g5 39. g4 hxg4 40. hxg4
gxf4 41. exf4 1-0

[Event "EST-ch open"]
[Site "Tallinn"]
[Date "1945.09.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Lilienthal, Andor"]
[Black "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D31"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "1945.09.27"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "EST"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2017"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c6 4. e4 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Qxd4 7. Bxb4 Qxe4+
8. Be2 Na6 9. Bc3 f6 10. Nf3 Ne7 11. O-O O-O 12. Qd2 e5 13. Rfe1 Bf5 14. Bf1
Qc2 15. Qd6 Nc8 16. Qa3 Bd7 17. Rad1 Qf5 18. Bd3 Qh5 19. Bxh7+ Qxh7 20. Rxd7
Rb8 21. b3 Qf5 22. Rd2 c5 23. Rde2 Nb6 24. Nd2 Rbd8 25. Ne4 Rd3 26. Re3 Rfd8
27. Rxd3 Rxd3 28. Qc1 Nc8 29. Re3 Qd7 30. Re1 Nd6 31. Ng3 Nc7 32. Rd1 Ne4 33.
Rxd3 Qxd3 34. Nxe4 Qxe4 35. Bd2 Ne6 36. Be3 Nd4 37. Qd1 g6 38. h3 Kf7 39. Kh2
b6 40. Qc1 a5 41. Bxd4 exd4 42. f3 Qe2 43. Qh6 d3 44. Qh7+ Ke6 45. Qxg6 Ke5 46.
f4+ Kd4 47. Qxf6+ Ke3 48. f5 d2 49. Qg5+ Ke4 50. f6 d1=Q 0-1

[Event "Moscow-ch25 Final"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1946.01.25"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Lilienthal, Andor"]
[Black "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D44"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "1946.01.25"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "MCD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

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 hxg5 10. Bxg5 Nbd7 11. exf6 Bb7 12. Be2 Qa5 13. O-O O-O-O 14. Qc2 Qc7 {
[#]} 15. f4 (15. g3 $142 $14) 15... Nb6 $15 16. a4 a6 17. axb5 cxb5 18. Bf3
Rxd4 19. Bxb7+ Kxb7 20. Rad1 Bc5 21. Rxd4 Bxd4+ 22. Kh1 Qc6 23. Rd1 Bxc3 24.
Qxc3 Qe4 25. Qa3 Rc8 26. h4 Nd5 27. Ra1 Rc6 28. f5 b4 29. Qa5 c3 30. bxc3 b3
31. Qa3 Rb6 32. Qb2 exf5 33. c4 Qxc4 34. Re1 a5 35. Re8 Qc3 36. Re7+ Kc6 37.
Qb1 Nxe7 38. fxe7 Qe5 39. Qb2 Rb5 40. Bf4 Qe1+ 41. Kh2 Qxe7 0-1

[Event "Match/City Moscow-Prague  28,5-7,5"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1946.05.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Pachman, Ludek"]
[Black "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D41"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "1946.05.02"]
[EventType "team-match"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. c4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nf3 Be7 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8.
Bb5+ Nc6 9. Qa4 O-O 10. Bxc6 Nb6 11. Qa5 bxc6 12. O-O Nd5 13. Qxd8 Rxd8 14. Ne5
Nb4 15. Be3 f6 16. Nf3 c5 17. dxc5 Nc2 18. b4 a5 19. b5 Nxe3 20. fxe3 Bxc5 21.
Nd4 Rxd4 22. exd4 Bxd4+ 23. Kh1 Bxc3 24. Rac1 Bd4 25. Rc7 Be5 26. Rc6 Kf7 27.
Rfc1 Bb7 28. Rc7+ Bxc7 29. Rxc7+ Kg6 30. Rxb7 Rc8 31. h3 Rc2 32. Re7 e5 0-1

[Event "Staunton Memorial"]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1946.08.14"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Black "Flohr, Salo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D96"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "1946.08.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "19"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Qb3 c6 6. Bf4 dxc4 7. Qxc4 Nd5 (7...
Be6 $142 8. Qd3 Nd5 9. Nxd5 cxd5 $10) 8. Be5 Bxe5 9. Nxe5 Be6 10. Nxd5 Bxd5 11.
Qc3 $14 {[+]} Nd7 12. Nxd7 (12. Nd3 {Too slowly} O-O 13. f3 f5 14. g3 Qc7 (
14... Re8 15. Bg2 e5 $1 $15) 15. Bg2 e5 $1 $15) 12... Qxd7 13. f3 f5 {To avoid
14.e4.} 14. e3 O-O 15. Be2 a5 (15... Rae8 16. O-O Qd6 {/\e5} 17. f4) 16. O-O
$16 Rfd8 17. a3 Qc7 18. Rad1 Rd6 19. Bd3 Bf7 20. Rf2 Rad8 {/\f5-f4} 21. f4 {
/\h3,Kh2,Rg1,g4.} b6 $2 (21... Bd5 $142) 22. Rc1 Qa7 23. Be2 Bd5 24. h3 Rc8 25.
Bf3 Bxf3 26. gxf3 b5 27. Rfc2 a4 $6 28. Qb4 Qd7 29. h4 Kf7 30. Rc5 Rd5 31. Kf2
Qe6 32. Qc3 Rxc5 33. Qxc5 Qb3 34. Rc2 e6 35. Qa7+ Kg8 36. Re2 Qd5 37. Qe7 c5 (
37... Rd8 38. Rc2 {/\39.Rc5, 39.Qc7}) (37... Rf8 38. Rc2 Qb3 39. Rxc6 Qxb2+ 40.
Ke1 Qb1+ 41. Kd2 Qa2+ 42. Rc2 $18) 38. h5 {/\39.h6} Qd8 (38... cxd4 39. h6
dxe3+ 40. Kg3) (38... gxh5 39. Kg1 cxd4 40. Rg2+ Kh8 41. Qg7#) 39. Qxe6+ Kg7
40. Qe5+ {Time} (40. Qe5+ Kh6 (40... Qf6 41. h6+ Kf7 42. Qd5+ Kf8 43. dxc5 $18)
41. Kg3) 1-0

[Event "Staunton Memorial"]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1946.08.30"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Black "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E25"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "1946.08.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "19"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. a3 Bxc3+ 5. bxc3 d5 6. cxd5 exd5 7. Bg5 (7. e3
{Szabo-Kottnauer (12)}) 7... c5 {[/\ 8...Qa5]} 8. f3 (8. e3 Qa5 9. Ne2 Ne4 10.
Bf4 cxd4 (10... Nxc3 $4 11. Qd2 $18) 11. exd4 O-O) 8... h6 $1 9. Bxf6 $2 {>=} (
9. Bd2 $5 {or 9.Lc1}) (9. Bh4 Qa5 10. Qd2 Nc6 11. Bxf6 gxf6) 9... Qxf6 10. e3
O-O 11. Ne2 Re8 12. Kf2 Qe7 13. Qd2 Nd7 14. Nf4 $2 (14. Ng3 $142) 14... Nf6 15.
Bd3 Bd7 16. h3 $2 (16. Rhe1 $8 {/\ Kg1, e.g.} b6 17. Ne2 $1 (17. Kg1 $2 g5 $1))
16... Qd6 17. Rhb1 b6 18. Bf1 Re7 19. a4 (19. Re1 $1 $8) (19. Nd3 Bf5 $1) 19...
Rae8 20. Re1 c4 $1 $19 {[/\ 21...g5 xPe3]} 21. g4 g5 22. Ne2 (22. Ng2 Qh2 {
(/\ 23...Qxh3)} 23. Be2 Rxe3 $1 (23... Qxh3 $2 24. Rh1)) 22... Rxe3 $1 23. Ng3
(23. Ng1 Ne4+ $1 24. fxe4 Qg3#) (23. Qxe3 Qh2+ $1 24. Bg2 Rxe3 25. Kxe3 Qxg2
26. Rh1 {(/\ 27.Rag1+-)} Ne4 $3 27. fxe4 Qxe4+ $19) 23... Qxg3+ $1 24. Kxg3
Ne4+ 0-1

[Event "Staunton Memorial"]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1946.09.04"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Black "O'Kelly de Galway, Alberic"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D28"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "1946.08.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "19"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 a6 4. e3 Nf6 5. Bxc4 e6 6. O-O c5 7. Qe2 Nc6 8. Nc3
b5 9. Bb3 Bb7 10. Rd1 Qc7 11. d5 exd5 12. e4 $1 dxe4 13. Nxe4 Nxe4 14. Qxe4+ {
- Najdorf-Christoffel (12)} Qe7 (14... Be7) 15. Qf4 Nd8 16. Re1 Ne6 17. Qg4 c4
(17... O-O-O 18. Bxe6+ fxe6 19. Bg5 $18) 18. Bg5 h5 (18... Qc7 19. Rxe6+ fxe6
20. Qxe6+ Be7 21. Re1 $18) (18... Qd6 19. Rad1 Qc6 20. Bc2 $18) 19. Qf5 g6 20.
Qe5 Qc5 21. Qxh8 Bxf3 22. Re5 $1 Qc6 23. Bc2 Bxg2 24. Qf6 Bh1 25. f3 Bxf3 (
25... Qxf3 $2 26. Rxe6+ $1 $18) 26. Bxg6 Bc5+ 27. Be3 Bxe3+ 28. Rxe3 Bg4 29.
Bxf7+ Kd7 30. Bxe6+ Bxe6 31. Rd1+ 1-0

[Event "Staunton Memorial"]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1946.09.07"]
[Round "19"]
[White "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Black "Euwe, Max"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D36"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "1946.08.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "19"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 Nbd7 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bf4 c6 7. e3 (7. h3
$142 $1 {/\ 8.e3}) 7... Nh5 8. Bg5 Be7 9. Bxe7 Qxe7 10. Bd3 Nf4 11. O-O Nxd3
12. Qxd3 O-O 13. Rfe1 Nf6 14. Ne5 Ne8 {[/\ Nd6]} 15. e4 dxe4 16. Qxe4 Be6 (
16... f6 $6 17. Nd3 Qxe4 18. Nxe4) 17. Rad1 (17. Nxf7 $2 Kxf7 $1 {e.g.} 18.
Qxh7 {(or 18.d5)} Nf6 $17) 17... Rd8 18. Nd3 Nf6 19. Qe5 Rd6 20. Nf4 Rfd8 {>=}
(20... Qd7) 21. Qa5 Rxd4 (21... b6 $5) 22. Rxd4 Rxd4 23. Qxa7 Rd2 24. Qb8+ Ne8
25. Nxe6 Rxb2 $2 (25... fxe6 $10 {e.g.} 26. Ne4 Rxb2 27. Nd6 Qxd6 28. Qxe8+ Qf8
29. Qxe6+ Kh8 30. Qf5 Kg8 31. Qe6+ {(Kotov)}) 26. Qd8 $18 (26. Qc8 $142 $1 fxe6
(26... Rc2 27. Kf1 $1 Rxc3 28. Nc7) 27. Rxe6) 26... Qxd8 27. Nxd8 Kf8 28. g3 g6
29. Ne4 h6 30. Nc5 Nd6 31. Rd1 Ke7 32. Ndxb7 Rxb7 33. Nxb7 $1 Nxb7 34. Kg2 Nd6
35. Kf3 Kd7 36. Kf4 f6 37. h4 c5 38. Rb1 Kc7 39. Rb2 Nb7 40. Ke4 Kc6 41. Rxb7
f5+ 42. Kd3 Kxb7 43. Kc4 Kb6 44. f4 Kc6 45. a4 1-0

[Event "Parnu Training Tournament"]
[Site "Parnu"]
[Date "1947.07.19"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Black "Tolush, Alexander V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E32"]
[Annotator "Notkin,M"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "1947.07.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. Bg5 c5 6. e3 h6 (6... cxd4 7. exd4
Nc6 8. Nf3 d5 9. a3 Be7 10. Rd1 h6 11. Bc1 b6 12. cxd5 exd5 13. Bb5 Bb7 $10 {
Korchnoi,V-Short,N/Barselona/1989/0,5 (20)/}) 7. Bh4 cxd4 8. exd4 Nc6 9. Nf3
Be7 10. Rd1 d5 11. a3 b6 12. Bd3 (12. cxd5 Nxd5 13. Bb5 Bb7 14. Nxd5 Bxh4 15.
Bxc6 Bxc6 16. Qxc6 exd5 17. O-O Bf6 18. Rfe1 Rc8 19. Qa4 Rc7 20. Rc1 Qd6 $10 {
Finegold,B-Schmittdiel,E/Dortmund/1990/}) 12... dxc4 (12... Bb7 $1 13. Bxf6
Bxf6 14. cxd5 exd5 15. O-O Re8 16. h3 Rc8 $15 {Marinetti,T-Dokhoian,Y/Rome/
1990/0:1 (39) Inf 49/647/}) 13. Bxc4 Na5 (13... Nd5 14. Bxe7 Ncxe7 15. O-O $10)
14. Ba2 Ba6 (14... Bb7 $5) 15. Bxf6 (15. Bb1 $5 Re8 16. Ne5 $36) 15... Bxf6 16.
b4 Nc4 $2 (16... Rc8 17. Bb1 g6 18. bxa5 Qc7 19. Rc1 e5 $44) 17. b5 $18 Bb7 (
17... Nxa3 18. Qa4 $18) 18. Bxc4 Rc8 (18... Bxf3 19. gxf3 Rc8 20. Ne4 $18) 19.
Be2 Qc7 20. Rc1 e5 (20... Bxf3 21. Bxf3 Bg5 22. Bc6 Bxc1 23. Qxc1 $18) 21. Nxe5
Bxg2 (21... Bxe5 22. dxe5 Qxe5 23. O-O Rxc3 24. Qxc3 Qxe2 25. Qb4 $18) 22. Rg1
Bb7 23. Qf5 Qd6 (23... Bg5 24. f4 Bh4+ 25. Kd2 $18) 24. Bd3 Rfe8 25. Kd2 Rcd8
26. Rxg7+ $1 Bxg7 (26... Kxg7 27. Qh7+ Kf8 28. Qxf7#) 27. Qxf7+ Kh8 28. Rg1 (
28. Qxe8+ Rxe8 29. Nf7+ $18) 28... Re7 (28... Qf6 29. Qxf6 Bxf6 30. Nf7#) 29.
Ng6+ Qxg6 30. Qxg6 Kg8 31. Qh7+ Kf8 32. Rxg7 Rxg7 33. Qh8+ Rg8 34. Qf6+ Ke8 35.
Bc4 1-0

[Event "Parnu Training Tournament"]
[Site "Parnu"]
[Date "1947.07.27"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Black "Boleslavsky, Isaak"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D75"]
[PlyCount "137"]
[EventDate "1947.07.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 d5 4. c4 Bg7 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Nf3 O-O 7. O-O c5 8.
dxc5 Na6 9. Nbd2 Nxc5 10. Nb3 Na4 11. Nbd4 Bd7 12. Qb3 Nab6 13. a4 a5 14. e4
Nb4 15. e5 Qe8 16. e6 Bxa4 17. exf7+ Rxf7 18. Qe6 Ra6 19. Ne5 Bxe5 20. Qxe5 Nc6
21. Qc5 Nd7 22. Qa3 Nxd4 23. Qxa4 Nf3+ 24. Bxf3 Rxf3 25. Bf4 Nf6 26. Qc4+ e6
27. Kg2 Rc6 28. Qd4 e5 29. Bxe5 Rf5 30. Rxa5 b6 31. Rb5 Nd7 32. Bh8 Rf7 33. Qd5
Nf6 34. Bxf6 Rcxf6 35. Rb3 Qc6 36. Rd3 Qxd5+ 37. Rxd5 Kg7 38. f4 Rc6 39. Rf2
Re7 40. Rfd2 Rcc7 41. Rd6 Rb7 42. Kf3 Kf7 43. Rc6 b5 44. Rd5 b4 45. Rd4 Rb8 46.
Rcc4 b3 47. Rb4 Reb7 48. Rxb7+ Rxb7 49. h3 Kf6 50. Ke3 Rb6 51. Kd3 h5 52. Rd5
Ke6 53. Re5+ Kf6 54. h4 Rb8 55. Kc4 Rb6 56. Re3 Kf5 57. Rxb3 Rc6+ 58. Kd4 Rd6+
59. Kc4 Rc6+ 60. Kd3 Kg4 61. Kd2 Rd6+ 62. Rd3 Rb6 63. Kc3 Rc6+ 64. Kd4 Rb6 65.
b3 Rb8 66. Ke5 Rb6 67. Rc3 Kh3 68. Kd5 Rb8 69. Ke6 1-0

[Event "Chigorin Memorial-01"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1947.11.27"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Black "Gligoric, Svetozar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D58"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "1947.11.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e3 h6 6. Bh4 O-O 7. Nf3 b6 8. Bd3
Bb7 9. O-O Nbd7 10. Qe2 dxc4 11. Bxc4 Ne4 12. Bg3 Nxc3 13. bxc3 Bd6 14. e4 Bxg3
15. fxg3 c5 16. Rad1 cxd4 17. cxd4 Rc8 18. e5 Nb8 19. Rf2 Bd5 20. Bd3 f5 21.
exf6 Rxf6 22. Bb1 Nd7 23. Qe3 Qe7 24. Re2 Qb4 25. Qd3 Nf8 26. Ne5 Bc4 27. Nxc4
Qxc4 28. Qe3 Rd8 29. Bc2 Kh8 30. Bb3 Qb5 31. Rc2 Rf7 32. h3 Qf5 33. Rc6 Qb5 34.
Qe4 Qf5 35. Qe2 Rf6 36. Bc2 Qg5 37. Kh2 Qa5 38. Be4 Rf7 39. d5 exd5 40. Qh5 Re7
41. Rxd5 Rxd5 42. Bxd5 Qa6 1-0

[Event "Interzonal-01"]
[Site "Saltsjobaden"]
[Date "1948.07.19"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Black "Tartakower, Saviely"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D07"]
[PlyCount "161"]
[EventDate "1948.07.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "19"]
[EventCountry "SWE"]
[SourceTitle "IZT"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 Nc6 3. Nf3 Bg4 4. Qa4 Bxf3 5. exf3 e6 6. Nc3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 Bd6 8.
Ba6 Qc8 9. d5 Nge7 10. dxc6 bxa6 11. O-O O-O 12. Ne4 Qe8 13. Rd1 Rd8 14. Nxd6
Rxd6 15. Rxd6 cxd6 16. Qxa6 Qxc6 17. Qxa7 Nd5 18. Bd2 Ra8 19. Qd4 Ra4 20. Qd3
Nf4 21. Qb3 g5 22. h3 e5 23. Kh2 Ne6 24. Rc1 Qa8 25. a3 Kg7 26. Qc2 Rh4 27. Qc6
Qd8 28. Bb4 Qf6 29. Bxd6 g4 30. fxg4 Qf4+ 31. g3 Qxf2+ 32. Qg2 Rxh3+ 33. Kxh3
Ng5+ 34. Kh2 Nf3+ 35. Kh1 Qe3 36. Qc2 Nd4 37. Bxe5+ Qxe5 38. Qc3 Qe4+ 39. Kh2
Kg6 40. Rf1 Qe2+ 41. Kg1 Qxg4 42. Qd3+ f5 43. Kg2 Ne6 44. Qf3 Qg5 45. Re1 Qd2+
46. Re2 Qd6 47. Qe3 Ng5 48. Qe8+ Kh6 49. Qb5 f4 50. gxf4 Qxf4 51. Qc6+ Kh5 52.
Qe8+ Kh4 53. Rf2 Qg3+ 54. Kf1 Qh3+ 55. Ke2 Qg4+ 56. Kd3 Ne6 57. Qe7+ Kg3 58.
Qa7 Qd1+ 59. Kc3 Qe1+ 60. Rd2 h5 61. Kc2 Nf4 62. Qg7+ Kf3 63. Qb7+ Kg3 64. a4
Qe5 65. Qb3+ Kg4 66. Qg8+ Kf5 67. Qc4 Qe3 68. a5 h4 69. Qc8+ Kg5 70. Qg8+ Kf5
71. Qc8+ Kg5 72. Qg8+ Kf5 73. Qh7+ Kg4 74. a6 Qc5+ 75. Kb1 Qc4 76. Qd7+ Kg5 77.
a7 Qe4+ 78. Ka2 Qc4+ 79. b3 Qa6+ 80. Qa4 Nd3 81. Qxa6 1-0

[Event "Interzonal-01"]
[Site "Saltsjobaden"]
[Date "1948.07.22"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Black "Steiner, Lajos"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D45"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "1948.07.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "19"]
[EventCountry "SWE"]
[SourceTitle "IZT"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c6 4. e3 Nf6 5. Nf3 Be7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Bd3
b4 9. Na4 Ba6 10. O-O O-O 11. Ne5 Qd5 12. Qe2 Bxd3 13. Nxd3 Nbd7 14. b3 Qb5 15.
Bb2 Rac8 16. Rac1 c5 17. dxc5 Bxc5 18. Bxf6 gxf6 19. Qg4+ Kh8 20. Ndxc5 Nxc5
21. Nxc5 Rxc5 22. Qd4 Rfc8 23. Qxf6+ Kg8 24. Rxc5 Qxc5 25. h3 Qd5 26. Qf4 Qd2
27. Qg4+ Kf8 28. Qh4 Rc2 29. Qxh7 Rxa2 30. h4 Qb2 31. h5 Ra1 32. Rxa1 Qxa1+ 33.
Kh2 Qe5+ 34. Kg1 Qa1+ 35. Kh2 Qe5+ 36. g3 a5 37. h6 Qh5+ 38. Kg2 Qd5+ 39. Kh2
Qh5+ 40. Kg2 Qd5+ 41. f3 Qd2+ 42. Kh3 Qc3 43. Qe4 Kg8 44. Qf4 f5 45. Qg5+ Kh7
46. Kh4 Qb2 47. Qe7+ Kg6 48. Qe8+ Kxh6 49. Qxe6+ Kg7 50. Kg5 Qc2 51. Qd7+ Kf8
52. Kg6 f4+ 53. e4 1-0

[Event "Interzonal-01"]
[Site "Saltsjobaden"]
[Date "1948.08.01"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Black "Pachman, Ludek"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E35"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "1948.07.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "19"]
[EventCountry "SWE"]
[SourceTitle "IZT"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Qc2 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. cxd5 exd5 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 c5 8.
f3 Qc7 9. Ra2 cxd4 10. cxd4 Qxc2 11. Rxc2 Nc6 12. e3 Bf5 13. Rb2 O-O 14. Bd2
Rfe8 15. Kf2 Re7 16. g4 Bg6 17. h4 h6 18. Nh3 Rd8 19. Nf4 Bh7 20. g5 Ne8 21.
Rb5 hxg5 22. hxg5 Nc7 23. Rxb7 Ne6 24. Rxe7 Nxe7 25. Nxe6 fxe6 26. Bb4 Nc6 27.
Bc5 Rb8 28. Bh3 Bf5 29. Bxf5 exf5 30. g6 Rc8 31. Rh5 Ne5 32. dxe5 Rxc5 33. Rxf5
Rc2+ 34. Kg3 Rc6 35. Rg5 Rc3 36. Kf4 Rc4+ 37. Kf5 Rc3 38. Ke6 Rxe3 39. Rf5 Rb3
40. Kxd5 Rxa3 41. Rf7 Ra5+ 42. Ke6 Ra6+ 43. Kf5 Ra5 44. Rc7 1-0

[Event "Interzonal-01"]
[Site "Saltsjobaden"]
[Date "1948.08.08"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Black "Pirc, Vasja"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D60"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "1948.07.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "19"]
[EventCountry "SWE"]
[SourceTitle "IZT"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. Nc3 O-O 6. e3 Nbd7 7. Bd3 h6 8. Bh4
c5 9. O-O dxc4 10. Bxc4 a6 11. a4 cxd4 12. exd4 Nb6 13. Ba2 Nbd5 14. Re1 Nb4
15. Bb3 Bd7 16. Ne5 Bc6 17. Qd2 Bd5 18. Nxd5 Nbxd5 19. Qd3 Rc8 20. Rad1 Qc7 21.
Qe2 Bd6 22. Bg3 Rfe8 23. f4 Qb6 24. Qf3 Bb4 25. Re2 Bc3 26. Ba2 Bxd4+ 27. Kh1
Bc5 28. f5 Ne3 29. fxe6 fxe6 30. Rde1 Rf8 31. a5 Qxa5 32. Bxe6+ Kh7 33. Rxe3
Bxe3 34. Qxe3 Rcd8 35. Bf5+ g6 36. Bxg6+ Kg7 37. Bb1 Qd2 38. Qb6 Rfe8 39. Rf1
Qd6 40. Qxb7+ Re7 41. Qc6 Nh5 1-0

[Event "URS-ch16 Final"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1948.11.11"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Black "Ragozin, Viacheslav"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D94"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "1948.11.11"]
[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 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 g6 5. Nc3 Bg7 6. Bd3 O-O 7. O-O Bg4 8. h3
Bxf3 9. Qxf3 e5 10. dxe5 Nfd7 11. cxd5 Nxe5 12. Qd1 cxd5 13. Be2 Nbc6 14. Nxd5
Rc8 15. e4 Qh4 16. f4 Nd7 17. Be3 Rfe8 18. Bg4 f5 19. Bf2 Bd4 20. exf5 Bxf2+
21. Rxf2 h5 22. Bf3 gxf5 23. Qd3 Rf8 24. Re1 Rf7 25. Ne3 Nc5 26. Qd6 Nb4 27.
Nxf5 Rxf5 28. Qg6+ Kh8 29. Qxf5 Qd8 30. Re5 Nbd3 31. Qxh5+ 1-0

[Event "URS-ch16 Final"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1948.11.12"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Aronin, Lev Solomonovich"]
[Black "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B51"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventDate "1948.11.11"]
[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 d6 3. Bb5+ Nc6 4. O-O a6 5. Bxc6+ bxc6 6. d4 cxd4 7. Qxd4 e5 8.
Qd3 Be7 9. Rd1 Qc7 10. Nc3 a5 11. Bg5 f6 12. Be3 g6 13. Qc4 Ba6 14. Qe6 Qc8 15.
Qb3 Qb7 16. Nd2 Qb4 17. Qe6 Kf8 18. Rab1 Kg7 19. a3 Qb8 20. b4 axb4 21. axb4
Qc8 22. Qxc8 Rxc8 23. Ra1 Bb5 24. Ra7 Kf7 25. Rb7 h5 26. Nxb5 cxb5 27. Rc1 f5
28. f3 Nf6 29. Rxb5 Rc3 30. Kf2 Rhc8 31. h3 Rxc2 32. Rxc2 Rxc2 33. Ke1 Ke6 34.
Rb7 d5 35. Kd1 Rc3 36. exf5+ gxf5 37. Bg5 d4 38. b5 Rc5 39. b6 Rb5 40. Rb8 Bd6
41. Rh8 Nd7 42. Rxh5 Kd5 43. g4 e4 44. Bh6 e3 45. Rxf5+ Ne5 46. Bxe3 dxe3 47.
f4 Rb2 48. Nf3 Ke4 49. fxe5 Ba3 50. e6 e2+ 51. Kc1 Rb5+ 52. Kd2 Rxf5 53. gxf5
Kxf3 54. b7 Bb4+ 55. Kc2 Bd6 0-1

[Event "URS-ch16 Final"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1948.11.15"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Lilienthal, Andor"]
[Black "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D44"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "1948.11.11"]
[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 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c6 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bg5 dxc4 6. e4 b5 7. e5 h6 8. Bh4 g5
9. Nxg5 hxg5 10. Bxg5 Nbd7 11. g3 Bb7 12. Bg2 Qb6 13. exf6 c5 14. dxc5 Bxc5 15.
O-O O-O-O 16. Qe2 Bd4 17. Rad1 Nc5 18. Bxb7+ Qxb7 19. Rxd4 Rxd4 20. Qe5 Rd5 21.
Nxd5 Qxd5 22. Re1 Qc6 23. Qe3 Nd3 24. Rb1 Rd8 25. h4 Nxb2 26. Qxa7 Nd3 27. Rd1
Rd7 0-1

[Event "URS-ch16 Final"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1948.11.18"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Black "Kholmov, Ratmir D"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D20"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1948.11.11"]
[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 d5 2. c4 e5 3. Nc3 dxc4 4. d5 Nf6 5. e4 c6 6. Bxc4 Bb4 7. Qb3 Qa5 8. Bd2
O-O 9. a3 Bxc3 10. Bxc3 Qc7 11. Nf3 Nxe4 12. Bxe5 Qe7 13. O-O Nd7 14. Bf4 cxd5
15. Bxd5 Nb6 16. Rfe1 Nxd5 17. Qxd5 Nf6 18. Qg5 Be6 19. Nd4 Rfd8 20. Be5 h6 21.
Bxf6 hxg5 22. Bxe7 Rxd4 23. Bxg5 Rc8 24. Be3 Ra4 25. Rac1 Rxc1 26. Rxc1 a6 27.
h3 Rc4 28. Rd1 Rc2 29. Bd4 Rc7 30. Bc3 Rd7 31. Re1 Kh7 32. Re3 Rd1+ 33. Kh2 g5
34. Kg3 Kg6 35. f4 gxf4+ 36. Kxf4 Rf1+ 37. Ke5 Rf5+ 38. Kd6 Rf2 39. Rg3+ Kh6
40. Rg8 Rf5 41. g4 1-0

[Event "URS-ch16 Final"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1948.11.25"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Black "Keres, Paul"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C06"]
[Annotator "Moiseev,V"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1948.11.11"]
[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 e6 2. e4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. Bd3 c5 6. c3 b6 7. Ne2 (7. f4) (7.
Nh3 $5) 7... Ba6 8. Bxa6 Nxa6 9. O-O Be7 10. Ng3 O-O $2 (10... Nc7 11. Qg4 (11.
Nf3 h5 12. Ne1 g6 13. Nd3 Qc8 14. Be3 c4 15. Nf4 $13 {Tolush,A-Botvinnik,M/URS
(ch)/1952/}) 11... g6 12. Nf3 h5 13. Qf4 c4 14. Ng5 Bxg5 15. Qxg5 Qxg5 16. Bxg5
$14 {Golovko,N-Gorenshtein,R/corr/1961/}) 11. Qg4 f5 $6 (11... Kh8) 12. exf6
Rxf6 13. Nh5 $1 (13. Nf3 $5 Rg6 14. Qh3) 13... Rg6 14. Qe2 $16 Nc7 15. Nf3 Bd6
16. g3 e5 $2 (16... Qe7 17. Bf4 Re8 18. Rae1 $16) 17. Nxe5 $6 (17. dxe5 Re6 18.
Nf4 Re8 19. Nxd5 $1 Nxd5 20. Qc4 $18) 17... Bxe5 18. dxe5 Re6 19. Qg4 (19. f4
$2 g6) 19... g6 20. Nf6+ (20. Nf4 Rxe5 21. Nxg6 $2 Nf6 (21... hxg6 22. Qxg6+
Kh8 23. Bf4 $2 (23. Qh6+ Kg8 24. Qg6+ $10) 23... Qe7 $15) 22. Qf4 Re4 23. Qf5
hxg6 24. Qxg6+ Kh8 25. Bg5 Nce8 $17) 20... Nxf6 21. exf6 Qxf6 22. Bf4 $16 {><d5
} Ne8 (22... Re4 23. Qd1 Rxf4 24. gxf4 Qxf4 25. Qd3 $16) 23. Rad1 Qf7 24. Qf3 (
24. Rxd5 $4 Nf6 $19) 24... Nf6 25. c4 Rae8 26. cxd5 Re2 27. Qb3 $6 (27. d6 $1
Rxb2 (27... Nd7 28. Qc6 Rxb2 (28... Nb8 29. Qb5) 29. Rfe1 $18 {/\ 30 Re7}) 28.
Bc1 $1 Rxa2 29. d7 Rd8 30. Bg5 Kg7 (30... Rxd7 31. Bxf6 $18) 31. Rd6 $18) 27...
Nd7 28. Rd3 $2 (28. h4 $1) 28... g5 $1 29. Bc7 (29. Bxg5 $142 c4 30. Qxc4 Ne5
31. Qc3 Nxd3 32. Qxd3 R2e5 33. Bf4 Rxd5 $15) 29... Nf6 $2 (29... Rf8 $1 30. f4
Qh5 $19) 30. Rf3 $1 (30. d6 c4 $19) 30... Qxc7 31. Rxf6 c4 32. Qb5 Qe5 33. Rc6
Rxb2 $2 (33... Qxb2 34. Qxc4 Qxa2 $13) 34. Qxc4 Rd2 35. Rc8 $1 Rxc8 36. Qxc8+
Kf7 37. Rc1 $1 $18 Qxd5 38. Rc7+ Kg6 39. Qe8+ Kf5 40. Qf8+ Kg4 41. f3+ (41. f3+
Qxf3 42. Rc4+ $18) 1-0

[Event "URS-ch16 Final"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1948.11.29"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Taimanov, Mark E"]
[Black "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D45"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1948.11.11"]
[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 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 e6 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. e3 a6 6. Qc2 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Be2
Nbd7 9. e4 c5 10. Bg5 cxd4 11. Nxd4 Bb7 12. O-O b4 13. Na4 Rc8 14. Qb3 Qa5 15.
Bxf6 Nxf6 16. Rac1 Rxc1 17. Rxc1 Bd6 18. Nxe6 Qe5 19. f4 Qxe6 20. Qxe6+ fxe6
21. e5 Bb8 22. exf6 Bxf4 23. fxg7 Rg8 24. Rc4 Be3+ 25. Kf1 Rxg7 26. Bf3 Bxf3
27. gxf3 e5 28. Rxb4 Rd7 29. Re4 Bf4 30. Re2 Kf7 31. Nc5 Rd6 32. Ne4 Rh6 33.
Ng3 Ke6 34. Kg2 Kd5 35. Rc2 Rg6 36. b3 Kd4 37. Rc7 h6 38. Kf2 Kd3 39. Rc4 h5
40. Nxh5 Be3+ 0-1

[Event "URS-ch16 Final"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1948.12.10"]
[Round "18"]
[White "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Black "Panov, Vasily N"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E07"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "1948.11.11"]
[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 c6 3. Nf3 e6 4. g3 d5 5. Nbd2 Nbd7 6. Bg2 Be7 7. O-O O-O 8. b3
b6 9. Bb2 Ba6 10. Rc1 Rc8 11. Rc2 c5 12. Qa1 dxc4 13. Nxc4 b5 14. Nce5 c4 15.
Rfc1 Nb6 16. a4 cxb3 17. Rxc8 Nxc8 18. Nc6 Qb6 19. a5 Qb7 20. Nd2 b4 21. Bf3
Nd5 22. Nxb3 Bg5 23. Rc5 f5 24. Ne5 Nce7 25. Rc2 Qb5 26. e3 Qe8 27. Nc5 Bc8 28.
Qa2 Bf6 29. Qc4 Bxe5 30. dxe5 Qg6 31. Rd2 f4 32. Be4 Qg5 33. exf4 Nxf4 34. Qxb4
Ned5 35. Qd4 Nh3+ 36. Kh1 Qh5 37. f4 Ndxf4 38. gxf4 Rxf4 39. Qe3 Qh4 40. Bg2
1-0

[Event "Match/City Moscow-Budapest 87-41 "]
[Site "Telegraph"]
[Date "1949.04.06"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Barcza, Gedeon"]
[Black "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E01"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "1949.04.02"]
[EventType "team-schev"]
[EventRounds "16"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "MCD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 c5 4. O-O e6 5. d4 cxd4 6. Nxd4 Bc5 7. c4 O-O 8. Nb3
Bb6 9. cxd5 Nxd5 10. Na3 Nc6 11. Nc4 Bc7 12. Ne3 Nce7 13. Nxd5 Nxd5 14. e4 Nb4
15. Bd2 Qe7 16. Qc1 Bb6 17. Qc3 a5 18. a3 Nc6 19. e5 a4 20. Bxc6 bxc6 21. Nd4
c5 22. Nc2 Qd7 23. Rfd1 Bb7 24. f3 Qc6 25. Ne1 f6 26. Bf4 Ba5 27. Qe3 fxe5 28.
Bxe5 Bxe1 29. Rd6 Rxf3 30. Qxe1 Qe8 31. Bxg7 Kxg7 32. Rxe6 Qh5 33. Re7+ Rf7 34.
Qc3+ Kg8 35. Re5 Qg4 36. Qxc5 h6 37. Rae1 Raf8 38. Re6 Qf3 39. Rg6+ Kh7 40.
Rxh6+ Kxh6 41. Re6+ Kh7 0-1

[Event "Match/City Moscow-Budapest 87-41 "]
[Site "Telegraph"]
[Date "1949.04.07"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Black "Gereben, Erno"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D94"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "1949.04.02"]
[EventType "team-schev"]
[EventRounds "16"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "MCD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "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
Be6 9. cxd5 Nxd5 10. Qe2 Nb4 11. Bb1 N8a6 12. e4 Nc7 13. Bf4 Bc8 14. a3 Ne6 15.
Be3 Na6 16. Rd1 Qc7 17. Ba2 Nf4 18. Qd2 Ne6 19. Rac1 Rd8 20. d5 Nf8 21. Ng5 e6
22. d6 Qd7 23. f4 h6 24. Nf3 b6 25. b4 Bb7 26. Ne5 Qe8 27. Qf2 Nd7 28. Nxd7
Qxd7 29. e5 Rdc8 30. Qg3 Kh7 31. h4 h5 32. Ne4 c5 33. Nf6+ Bxf6 34. exf6 Be4
35. f5 1-0

[Event "Match/City Moscow-Budapest 87-41 "]
[Site "Telegraph"]
[Date "1949.04.14"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Black "Szabo, Laszlo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E39"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "1949.04.02"]
[EventType "team-schev"]
[EventRounds "16"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "MCD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 c5 5. dxc5 Nc6 6. Nf3 O-O 7. a3 Bxc5 8.
Bg5 h6 9. Bh4 g5 10. Bg3 d5 11. e3 Qa5 12. Nd2 Qd8 13. O-O-O Qe7 14. Nb3 Rd8
15. Nb5 b6 16. Nc7 Rb8 17. cxd5 exd5 18. Na6 Bxa6 19. Bxa6 Ra8 20. Kb1 Ne5 21.
Qf5 Ng6 22. Ka2 Ne4 23. Rxd5 Rxd5 24. Qxd5 Rd8 25. Qf5 Bxa3 26. Bc4 Nh8 27.
bxa3 Nc3+ 28. Kb2 Na4+ 29. Kb1 b5 30. Bxb5 Qxa3 31. Bxa4 Qxa4 32. Kb2 Qb4 33.
Rc1 a5 34. Rc8 1-0

[Event "Match/City Moscow-Budapest 87-41 "]
[Site "Telegraph"]
[Date "1949.04.19"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Benko, Pal C"]
[Black "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D26"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "1949.04.02"]
[EventType "team-schev"]
[EventRounds "16"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "MCD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c6 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. e3 a6 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Be2
c5 9. dxc5 Qxd1+ 10. Bxd1 Bxc5 11. O-O Nbd7 12. b3 Bb7 13. Bb2 Ke7 14. Rc1 Bd6
15. Nd4 Nc5 16. Be2 Rhd8 17. Rfd1 Rac8 18. Bf3 b4 19. Nce2 Nce4 20. Rxc8 Rxc8
21. Rc1 Rxc1+ 22. Nxc1 Bd5 23. Nd3 g6 24. h3 Nd7 25. Nc1 f5 26. Nc2 e5 27. a3
bxa3 28. Nxa3 Ndc5 29. Be2 Nd2 30. Nc4 Bxc4 31. bxc4 Na4 32. Ba1 Ba3 33. Nd3 e4
34. Nf4 Bb2 35. Bd1 Bxa1 36. Bxa4 Nxc4 37. Kf1 Be5 38. Ne2 a5 39. Nc1 Kd6 40.
Nb3 Nb6 41. Be8 a4 42. Nc1 Kc5 43. Ke2 Kb4 44. Kd2 Bc3+ 45. Kc2 Be1 46. f3 Nc4
47. fxe4 fxe4 48. Bc6 Nxe3+ 49. Kb1 Nc4 50. Kc2 Nd6 51. Bd5 Kc5 52. Bg8 h6 53.
Bh7 g5 $19 {1) Shakmatyi v SSSR 1949, p.129 gives remis as result of the game,
but the position is completely lost for White.} 0-1

[Event "Match/City Moscow-Budapest 87-41 "]
[Site "Telegraph"]
[Date "1949.04.19"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Black "Barcza, Gedeon"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E51"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1949.04.02"]
[EventType "team-schev"]
[EventRounds "16"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "MCD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. a3 Bxc3+ 5. bxc3 c5 6. e3 d5 7. Nf3 O-O 8. Bb2
Qa5 9. Nd2 cxd4 10. cxd4 Nbd7 11. Qb3 Ne4 12. Qb4 Qxb4 13. axb4 Nxd2 14. Kxd2
dxc4 15. Bxc4 Nb6 16. Bd3 Bd7 17. b5 Rfc8 18. Rhc1 Rxc1 19. Bxc1 Nd5 20. Ba3
Nc7 21. Rb1 f6 22. Bd6 Ne8 23. Bg3 Kf7 24. Ra1 Ke7 25. Kc3 Nd6 26. Kb4 h6 27.
e4 Nc8 28. Bc7 Nd6 29. Bb6 Nc8 30. Bc5+ Ke8 31. Kc3 b6 32. Bb4 a5 33. bxa6 Na7
34. Kd2 Bb5 35. f4 Bxd3 36. Kxd3 Nb5 37. Kc4 Nc7 38. a7 Kd7 39. d5 exd5+ 40.
exd5 Rc8 41. d6 1-0

[Event "URS-ch17 Final"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1949.10.16"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Black "Petrosian, Tigran V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D36"]
[PlyCount "25"]
[EventDate "1949.10.16"]
[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 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 Be7 6. e3 c6 7. Qc2 Ne4 8.
Bxe7 Qxe7 9. Nxd5 cxd5 10. Qxc8+ Qd8 11. Bb5+ Nc6 12. Bxc6+ bxc6 13. Qxc6+ 1-0

[Event "URS-ch17 Final"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1949.10.23"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Black "Levenfish, Grigory"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D94"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1949.10.16"]
[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 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 g6 5. Nc3 Bg7 6. Bd3 O-O 7. O-O b6 8. cxd5
cxd5 9. b3 Nc6 10. Ba3 Bb7 11. Rc1 a6 12. Na4 Nd7 13. Rc2 Qb8 14. Ng5 h6 15.
Nh3 Rc8 16. Nf4 b5 17. Nc5 Nf6 18. Qf3 Nd8 19. Rfc1 Bc6 20. Bf1 Ne4 21. Nxe4
dxe4 22. Qd1 b4 23. d5 Bd7 24. Bb2 Bxb2 25. Rxb2 Qe5 26. Rbc2 Rxc2 27. Rxc2 Nb7
28. Qd4 Qxd4 29. exd4 g5 30. Rc7 Bb5 31. Rxb7 gxf4 32. Rxe7 Rc8 33. Bxb5 axb5
34. h4 f5 35. Re5 Kg7 36. Rxf5 e3 37. fxe3 fxe3 38. Kf1 Rc2 39. d6 Rxa2 40. d7
Ra8 41. Ke2 1-0

[Event "URS-ch17 Final"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1949.11.02"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Black "Ragozin, Viacheslav"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D36"]
[Annotator "Knaak,R"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "1949.10.16"]
[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 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c6 4. Nf3 (4. e4 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Qxd4 7. Bxb4
Qxe4+ 8. Be2) 4... Nf6 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Qc2 Nbd7 7. Bg5 Be7 8. e3 O-O 9. Bd3 Re8
10. O-O Nf8 11. Rab1 Be6 (11... Nh5 $142) (11... Bg4 $142) 12. b4 Rc8 13. Na4
Ne4 14. Bxe7 Rxe7 (14... Qxe7 $142) 15. Nc5 Nxc5 16. Qxc5 (16. bxc5 $14) 16...
b6 $2 (16... a6) 17. Qc2 Qd6 18. Rfc1 g6 19. Rb3 Nd7 20. h3 Nb8 21. a3 Bd7 22.
Rc3 Be8 23. h4 $1 a6 24. h5 Ra7 (24... Kg7 $142) 25. hxg6 hxg6 26. Ne5 {/\f4-f5
} a5 27. b5 $1 Rac7 (27... c5 28. dxc5 $3 Qxe5 (28... bxc5 29. Rxc5) 29. cxb6
Rxc3 30. bxa7 $3 Rxc2 31. Rxc2 $1 $18) 28. bxc6 Kg7 (28... Nxc6 29. Bb5 Nxd4
30. Rxc7 Rxc7 (30... Nxc2 31. Rxc8 Nxa3 32. Rxe8+ Kg7 33. Bd3 $18) 31. Qxc7
Nxb5 32. Qxd6 Nxd6 $16) 29. Qb1 $1 Nxc6 30. Qxb6 Rb8 31. Qxb8 $1 Nxb8 32. Rxc7
Qxa3 33. Bxg6 Nc6 34. R1xc6 $1 Bxc6 35. Rxf7+ Kh6 (35... Kh8 36. Bh7 {/\37.Sg6#
}) 36. f4 $1 Qxe3+ 37. Kh2 Qxe5 38. fxe5 1-0

[Event "URS-ch17 Final"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1949.11.11"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Flohr, Salo"]
[Black "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A98"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "1949.10.16"]
[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 e6 2. c4 f5 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 Be7 5. Nf3 d6 6. O-O O-O 7. Nc3 Qe8 8. Qc2
Qh5 9. b3 a5 10. Bb2 Na6 11. Rae1 c6 12. a3 Bd8 13. e4 e5 14. dxe5 dxe5 15.
Nxe5 Nc5 16. b4 Ncxe4 17. Nxe4 fxe4 18. c5 Be6 19. Bxe4 Nxe4 20. Rxe4 Bd5 21.
Re2 axb4 22. axb4 Bf6 23. f4 Ra2 24. Ref2 Rfa8 25. Qd3 R8a4 26. g4 Qh4 27. Qf5
Ra8 28. g5 Qh5 29. h3 h6 30. Nd3 Bxb2 31. Nxb2 R2a3 32. Kh2 Re3 33. Rg1 Be6 0-1

[Event "Venice"]
[Site "Venice"]
[Date "1950.10.02"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Black "Pachman, Ludek"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D65"]
[PlyCount "137"]
[EventDate "1950.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "MCD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e3 O-O 6. Nf3 Nbd7 7. Rc1 a6 8. cxd5
exd5 9. Bd3 Re8 10. O-O c6 11. Qc2 Nf8 12. a3 g6 13. b4 Ne6 14. Bxf6 Bxf6 15.
a4 Ng7 16. b5 axb5 17. axb5 Bf5 18. Bxf5 Nxf5 19. bxc6 bxc6 20. Na4 Rc8 21. Qc5
Nd6 22. Nd2 Re7 23. Rb1 Rb7 24. Rxb7 Nxb7 25. Qa7 Nd6 26. Qa6 Qc7 27. Rc1 Bd8
28. Nc5 Qa5 29. Qd3 Qb5 30. g3 Bb6 31. Rb1 Qxd3 32. Nxd3 Ba5 33. Nb3 Bd8 34.
Nbc5 Be7 35. Nd7 Rc7 36. Nb8 Nc4 37. Ra1 Rc8 38. Nd7 Rc7 39. Ra8+ Kg7 40. N7e5
Nxe5 41. Nxe5 Bd6 42. Nd3 Kf6 43. g4 Ke6 44. Kg2 Rb7 45. Re8+ Re7 46. Rh8 f6
47. h4 Rb7 48. Kf3 Rf7 49. Re8+ Re7 50. Rd8 Ra7 51. Nc5+ Ke7 52. Rc8 Bxc5 53.
dxc5 Kd7 54. Rh8 Ke6 55. Rd8 Ke7 56. Rd6 Ra6 57. g5 fxg5 58. hxg5 Kf7 59. Kg3
Ke7 60. f3 Ra3 61. Kf4 Ra4+ 62. Ke5 Ra3 63. Rxc6 Rxe3+ 64. Kxd5 Rd3+ 65. Ke4
Rc3 66. f4 Rc1 67. Rc7+ Kd8 68. Rxh7 Rxc5 69. Rf7 1-0

[Event "Venice"]
[Site "Venice"]
[Date "1950.10.05"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Rossolimo, Nicolas"]
[Black "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B11"]
[PlyCount "132"]
[EventDate "1950.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "MCD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Nf3 Bg4 4. h3 Bxf3 5. Qxf3 e6 6. d4 Nf6 7. Bd3 Be7 8. e5
Nfd7 9. Qg3 g6 10. Ne2 c5 11. c3 Nc6 12. O-O Qb6 13. Qf4 h5 14. a3 g5 15. Qe3
c4 16. Bc2 O-O-O 17. Rb1 Na5 18. f4 gxf4 19. Nxf4 Rdg8 20. Bd1 Rg5 21. Kh1 Nb3
22. Bf3 Rf5 23. g4 hxg4 24. Bxg4 Rg5 25. Qe2 Nxc1 26. Rbxc1 Rh4 27. Rg1 Kb8 28.
Rcf1 Qd8 29. Bh5 Qg8 30. Rxg5 Bxg5 31. Bg4 Nb6 32. Ng2 Rh7 33. Qc2 a6 34. Kh2
Nd7 35. Qe2 Qg6 36. Nf4 Qh6 37. Nh5 Qg6 38. Nf4 Qh6 39. Nh5 Ka7 40. Kh1 Qg6 41.
Kh2 Nb6 42. Nf6 Rh8 43. Qd1 Bh4 44. Rf3 a5 45. Kg2 Ka6 46. a4 Ka7 47. Kf1 Kb8
48. Kg2 Ka7 49. Kf1 Qh6 50. Ke2 Qf8 51. Kf1 Qc8 52. Bh5 Qc6 53. Bxf7 Nxa4 54.
Qc2 Nb6 55. Nh5 Qa4 56. Qc1 Qb3 57. Ng7 Na4 58. Bxe6 Nxb2 59. Bxd5 a4 60. Ne6
Be7 61. Rf7 Nd3 62. Qa1 Qc2 63. Nc5 Bxc5 64. dxc5 Rh7 65. Rf3 Rxh3 66. Rxd3
Rxd3 0-1

[Event "Venice"]
[Site "Venice"]
[Date "1950.10.10"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Black "Golombek, Harry"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E24"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "1950.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "MCD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. a3 Bxc3+ 5. bxc3 d6 6. f3 e5 7. e4 Nc6 8. Be3
b6 9. Bd3 O-O 10. Ne2 Ba6 11. Ng3 Qd7 12. Nf5 Ne8 13. f4 f6 14. d5 Na5 15. c5
Bxd3 16. c6 Qd8 17. Qxd3 g6 18. Nh6+ Kg7 19. f5 g5 20. h4 Nb3 21. Rb1 Nc5 22.
Bxc5 dxc5 23. Qg3 Kh8 24. hxg5 fxg5 25. Ng4 Nf6 26. Qxe5 Qd6 27. Qxd6 cxd6 28.
Nxf6 Rxf6 29. Kd2 Re8 30. Kd3 Kg7 31. a4 Rf7 32. a5 bxa5 33. g4 Rfe7 34. Rhe1
Kf6 35. e5+ 1-0

[Event "Venice"]
[Site "Venice"]
[Date "1950.10.11"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Czerniak, Moshe"]
[Black "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B43"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "1950.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "MCD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. g3 b5 7. Bg2 Bb7 8. O-O
e6 9. a3 Qc7 10. f4 Be7 11. g4 Nc6 12. Be3 h5 13. Ndxb5 axb5 14. Nxb5 Qa5 15.
Nxd6+ Bxd6 16. Qxd6 Nxg4 17. e5 Nxe3 18. Bxc6+ Bxc6 19. Qxc6+ Kf8 20. Rf3 Qa7
21. Kh1 Rd8 22. Re1 Nf5 23. Rd3 Rxd3 24. cxd3 g6 25. b4 Kg7 26. b5 Qf2 27. Rg1
h4 0-1

[Event "Candidates Tournament"]
[Site "Budapest"]
[Date "1950.04.12"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Black "Lilienthal, Andor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D97"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "1950.04.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[SourceTitle "Candidates"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Qb3 dxc4 6. Qxc4 O-O 7. e4 Na6 8.
Be2 c5 9. d5 e6 10. O-O exd5 11. exd5 Qb6 (11... Qa5 $6 12. a3 Bf5 13. Qh4 Rfe8
14. Bh6 Ne4 15. Bxg7 Kxg7 16. Ng5 Nxc3 $2 $16 {Smyslov-Florian/Moscow-Budapest/
1949/} (16... Nxg5 $142 17. Qxg5 $14)) (11... Bf5 12. Bf4 Qb6 {main line}) 12.
a3 (12. Bf4 $5 Bf5 {main line} (12... Qxb2 $2 13. Rab1 Qa3 14. Rb5 $16 {/\Nb1})
) 12... Bf5 13. Nh4 $1 (13. Na4 Qd8 14. Rd1 Re8 15. Nc3 Ne4 $10 {Stahlberg,
G-Najdorf,M/Salsjobaden izt/1948/}) 13... Bc2 (13... Bd7 $142) 14. Bd1 Bxd1 15.
Rxd1 {><d6} Ne8 {/\Ne8-d6 Blockadefeld} 16. Ne4 $1 Nd6 (16... f5 $2 17. d6+ Kh8
18. Ng5 $18 Nxd6 $2 19. Nxg6+ $1 hxg6 20. Qh4+ $18) 17. Nxd6 Qxd6 18. Nf3 Rfe8
19. Rb1 Qd7 $2 {/\b7-b5} (19... Rac8 $142 {/\Qd7,b5}) 20. d6 $1 b5 21. Qd5 Rac8
22. Be3 Rc6 (22... h6 $142 {/\Rc6}) 23. Bg5 $2 Rcc8 (23... Re6 $2 24. Qxc6 $1
Qxc6 25. d7 Rd6 26. d8=Q+ Rxd8 27. Rxd8+ Bf8 28. Bh6 $18) (23... Bd4 $5 24. Be7
(24. Bf4) 24... Nc7 $1 25. Qb3 a6 26. Nxd4 cxd4 27. Rbc1 $16) 24. Be7 h6 25.
Nh4 $1 {/\Nxg6} c4 26. b4 $1 (26. Nxg6 $2 Rc5 $1) 26... c3 (26... cxb3 27. Nxg6
$1 $18 (27. Rxb3 $2 Rxe7 $1 28. dxe7 Qxd5 29. Rxd5 Rc1+ $19)) 27. Rbc1 c2 28.
Rd2 Rxe7 $5 (28... Bc3 29. Re2) 29. dxe7 Qxe7 30. Nxg6 Qf6 31. Qf5 $1 Rc4 (
31... Rc6 32. Qxf6 Bxf6 33. Nf4 Bb2 34. Rcxc2 Rxc2 35. Rxc2 Bxa3 36. Ra2 Bc1
37. Nd3 $18) (31... Rc3 $1 32. Qxf6 Bxf6 33. Rcxc2 Rxa3 (33... Rxc2 34. Rxc2
fxg6 35. Rc6 $18) 34. Rc8+ Kh7 (34... Kg7 35. Nh8) 35. Nf8+ Kg7 36. Nd7 $16)
32. Qxb5 Qb2 33. Ne7+ Kf8 (33... Kh7 34. Qf5+ $18) 34. Re1 $1 Re4 35. Rd8+ Kxe7
36. Rxe4+ Kxd8 37. Re8+ (37. Re8+ Kc7 38. Re7+ Kd6 39. Qd7#) 1-0

[Event "Candidates Tournament"]
[Site "Budapest"]
[Date "1950.04.19"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Black "Szabo, Laszlo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E36"]
[PlyCount "131"]
[EventDate "1950.04.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[SourceTitle "Candidates"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 Nc6 7. e3 e5 8.
dxe5 Ne4 9. Qd3 Nc5 10. Qc2 dxc4 11. Bxc4 Nxe5 12. Bb5+ c6 13. Qxc5 Qa5+ 14.
Ke2 Qxb5+ 15. Qxb5 cxb5 16. Nf3 Bg4 17. h3 Bxf3+ 18. gxf3 Nc4 19. Rg1 O-O 20.
b3 Na5 21. Rb1 f6 22. Bd2 Nc6 23. Rbc1 Rfe8 24. Bc3 Kf7 25. f4 Rad8 26. Rcd1 g6
27. f3 Rxd1 28. Rxd1 Rd8 29. Rh1 Rd5 30. e4 Rh5 31. b4 Ne7 32. Kf2 f5 33. Bd2
fxe4 34. fxe4 Nc8 35. Kg3 Nd6 36. Re1 Nc4 37. Bc1 a6 38. Kg4 Ke7 39. Rd1 Nd6
40. Rd3 Nf7 41. Rd1 Nd6 42. h4 Nc4 43. Rd4 Ke6 44. Rd1 Ke7 45. Rf1 Rh6 46. Rf3
Rh5 47. Rc3 Kd7 48. Be3 Nd6 49. Rd3 Kc6 50. Rd4 Nf7 51. Bf2 Nh6+ 52. Kf3 Nf7
53. Bg3 b6 54. Rd1 Nh6 55. Rd8 Nf7 56. Rc8+ Kd7 57. Rb8 a5 58. Rb7+ Ke8 59.
Rxb6 axb4 60. axb4 Nd8 61. Kg4 Nf7 62. Bf2 Kd8 63. Bc5 Kc8 64. Rf6 Nd8 65. Bb6
Kd7 66. Bxd8 1-0

[Event "Candidates Tournament"]
[Site "Budapest"]
[Date "1950.04.25"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Black "Flohr, Salo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D29"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1950.04.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[SourceTitle "Candidates"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 a6 4. e3 Nf6 5. Bxc4 e6 6. O-O c5 7. Qe2 b5 8. Bb3
Bb7 9. a4 Nbd7 10. e4 cxd4 11. axb5 Nc5 12. Bc4 d3 13. Qe3 Bxe4 (13... a5 $1)
14. bxa6 Bd6 15. b4 Ncd7 16. Nbd2 Bg6 17. Ba3 Qe7 18. Rfb1 O-O 19. Rb3 Rfb8 20.
b5 Nb6 21. Ne5 Bxa3 22. Nxg6 Qc7 23. Raxa3 hxg6 24. Bxd3 Nfd5 25. Qe1 Rd8 26.
Nf3 Rac8 27. Ne5 Qc1 28. Ra1 Qg5 29. Nc6 Rd7 30. Bf1 Ne7 31. Rg3 Qc5 32. Rc1
Qd6 33. Rd3 Ned5 34. g3 Kf8 35. Rdd1 Kg8 36. Bg2 Re8 37. Ne5 Rc7 38. Rxc7 Qxc7
39. Rc1 Qd6 40. Bf1 Qb4 41. Qxb4 1-0

[Event "Candidates Tournament"]
[Site "Budapest"]
[Date "1950.05.06"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Stahlberg, Gideon"]
[Black "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E90"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "1950.04.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[SourceTitle "Candidates"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. g3 Bg4 7. Bg2 Nfd7 8. O-O
Nc6 9. Be3 e5 10. d5 Bxf3 11. Bxf3 Nd4 12. Bxd4 exd4 13. Nb5 a6 14. Nxd4 Qf6
15. Nc2 Qxb2 16. Qc1 Qc3 17. Bg2 Nc5 18. Rb1 Qxc4 19. Nb4 Qxc1 20. Rfxc1 Rae8
21. Nc2 f5 22. exf5 Re2 23. Ne3 Rxa2 24. Bh3 Bd4 25. Rc2 Rxc2 26. Nxc2 Bc3 27.
fxg6 hxg6 28. f4 b5 29. Bf1 b4 30. Bc4 a5 31. Kf2 Na4 0-1

[Event "Candidates Tournament"]
[Site "Budapest"]
[Date "1950.05.09"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Black "Keres, Paul"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E24"]
[Annotator "Knaak,R"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "1950.04.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[SourceTitle "Candidates"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. d4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. a3 Bxc3+ 5. bxc3 Nc6 6. f3 b6 7. e4 Ba6 8. e5
(8. Bg5 h6 9. Bh4 Na5 10. Qa4 Qc8 $1 {Geller,E-Smyslov,V/URS-ch17/1949/Moscow/
1/2-1/2/}) 8... Ng8 9. Nh3 (9. Bd3 Na5 10. Qa4 f6 (10... f5) (10... Qc8)) 9...
Na5 10. Qa4 Ne7 (10... Qc8 $142) 11. Bd3 (11. Ng5 $5) (11. Bg5 $5) 11... O-O (
11... h6 $5 12. Nf4 O-O $13 {/\d6}) 12. Bg5 h6 13. Bh4 d5 $2 (13... Qe8 $142 $5
14. Bb1 d6 15. Qc2 Ng6) 14. Bb1 $16 g5 (14... Bxc4 15. Qc2 g6 16. Qd2 $5 (16.
Nf4 $1) 16... Kh7 17. Bf6 Nb3 18. Qf4 Nxa1 19. Qh4 Rh8 $1 20. Bxe7 Qe8 21. Nf4
$40) 15. Qc2 Ng6 16. Nf4 $1 gxh4 (16... Qe8 17. Nh5 $1 $18) 17. Nxg6 Re8 18.
Nh8 $1 {><f7} Re7 19. Qh7+ Kf8 20. f4 $1 Nxc4 21. f5 exf5 22. O-O $1 Bc8 23.
Bxf5 Bxf5 24. Rxf5 Ke8 25. Rxf7 Kd7 26. Qf5+ Kc6 27. Qf6+ Kd7 28. e6+ Kc6 (
28... Kd6 29. Rxe7 Qxe7 30. Nf7+ $18) 29. Rxe7 Qxh8 30. Rxc7+ $1 Kb5 (30...
Kxc7 31. Qe7+ Kc8 32. Rf1 $18) 31. Qe7 a5 32. Qd7+ Ka6 33. Rb1 1-0

[Event "URS Trade UnionTeam-ch"]
[Site "Ivanovo"]
[Date "1951.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Aronin, Lev Solomonovich"]
[Black "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E67"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "1951.??.??"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. c4 d6 6. O-O Nbd7 7. Nc3 e5 8. h3
c6 9. dxe5 dxe5 10. Be3 Qe7 11. Qd2 Nh5 12. g4 Nf4 13. Bxf4 exf4 14. Qxf4 Nb6
15. Nd2 Be6 16. Rac1 Rad8 17. b3 f5 18. gxf5 Rxf5 19. Qe3 Bd4 20. Qh6 Qc7 21.
Nf3 Rh5 22. Nxd4 Bxh3 23. Ndb5 cxb5 24. Nxb5 Qc8 25. Qe3 Bxg2 26. Kxg2 Qg4+ 27.
Qg3 Qe4+ 28. f3 Qxe2+ 29. Qf2 Qe5 30. Rh1 Qg5+ 0-1

[Event "URS-ch19 Final"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1951.11.21"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Black "Keres, Paul"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E42"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "1951.11.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "URS-ch"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 Bb4+ 3. Nc3 c5 4. e3 b6 5. Nge2 Nf6 6. a3 Ba5 7. Rb1 Na6 8. Ng3
Bb7 9. f3 h5 10. e4 Bxc3+ 11. bxc3 h4 12. Ne2 h3 13. Bg5 Qc7 14. Bf4 d6 15. Ng3
O-O-O 16. a4 Nb8 17. a5 Nbd7 18. gxh3 Nh5 19. Be3 f5 20. Nxh5 Rxh5 21. Bg2 bxa5
22. O-O Nb6 23. Qb3 Ba6 24. Rfd1 Bxc4 25. Qa3 fxe4 26. fxe4 {[#]} Be2 (26... a4
$11) 27. dxc5 $16 Nc4 28. Qa2 Nxe3 29. Qxe2 {[#]} Qxc5 (29... Nxd1 30. Qa6+ Kd7
31. c6+ Qxc6 32. Rb7+ Qxb7 33. Qxb7+ $18) 30. Rd4 $18 e5 31. Qxe3 exd4 32. cxd4
Qg5 33. Qc3+ Kd7 34. e5 Ke7 35. Qc7+ Kf8 36. e6 Kg8 37. Qf7+ Kh7 38. e7 Rb8 39.
Re1 Qh4 40. Be4+ 1-0

[Event "Moscow-ch30"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1952.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Chistiakov, Alexander Nikolaevi"]
[Black "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B51"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "1952.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "MCD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nc6 4. O-O Bg4 5. c3 Nf6 6. Re1 e6 7. d3 Nd7 8. Nbd2
Be7 9. Bxc6 bxc6 10. Qa4 Bxf3 11. Nxf3 Qc7 12. Bg5 Bxg5 13. Nxg5 O-O 14. Rad1
Rab8 15. Rd2 Rb5 16. Qd1 Rfb8 17. b3 c4 18. Nxe6 fxe6 19. dxc4 Rg5 20. Rxd6 Nf6
21. e5 Ng4 22. f4 Rg6 23. c5 Rf8 24. b4 Qf7 25. g3 Qf5 26. Rd8 h5 27. Qd6 Rxd8
28. Qxd8+ Kh7 29. Re2 h4 30. Qd2 Nh6 31. Rg2 Qb1+ 32. Kf2 h3 33. Kf3 Qh1 34.
Qf2 Nf5 35. Qg1 hxg2 0-1

[Event "Match/Training Team1-Team2"]
[Site "Gagra/Voronovo"]
[Date "1952.05.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Petrosian, Tigran V"]
[Black "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B50"]
[PlyCount "34"]
[EventDate "1952.05.??"]
[EventType "team-schev"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2015"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.11.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.11.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. c3 Nf6 4. Bd3 Nc6 5. Bc2 Bg4 6. d3 e6 7. Nbd2 Be7 8. h3
Bh5 9. Qe2 d5 10. a3 Qc7 11. O-O O-O 12. g4 Bg6 13. Nh4 Nxg4 14. Qxg4 f5 15.
exf5 exf5 16. Qa4 Be8 17. Nhf3 Na5 0-1

[Event "Interzonal-02"]
[Site "Saltsjobaden"]
[Date "1952.09.15"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Black "Eliskases, Erich Gottlieb"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D51"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "1952.09.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "SWE"]
[SourceTitle "IZT"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Nbd7 5. e3 c6 6. Qc2 Qa5 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. e4
Nxc3 9. Bd2 e5 10. bxc3 exd4 11. cxd4 Bb4 12. Rb1 Bxd2+ 13. Qxd2 Qxd2+ 14. Kxd2
Nb6 15. Bd3 Be6 16. a4 O-O-O 17. Ne2 Nxa4 18. Ra1 Nb2 19. Rxa7 Kb8 20. Rha1 Bc4
21. Bxc4 Nxc4+ 22. Kd3 Nb6 23. g4 Kc7 24. f4 Rd7 25. R7a5 Rhd8 26. Rg5 f6 27.
Rga5 Nc8 28. f5 g5 29. h4 h6 30. hxg5 hxg5 31. Rh1 Nd6 32. Rh6 Re7 33. Nc3 Rde8
34. e5 fxe5 35. Nd5+ cxd5 36. Rc5+ Kb8 37. Rxd6 exd4 38. Rcxd5 Re3+ 39. Kc4
Rc8+ 40. Kxd4 Rg3 41. f6 Rxg4+ 42. Ke5 Rf4 43. Rd8 Rxd8 44. Rxd8+ Kc7 45. Rg8
Kd7 46. Rg7+ Ke8 47. Rxb7 Rf2 48. Ke6 Re2+ 49. Kf5 g4 50. Kg6 Rf2 51. f7+ Kf8
52. Rb8+ Ke7 53. Re8+ 1-0

[Event "Interzonal-02"]
[Site "Saltsjobaden"]
[Date "1952.09.22"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Black "Gligoric, Svetozar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E64"]
[PlyCount "131"]
[EventDate "1952.09.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "SWE"]
[SourceTitle "IZT"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 d6 6. Nf3 c5 7. d5 Na6 8. O-O
Nc7 9. e4 Bg4 10. h3 Bxf3 11. Qxf3 a6 12. Qe2 Nd7 13. Rd1 b5 14. cxb5 axb5 15.
Nxb5 Nxb5 16. Qxb5 Qc7 17. Qc4 Rfb8 18. Qc2 Qa7 19. a3 Qa4 20. Qxa4 Rxa4 21.
Ra2 c4 22. Bf1 Nc5 23. f3 Na6 24. Rd2 Nb4 25. Ra1 c3 26. Rg2 Nxd5 27. b3 Rxb3
28. exd5 Ra5 29. Bc4 Rb8 30. Rc2 Rc5 31. Be2 Rxd5 32. Kf2 Ra5 33. f4 d5 34.
Raa2 e6 35. a4 d4 36. Bc4 Rc8 37. Bd3 h5 38. Ke2 Rd8 39. Bc4 Rc5 40. Bd3 Ra5
41. Ra1 e5 42. Rca2 f5 43. fxe5 Bxe5 44. Kf3 Rb8 45. Rb1 Rxb1 46. Bxb1 Kf7 47.
Bd3 Ke6 48. Bc4+ Kd7 49. Bb5+ Kd6 50. Ba3+ Kd5 51. Bb4 Rxb5 52. axb5 Kc4 53.
Be7 Kxb5 54. Ke2 Kc4 55. Ra4+ Kb3 56. Ra5 Kc2 57. Rd5 Bg7 58. h4 Bh8 59. Bd8
Be5 60. Bb6 Bxg3 61. Bxd4 Kb3 62. Rc5 Bxh4 63. Rxc3+ Kb4 64. Rc6 g5 65. Rh6 Kc4
66. Bf6 1-0

[Event "Interzonal-02"]
[Site "Saltsjobaden"]
[Date "1952.09.25"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Black "Unzicker, Wolfgang"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E49"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "1952.09.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "SWE"]
[SourceTitle "IZT"]
[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 d5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 c5 7. cxd5 exd5 8.
Bd3 O-O 9. Ne2 b6 10. O-O Ba6 11. Bxa6 Nxa6 12. f3 Nb8 13. Qd3 Re8 14. Ng3 Nc6
15. Bb2 Rc8 16. Rae1 h6 17. e4 cxd4 18. cxd4 dxe4 19. fxe4 Ne5 20. Qd1 Nc4 21.
Bc1 Nh7 22. e5 Re6 23. Re4 Nf8 24. Nf5 Kh8 25. Qh5 Rc7 26. Rh4 Nh7 27. Nxg7
Kxg7 28. Bxh6+ Kg8 29. Rg4+ Rg6 30. e6 1-0

[Event "Interzonal-02"]
[Site "Saltsjobaden"]
[Date "1952.09.26"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Golombek, Harry"]
[Black "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A24"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "1952.09.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "SWE"]
[SourceTitle "IZT"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. O-O d6 6. Nc3 e5 7. d3 Nh5 8. e4
Nc6 9. Be3 Re8 10. Qd2 Nd4 11. Ne2 Nxf3+ 12. Bxf3 Bh3 13. Bg2 Bxg2 14. Kxg2 c6
15. Nc3 f5 16. Rae1 Qf6 17. f4 Rf8 18. fxe5 dxe5 19. g4 f4 20. Bc5 Qg5 21. Kh1
Qxg4 22. Bxf8 Rxf8 23. Qf2 Rd8 24. Rd1 Bf8 25. Ne2 Nf6 26. Qg2 Qxg2+ 27. Kxg2
Ng4 28. Rf3 Bc5 29. d4 Bxd4 30. Rdd3 g5 31. h3 Ne3+ 32. Kh1 Nxc4 33. b3 Ne3 34.
Nxd4 exd4 35. Rf2 Kf7 36. Rfd2 c5 37. b4 b6 38. bxc5 bxc5 39. Rb3 c4 40. Rb7+
Ke6 41. Rc7 d3 0-1

[Event "Interzonal-02"]
[Site "Saltsjobaden"]
[Date "1952.10.05"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Black "Matanovic, Aleksandar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E59"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1952.09.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "SWE"]
[SourceTitle "IZT"]
[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 c5 5. Bd3 d5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. O-O O-O 8. a3
Bxc3 9. bxc3 dxc4 10. Bxc4 Qc7 11. a4 Rd8 12. Ba3 cxd4 13. cxd4 Nxd4 14. Nxd4
Qxc4 15. Be7 Rd5 16. Bxf6 gxf6 17. Qf3 Bd7 18. Qxf6 Qc7 19. Rab1 b6 20. Nf3 Qd8
21. Qf4 Rc8 22. e4 Ra5 23. Ne5 f6 24. Nxd7 Qxd7 25. Qxf6 Rf8 26. Qh6 Rxa4 27.
Rb3 Qe7 28. Rg3+ Kh8 29. e5 Rh4 30. Qc1 Rhf4 31. Rc3 a5 32. Rc7 Qb4 33. Qe3 a4
34. g3 R4f7 35. Rc6 Rb7 36. Rxe6 a3 37. Rf6 Ra8 38. e6 Qb2 39. Qf3 Rg8 40. Rf8
Ra7 41. Rxg8+ 1-0

[Event "Interzonal-02"]
[Site "Saltsjobaden"]
[Date "1952.10.14"]
[Round "18"]
[White "Szabo, Laszlo"]
[Black "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B85"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "1952.09.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "SWE"]
[SourceTitle "IZT"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e6 7. O-O Qc7 8. f4
Nc6 9. Be3 Be7 10. Qe1 O-O 11. Qg3 Nxd4 12. Bxd4 b5 13. a3 Bb7 14. Kh1 Rfd8 15.
Bd3 Ne8 16. Rae1 Bf8 17. Qh4 Qe7 18. Qh3 g6 19. f5 e5 20. Be3 Nc7 21. f6 Qe8
22. Qh4 d5 23. Rf3 d4 24. Rh3 h5 25. g4 Bc8 26. Rg3 hxg4 27. h3 gxh3 28. Rg5
dxe3 29. Reg1 Be6 30. Kh2 Rd6 31. Rh5 Bg7 32. fxg7 gxh5 33. Qxh5 f6 34. Qh6 Kf7
35. Nd5 Bxd5 36. exd5 e4 37. Qh7 Qg8 38. Qh5+ Ke7 39. Bxe4 Nxd5 40. Bh7 Qe6 41.
g8=Q Rxg8 42. Bxg8 0-1

[Event "Interzonal-02"]
[Site "Saltsjobaden"]
[Date "1952.10.16"]
[Round "19"]
[White "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Black "Barcza, Gedeon"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E72"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "1952.09.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "SWE"]
[SourceTitle "IZT"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. g3 O-O 6. Bg2 e5 7. Nge2 exd4 8. Nxd4
Nc6 9. Nc2 Be6 10. b3 Qd7 11. O-O Bh3 12. f3 Bxg2 13. Kxg2 a6 14. Bb2 Na7 15.
Qd2 b5 16. Ne3 c6 17. Rad1 Rad8 18. Ne2 Qc7 19. Bc3 Qe7 20. Nd4 Ne8 21. Ndf5
gxf5 22. Nxf5 Qc7 23. Nxg7 Nxg7 24. Bf6 Kh8 25. Qg5 Rg8 26. h4 Rde8 27. h5 Re5
28. Bxe5 dxe5 29. Qf6 Nc8 30. h6 Ne7 31. Rd2 1-0

[Event "Gagra Training Tournament"]
[Site "Gagra"]
[Date "1953.05.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Tolush, Alexander V"]
[Black "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D26"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "1953.05.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 a6 5. Bxc4 e6 6. O-O c5 7. Qe2 b5 8. Bb3
cxd4 9. exd4 Bb7 10. Nc3 Be7 11. Bg5 O-O 12. Rad1 Nbd7 13. a3 Nb6 14. Ne5 Nbd5
15. Rd3 Nxc3 16. bxc3 Ne4 17. Bc1 Rc8 18. Bb2 Bd5 19. Bc2 f5 20. f3 Nd6 21. Re3
Bf6 22. Bc1 Bxe5 23. dxe5 Nc4 24. Rd3 Qe7 25. Kh1 Nxa3 26. Rxd5 exd5 27. Bb3
Nc4 28. f4 Qc5 29. g4 d4 30. cxd4 Qd5+ 31. Qg2 Rfd8 32. Rf3 fxg4 33. Qxg4 Rc6
34. f5 Qxd4 35. Qg3 Kh8 36. Bg5 Nd2 37. f6 Rc1+ 38. Kg2 Rg1+ 39. Kh3 Rxg3+ 40.
Rxg3 Nxb3 41. fxg7+ Kg8 0-1

[Event "Gagra Training Tournament"]
[Site "Gagra"]
[Date "1953.05.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Black "Ragozin, Viacheslav"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A84"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "1953.05.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c6 4. e3 f5 5. Bd3 Bd6 6. Nge2 Nf6 7. b3 O-O 8. Qc2
Qe7 9. Bb2 b6 10. f3 Na6 11. a3 dxc4 12. bxc4 c5 13. Nb5 Bb8 14. O-O Bb7 15.
Rae1 Nc7 16. Nbc3 Nce8 17. Ng3 h5 18. Nge2 g5 19. d5 Ng7 20. dxe6 Qxe6 21. Ng3
Nd7 22. Nd5 Be5 23. Bxe5 Nxe5 24. Nxf5 Nxd3 25. Nfe7+ Kf7 26. Qxd3 Rad8 27. f4
g4 28. f5 Qxe7 29. f6 Qe5 30. Qh7 Rg8 31. fxg7+ Ke6 32. Qg6+ Kd7 33. Rf7+ Kc8
34. Ne7+ Kb8 35. Nc6+ 1-0

[Event "Candidates Tournament"]
[Site "Zuerich"]
[Date "1953.09.15"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Gligoric, Svetozar"]
[Black "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B91"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1953.08.30"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "30"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "Candidates"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. g3 e5 7. Nde2 Be6 8. Bg2
b5 9. O-O Nbd7 10. a4 b4 11. Nd5 Nxd5 12. exd5 Bg4 13. Bd2 a5 14. c3 bxc3 15.
Bxc3 Qb6 16. h3 Bh5 17. Kh2 Be7 18. f4 Bxe2 19. Qxe2 Bf6 20. Qc4 O-O 21. Qc6
Rfd8 22. Rae1 Qb8 23. Rb1 Ra7 24. Qc4 Rc8 25. Qe4 Qb3 26. fxe5 Bxe5 27. Qf5 Rf8
28. Qf2 Raa8 29. Qf5 Qxa4 30. Rf4 Bxf4 31. gxf4 g6 32. Qg5 Rae8 33. Rg1 Re2 34.
Kh1 Qc2 35. Qg4 Nc5 36. Qh4 Ne4 37. Bd4 Nf2+ 38. Kh2 Ne4 39. f5 Qd3 40. fxg6
fxg6 41. Bb6 0-1

[Event "Candidates Tournament"]
[Site "Zuerich"]
[Date "1953.09.16"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Black "Taimanov, Mark E"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A13"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "1953.08.30"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "30"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "Candidates"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. g3 e6 3. Bg2 d5 4. Nf3 d4 5. b4 c5 6. Bb2 Qb6 7. Qb3 Nc6 8. b5 Na5
9. Qc2 Bd6 10. e3 e5 11. exd4 exd4 12. O-O O-O 13. d3 Bd7 14. Nbd2 h6 15. Rae1
Rae8 16. Bc1 Rxe1 17. Rxe1 Re8 18. Rxe8+ Bxe8 19. Nh4 a6 20. a4 Qa7 21. Nf5 Bf8
22. Ne4 Nxe4 23. Bxe4 b6 24. Qd1 axb5 25. axb5 Bd7 26. Qh5 Be6 27. Bf4 Nb3 28.
Qd1 Qa2 29. h4 Na1 30. h5 Nc2 31. Be5 Qb2 32. Bc7 Na3 33. Qg4 Qc1+ 34. Kg2 Nb1
35. Bf4 Nd2 36. Qe2 1-0

[Event "Candidates Tournament"]
[Site "Zuerich"]
[Date "1953.09.23"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Averbakh, Yuri L"]
[Black "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A55"]
[Annotator "Lutz,C"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "1953.08.30"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "30"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "100 Jahre Schach"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.04.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.04.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{Das Kandidatenturnier Zürich-Neuhausen 1953 gehört ohne Zweifel zu den
bedeutendsten Turnieren der Schachgeschichte. 15 Großmeister ermittelten in
einem doppelrundigen Turnier den Herausforderer von Weltmeister Botwinnik.
Sieger wurde schließlich Wassili Smyslow mit 18 Punkten aus 28 Partien, vor
Bronstein, Keres und Reshevsky mit jeweils 16 Punkten. Die nachfolgende Partie
wurde mit dem ersten Schönheitspreis ausgezeichnet. David Bronsteins
kommentiert diese Partie in seinem berühmten Turnierbuch, desweiteren verwende
ich auch Kommentare von John Nunn in "The World's Greatest Chess Games" von
Burgess/Nunn/Emms.} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 d6 3. Nf3 Nbd7 4. Nc3 e5 5. e4 Be7 {
Die Altindische Verteidigung ist ein seltener Gast in der modernen
Turnierpraxis und kam auch in Kotows Partien nicht häufig vor. Allgemein wird
der Läufer auf e7 als passiver eingeschätzt als sein königsindischer 'Kollege'
auf g7.} 6. Be2 O-O 7. O-O c6 8. Qc2 Re8 9. Rd1 Bf8 10. Rb1 {Weiß möchte am
Damenflügel mit b2-b4 Raum gewinnen. Nunn gibt ein sofortiges 10.b4!? zu
bedenken.} a5 11. d5 {Dieser Vorstoß ist hier weniger effektiv als in
vergleichbaren königsindischen Stellungen, da der Bf8 den Pd6 deckt. Schwarz
muß daher nicht sofort im Zentrum reagieren, sondern kann sich entwickeln und
die Spannung aufrecht erhalten.} (11. a3 $6 {bereitet b2-b4 vor, aber
Bronstein und Nunn weisen darauf hin, dass dann} exd4 12. Nxd4 a4 $1 {
geschehen kann. Entweder tauscht sich dann der Pa4 gegen den Pe4 oder der
weiße Damenflügel ist nach ...Nc5 lahmgelegt.}) (11. b3 {ist ein guter,
stellungsgemäßer Zug. Da Schwarz keinen Druck gegen das weiße Zentrum ausübt,
kann Weiß die Spannung aufrecht erhalten und sich entwickeln. Schwarz wird
sich früher oder später zu ...exd4 genötigt sehen, wonach Weiß einen
dauerhaften Vorteil behält.}) 11... Nc5 12. Be3 Qc7 13. h3 Bd7 14. Rbc1 g6 15.
Nd2 Rab8 {Weiß steht bereit, mit b2-b3, a2-a3 und b3-b4 am Damenflügel Raum zu
gewinnen. Aber Schwarz hat eine flexible Stellung, er kann entweder am
Damenflügel gegenhalten (mit ...Rec8, ...cxd5 und ...b7-b5) oder am
Königsflügel spielen (mit ...Kh8, ...Ng8 und ...f7-f5).} 16. Nb3 Nxb3 17. Qxb3
c5 {Schwarz schließt den Damenflügel ab und macht deutlich, daß er mittels ...
f7-f5 Gegenspiel suchen wird.} 18. Kh2 $6 {Mit diesem und den nächsten Zügen
verfehlt Weiß den Geist der Stellung. Er will selbst am Königsflügel spielen
und macht das schwarze Spiel dort gefährlicher als es sein sollte. Der
richtige Plan besteht im Angriff am Damenflügel mit a2-a3 und b2-b4.} ({
Nunn gibt die folgende Variante an:} 18. Qc2 Kh8 19. a3 Ng8 20. Qd2 {Weiß
verhindert den Abtausch ...Bh6 und steht zu b2-b4 bereit.} {Falls} f5 {, so}
21. exf5 gxf5 22. f4 {mit leichtem weißen Vorteil.}) 18... Kh8 19. Qc2 Ng8 20.
Bg4 Nh6 $5 ({Nunn empfiehlt} 20... Bh6 {als solider, mit Abtausch des
"schlechten" Läufers. Allerdings ist im Königsinder der schwarzfeldrige Läufer
eine wichtige Figur. Immerhin deckt er nach einem eventuellen Nb5 den Pd6.})
21. Bxd7 Qxd7 22. Qd2 Ng8 23. g4 $5 {Der Zug g2-g4 ist im Königsinder eine
bekannte Idee. Allerdings geschieht dies in der Regel mit mehr Figuren auf dem
Brett und zielt dann auf eine Einengung der schwarzen Figuren ab. Hier ist
dieser Zug weniger effektiv.} f5 24. f3 Be7 25. Rg1 Rf8 {Schwarz hält die
Spannung aufrecht.} ({Nach} 25... f4 26. Bf2 {ist der Königsflügel nahezu
abgeschlossen und Weiß kann sich wieder dem Plan b2-b4 zuwenden.}) (25... fxe4
26. Nxe4 {(oder 26.fxe4) ist vorteilhaft für Weiß.}) 26. Rcf1 Rf7 $6 {
Angesichts der Anmerkung zum 28.Zug von Weiß ist dieser Zug ungenau.} (26...
Nf6 {mit einer ausgelichenen Stellung ist besser. Falls 27.g5, so 27...Nh5,
und nach} 27. gxf5 gxf5 {kann Weiß wegen des Drucks gegen e4 nicht vorteilhaft
mit 28.f4 fortfahren.}) 27. gxf5 {Da Schwarz nicht gezwungen werden kann, den
f-Bauern zu ziehen, geht Weiß zu Aktivitäten über.} gxf5 28. Rg2 $2 {Dieser
Zug ist ein gravierender strategischer Fehler, weswegen einige Kommentatoren
das vorherige Spiel des Weißen als schlecht veruteilten.} ({Wie Nunn bemerkt,
ist jedoch} 28. f4 $1 {richtig. Die Öffnung der Stellung kommt Weiß zugute, da
der Ng8 schlecht steht. Nunn gibt eine lange, aber nicht völlig forcierte
Variante an:} Bf6 29. exf5 Qxf5 $6 ({Hier erscheint mir} 29... Re8 30. Nb5 b6 {
besser. Schwarz wird den Pf5 zurückerobern.}) 30. Nb5 Rd8 31. Qxa5 Qc2+ 32. Rg2
Qxc4 33. Qxd8 Bxd8 34. Nxd6 Qxd5 35. Rd1 Qxg2+ 36. Kxg2 Rg7+ 37. Kf3 {mit
einem besseren Endspiel für Weiß.}) 28... f4 $1 {Nun sind die weißen Figuren
hinter der Bauernkette begraben. Der Ph3 erweist sich als tödliche Schwäche.
Die Stellung wäre immer noch ausgeglichen, stände dieser Bauer auf h2.} 29. Bf2
Rf6 30. Ne2 $2 {Der Verlustzug. Weiß will 31.Ng1 spielen, wird aber vorher von
einer glanzvollen Kombination niedergestreckt.} ({Wie Nunn zeigt, ist} 30. Qe1
Rh6 31. h4 Nf6 {zwar unangenehm für Weiß, aber die Partie ist noch nicht
vorbei.}) 30... Qxh3+ $3 {Schwarz gibt die Dame fur nur einen Bauern, kann
dafür aber den weißen König ins Freie ziehen. Wie der weitere Verlauf zeigt,
hat Kotow wohl mehr gefühlt als berechnet, dass das Opfer funktioniert.
Immerhin konnte er sich darauf verlassen, dass er ein Unentschieden durch
Dauerschach sicher hat.} 31. Kxh3 Rh6+ 32. Kg4 Nf6+ 33. Kf5 Nd7 (33... Rf8 $2
34. Ke6 {ist schlecht.}) (33... Ng4 $5 {wurde von Stahlberg vorgeschlagen und
führt ebenfalls zum Gewinn. Der weiße Turm kann nicht mehr nach g5 und Weiß
verliert Material:} 34. Nxf4 (34. Kxg4 Rg8+ 35. Kf5 Rf6#) 34... Rg8 35. Nh5
Rhg6 36. Qg5 Bxg5 37. Kxg4 Bf4+) 34. Rg5 ({Die schwarze Drohung ist} 34. Z0
Rf8+ 35. Kg4 Rg8+ 36. Kf5 Rf6#) ({Eine hübsches Matt entsteht nach} 34. Rg7
Rf8+ 35. Kg4 Kxg7 36. Rg1 Rg8 37. Kf5+ Kf7 38. Rxg8 Rh5+ 39. Kg4 Nf6# {(Nunn)})
34... Rf8+ 35. Kg4 Nf6+ 36. Kf5 Ng8+ 37. Kg4 Nf6+ {Schwarz wiederholt die Züge,
um die Zeitkontrolle zu erreichen.} (37... Bxg5 {gewinnt einfacher:} 38. Rg1 (
38. Qe1 Nf6+ 39. Kf5 Ng4+ 40. Kxg4 Bd8 41. Bh4 Rg8+ 42. Kf5 Bxh4) (38. Kxg5 Rf7
39. Bh4 Rg7+ 40. Kf5 Rhg6 41. Bg5 Rxg5+ 42. Ke6 R5g6+ 43. Kf5 Ne7#) 38... Nf6+
39. Kf5 Ng4+ $1 40. Kxg4 Bd8 41. Nxf4 Rg8+ 42. Ng6+ Rgxg6+ 43. Kf5 Rh5+) 38.
Kf5 Nxd5+ {Schwarz nimmt den Pd5, um die dreimalige Stellungswiederholung zu
vermeiden. Ironischerweise wird der schwarze Gewinn dadurch schwieriger, da
die weiße Dame den Pd6 angreift.} 39. Kg4 Nf6+ 40. Kf5 Ng8+ 41. Kg4 Nf6+ 42.
Kf5 Ng8+ 43. Kg4 Bxg5 44. Kxg5 Rf7 45. Bh4 Rg6+ (45... Rg7+ $2 46. Kf5 Rhg6 {
, analog zur Variante 37...Bxg5, ist hier nicht angebracht wegen} 47. Qxd6 Rxd6
48. Kxe5 {, und Weiß strampelt noch.}) 46. Kh5 Rfg7 47. Bg5 {Weiß muß Material
spucken ...} Rxg5+ 48. Kh4 Nf6 49. Ng3 {... und noch mehr Material ...} Rxg3
50. Qxd6 R3g6 51. Qb8+ Rg8 {... und da Weiß zur Abwendung des sofortigen Matts
auch noch die Dame geben muß, gab Awerbach sich geschlagen.} 0-1

[Event "Candidates Tournament"]
[Site "Zuerich"]
[Date "1953.09.26"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Black "Szabo, Laszlo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E87"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "1953.08.30"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "30"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "Candidates"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f3 O-O 6. Be3 e5 7. d5 Nh5 8. Qd2 f5
9. O-O-O Nd7 10. Bd3 Nc5 11. Bc2 f4 12. Bf2 a6 13. Nge2 a5 14. Kb1 Bd7 15. Nc1
Rf7 16. Nd3 b6 17. Rc1 Bf6 18. Rhf1 Bh4 19. Bxc5 bxc5 20. Ba4 Bxa4 21. Nxa4 Qd7
22. Nc3 g5 23. h3 Nf6 24. Nb5 h5 25. Rh1 Rh7 26. Rc3 g4 27. hxg4 hxg4 28. Ra3
Bg3 29. Rxh7 Qxh7 30. Nc1 Qh1 31. Nxc7 gxf3 32. gxf3 Ra7 33. Ne6 Be1 34. Qd1
Rh7 35. Rd3 Rh2 36. a3 Nd7 37. Qa4 Qg2 38. Rb3 Bc3 39. Ne2 1-0

[Event "Candidates Tournament"]
[Site "Zuerich"]
[Date "1953.09.29"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Stahlberg, Gideon"]
[Black "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A55"]
[PlyCount "122"]
[EventDate "1953.08.30"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "30"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "Candidates"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 d6 3. Nf3 Nbd7 4. Nc3 e5 5. e4 c6 6. Be2 Be7 7. O-O O-O 8. Qc2
Re8 9. b3 Bf8 10. Bb2 Nh5 11. g3 g6 12. Rad1 Nhf6 13. d5 c5 14. Nh4 Bg7 15. a3
Nb6 16. Bf3 Rf8 17. Ne2 Bd7 18. Bc3 Ne8 19. Ba5 Qe7 20. Rde1 Rc8 21. Bd2 Qd8
22. Qc1 Bf6 23. Ng2 Be7 24. Bh6 Ng7 25. h4 f5 26. exf5 gxf5 27. Nc3 Be8 28. Bd1
Nd7 29. Bxg7 Kxg7 30. Qe3 Bf6 31. Bc2 Bg6 32. Qe2 e4 33. Nf4 Re8 34. Ne6+ Rxe6
35. dxe6 Bxc3 36. exd7 Qxd7 37. h5 Bxe1 38. hxg6 Bc3 39. gxh7 Rh8 40. Qe3 Kg6
41. Rd1 Bd4 42. Qf4 Qxh7 43. Kf1 Qh1+ 44. Ke2 Qh5+ 45. g4 Qxg4+ 46. Qxg4+ fxg4
47. Bxe4+ Kg5 48. Rh1 Re8 49. f3 b5 50. Kf1 bxc4 51. bxc4 g3 52. Rh7 Rb8 53.
Bb7 Be5 54. Kg2 Kf4 55. Rf7+ Ke3 56. f4 Bxf4 57. Re7+ Be5 58. Rf7 a5 59. a4 Kd4
60. Bd5 Rb2+ 61. Kf1 Ra2 0-1

[Event "Candidates Tournament"]
[Site "Zuerich"]
[Date "1953.10.06"]
[Round "20"]
[White "Geller, Efim P"]
[Black "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E59"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "1953.08.30"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "30"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "Candidates"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Bd3 O-O 6. Nf3 d5 7. O-O Nc6 8. a3
Bxc3 9. bxc3 dxc4 10. Bxc4 Qc7 11. Qc2 e5 12. Ba2 Bg4 13. Nxe5 Nxe5 14. dxe5
Qxe5 15. e4 Rfe8 16. Bb1 Rad8 17. f3 Bd7 18. Bb2 Bc6 19. Ba2 Nh5 20. Rad1 Nf4
21. Rd2 Ba4 22. Qc1 Qg5 23. Bd5 Nxd5 24. exd5 Rxd5 25. Rxd5 Qxd5 26. c4 Qd3 27.
Re1 f6 28. Rxe8+ Bxe8 29. Qc3 Qe2 30. Bc1 Bf7 31. Qd2 Qe7 32. Qe3 Kf8 33. h4
Qxe3+ 34. Bxe3 b6 35. a4 Ke7 36. a5 Bxc4 37. axb6 axb6 38. Kf2 Kd6 39. Bf4+ Kc6
40. Ke3 Bf7 41. g4 b5 42. h5 b4 0-1

[Event "Candidates Tournament"]
[Site "Zuerich"]
[Date "1953.10.11"]
[Round "23"]
[White "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Black "Reshevsky, Samuel Herman"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E14"]
[PlyCount "133"]
[EventDate "1953.08.30"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "30"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "Candidates"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. e3 Bb7 5. Bd3 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. Nc3 d5 8. Qe2
Nbd7 9. b3 a6 10. Bb2 Bd6 11. e4 dxe4 12. Nxe4 Nxe4 13. Bxe4 Bxe4 14. Qxe4 Qe7
15. Rae1 Rfe8 16. Re2 a5 17. Rfe1 Bb4 18. Rd1 Rad8 19. Rd3 f6 20. Rde3 Qf7 21.
g3 Bd6 22. Qc6 Nb8 23. Qb5 Nd7 24. Kg2 Bf8 25. a3 Rc8 26. Qc6 Nb8 27. Qb7 Qd7
28. Qe4 Qf7 29. Qg4 h5 30. Qe4 c5 31. Rd3 Nc6 32. Red2 cxd4 33. Nxd4 Ne5 34.
Rc3 Rcd8 35. f4 Ng4 36. Nf3 Rxd2+ 37. Nxd2 Rd8 38. Rd3 Rxd3 39. Qxd3 Qb7+ 40.
Qe4 Qd7 41. Nf3 Bc5 42. Bd4 Bxd4 43. Nxd4 Kf7 44. h3 f5 45. Qd3 Nf6 46. Nf3
Qxd3 47. Ne5+ Ke7 48. Nxd3 Ne4 49. b4 Kd6 50. Ne5 a4 51. Kf3 g5 52. Ke3 g4 53.
hxg4 hxg4 54. Nxg4 Nc3 55. Ne5 Nb1 56. Kd3 Nxa3 57. b5 Nxb5 58. cxb5 Kc5 59.
Nf3 Kxb5 60. Nd4+ Kb4 61. Kc2 e5 62. fxe5 Kc5 63. e6 Kd6 64. Kc3 b5 65. Kb4 Ke7
66. Kc5 a3 67. Kd5 1-0

[Event "Winnipeg exh"]
[Site "Winnipeg"]
[Date "1954.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Black "Yanofsky, Daniel Abraham"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E62"]
[PlyCount "137"]
[EventDate "1954.??.??"]
[EventType "game"]
[EventRounds "1"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2002"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 g6 3. d4 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. g3 O-O 6. Bg2 e5 7. Nf3 Nc6 8. d5 Ne7
9. O-O Ne8 10. Ne1 f5 11. Nd3 Nf6 12. f4 Nxe4 13. Nxe4 fxe4 14. Bxe4 Nf5 15.
fxe5 dxe5 16. Bg2 Nd4 17. Re1 Bf5 18. Be3 Bxd3 19. Qxd3 c5 20. Bxd4 exd4 21.
Re6 Bh6 22. d6 Be3+ 23. Kh1 Qg5 24. Bxb7 Rae8 25. Rxe8 Rxe8 26. Bd5+ Kh8 27. d7
Rf8 28. Rf1 Qe7 29. h4 Bh6 30. Rxf8+ Bxf8 31. Qf3 Bg7 32. Be6 Bf6 33. Qd5 Kg7
34. Kg2 a5 35. Kf3 Qf8 36. Ke4 Be7 37. Qe5+ Bf6 38. Qf4 Qa8+ 39. Kd3 Qf8 40.
Kc2 Qe7 41. Qc7 Kh6 42. Qc6 Qf8 43. a3 Be7 44. Qg2 Kg7 45. Kb3 Qb8+ 46. Ka4 Qb6
47. Qd5 Bd8 48. g4 d3 49. g5 d2 50. Qe5+ Kf8 51. Bg4 Kf7 52. Qd5+ Ke7 53. Qxd2
Qc6+ 54. Kb3 Qe4 55. Bh3 a4+ 56. Kxa4 Qxc4+ 57. b4 Qe4 58. Qc3 Qc6+ 59. Kb3
Qd5+ 60. Kb2 Kd6 61. Qxc5+ Qxc5 62. bxc5+ Kxc5 63. Be6 Kd6 64. Bh3 Ke7 65. Kc2
Ba5 66. Kd1 Kf7 67. a4 Kg7 68. Ke2 Kf7 69. Bg2 1-0

[Event "URS-ch22 Semifinal"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "1954.11.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Black "Suetin, Alexey S"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E72"]
[PlyCount "145"]
[EventDate "1954.11.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2015"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.11.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.11.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. g3 O-O 6. Bg2 c5 7. dxc5 dxc5 8. Qxd8
Rxd8 9. e5 Ne8 10. f4 Na6 11. Nd5 Kf8 12. Bd2 Bd7 13. Nf3 Bc6 14. Ne3 Nec7 15.
O-O-O Rd7 16. Bc3 Rad8 17. a3 Ke8 18. Rxd7 Rxd7 19. Re1 Rd8 20. Ng5 Bxg2 21.
Nxg2 h6 22. Ne4 Kd7 23. Ne3 Kc6 24. Kc2 b5 25. b3 bxc4 26. bxc4 Ne6 27. Nd5 Rd7
28. Rb1 Nac7 29. Nxc7 Kxc7 30. Ba5+ Kc8 31. Bc3 Kc7 32. Rb5 Kc6 33. Rb8 Rd8 34.
Rxd8 Nxd8 35. g4 Bf8 36. f5 gxf5 37. gxf5 h5 38. Bd2 Kb6 39. Bf4 Nc6 40. Kd3
Nd4 41. Nxc5 Kxc5 42. Be3 e6 43. Bxd4+ Kc6 44. a4 a6 45. f6 Bb4 46. Ke4 Be1 47.
Kf4 Bh4 48. h3 Kc7 49. Bg1 Kc6 50. Bh2 Kc5 51. Bg3 Bxg3+ 52. Kxg3 Kxc4 53. Kh4
Kd4 54. Kxh5 Kxe5 55. Kg5 Kd4 56. h4 e5 57. h5 e4 58. h6 e3 59. h7 e2 60. h8=Q
e1=Q 61. Qd8+ Kc4 62. Qc7+ Kb3 63. Qxf7+ Kxa4 64. Qc4+ Ka3 65. Qxa6+ Kb2 66. f7
Qg3+ 67. Kh6 Qh3+ 68. Kg7 Qd7 69. Qe2+ Ka1 70. Qe4 Qc7 71. Qe1+ Kb2 72. Qd2+
Kb1 73. Qd3+ 1-0

[Event "URS-ch22 Final"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1955.02.18"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Black "Kan, Ilia Abramovich"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D12"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "1955.02.11"]
[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 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bf5 5. Nc3 e6 6. Bd3 Bxd3 7. Qxd3 Nbd7 8.
O-O Be7 9. e4 dxe4 10. Nxe4 O-O 11. Bf4 Nxe4 12. Qxe4 Nf6 13. Qe3 Qa5 14. a3
Rfe8 15. h3 Rad8 16. Be5 Nd7 17. b4 Qa4 18. Bc7 Rc8 19. Bg3 b6 20. Rab1 Qc2 21.
Rbc1 Qf5 22. Rfd1 a5 23. Qb3 axb4 24. axb4 Ra8 25. Ra1 Nf6 26. Ne5 Rxa1 27.
Rxa1 Qe4 28. Qc3 Rc8 29. Kh2 Qe2 30. Ra7 Ne4 31. Qa3 Nd2 32. Ra8 Rxa8 33. Qxa8+
Bf8 34. Nd7 h6 35. Qxf8+ Kh7 36. Qxf7 1-0

[Event "URS-ch22 Final"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1955.03.09"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Black "Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A37"]
[PlyCount "145"]
[EventDate "1955.02.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "19"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "URS-ch"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nc3 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. g3 Nc6 5. Bg2 d6 6. O-O Nh6 7. b3 O-O 8. Bb2
f5 9. d3 e5 10. Qd2 Ng4 11. Nd5 Ne7 12. Ne1 Bh6 13. e3 Nxd5 14. Bxd5+ Kh8 15.
b4 Bg7 16. Rb1 Nf6 17. Bg2 Re8 18. Nf3 Nd7 19. d4 e4 20. Ne1 cxb4 21. Qxb4 d5
22. cxd5 Nb6 23. Nc2 Nxd5 24. Qb3 b6 25. Rfc1 a5 26. Bf1 a4 27. Qb5 Ba6 28. Qc6
Ne7 29. Qc3 Nd5 30. Qd2 Bxf1 31. Kxf1 Qd7 32. Kg1 Nf6 33. Ba1 Qe6 34. a3 Ra5
35. d5 Rxd5 36. Nd4 Qe7 37. Qb4 Qxb4 38. Rxb4 Ra8 39. Rxb6 Nd7 40. Rb7 Be5 41.
Kg2 Kg8 42. Rc6 Re8 43. h4 Rc5 44. Ra6 Nf6 45. Raa7 Ng4 46. h5 Rc1 47. Bb2 Rb1
48. hxg6 hxg6 49. Rxa4 Rc8 50. Rab4 Nxe3+ 51. fxe3 Bxd4 52. Rb8 Rxb8 53. Rxb8+
Kf7 54. exd4 g5 55. d5 Rd1 56. Rb7+ Kg6 57. Bc3 Rxd5 58. a4 Rd1 59. Rb3 Rc1 60.
Ra3 Rc2+ 61. Kf1 f4 62. g4 e3 63. Be1 Rh2 64. a5 Rh1+ 65. Ke2 Rh2+ 66. Kf3 Rh3+
67. Kg2 Rh7 68. a6 Ra7 69. Kf3 Kf6 70. Bc3+ Ke6 71. Bd4 Ra8 72. a7 Kd5 73. Bf6
1-0

[Event "Match/Nation URS-USA 25,0-7,0"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1955.06.28"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Black "Steiner, Herman"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D36"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "1955.06.29"]
[EventType "team-match"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1999"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "URSS"]
[BlackTeam "US of America"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "URS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]
[TimeControl "40/9000:16/5400:0"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 Be7 6. e3 h6 7. Bh4 O-O 8. Bd3
c6 9. Qc2 Re8 10. Nge2 Nbd7 11. O-O Bd6 (11... Ne4 12. Bxe7 Qxe7 13. Ng3 Nxg3
14. hxg3 Nf6 15. Rab1 Ng4 16. Bf5 Qg5 17. Bxg4 Bxg4 18. Qd2 Bf5 19. Rbc1 h5 20.
Rfe1 h4 21. gxh4 Qxh4 22. f3 Re6 23. Qf2 Qh7 24. Ne2 Rh6 25. Ng3 Re8 26. Rc3
Ree6 27. b4 Rh2 28. e4 Qh4 29. Re2 Rg6 30. f4 Bxe4 31. f5 Rg5 32. b5 Rh5 33.
Qf1 Rh1+ 34. Nxh1 Qh2+ {0-1 (34) Cantero,R-Bernstein,O Montevideo 1954}) 12.
Rab1 $146 (12. Bg3 Nf8 13. a3 Nh5 14. Bxd6 Qxd6 15. b4 Nf6 16. Ng3 g6 17. Rfe1
Bd7 18. Rad1 Kg7 19. h3 h5 20. e4 dxe4 21. Ncxe4 Nxe4 22. Rxe4 f5 23. Rxe8 Rxe8
24. Qc5 Qb8 25. d5 cxd5 26. Qxd5 Bc6 27. Qc4 Qe5 28. Ne2 Ne6 29. Qc3 Qxc3 30.
Nxc3 Rd8 31. Bc2 Rc8 32. Bb3 Nf4 33. Nd5 Nxd5 34. Bxd5 Rd8 35. Bb3 Rxd1+ 36.
Bxd1 Kf6 37. f4 h4 38. Kf2 Ke6 39. Bb3+ Bd5 40. Ba4 Bc6 41. Bb3+ Bd5 {
Bolbochan,J-Pleci,I Buenos Aires 1932 1-0 (75)}) 12... a5 13. Rbc1 Nf8 14. h3
Be7 15. Bg3 Bd6 16. Bxd6 Qxd6 17. Na4 Ne6 18. Nb6 Rb8 19. Bf5 Qc7 20. Nxc8
Rbxc8 21. Nf4 Rcd8 22. Nxe6 fxe6 23. Bg6 $1 $14 {[%csl Gg6]} Re7 24. f4 Ne8 25.
Rf3 Nd6 26. g4 Rf8 27. Kh1 Kh8 28. Rg1 $36 Qd8 29. Rfg3 Rd7 30. g5 $40 Nf5 31.
Bxf5 exf5 32. gxh6 gxh6 33. Qg2 Rdf7 34. Rg6 Qe7 35. Rg8+ 1-0

[Event "Match/Nation URS-USA 25,0-7,0"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1955.06.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Steiner, Herman"]
[Black "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E48"]
[PlyCount "142"]
[EventDate "1955.06.29"]
[EventType "team-match"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1999"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "US of America"]
[BlackTeam "URSS"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "URS"]
[TimeControl "40/9000:16/5400:0"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Bd3 (5. Nge2) 5... O-O 6. Nge2 d5 7.
O-O cxd4 8. exd4 dxc4 9. Bxc4 a6 (9... Nc6) (9... Nbd7) 10. Bb3 $146 (10. d5
exd5 11. Nxd5 Nxd5 12. Bxd5 Qe7 13. Qb3 Nc6 14. Ng3 Bd6 15. Bd2 Be6 16. Bxe6
Qxe6 17. Qxe6 fxe6 18. Bc3 Bxg3 19. hxg3 Rad8 20. Rfe1 e5 21. Re4 Rd5 22. Rae1
Rfd8 23. f3 Kf7 24. Kf2 R8d7 25. Bxe5 Nxe5 26. Rxe5 Rxe5 27. Rxe5 Rd2+ 28. Re2
Rd5 29. Rc2 Kf6 30. g4 Ra5 31. a3 Re5 32. Rc4 Re7 33. Rf4+ Kg5 34. Rb4 g6 35.
Kg3 Kf6 36. Rb6+ Ke5 37. f4+ Ke4 38. Rb4+ Kd5 39. Kh4 b5 {Gereben,E-Kovacs,M
Vienna 1947 1-0}) 10... Nbd7 11. Bg5 b5 12. Rc1 Bb7 13. Ng3 Rc8 $132 14. Qe2
Qb6 {[%csl Rd4] Les pièces Noires sont trés actives et bien coordonnées} 15.
Rfd1 Bxc3 $1 16. bxc3 Bd5 17. Rd3 $1 {Les Blancs doivent jouer activement et
attaquer à l'aile-roi pour compenser la structure inférieure} Qc6 18. Nh5
Nxh5 19. Qxh5 $36 {[%cal Gd3h3]} Be4 $1 (19... h6 20. Bxh6 $1 {[%cal Gd3g3]})
20. Re3 Bg6 21. Qe2 Qd6 22. Re1 Nb6 $1 {[%cal Gb6d5]} 23. Rg3 Nd5 {La position
reste équilibrée} 24. Qd2 Qc6 25. Rc1 Nb6 $5 26. h4 $5 {[%cal Gh4h5]} Nc4 27.
Qd1 f6 28. h5 Bf5 29. Bh6 Rf7 $13 30. Qe2 Qe4 $1 31. Re1 $2 {Les Blancs
doivent éviter l'échange des Q à cause de la structure} Qxe2 $15 32. Rxe2
Kf8 $1 33. Bc1 Rb7 34. Bxc4 bxc4 $1 {[%csl Gb7][%cal Gf5d3,Gb7b1]} (34... Rxc4)
35. Ba3+ Kf7 36. Bc5 $6 {[%csl Rc5] Le Bc5 est un peu hors-jeu. Au surplus
avec des B de couleurs opposées et des pièces lourdes, l'initiative est un
facteur important et de fait, les Noirs jouent avec une pièce de plus.} Rb1+
37. Kh2 Rcb8 38. d5 e5 $17 39. f4 Bd3 $40 {[%csl Rc5,Gd3] La différence
d'activité des B se fait sentir} 40. Rf2 e4 41. f5 {Ajournement} Re1 42. d6
Rbb1 {[%cal Ge1h1]} 43. Rh3 Ke8 44. h6 gxh6 45. Rf4 (45. Rxh6 Rh1+) 45... h5
46. Kg3 Rb7 47. Kh2 Rf7 48. Rf2 Kd7 {[%cal Gd7c6]} 49. Rb2 Kc6 {[%csl Gc6,Rh2]}
50. Bf2 {[%cal Gb2b6]} Rb1 (50... Rb7) 51. Rxb1 Bxb1 52. a3 Kxd6 53. Rxh5 Ke5
54. Bg3+ Kd5 55. Bf2 Kc6 56. Bd4 $1 {[%csl Gd4] Le B s'est ranimé et
l'américain a trouvé du contre-jeu} Rd7 57. Bxf6 e3 58. Bh4 Kd5 59. f6+ Ke6
60. Rc5 Bd3 61. Rc6+ Kf5 62. Rxa6 e2 63. Kh3 Kf4 64. Kh2 {Le talon d'achille
des Blancs dans la partie a été le mauvais placement du K en finale} Ke3 {
[%csl Ge3,Rh2]} 65. Be1 Bg6 66. Re6+ Kd3 67. a4 (67. Kg3 {[%cal Gg3f2]}) 67...
Rd5 68. Kg1 Bh5 69. Re7 Rf5 70. Bh4 Rf4 71. Rd7+ Kxc3 0-1

[Event "URS-ch24 Semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1956.11.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Black "Osnos, Viatcheslav"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E38"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1956.11.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "19"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2002"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 c5 5. dxc5 Na6 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. Qxc3 Nxc5 8.
f3 b6 9. b4 Na6 10. e4 O-O 11. e5 Ne8 12. Nh3 d5 13. exd6 Nxd6 14. Bb2 f6 15.
Bd3 e5 16. Nf2 Nf5 17. Be4 Rb8 18. Rd1 Qe7 19. Qd3 g6 20. Ng4 Kg7 21. O-O Be6
22. f4 exf4 23. Rxf4 Rbd8 24. Bd5 b5 25. Ne3 bxc4 26. Nxf5+ Bxf5 27. Qxc4 Nc7
28. Bf3 Bd3 29. Qc5 Qxc5+ 30. bxc5 Ne6 31. Ra4 a6 32. Rc1 Rc8 33. c6 Rfd8 34.
Rb4 Kf7 35. Rb7+ Rc7 36. Bc3 Rdc8 37. Bd5 f5 38. Ba5 Rxb7 39. cxb7 Rxc1+ 40.
Kf2 f4 41. g4 1-0

[Event "URS-ch24 Semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1956.11.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Black "Ragozin, Viacheslav"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D06"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "1956.11.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "19"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2002"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 Nf6 3. cxd5 Nxd5 4. e4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Nf3 exd4 7. Qxd4 Qxd4 8.
Nxd4 Bb4 9. f3 c6 10. Bg5 Nbd7 11. O-O-O h6 12. Bh4 O-O 13. Nf5 g6 14. Nd6 Kg7
15. Bc4 b5 16. Bb3 Nc5 17. e5 Nxb3+ 18. axb3 Ng8 19. Nxc8 Raxc8 20. f4 Rc7 21.
Ne4 c5 22. Rd5 c4 23. Kc2 a6 24. Rhd1 Be7 25. Bxe7 cxb3+ 26. Kxb3 Rxe7 27. Rd7
Rfe8 28. Kb4 f6 29. e6 f5 30. Nc5 Ra8 31. R1d6 a5+ 32. Kxb5 Kf6 33. Rd8 Rxd8
34. Rxd8 Kg7 35. Kc6 Nf6 36. Kd6 Re8 37. Rxe8 Nxe8+ 38. Ke7 Nf6 39. Kd8 1-0

[Event "Mar del Plata International-20"]
[Site "Mar del Plata"]
[Date "1957.04.03"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Black "Eliskases, Erich Gottlieb"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A11"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1957.03.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "ARG"]
[SourceTitle "MCD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. O-O O-O 5. c4 c6 6. b3 d5 7. Bb2 Nbd7 8. Na3
a5 9. cxd5 Nxd5 10. Bxg7 Kxg7 11. Nc4 N5b6 12. Qc2 Qc7 13. Qc3+ Kg8 14. Qe3 Re8
15. h4 Nd5 16. Qg5 f6 17. Qh6 e5 18. e4 Ne7 19. h5 Nf8 20. hxg6 hxg6 21. Nh2
Be6 22. f4 Nh7 23. Bh3 Bxc4 24. bxc4 Kh8 25. Ng4 Rf8 26. Rf2 exf4 27. gxf4 f5
28. Ne5 Rf6 29. Rg2 fxe4 30. Re1 Raf8 31. Rxe4 g5 32. Qh5 Rxf4 33. Rxf4 Rxf4
34. Rxg5 Qb6+ 35. Kh2 Rf2+ 36. Bg2 Rf8 37. Qh6 Nf5 38. Rxf5 Rxf5 39. Ng6+ Kg8
40. Ne7+ Kh8 41. Nxf5 1-0

[Event "URS-ch25 Semifinal"]
[Site "Kiev"]
[Date "1957.11.24"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Nezhmetdinov, Rashid"]
[Black "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B11"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "1957.11.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "19"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "MCD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. Nc3 Bg4 4. h3 Bxf3 5. Qxf3 Nf6 6. g3 e6 7. Bg2 Nxe4 8.
Nxe4 dxe4 9. Qe2 f5 10. O-O Qf6 11. d3 exd3 12. Qxd3 Nd7 13. Be3 Bc5 14. Rad1
Ne5 15. Qb3 Bxe3 16. Qxe3 Nf7 17. Rfe1 e5 18. Qc5 h5 19. Rd3 Rh6 20. Red1 Qe6
21. Qb4 b6 22. Qd2 h4 23. gxh4 Rxh4 24. Rd7 Kf8 25. Qc3 Rh6 26. Qa3+ Kg8 27.
Re7 Qf6 28. Rdd7 Rf8 29. Qb3 Rg6 30. Kf1 e4 31. a4 a5 32. c3 b5 33. axb5 cxb5
34. h4 b4 35. cxb4 axb4 36. Qxb4 Ne5 37. Qb3+ Kh7 38. Rc7 Qa6+ 0-1

[Event "URS-ch25 Semifinal"]
[Site "Kiev"]
[Date "1957.11.28"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Black "Sakharov, Yuri N"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D47"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1957.11.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "19"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "MCD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. e3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. d4 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Bb3
Be7 9. O-O O-O 10. a3 a5 11. e4 Ba6 12. e5 Nd5 13. Ne2 b4 14. Re1 bxa3 15. bxa3
a4 16. Bc2 c5 17. Nf4 N7b6 18. Nxd5 Nxd5 19. dxc5 Rc8 20. h4 Nc3 21. Qxd8 Rfxd8
22. Bg5 Kf8 23. Bxh7 Rxc5 24. Kh2 Bb7 25. Bxe7+ Kxe7 26. Ng5 Rd4 27. Kh3 Rcc4
28. g3 Rd2 29. f3 Bc6 30. Rac1 g6 31. h5 Rdd4 32. hxg6 fxg6 33. Bxg6 Nb5 34.
Rxc4 Rxc4 35. Re3 Rc1 36. Be4 Be8 37. Nh7 Ra1 38. Nf6 Nxa3 39. Nxe8 Kxe8 40.
Rc3 Ke7 41. Bd3 1-0

[Event "URS-ch25 Final"]
[Site "Riga"]
[Date "1958.01.17"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Suetin, Alexey S"]
[Black "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B82"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "1958.01.13"]
[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 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Bd3 Nf6 7. Qe2 d6 8. f4
Nbd7 9. g4 Nc5 10. g5 Nfd7 11. Bd2 b5 12. b4 Nxd3+ 13. cxd3 Nb6 14. Rc1 Qd7 15.
O-O h6 16. gxh6 g6 17. a3 Bxh6 18. Be3 Na4 19. Nxa4 bxa4 20. Nf3 Bb7 21. Ng5 f6
22. Nh3 Kf7 23. Nf2 Rac8 24. Qb2 Rxc1 25. Rxc1 Rc8 26. Kg2 d5 27. Rxc8 Qxc8 28.
Qc1 Qxc1 29. Bxc1 dxe4 30. dxe4 f5 31. Kf3 e5 32. Be3 fxe4+ 33. Nxe4 exf4 34.
Bxf4 g5 35. Bd2 Kg6 36. Ke3 g4+ 37. Kd4 Bg7+ 38. Ke3 Bxe4 39. Kxe4 Bb2 40. Kd3
Kf5 41. Kc4 Bxa3 42. b5 axb5+ 43. Kxb5 Bd6 44. Kxa4 Bxh2 45. Ba5 Bf4 46. Bb6
Ke4 47. Kb3 g3 48. Kc2 Be3 49. Bc7 g2 50. Bh2 Kf3 51. Kd3 Bb6 0-1

[Event "URS-ch25 Final"]
[Site "Riga"]
[Date "1958.02.13"]
[Round "19"]
[White "Tolush, Alexander V"]
[Black "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B06"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "1958.01.13"]
[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 d6 2. d4 g6 3. h4 Nf6 4. Bd3 Nc6 5. c3 e5 6. d5 Nb8 7. Ne2 Nh5 8. Nd2 Be7
9. Nf3 Nd7 10. g4 Nhf6 11. g5 Nh5 12. Be3 c6 13. Ng3 Nf4 14. Bxf4 exf4 15. Ne2
h6 16. gxh6 Rxh6 17. Nxf4 g5 18. Ng2 g4 19. Nd4 Ne5 20. h5 c5 21. Bb5+ Kf8 22.
f4 cxd4 23. fxe5 dxe5 24. Be2 dxc3 25. bxc3 Bg5 26. Bxg4 Qa5 27. Rh3 Qc5 28.
Rg3 Qg1+ 29. Ke2 Qh2 30. Kf3 Rf6+ 31. Bf5 Bxf5 32. exf5 Rxf5+ 33. Kg4 Rf2 34.
Qd3 Rxg2 0-1

[Event "Match/Nation YUG-URS"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Date "1958.06.22"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Black "Fuderer, Andrija"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A36"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "1958.06.22"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nc3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 Nc6 5. a3 d6 6. Rb1 a5 7. d3 e6 8. Nh3 Nge7
9. Nf4 O-O 10. O-O b6 11. Bd2 Ra7 12. Nb5 Rd7 13. b4 axb4 14. axb4 Nxb4 15.
Bxb4 cxb4 16. Qa4 d5 17. cxd5 e5 18. d6 exf4 19. dxe7 Rxe7 20. Bf3 Bb7 21. Bxb7
Rxb7 22. Qxb4 f3 23. exf3 Qxd3 24. Rb3 Qd5 25. Rfb1 Rd8 26. Kg2 Bf8 27. Qe4 f5
28. Qf4 Bc5 29. R3b2 Rbd7 30. h4 h5 31. Re1 Kh7 32. Rbe2 Bf8 33. Re5 Qb3 34.
Qg5 Qf7 35. Qf4 Rd5 36. Qc4 Qd7 37. f4 Bg7 38. Rxd5 Qxd5+ 39. Qxd5 Rxd5 40. Nc7
Rd7 41. Ne6 Bf6 42. Nf8+ 1-0

[Event "Stockholms Schackforbund-03 1960/61"]
[Site "Stockholm"]
[Date "1961.01.05"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Stahlberg, Gideon"]
[Black "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B06"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "1960.12.29"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "SWE"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d6 2. e4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 Nc6 5. d5 Ne5 6. h3 c5 7. Ne2 b5 8. f4 Nc4
9. c3 Bb7 10. O-O Nf6 11. a4 a6 12. Na3 Nxa3 13. Rxa3 O-O 14. g4 Nd7 15. Be3
Nb6 16. b3 bxa4 17. Ra2 a5 18. bxa4 Ba6 19. Re1 Qd7 20. Bf1 e6 21. dxe6 Qxe6
22. Qc2 Bd3 23. Qxd3 Qxa2 24. Qxd6 Nxa4 25. e5 Rfd8 26. Qc6 Qb3 27. Nc1 Qxc3
28. Bf2 Nb2 29. Qxc5 Qxc5 30. Bxc5 a4 31. Ba3 Rd1 32. Kf2 Rb8 33. Bd6 Rc8 0-1

[Event "URS-chT Republics 08th final A"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1962.10.25"]
[Round "5.5"]
[White "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Black "Nikolaevsky, Yuri V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A10"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1962.10.20"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2018"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Moscow"]
[BlackTeam "Ukraine"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "URS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "UKR"]

1. c4 g6 2. g3 Bg7 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. Bg2 d6 5. Rb1 Bd7 6. b4 Qc8 7. Nd5 e6 8. Nf4
Nf6 9. b5 Nd8 10. d4 O-O 11. Nf3 a6 12. a4 c5 13. dxc5 axb5 14. axb5 Ne4 15.
Qd3 d5 16. cxd5 Nxc5 17. Qe3 e5 18. Nd3 Nxd3+ 19. exd3 Qc2 20. Nd2 f5 21. O-O
f4 22. Qe2 Ra2 23. Rb4 e4 24. Bxe4 Qc5 25. Nb3 Qa7 26. b6 Qa8 27. Qd1 fxg3 28.
hxg3 Bh3 29. Bg2 Bxg2 30. Kxg2 Nf7 31. Nc5 Qa5 32. Rc4 Ne5 33. Rc2 Ra1 34. Bd2
Rxd1 35. Bxa5 Rxf1 36. Kxf1 Ng4 37. Kg2 Bd4 38. Ne6 Ra8 39. Rc4 Rxa5 40. Rxd4
Ne5 41. d6 1-0

[Event "URS-chT Cup 04th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1964.10.20"]
[Round "7.3"]
[White "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Black "Suetin, Alexey S"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E62"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1964.10.11"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Trud"]
[BlackTeam "Spartak"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "URS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "URS"]

1. c4 g6 2. Nc3 Bg7 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. g3 O-O 6. Bg2 a6 7. O-O c6 8. b3 b5
9. Nd2 Qb6 10. e3 Nbd7 11. Bb2 Rb8 12. Rc1 c5 13. d5 Qa5 14. Rc2 Ne5 15. Ba1
Nd3 16. Nf3 Nb4 17. Rd2 Nd7 18. Qc1 bxc4 19. bxc4 Nb6 20. a3 Nxc4 21. axb4 cxb4
22. Ra2 Qc7 23. Ne4 Bxa1 24. Rxa1 b3 25. Ra4 b2 26. Qc2 b1=Q 27. Rxb1 Nxe3 28.
Qd3 Rxb1+ 29. Qxb1 Nxd5 30. Nfd2 Nc3 31. Nxc3 Qxc3 32. Ne4 Qe5 33. Qb4 Qh5 34.
h4 h6 35. Nc3 Qe5 36. Nd5 Kg7 37. f4 Qe2 38. Qc3+ Kh7 39. Re4 Qb5 40. Rxe7 h5
41. Qf6 1-0

[Event "IBM"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "1967.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Pachman, Ludek"]
[Black "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A41"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1967.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d6 2. Nf3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 Nc6 5. O-O e5 6. dxe5 dxe5 7. Qxd8+ Nxd8 8.
Nc3 Ne6 9. Rd1 Ne7 10. e4 c6 11. b3 b6 12. Bb2 O-O 13. Rd2 Bh6 14. Rd6 f6 15.
Rad1 c5 16. Nb5 Kf7 17. a4 Nd4 18. Nfxd4 cxd4 19. h3 a6 20. Na3 b5 21. axb5
axb5 22. Nxb5 Ra2 23. Rb1 Bd2 24. Bf1 Kg7 25. Ba3 f5 26. Rb6 Bg5 27. h4 Bf6 28.
Bd3 Rd8 29. h5 fxe4 30. h6+ Kxh6 31. Rxf6 exd3 32. cxd3 Nd5 33. Rf7 g5 34. Rc1
Bd7 35. Nc7 Nc3 36. Be7 Rc8 37. Re1 Ne2+ 38. Rxe2 Rxe2 39. Bf8+ Kg6 40. Rg7+
Kf5 41. Rxd7 0-1

[Event "IBM"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "1968.??.??"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Ivkov, Borislav"]
[Black "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A41"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "1968.07.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. Nf3 Bg4 5. e3 Nc6 6. Be2 e5 7. d5 Nce7 8. e4
Nf6 9. O-O O-O 10. Ne1 Bxe2 11. Qxe2 c5 12. Nd3 Nd7 13. Be3 f5 14. f3 Nf6 15.
a3 b6 16. b4 Qd7 17. Rab1 f4 18. Bd2 g5 19. bxc5 bxc5 20. Rb3 Ng6 21. Rfb1 Rf7
22. Qd1 Bf8 23. Be1 Rg7 24. R3b2 g4 25. fxg4 Nxg4 26. Rb7 Qc8 27. Rxg7+ Bxg7
28. Bf2 Kh8 29. Qa4 Nxf2 30. Nxf2 Nh4 31. Qd1 f3 32. g3 Bh6 33. Qd3 Qg8 34. Kf1
Rf8 35. Ncd1 Ng2 36. Rb2 Qg5 37. Qb1 Qh5 38. Kg1 Nf4 39. Kh1 Ne2 40. g4 Qg5 41.
Qd3 Qh4 42. Rxe2 fxe2 43. Qxe2 0-1

[Event "URS Games"]
[Site "Soviet Union"]
[Date "1971.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Black "Kholmov, Ratmir D"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E14"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "1971.??.??"]
[EventType "game"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. e3 Bb7 5. Bd3 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. b3 d5 8. Bb2
Nbd7 9. Nc3 Ne4 10. Qe2 a6 11. Rac1 Bd6 12. Nd2 f5 13. f4 Nxd2 14. Qxd2 Qe7 15.
Na4 c6 16. Qc2 b5 17. cxb5 axb5 18. Nc3 b4 19. Na4 Ba6 20. Qe2 Bxd3 21. Qxd3 c5
22. dxc5 Nxc5 23. Nxc5 Bxc5 24. Rf2 Ra5 25. Bd4 Qa7 26. Rxc5 Rxc5 27. Rc2 Rfc8
28. Qb5 Rxc2 29. Bxa7 Rxa2 30. Bc5 h6 31. h4 Kh7 32. h5 1-0

[Event "London Lord John Cup"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1977.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Black "Lambert, Glenn EJ"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A48"]
[WhiteElo "2400"]
[BlackElo "2420"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "1977.09.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1999"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bf4 Bg7 4. e3 O-O 5. Nbd2 d6 6. h3 c5 7. c3 Nc6 8. Bc4
a6 9. a4 cxd4 10. exd4 e5 11. Be3 e4 12. Nh2 d5 13. Ba2 Be6 14. O-O Ne7 15. Nb3
Nd7 16. Qd2 Nf5 17. Bf4 Qe7 18. f3 Nd6 19. Na5 Rfc8 20. Bxd6 Qxd6 21. fxe4 dxe4
22. Nxb7 Qb6 23. Bxe6 Qxe6 24. Qf2 Qd5 25. Nc5 Nxc5 26. dxc5 Qxc5 27. Qxc5 Rxc5
28. Rad1 f5 29. g4 Rb8 30. Rf2 Be5 31. Nf1 f4 32. Re2 f3 33. Red2 Bc7 34. Ne3
Bb6 35. Kf1 h5 36. Rd6 Rg5 37. h4 Bxe3 38. hxg5 hxg4 39. Rxg6+ Kf7 40. Rdd6 Re8
41. Rdf6+ Ke7 {Lambert resigned when Kotov pointed out the "winning" line -
but in fact Black has more winning chances!} (41... Ke7 42. Rd6 $5 (42. Rg7+
Kd8 43. Rd6+ Kc8 44. Rxa6 Kb8 45. a5 g3 46. Rb6+ Bxb6 47. axb6 e3 $19) (42.
Rxa6 g3 $19) (42. Re6+ Kd7 43. Rxe8 g3 $3 $19 (43... Kxe8 $4 44. Re6+ {Rxe4+-})
) 42... g3 43. Rge6+ $10) 1-0

