[Event "RSFSR-ch07"]
[Site "Kuibyshev"]
[Date "1947.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Aronin, Lev Solomonovich"]
[Black "Nezhmetdinov, Rashid"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E89"]
[Annotator "Petronijevic,Z"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "1947.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2015"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.11.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.11.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 d6 3. Nc3 e5 4. e4 ({It's hard to say what's best for White
here. Also often played is} 4. Nf3) 4... c6 5. Nge2 (5. Nf3 {is the
alternative.}) 5... Nbd7 6. d5 {White wins space in the centre.} ({The
alternative is} 6. f3) 6... cxd5 7. cxd5 g6 {Black transposes to the
variations of The King Indian Defence.} 8. f3 Bg7 9. Be3 O-O 10. Qd2 Nc5 ({
Much more often played is} 10... a6) 11. b4 {It is interesting that
Nezhmetdinov considers this natural move to be a mistake, which is certainly
not true. White has a small advantage.} Ncd7 12. Nb5 ({With this move, White
loses the advantage. Better was} 12. Ng3 $14) 12... Nb6 ({More precise was} 
12... Ne8) 13. Nec3 Nh5 (13... a6 {was better, and after} 14. Na3 {Black can
play} Nh5 {thus preventing White from playing a4.}) 14. Qf2 ({More active was} 
14. a4 $1 {with a clear advantage for White.}) 14... f5 {Typical way for
counter-play in The King Indian Defence. The position is very sharp, with
mutual chances.} 15. Nxa7 Nd7 16. Nab5 fxe4 $2 {Gives the initiative to White.}
({After} 16... Ndf6 {the position is quite unclear.}) 17. Nxe4 {[%csl Ye4] The
e4-square is very important in the KID. White controls it firmly which gives
him a clear advantage.} Ndf6 18. Nbxd6 Nxe4 19. Nxe4 Bf5 20. Bd3 $2 {With this
move, White gives the initiative to Black.} ({After} 20. Bg5 Qd7 21. Nc5 Qd6
22. Rc1 $16 {White has a clear advantage.}) 20... Ra3 21. Bc2 $2 {And after
this wrong move, Black stands better.} ({Better was} 21. Bg5 {with a slightly
better position for White.}) 21... Bxe4 22. Bb6 $2 (22. Bxe4 {is better,
though after} Nf6 {Black stands clearly better.} 23. Qe2 Nxe4 24. fxe4 Bh6 {
leads to a winning position.} (24... Qh4+ 25. Bf2 Rxf2 26. Qxf2 Qxe4+ 27. Kf1
Ra8 {Nezhmetdinov considers that Black has a decisive attack. However, though
after} 28. Kg1 {Black has a clear advantage, he is yet far away from a victory.
Possible variation is} Qd3 29. h4 e4 30. Rh3 Qxd5 31. Rc1 Bd4 32. Re3 Qe6 33.
Kh1 Qb6 34. Rce1 Qxb4 35. a3 Bxe3 36. Qa2+ Kg7 37. axb4 Rxa2 38. Rxe3 {this
position is close to equal.}) 25. Bxh6 Qh4+ 26. Kd1 Qxh6 $19 {White is totally
lost.}) 22... Qc8 $1 {Now White is lost.} 23. Rc1 Qc3+ 24. Qd2 Qxd2+ 25. Kxd2
Bh6+ 0-1

[Event "RSFSR-ch07"]
[Site "Kuibyshev"]
[Date "1947.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Nezhmetdinov, Rashid"]
[Black "Suetin, Alexey S"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B62"]
[Annotator "Petronijevic,Z"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "1947.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2015"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.11.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.11.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Bc4 ({
To a more complex play leads} 7. Qd2) 7... a6 (7... Be7 {gives an equal
position.}) 8. Nxc6 bxc6 9. e5 $5 {White launchs the attack immediately.} ({
Equal play gives} 9. O-O) 9... Qa5 $6 {Black tries with aggressive play.} ({
To equal play led} 9... dxe5 10. Qf3 Be7 (10... Bd7 11. O-O-O Be7 12. Bxf6 Bxf6
13. Ne4 $16) 11. Qg3 Qb6 $11) 10. Bxf6 gxf6 11. exd6 Qe5+ 12. Kf1 (12. Qe2 {
gives White a small advantage.}) 12... Qxd6 (12... Bxd6 $11) 13. Qf3 f5 $2 {
After this weakening, Black has problems.} ({Better was} 13... Be7 $11) 14. Rd1
Qc7 ({If he tries the active} 14... Qc5 {after} 15. b3 $1 $16 {White will have
a clear advantage.}) 15. g4 $1 {With this excellent move White launches the
attack. He has good conditions for the attack: he controls the centre well and
his pieces are placed on active squares.} fxg4 16. Qxg4 Bb7 $2 {Allows a
decisive combination.} ({Much better was} 16... h5 17. Qd4 e5 $14 {White has
advantage but he is still far away from the victory.}) 17. Bxe6 $1 fxe6 18.
Qxe6+ $2 {This natural move only leads to equal play.} ({Winning was} 18. Rg1
Qe7 19. Rg3 h5 20. Qg6+ Qf7 21. Qxf7+ Kxf7 22. Rd7+ $18) 18... Be7 $2 ({
Better was} 18... Qe7 $1 19. Qf5 {Nezhmetdinov stops analyzing here
considering that White simply wins. However,} Bc8 20. Qf3 Ra7 $11 {leads to
equal play.}) 19. Ne4 Bc8 20. Nf6+ Kf8 21. Rd7 $2 {It is interesting that this
natural move is a mistake.} ({Winning was} 21. Nd7+ Ke8 (21... Bxd7 22. Rxd7
Qxd7 23. Qxd7 $18) 22. Rg1 Bxd7 23. Rg8+ Rxg8 24. Qxg8+ Bf8 25. Re1+ Be6 26.
Qxe6+ Be7 27. Qg8+ Kd7 28. Qxa8 $18) 21... Bxd7 $2 ({Black missed his chance:} 
21... Qd6 $3 22. Qxd6 (22. Nxh7+ Rxh7 23. Qxd6 Bxd6 24. Rxh7 Be5 {transposes
to the main line}) 22... Bxd6 23. Nxh7+ Rxh7 24. Rxh7 Be5 25. b3 Bf6 26. Rg1
Bf5 27. Rc7 Be4 {the position is equal.}) 22. Nxd7+ $18 {Now, Black is lost.}
Ke8 23. Nf6+ Kd8 24. Ke2 Qd6 25. Rd1 Qxd1+ 26. Kxd1 Bxf6 27. Qxf6+ Kc7 28. Qe7+
Kb6 29. c4 {... After a few moves, Black resigned. It is interesting that this
game won a prize as a beautiful game though there are many mistakes in it.} (
29. b4 $18) 1-0

[Event "Yaroslavl"]
[Site "Yaroslavl"]
[Date "1947.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kholmov, Ratmir D"]
[Black "Nezhmetdinov, Rashid"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E61"]
[Annotator "Petronijevic,Z"]
[PlyCount "122"]
[EventDate "1947.??.??"]
[EventType "game"]
[EventRounds "1"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2015"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.11.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.11.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d6 3. h3 g6 4. Bf4 Bg7 5. c4 O-O 6. Nc3 Nc6 7. e3 ({If White
plays} 7. d5 {Black will have a great play after} e5 8. Bg5 Ne7 $11) 7... Nd7 {
[%cal Ye7e5] Black's idea is to play ...e5.} 8. d5 (8. Be2 e5 {leads to equal
play.}) 8... Nce5 9. Be2 (9. Nd4 c5 $11) 9... Nxf3+ 10. Bxf3 e5 $1 {Black
solved all the problems in the opening. Moreover, he has a possibility to take
the initiative by playing ...f5.} 11. dxe6 (11. Bh2 f5 {[%csl Ge5,Gf5] Black
has a small advantage.}) 11... fxe6 ({Very interesting is} 11... Bxc3+ 12. bxc3
fxe6 {with a quite unclear position.}) 12. O-O Ne5 ({Interesting is} 12... Bxc3
13. bxc3 Nc5 {Black has an excellently placed knight on c5. Of course, at the
time when this game was played, KID bishop was not given so easily.}) 13. Be2
b6 14. Bg3 (14. Bxe5 {is an interesting possibility with the idea to control
the light squares after} Bxe5 15. Bf3 $11) 14... Ba6 15. f4 $5 ({Kholmov feels
very well that his position will be bad if he continues playing like this.
That's why he tries to play actively. To equal play led} 15. Rc1) 15... Nxc4 $6
(15... Nd7 {was better. Now White takes the initiative.}) 16. Qa4 $1 Nxb2 17.
Qxa6 Bxc3 18. Qa3 Bg7 {Though Black is two pawns up his position is inferior
because of dynamic possibilities of white pieces.} 19. Rab1 Qf6 20. Rfc1 {
The knight on b2 is in danger and Black has to give material back.} d5 21. Rxc7
Rf7 (21... Nc4 {also leads to an inferior position} 22. Bxc4 dxc4 23. Rb4 Rf7
24. Rbxc4 $14) 22. Rc2 $6 {With this move, White loses the initiative.} ({
Better was} 22. Rxf7 Kxf7 23. Rc1 {with a small advantage, for instance} Bf8
24. Rc7+ Kg8 25. Qb3 $14) 22... Nc4 $1 23. Bxc4 dxc4 24. Rxc4 Rd8 25. Rbc1 (25.
Qb3 {leads to a quite equal play.}) 25... Bf8 26. Qb3 Bc5 27. Kh2 ({If White
tries to improve the position of his bishop} 27. Be1 {after} Rfd7 $15 {Black
will stand slightly better.}) (27. Re4 {led to approximately equal play.})
27... Rd2 28. Re4 $2 {The move that leads to a difficult position.} ({Better
was to improve the position of the bishop by} 28. Be1 Re2 29. Bc3 Qd8 30. Rd1
Qe8 31. Re1 $11) 28... Qb2 $1 {Now it's Black who takes the initiative.} 29.
Qxb2 Rxb2 $17 30. a4 ({Active counter-play leads Black to an inferior position:
} 30. Rd1 Rxa2 31. Rd8+ Kg7 32. Rxe6 Re7 $17) 30... Rd7 31. Rxe6 Rdd2 $2 ({
More active was} 31... Ra2 $17) 32. h4 $1 {White looks for active counter-play.
} ({If he plays} 32. Rg1 Re2 $17 {Black will have a dominant position.}) 32...
Rxg2+ 33. Kh3 Rge2 34. Rd1 $2 ({The activity of pieces is one of the basic
principles. White had a great chance to improve his position by} 34. f5 $3 gxf5
(34... Kf7 {also leads to equal play} 35. fxg6+ hxg6 36. Rc6 Rxe3 37. Rf1+ Ke7
38. Rxg6 $11) 35. Bf4 {[%cal Yc1g1]} Rg2 36. Re8+ Kf7 37. Ra8 $11) 34... Kf7
35. Re4 h5 $5 {With this interesting attempt, Black wants to attack the white
king.} ({Objectively, better was} 35... Rbd2) 36. Re5 $2 {The game move loses.}
({After} 36. f5 $1 {the position is equal:} Rxe3 37. Rd7+ Kf6 38. Rxe3 Bxe3 39.
fxg6 Kxg6 40. Rd6+ Kf5 41. Rd5+ Ke4 42. Rxh5 $11) 36... Kf6 $2 {Black makes a
mistake as well.} ({Winnng was} 36... Rxe3 37. Rxe3 Bxe3 $19) 37. f5 $1 {
White finally starts playing actively} Rxe3 38. Rd6+ $2 {But here, he makes a
mistake.} ({After} 38. fxg6 Rbb3 39. Rg5 Kg7 40. Kg2 $11 {the position is
equal.}) 38... Bxd6 39. Rxe3 Bxg3 40. Rxg3 gxf5 $19 41. Rg5 Rb3+ 42. Kg2 Rb4
43. Rxh5 Rxa4 44. Kf3 Ke5 45. Rh8 Ra3+ 46. Kg2 Kf4 47. h5 Rg3+ 48. Kh2 Rg7 49.
h6 Rb7 50. Rg8 Rh7 51. Rg6 b5 52. Kh3 b4 53. Kh4 b3 54. Kh5 b2 55. Rg1 Rb7 56.
Rb1 a5 57. Kg6 a4 58. h7 Rxh7 59. Rxb2 Ra7 60. Rb4+ Ke3 61. Kxf5 a3 {In his
book "Selected games", Nezhmetdinov annotated this game. However, there are
many mistakes in his analysis. In this analysis, I corrected some of his
mistakes.} 0-1

[Event "RSFSR-ch10"]
[Site "Gorky "]
[Date "1950.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Nezhmetdinov, Rashid"]
[Black "Aronin, Lev Solomonovich"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B72"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "1950.02.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2014"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.11.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.11.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. f4 g6 7. Be2 Bg7 8. Nb3
Nc6 9. Be3 O-O 10. g4 b5 $146 (10... e6 {Dzhogov,V-Tanieljan,A BUL-ch Sofia
1942 (4) 1-0}) 11. g5 Nd7 12. Qd2 Bb7 13. h4 {[%cal Gh4h5]} Na5 {[%csl Gc4]}
14. h5 Re8 (14... Nxb3 15. axb3 Bxc3 {[%cal Gg8g7]} 16. bxc3 Bxe4 17. Rh2 Nc5
$13) 15. hxg6 hxg6 16. Rh4 b4 17. Nd5 e6 18. Nxb4 Nxb3 19. axb3 a5 20. Na2 Bxe4
$2 (20... a4) 21. Nc3 Bf5 22. Nb5 (22. Bb5 $1 {[%cal Gb5a4,Gb5e8]}) 22... Rc8
23. Nxd6 Rxc2 24. Qd1 Bxb2 25. Bd4 $1 Bxd4 26. Qxd4 e5 27. Qd5 Rxe2+ 28. Kxe2
exf4+ 29. Kf1 Re6 30. Rh8+ 1-0

[Event "URS-ch19 Semifinal"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "1951.??.??"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Lilienthal, Andor"]
[Black "Nezhmetdinov, Rashid"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E67"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "1951.05.25"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "19"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1999"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 d6 3. Nc3 e5 4. Nf3 Nbd7 5. g3 exd4 6. Nxd4 g6 7. Bg2 Bg7 8.
O-O O-O 9. b3 Nc5 10. b4 Ne6 11. Nb3 Nd7 12. Bb2 Ne5 13. Na5 Nd4 14. Na4 c5 15.
a3 Bg4 16. Bxd4 cxd4 17. h3 Be6 18. c5 b5 19. cxb6 axb6 20. Bxa8 Qxa8 21. Nxb6
Qa6 22. Na4 Bxh3 23. Rc1 d3 24. exd3 Qa8 25. f3 Ng4 26. Nc4 Bd4+ 27. Kh1 Qd5
28. Rc2 Bxf1 0-1

[Event "RSFSR-ch13"]
[Site "Saratov"]
[Date "1953.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Nezhmetdinov, Rashid"]
[Black "Aronin, Lev Solomonovich"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B50"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "1953.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2015"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.11.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.11.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{"Nezhmetdinov's Best Games of Chess", Rashid Nezhmetdinov, game 29, pages 50-1
} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. g3 Nc6 4. Bg2 Bg4 5. h3 Bh5 6. d3 e6 7. Nc3 Be7 8. O-O
Bf6 9. Ne2 Bxf3 10. Bxf3 Nge7 11. Bg2 d5 12. exd5 Nxd5 13. Nf4 Nxf4 14. Bxf4
Qd7 15. c3 O-O 16. Qa4 Rac8 17. Rad1 Rfd8 18. Rfe1 b6 19. Qa6 g5 20. Bc1 Na5
21. d4 cxd4 22. Qe2 h6 23. Qh5 Kg7 24. h4 Qe7 25. cxd4 Nc4 26. b3 Nd6 27. d5 e5
28. f4 gxf4 29. Bxf4 Rh8 30. Rxe5 Qd7 31. Re2 Rh7 32. Bxd6 1-0

[Event "RSFSR-ch14"]
[Site "Rostov on Don"]
[Date "1954.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Ilivitzki, Georgi A"]
[Black "Nezhmetdinov, Rashid"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E90"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "1954.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2005"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Be2 O-O 6. Be3 c6 7. h3 a6 8. Nf3 b5
9. e5 Ne8 10. O-O Nd7 11. cxb5 cxb5 12. a4 bxa4 13. Qxa4 a5 14. b4 Nb6 15. Qa3
a4 16. b5 Be6 17. Rfb1 Nc7 18. Bd1 Ncd5 19. Nxa4 Nc4 20. Qd3 Rc8 21. Rb3 dxe5
22. Nc5 Rxc5 23. dxc5 e4 24. Qxc4 Nxe3 25. Qc1 Nxd1 26. Rab1 Nc3 27. Qxc3 Bxc3
28. Ra3 Bf6 29. Ne1 Qd2 0-1

[Event "URS-ch21 Final"]
[Site "Kiev"]
[Date "1954.01.11"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Nezhmetdinov, Rashid"]
[Black "Geller, Efim P"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A07"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "1954.01.07"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "19"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "URS-ch"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 Bf5 4. O-O e6 5. d3 Be7 6. Nc3 O-O 7. Nh4 Bg4 8. h3
Bh5 9. g4 Bg6 10. Nxg6 hxg6 11. e4 dxe4 12. Nxe4 c6 13. c3 Nbd7 14. Qe2 Nxe4
15. Bxe4 Bd6 16. Bxg6 Qh4 17. Kg2 Ne5 18. Be4 f5 19. Bf3 Rf6 20. d4 Nxg4 21.
Rh1 Nh6 22. Kf1 Nf7 23. Be3 Re8 24. Rd1 f4 25. Bc1 e5 26. dxe5 Rxe5 27. Qc4 Bc5
28. Rh2 b5 29. Rd8+ Bf8 30. Qb3 Rfe6 31. Rd1 Rg6 32. Rd7 Be7 33. Bd2 a5 34. a4
bxa4 35. Qxa4 Reg5 36. Qb3 Rg1+ 37. Ke2 Qf6 38. Rd4 c5 39. Qb8+ Kh7 40. Rxf4
Qa6+ 41. c4 Bd6 42. Rh4+ Nh6 43. Qe8 Qa7 44. Be4 Qe7 45. Qxe7 Bxe7 46. Rg4 1-0

[Event "URS-ch21 Final"]
[Site "Kiev"]
[Date "1954.01.17"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Lilienthal, Andor"]
[Black "Nezhmetdinov, Rashid"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E70"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "1954.01.07"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "19"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "URS-ch"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 d6 4. Nc3 g6 5. e4 Bg7 6. Bd3 O-O 7. Nge2 Nbd7 8. Ng3
e6 9. dxe6 fxe6 10. h4 Ne5 11. Be2 a6 12. h5 Qe7 13. hxg6 hxg6 14. Bg5 b5 15.
cxb5 axb5 16. Nxb5 Nf7 17. Qd2 d5 18. exd5 exd5 19. O-O Bb7 20. a4 Qd7 21. Bxf6
Bxf6 22. Qc2 Kg7 23. Bh5 Nh8 24. Ra3 Be5 25. Bxg6 Nxg6 26. Nh5+ Kh6 27. Rh3
Qxh3 28. gxh3 Kxh5 29. Qxc5 Rf3 30. Nd4 Rxh3 31. Ne2 Nf4 32. Nxf4+ Bxf4 33. Kg2
Rc8 0-1

[Event "URS-ch21 Final"]
[Site "Kiev"]
[Date "1954.01.28"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Ilivitzki, Georgi A"]
[Black "Nezhmetdinov, Rashid"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E68"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "1954.01.07"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "19"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "URS-ch"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 d6 3. d4 g6 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. g3 O-O 6. Bg2 Nbd7 7. O-O e5 8. e4
exd4 9. Nxd4 Nc5 10. f3 a5 11. Be3 Nfd7 12. Rf2 a4 13. Rb1 c6 14. b4 axb3 15.
axb3 Qe7 16. Ra2 Rxa2 17. Nxa2 f5 18. Nc3 fxe4 19. fxe4 Nf6 20. Qc2 Re8 21. Re1
Ng4 22. Nf3 Nxe3 23. Rxe3 Bf5 24. Qd1 Qf6 25. Qc2 Bg4 26. b4 Bh6 27. Re1 Bxf3
28. e5 Rxe5 29. Rxe5 Qxe5 30. Bxf3 Qe3+ 31. Kg2 Nd3 32. Nd1 Ne1+ 33. Kf1 Nxc2
0-1

[Event "URS-ch21 Final"]
[Site "Kiev"]
[Date "1954.02.04"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Flohr, Salo"]
[Black "Nezhmetdinov, Rashid"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E60"]
[PlyCount "176"]
[EventDate "1954.01.07"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "19"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "URS-ch"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 d6 3. d4 g6 4. b3 Bg7 5. Bb2 O-O 6. g3 Bf5 7. Bg2 Qc8 8. O-O
Bh3 9. Nbd2 a5 10. a3 Qg4 11. e3 Qh5 12. Nh4 Bg4 13. f3 Bc8 14. f4 Qxd1 15.
Raxd1 Ng4 16. Rfe1 c6 17. Nhf3 Nd7 18. Ba1 Rb8 19. e4 b5 20. h3 Ngf6 21. e5 Nh5
22. Kh2 Nb6 23. exd6 exd6 24. c5 Nd5 25. Ne4 Bf5 26. Nxd6 Bc2 27. Rc1 Bxb3 28.
Nd2 Bc4 29. N2xc4 bxc4 30. Rxc4 Nhf6 31. Ra4 h5 32. Rxa5 h4 33. g4 Nxf4 34.
Bxc6 Rb3 35. Bg2 Nxg2 36. Kxg2 Nd5 37. Re4 f5 38. gxf5 gxf5 39. Rxh4 f4 40. Rb5
Rxa3 41. Rb1 f3+ 42. Kf1 f2 43. Nc4 Ra4 44. Rh5 Nf6 45. Rf5 Rxc4 46. Rxf2 Kh7
47. Kg2 Rg8 48. Kh2 Nd5 49. Rb7 Kh6 50. Rd7 Nf6 51. Re7 Nh5 52. Bb2 Bf6 53. Re6
Rg6 54. d5 Bh4 55. Rxg6+ Kxg6 56. Rd2 Bg5 57. Rg2 Nf4 58. Rd2 Nh5 59. Rg2 Kf5
60. Be5 Rxc5 61. Bb8 Rxd5 62. Re2 Rb5 63. Bc7 Rb7 64. Bd6 Rb3 65. Re5+ Kg6 66.
Re6+ Kf7 67. Re2 Be3 68. Bc7 Kg6 69. Ra2 Nf6 70. Kg2 Nd5 71. Bd6 Kf5 72. Ra3
Rb6 73. Bg3 Ke4 74. Ra4+ Kd3 75. Ra5 Nc3 76. Kf3 Rf6+ 77. Kg4 Rf8 78. Bd6 Rf7
79. Ra3 Bc1 80. Ra1 Bd2 81. Ra8 Ne4 82. Bh2 Nf2+ 83. Kh5 Rf6 84. Rh8 Ke4 85.
Bc7 Kf5 86. Bd8 Ne4 87. Bc7 Bg5 88. Rh7 Rf8 0-1

[Event "Bucharest Int 04th"]
[Site "Bucharest"]
[Date "1954.02.??"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Nezhmetdinov, Rashid"]
[Black "Stahlberg, Gideon"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C12"]
[Annotator "Chekhov,V"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "1954.02.25"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Bb4 5. e5 h6 6. Bd2 Bxc3 7. bxc3 Ne4 8. Qg4
g6 9. Bd3 Nxd2 10. Kxd2 c5 11. Nf3 Nc6 12. h4 Qc7 (12... cxd4 $5 13. cxd4 Bd7
14. Qf4 Qe7 15. a3 O-O-O 16. Rh3 Na5 $132 {Velikhanli,F-Zaitseva,L/Moscow/1994/
0|1/50/}) (12... Qa5 $5 13. Qf4 cxd4 14. Nxd4 Nxd4 15. Qxd4 Bd7 16. Rab1 b6 17.
Qb4 Qxb4 18. cxb4 a6 19. Rhc1 Bb5 $10 {Brunner,L-Glek,I/GER/1991/0,5/58/}) 13.
dxc5 $6 (13. Qf4 $5) 13... Nxe5 14. Nxe5 Qxe5 15. Rab1 Qf6 16. Qd4 Qxd4 (16...
e5 17. Qxd5 Qxf2+ 18. Kc1 Qf4+ 19. Kb2 O-O 20. Rbf1 $36) (16... Ke7 17. Qb4
Qxf2+ 18. Kd1 Kd8 19. c6 $40) 17. cxd4 Kd8 18. g4 Kc7 19. h5 g5 20. f4 gxf4 (
20... Rg8 21. Rhf1 $16) 21. Rbf1 e5 22. dxe5 Bxg4 23. Rxf4 Be6 24. Kc3 Rhg8 25.
Kd4 Rg4 (25... Rg5 26. Rhf1 Re8 27. Rxf7+ Bxf7 28. Rxf7+ Kb8 29. Bf5 Rxh5 30.
Bd7 Rd8 31. e6 $36) 26. Rxg4 Bxg4 27. Rf1 Bxh5 (27... Be6 28. Rf6 Rh8 29. Bf5
$16) 28. Rf6 Kd7 (28... Rh8 29. Kxd5 $16) 29. Bf5+ (29. Rxh6 Bg4 30. Kxd5 Be6+
31. Kd4 $14) 29... Ke7 30. Rd6 (30. Rxh6 $5 Bf3 31. Rh7 Be4 $1 32. Bxe4 dxe4
33. Kxe4 Rc8 34. Kd4 Rd8+ 35. Kc4 Rd2 $10) 30... Rb8 (30... Rd8 31. Rxh6 Bf3
32. c6 bxc6 33. Rxc6 $36) 31. Rxh6 Bf3 32. Rd6 Be4 33. Bxe4 dxe4 34. Kxe4 Rh8
35. c6 bxc6 36. Rxc6 Rh4+ 37. Kd5 Ra4 38. Rc7+ Ke8 39. c4 Rxa2 40. c5 Rd2+ (
40... a5 41. Ra7 a4 42. Kd6 Rd2+ 43. Kc7 Rd4 44. c6 Ke7 45. Kb6+ Ke6 46. c7 Rc4
47. Rxa4 $18) 41. Kc6 Re2 42. Rxa7 Rxe5 43. Rb7 (43. Kb6 Re1 44. c6 Rb1+ 45.
Kc7 Ke7 46. Kc8+ Ke6 47. c7 f5 48. Rb7 Rc1 49. Rb5 Kd6 $1 50. Rb6+ Ke5 51. Kb7
Rxc7+ 52. Kxc7 f4 $10) 43... Re6+ (43... Re1 44. Kd6 Re6+ 45. Kc7 $18) 44. Kc7
f5 45. c6 Ke7 46. Rb5 $1 Kf6 (46... Rf6 47. Kb7 $18) 47. Kb7 Kg5 48. c7 Re8 49.
Kc6 Rc8 (49... Kg4 50. Rb8 $18) 50. Rb8 Rxc7+ 51. Kxc7 Kf4 52. Kd6 1-0

[Event "URS-ch22 Semifinal"]
[Site "Gorky"]
[Date "1954.11.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Nezhmetdinov, Rashid"]
[Black "Polugaevsky, Lev"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B30"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "1954.11.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1999"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 d5 5. exd5 Nxd5 6. Ne5 Qa5+ 7. Nc3 Nxc3 8.
Bxc6+ bxc6 9. Qd2 Be6 10. O-O c4 11. Re1 Rc8 12. bxc3 g6 13. Qe3 cxd3 14. cxd3
Qxc3 15. Bd2 Qa3 16. Rab1 Qxa2 17. Rb7 Bg7 18. Nxf7 Kxf7 19. Qf3+ Kg8 20. Qe3
Kf7 21. Qf4+ Kg8 22. Rxe7 Rf8 23. Rxg7+ Kxg7 24. Bc3+ Kg8 25. Qd4 Qxf2+ 26.
Qxf2 Rxf2 27. Kxf2 Bf7 28. Re7 Kf8 29. Rxf7+ Kxf7 30. Bxh8 Ke6 31. Ke3 Kd5 32.
Kd2 a5 33. Kc3 c5 34. Kb3 1-0

[Event "RSFSR-ch16"]
[Site "Kislovodsk"]
[Date "1956.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Ilivitzki, Georgi A"]
[Black "Nezhmetdinov, Rashid"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E80"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "1956.06.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2014"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.11.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.11.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f3 e5 (5... O-O) 6. d5 Ng8 $6 (6...
Nh5) 7. g3 (7. Be3) 7... f5 8. exf5 gxf5 9. Be3 Ne7 10. Qd2 O-O 11. O-O-O a6
12. Kb1 Nd7 13. Nge2 f4 (13... b5 $5) 14. gxf4 Ng6 15. Bh3 exf4 16. Be6+ Kh8
17. Nxf4 Nxf4 18. Bxf4 Qf6 19. Bg5 Qg6+ 20. Ka1 Ne5 21. f4 Nxc4 22. Qe2 $16 {
[%cal Ge2c4,Ge2e6]} b5 (22... Na3 $5 {[%csl Rc3,Gg7][%cal Gg7a1]}) 23. Be7 $2 (
23. h4 {[%cal Gh4h5]}) (23. Rhg1 {[%cal Gg1g6]}) 23... Bxc3 24. Rb1 Bxe6 25.
dxe6 Rxf4 26. bxc3 Qg7 27. Rbc1 Qxe7 0-1

[Event "URS-ch24 Semifinal"]
[Site "Kharkov"]
[Date "1956.11.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Nezhmetdinov, Rashid"]
[Black "Chistiakov, Alexander Nikolaevi"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C12"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[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. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Bb4 5. e5 h6 6. Bd2 Nfd7 7. Qg4 Bf8 8. Nf3
c5 9. Nb5 g6 10. Bd3 Rg8 11. c4 cxd4 12. cxd5 Nc5 13. Qxd4 exd5 14. Nd6+ Bxd6
15. exd6 Qxd6 16. O-O Nxd3 17. Qxd3 Nc6 18. Rfe1+ Be6 19. Nd4 g5 20. Rac1 Kd7
21. Nf5 Qf8 22. Qb5 Rc8 23. Qxb7+ Rc7 24. Qb5 a6 25. Qd3 Qb8 26. Nxh6 Rg6 27.
Nxf7 Bxf7 28. Qf5+ Kd8 29. Rxc6 Rcxc6 30. Ba5+ Qc7 31. Qxf7 Kc8 32. Bxc7 1-0

[Event "URS-ch24 Semifinal"]
[Site "Kharkov"]
[Date "1956.11.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Nezhmetdinov, Rashid"]
[Black "Romanovsky, Peter Arsenievich"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C85"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[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. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. Nc3 Nd7 8.
d4 exd4 9. Nxd4 Ne5 10. Bf4 Ng6 11. Bg3 O-O 12. Nf5 Bf6 13. Qxd8 Bxd8 14. Rad1
h5 15. h3 h4 16. Bh2 a5 17. Rfe1 a4 18. a3 Re8 19. g4 hxg3 20. Bxg3 Nf8 21. Kh2
Ne6 22. f4 b5 23. Rg1 g6 24. Nh6+ Kg7 25. Ng4 f6 26. f5 Ng5 27. Rgf1 c5 28. e5
Bxf5 29. exf6+ Kf8 30. Ne5 b4 31. Nd5 Bxc2 32. f7 Re6 33. Nd7+ 1-0

[Event "URS-ch24 Semifinal"]
[Site "Kharkov"]
[Date "1956.11.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Suetin, Alexey S"]
[Black "Nezhmetdinov, Rashid"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C76"]
[PlyCount "122"]
[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. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6 5. c3 Bd7 6. d4 g6 7. O-O Bg7 8. dxe5
dxe5 9. Be3 b6 10. Qe2 Nge7 11. Rd1 O-O 12. Na3 Qc8 13. Nc2 Be6 14. b4 h6 15.
Bb3 f5 16. exf5 gxf5 17. Re1 Bxb3 18. axb3 Qe6 19. Rab1 Nd5 20. Bd2 e4 21. Qc4
b5 22. Nfd4 Nxd4 23. Nxd4 Qd6 24. Qc5 Qxc5 25. bxc5 Bxd4 26. cxd4 Rf6 27. b4
Kf7 28. Rb3 Re8 29. g3 Rfe6 30. Kf1 Rd8 31. Ra1 Ne7 32. Be3 Nc6 33. Rxa6 Nxd4
34. Rxe6 Kxe6 35. Rb1 h5 36. Bf4 c6 37. Rc1 Nf3 38. Bd6 Ra8 39. Rd1 Ra3 40. Bf4
Rd3 41. Re1 Rd4 42. Rb1 Nxh2+ 43. Ke2 Nf3 44. Be3 Rd3 45. Rh1 Rb3 46. Rd1 Kf7
47. Kf1 Rxb4 48. Rd7+ Ke8 49. Rd1 Rb3 50. Ra1 b4 51. Ke2 Rb2+ 52. Kd1 b3 53.
Kc1 Rc2+ 54. Kd1 f4 55. Ra8+ Kf7 56. Bxf4 Rxf2 57. Kc1 Rc2+ 58. Kd1 Ra2 59. Rb8
Nd4 60. Kc1 Ne2+ 61. Kd1 Nc3+ 0-1

[Event "URS-ch24 Semifinal"]
[Site "Kharkov"]
[Date "1956.11.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Vasiukov, Evgeni"]
[Black "Nezhmetdinov, Rashid"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C99"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[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. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. c3
d6 9. h3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. d4 Qc7 12. Nbd2 cxd4 13. cxd4 Bb7 14. Nf1 Rac8 15.
Bd3 Nc4 16. b3 exd4 17. Nxd4 Ne5 18. Bb2 Rfe8 19. Ng3 Bf8 20. Rc1 Qb6 21. Bb1
Rxc1 22. Qxc1 Qc5 23. Qd2 d5 24. f4 Ng6 25. e5 Ne4 26. Nxe4 dxe4 27. Kh1 f6 28.
exf6 Qh5 29. fxg7 Bxg7 30. Qe3 Nh4 31. Rc1 Qg6 32. Rg1 Bxd4 33. Qxd4 Nf5 34.
Qd1 e3 35. Be5 e2 36. Qe1 Ng3+ 37. Kh2 Nf1+ 38. Kh1 Qg3 0-1

[Event "Match/Federation RUS-UKR"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Nezhmetdinov, Rashid"]
[Black "Sakharov, Yuri N"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B32"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e5 5. Nb5 a6 6. Nd6+ Bxd6 7. Qxd6 Qf6 8.
Qc7 Nge7 9. Nc3 Nb4 10. Bd3 d5 11. O-O d4 12. Ne2 Nxd3 13. cxd3 g5 14. Bd2 Nc6
15. Rac1 O-O 16. Ng3 h6 17. b4 Re8 18. a4 Nd8 19. Rc5 Qg7 20. Rd5 Bg4 21. Rc1
Kh7 22. h3 Be6 23. Nf5 Bxf5 24. exf5 Qf6 25. g4 Re7 26. Rd7 Rxd7 27. Qxd7 Kg7
28. Rc5 b6 29. Rc7 b5 30. a5 Rb8 31. Qd5 Kg8 32. Be1 Qg7 33. Qc5 Qf8 34. Qa7
1-0

[Event "URS-ch24 Final"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1957.01.29"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Nezhmetdinov, Rashid"]
[Black "Tal, Mihail"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C17"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "1957.01.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "URS-ch"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. Bd2 Ne7 6. a3 Bxc3 7. Bxc3 b6 8. b4 (
8. Qg4 Nf5 9. Bd3 h5 10. Qh3 Qg5 $132 {Krogius-Furman USSR 1957}) 8... Qc7 9.
Nf3 Nd7 (9... cxb4 $5 10. Bxb4 a5 $1 11. Bd2 (11. Bd6 $2 Qc3+) 11... Ba6 {Tal})
(9... O-O 10. Bd3 Ba6 {Keres}) 10. Be2 (10. Bd3 cxd4 11. Bxd4 Nc6) 10... Nc6
11. O-O O-O (11... cxd4 $2 12. Nxd4 Ncxe5 (12... Ndxe5 13. Nxc6 Nxc6 14. Bxg7
$16 {Tal}) 13. Nb5 Qb8 14. f4 Ng6 15. f5 Nge5 16. fxe6 fxe6 17. Bh5+ g6 18. Bg4
$40 {Tal}) 12. bxc5 bxc5 13. dxc5 Ncxe5 (13... Nxc5 $1 14. Bd3 Ne4 (14... Nxd3
$2 15. Qxd3 $36) 15. Qe1 Bb7 $1 (15... Nxc3 16. Qxc3 $36 {Tal}) 16. Bxe4 $2 (
16. Bb2) 16... dxe4 17. Qxe4 Ne7 18. Qe3 Nd5 $19 {Tal}) 14. Nxe5 Nxe5 15. Qd4
f6 16. f4 Nc6 (16... Nd7 17. f5 $16) 17. Qe3 Rd8 (17... Ne7 18. Bd4 Bb7 19. c4
$36) 18. Rad1 e5 19. fxe5 fxe5 20. Bb5 Bb7 (20... d4 $2 21. Qe4 $1 (21. Bc4+
Kh8 22. Qg5 h6 $1 (22... Be6 23. Bxe6 dxc3 24. Bd5 h6 25. Qe3 $16) 23. Qg6 Ne7
$13 {Tal}) 21... Bb7 (21... dxc3 $2 22. Bc4+ Kh8 23. Qxc6 $1 Qxc6 24. Rxd8+ Qe8
25. Rxe8# {Tal}) 22. Bc4+ Kh8 23. Rf7 Rd7 (23... dxc3 24. Rxc7 Rxd1+ 25. Kf2
Rd4 26. Qe3 $16) 24. Rdf1 $40 {Tal}) 21. Qg3 (21. Bxc6 $2 d4 $1 22. Rxd4 (22.
Bxd4 Qxc6) 22... exd4 23. Qe6+ Kh8 24. Bxb7 Qxb7 {(Schwarz 67)}) 21... Rd7 (
21... Rf8 $1 22. Rxf8+ Rxf8 23. Bxc6 (23. Rxd5 $2 Nd4 $1 24. c6 (24. Bc4 Ne2+)
(24. Rxd4 Qxc5 25. Bc4+ Kh8 26. Qg5 h6 27. Qh5 Rc8) 24... Qxc6 $1 25. Bxc6 $4
Ne2+ 26. Kh1 Rf1#) 23... Qxc6 24. Bxe5 Qxc5+ 25. Bd4 Qe7 26. Bxa7 $16) (21...
d4 $2 22. Bc4+ Kh8 23. Rf7 $18) 22. Rf2 Re8 (22... d4 23. Bc4+ Kh8 24. Rdf1 {
Tal}) 23. h3 Ba8 (23... d4 $2 24. Bc4+ Kh8 25. Rdf1 Qc8 26. Rf7 Rxf7 27. Rxf7
Rg8 28. Bd2 $18) 24. Ba4 Bb7 25. Kh1 Ba8 26. Rf5 e4 (26... d4 27. Bb3+ Kh8 28.
Rdf1 Qd8 29. Rf7 Rxf7 30. Rxf7 Rg8 31. Bd2 $18 {Tal} e4 32. Bg5 Qe8 33. Rc7 Rf8
34. Bf6 $1) (26... g6 27. Bxc6 Qxc6 28. Rxe5 Rf8 29. Bd4 $18) 27. Qxc7 Rxc7 28.
Rfxd5 e3 29. Rd7 e2 (29... Re7 30. Rxc7 Rxc7 31. Rd6 $18 {Tal} Kf8 32. Kg1 Ke8
33. Kf1 $18) 30. Bb3+ Re6 31. Bxe6+ Kf8 32. Bxg7+ (32. Bxg7+ Ke8 33. Bf7#) 1-0

[Event "URS-ch25 Semifinal"]
[Site "Kiev"]
[Date "1957.11.20"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Nezhmetdinov, Rashid"]
[Black "Sakharov, Yuri N"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B11"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[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. d3 e6 7. g3 Be7 8. Bg2
O-O 9. O-O Na6 10. Qe2 Nc7 11. f4 Nfe8 12. Kh2 b5 13. Nd1 f5 14. exd5 exd5 15.
c4 bxc4 16. dxc4 Nf6 17. cxd5 cxd5 18. Ne3 Ne4 19. Rd1 Qd7 20. Bd2 Bc5 21. Rac1
Bb6 22. Bxe4 fxe4 23. Bc3 Rad8 24. Be5 Qf7 25. Rc6 Ne6 26. Nxd5 Nd4 27. Rxd4
Bxd4 28. Rc7 Bxe5 29. Rxf7 Rxf7 30. Qxe4 Rfd7 31. fxe5 Rxd5 32. h4 R5d7 33.
Qc4+ Kf8 34. Kh3 Re8 35. Kg4 Rf7 36. Qc5+ Kg8 37. h5 h6 38. Qd5 Kf8 39. a4 Ree7
40. b4 Re8 41. b5 Rc8 1-0

[Event "URS-ch25 Semifinal"]
[Site "Kiev"]
[Date "1957.12.01"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Chistiakov, Alexander Nikolaevi"]
[Black "Nezhmetdinov, Rashid"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C49"]
[PlyCount "126"]
[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 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Bb4 5. O-O O-O 6. d3 Bxc3 7. bxc3 Qe7 8.
Re1 d6 9. d4 Bg4 10. d5 Nb8 11. h3 Bc8 12. Bf1 Nbd7 13. Nh4 Nc5 14. Nf5 Qe8 15.
Qf3 Bxf5 16. exf5 e4 17. Qg3 Nxd5 18. c4 Ne7 19. f6 Nf5 20. Qf4 Qe6 21. Bb2
gxf6 22. Rad1 Ne7 23. Re3 Ng6 24. Rg3 Nd7 25. Re1 Kh8 26. Qxe4 Rfe8 27. Rge3
Qxe4 28. Rxe4 Rxe4 29. Rxe4 Kg7 30. g3 a5 31. f4 a4 32. h4 Kf8 33. Bh3 Re8 34.
Rxe8+ Kxe8 35. Kf2 Ke7 36. Bf5 Nb6 37. Bd3 Nf8 38. Kf3 f5 39. Bxf5 Nxc4 40. Bc3
c5 41. h5 d5 42. Bg7 Ne6 43. h6 f6 44. Bxh7 Kf7 45. Bd3 Nd6 46. g4 c4 47. Bf1
Nd4+ 48. Ke3 Nxc2+ 49. Kd2 Nd4 50. Kc3 Ne6 51. f5 Ne4+ 52. Kb4 N6g5 53. Kxa4 c3
54. Kb3 Nf3 55. Kc2 Ne1+ 56. Kc1 c2 57. g5 Nc3 58. g6+ Kg8 59. Bxf6 Nxa2+ 60.
Kb2 c1=Q+ 61. Kxa2 Qxh6 62. Bb5 Qd2+ 63. Kb3 Qc2+ 0-1

[Event "URS-ch25 Semifinal"]
[Site "Kiev"]
[Date "1957.12.03"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Nezhmetdinov, Rashid"]
[Black "Vasiukov, Evgeni"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B47"]
[PlyCount "147"]
[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 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be2 Nf6 7. O-O Nc6 8.
Bg5 Be7 9. Nxc6 bxc6 10. Qd4 e5 11. Qc4 Qb8 12. Bxf6 Bxf6 13. b4 O-O 14. a4 Be7
15. Rab1 a5 16. b5 Qd6 17. Rfd1 Qc5 18. Qxc5 Bxc5 19. Bg4 Ra7 20. bxc6 dxc6 21.
Bxc8 Rxc8 22. Kf1 Kf8 23. Ke2 Ke7 24. Rb3 g6 25. Na2 Rd7 26. Rxd7+ Kxd7 27. Nc1
f6 28. Rh3 h5 29. Nb3 Bb6 30. Rg3 Rg8 31. Nd2 Ke6 32. Nc4 Bc7 33. Rb3 Kd7 34.
h3 Rf8 35. Rg3 Rg8 36. Ne3 Ke6 37. Nf5 Bb8 38. Nh4 g5 39. Nf5 Rh8 40. h4 g4 41.
f3 gxf3+ 42. Kxf3 Bd6 43. Rg7 Rb8 44. Ra7 Bf8 45. Rxa5 Rb2 46. Ra8 Kf7 47. g4
hxg4+ 48. Kxg4 Rxc2 49. Ra7+ Ke8 50. h5 Rg2+ 51. Kh3 Re2 52. Ra8+ Kf7 53. h6
Bxh6 54. Nxh6+ Kg6 55. Nf5 Rxe4 56. Ne7+ Kg5 57. Rg8+ Kh5 58. a5 Ra4 59. Nxc6
f5 60. Ra8 Ra3+ 61. Kg2 e4 62. a6 f4 63. a7 Ra2+ 64. Kf1 Ra1+ 65. Ke2 Ra2+ 66.
Kd1 Ra1+ 67. Kc2 Ra2+ 68. Kb3 Ra6 69. Rh8+ Kg4 70. a8=Q Rxa8 71. Rxa8 f3 72.
Kc2 Kg3 73. Kd1 Kf2 74. Ne5 1-0

[Event "RSFSR-ch18"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "1958.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Polugaevsky, Lev"]
[Black "Nezhmetdinov, Rashid"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A53"]
[Annotator "Primel,D"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "1958.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "19"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2014"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.11.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.11.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Cette partie est trйs connue а cause de l'attaque fameuse menйe par les
Noirs sur le K Blanc} Nf6 2. c4 d6 3. Nc3 e5 4. e4 exd4 5. Qxd4 Nc6 6. Qd2 g6
7. b3 Bg7 8. Bb2 O-O 9. Bd3 Ng4 10. Nge2 (10. Nf3 $142 Nge5 11. Be2 Nxf3+ 12.
Bxf3 Nd4 13. h4 $5 Nxf3+ 14. gxf3 Qf6 15. O-O-O Be6 16. f4 $16) 10... Qh4 (
10... Nce5 11. Bc2 Bh6 $36 (11... Qh4)) 11. Ng3 Nge5 12. O-O f5 13. f3 Bh6 14.
Qd1 f4 15. Nge2 g5 16. Nd5 g4 17. g3 fxg3 18. hxg3 Qh3 19. f4 Be6 $1 {Dйbut du
festival tactique} 20. Bc2 (20. Nxc7 {[%cal Gc7e6,Gc7a8]} Bxf4 $1 21. Rxf4 (21.
gxf4 g3 $19 {[%csl Gf2,Gh2]}) (21. Nxf4 Qxg3+) 21... Rxf4 22. Bxe5 Nxe5 23.
Nxa8 (23. Nxe6 Rf6 {[%cal Gf6e6,Gf6h6]}) 23... Rf7 {[%csl Ra8]} (23... Rf6 24.
Nc7)) 20... Rf7 21. Kf2 Qh2+ 22. Ke3 Bxd5 23. cxd5 Nb4 24. Rh1 (24. a3) 24...
Rxf4 $3 25. Rxh2 Rf3+ 26. Kd4 Bg7 $3 {[%csl Rd4][%cal Gg7d4] << Personne ne
voit les combinaisons comme Nezhmetdinov >> Mikhail Botvinnik} 27. a4 c5+ 28.
dxc6 bxc6 29. Bd3 Nexd3+ 30. Kc4 d5+ 31. exd5 cxd5+ 32. Kb5 Rb8+ 33. Ka5 Nc6+ {
[%mdl 1]} 0-1

[Event "Match/Nation RUS-BUL"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1958.05.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Nezhmetdinov, Rashid"]
[Black "Milev, Zdravko"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C85"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "1958.05.16"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2008"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. Nc3 Nd7 8.
d4 exd4 9. Qxd4 O-O 10. Bf4 Nc5 11. Qe3 Bg4 12. h3 Bxf3 13. Qxf3 f5 14. exf5
Rxf5 15. Qg4 g6 16. Rad1 Qc8 17. Rfe1 Bf6 18. Bh6 Re5 19. Qf4 Qe6 20. Rxe5 Bxe5
21. Qe3 Bd6 22. Qxe6+ Nxe6 23. Ne4 Rd8 24. Kf1 Be7 25. Rxd8+ Bxd8 26. Be3 h5
27. g4 hxg4 28. hxg4 Be7 29. Ke2 g5 30. Kd3 Kf7 31. Ng3 Bd6 32. Nf5 Kf6 33. Ke4
Bh2 34. b3 Be5 35. Nd4 Nc5+ 36. Kf3 Bd6 37. Ne2 Kg6 38. Bxc5 Bxc5 39. Nc3 Bd4
40. Ne4 b6 41. Ke2 Bg7 42. Kd3 Be5 43. Nd2 Kf6 44. Nf3 Bf4 45. Ke4 Ke6 46. Nd4+
Kd6 47. Kf5 1-0

[Event "URS-chT Republics 05th final A"]
[Site "Vilnius"]
[Date "1958.07.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Boleslavsky, Isaak"]
[Black "Nezhmetdinov, Rashid"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C76"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "1958.07.03"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Belarus"]
[BlackTeam "Russia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "BLR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6 5. c3 Bd7 6. d4 g6 7. O-O Bg7 8. Be3
Nf6 9. Nbd2 O-O 10. dxe5 dxe5 11. Bc5 Re8 12. Re1 b6 13. Ba3 Qc8 14. Nf1 b5 15.
Bc2 a5 16. Bc5 Nd8 17. a4 Qb7 18. axb5 Bxb5 19. Ba3 Ne6 20. Nxe5 Rad8 21. Qc1
Nh5 22. Nf3 Nhf4 23. Ng3 h5 24. h4 Bh6 25. Kh2 Kg7 26. Qb1 Qb6 27. Kg1 Nxg2 28.
Kxg2 Nf4+ 29. Kh1 Qxf2 0-1

[Event "URS-chT Republics 06th final 1"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1959.08.12"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Nezhmetdinov, Rashid"]
[Black "Tal, Mihail"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B48"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "1959.08.06"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2015"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.11.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.11.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Russia"]
[BlackTeam "Latvia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "LAT"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. Be3 Nf6 8.
O-O Ne5 9. h3 b5 10. f4 Nc4 11. Bxc4 Qxc4 12. Qd3 d5 13. exd5 Qxd3 14. cxd3 b4
15. Ne4 Nxd5 16. Bd2 a5 17. Rac1 Ba6 18. Rfe1 g6 19. f5 Bg7 20. f6 Nxf6 21.
Nd6+ Ke7 22. Nxf7 Kxf7 23. Rc7+ Kg8 24. Nxe6 Ne8 25. Rd7 Bf6 26. Rf1 Ng7 27.
Rxf6 Nxe6 28. Rxe6 Bb5 29. Rc7 h5 30. Rxg6+ Kf8 31. Bh6+ Ke8 32. Re6+ Kd8 33.
Rc5 Kd7 34. Rb6 Bxd3 35. Bf4 Rhf8 36. Rd6+ Ke7 37. Rc7+ Ke8 38. Bg5 Rf1+ 39.
Kh2 Bb1 40. Rh6 1-0

[Event "URS-ch29 Final"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "1961.12.08"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Nezhmetdinov, Rashid"]
[Black "Tal, Mihail"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B84"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "1961.11.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[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 a6 7. O-O Qc7 8. f4
Nbd7 9. g4 b5 10. a3 Bb7 11. Bf3 Nc5 12. Qe2 e5 13. Nf5 g6 14. fxe5 dxe5 15.
Nh6 Ne6 16. Bg2 Bg7 {[#]} 17. Rxf6 Bxf6 18. Nd5 Qd8 (18... Bxd5 19. exd5 Qc5+ (
19... Nd4 20. Qf2 Qd6 21. Bd2 Rc8 22. Re1 $18) 20. Kh1 Nd8 21. Be3 $16) 19. Qf2
Nf4 20. Bxf4 exf4 21. e5 Bxe5 22. Re1 {[#]} f6 (22... Bxd5 23. Rxe5+ Be6 24.
Bc6+ (24. Bxa8 Qxa8 25. Qxf4 $14) 24... Kf8 25. Bxa8 Qd6 26. Qxf4 Kg7 27. Bf3
f6 28. Re4 Qxf4 29. Rxf4 Kxh6 30. Rxf6 Bxg4 31. Bxg4 Kg5 32. Rxa6 Kxg4 33. Rb6
$16) 23. Nxf6+ Qxf6 24. Qd4 Kf8 25. Rxe5 Qd8 26. Rf5+ gxf5 27. Qxh8+ Ke7 28.
Qg7+ Ke6 29. gxf5+ 1-0

[Event "URS Spartak CC-ch"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1964.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Suetin, Alexey S"]
[Black "Nezhmetdinov, Rashid"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C78"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "1964.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bb7 7. Re1 Bc5 8. c3
d6 9. d4 Bb6 10. a3 Qe7 11. Qd3 Na5 12. Bc2 c5 13. Nbd2 Nc6 14. d5 c4 15. Qe2
Na5 16. a4 O-O 17. Nb1 Nd7 18. Na3 Nc5 19. axb5 axb5 20. Nxb5 f5 21. exf5 Qd7
22. Na3 e4 23. Nd4 Bxd5 24. Be3 Nd3 25. Ne6 Rxf5 26. Bxb6 Qxe6 27. Bxd3 cxd3
28. Qe3 Nb3 29. Rad1 Qg6 30. Kh1 Raf8 31. Rf1 Qh5 32. c4 Ba8 33. Rde1 R8f6 34.
Bd8 Rh6 35. h4 Qg4 36. Kh2 g5 37. g3 gxh4 38. gxh4 Rxh4+ 39. Bxh4 Qxh4+ 40. Qh3
Rxf2+ 41. Rxf2 Qxf2+ 42. Qg2+ Qxg2+ 43. Kxg2 e3+ 44. Kg3 d2 45. Rg1 Kf7 46. Nb1
e2 47. Nxd2 Nxd2 48. Re1 Bf3 49. b4 Bh5 50. b5 Nxc4 0-1

[Event "LAT-ch30"]
[Site "Daugavpils"]
[Date "1973.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Karasev, Vladimir I"]
[Black "Nezhmetdinov, Rashid"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A32"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "1973.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e6 5. Nc3 Bb4 6. Ndb5 O-O 7. Bf4 d5 8.
a3 Bxc3+ 9. Nxc3 d4 10. Nb5 a6 11. Nc7 Ra7 12. Nb5 axb5 13. Bxb8 bxc4 14. Bxa7
Qa5+ 15. Qd2 Qxa7 16. e3 d3 17. g3 Ne4 18. Qb4 d2+ 19. Ke2 Qa6 20. Kf3 Qc6 21.
Ke2 Qd5 22. Rd1 e5 23. h3 b6 24. Rg1 c3 25. bxc3 Nxc3+ 0-1

