[Event "Match/Qual Sokolsky-Ilyin Zhenevsky"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1937.01.??"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Ilyin Zhenevsky, Alexander"]
[Black "Sokolsky, Alexey Pavlovich"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C19"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1936.12.24"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2018"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. Nf3 Ne7 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 Bd7 8.
dxc5 Qc7 9. Bd3 Nbc6 (9... Qxc5 10. O-O Qxc3 11. Bd2 Qc7 12. Bb4 $14) 10. Bf4
Ng6 11. Bg3 Na5 12. O-O Qxc5 13. Ng5 Nc4 $11 {[#]} 14. Bxc4 $2 (14. Re1) (14.
Rb1 b6 15. Re1) 14... Qxc4 $17 15. Qf3 O-O 16. Rab1 h6 17. Nh3 Bb5 (17... b6
$19 18. Rb3 (18. Rb4 Qc5 19. c4 a5 20. Rb2 Qxc4 $19) 18... Rfc8 19. Qd1 Bb5 20.
Re1 a5 21. Rb2 Ba6 22. Re3 Rc6 $19) 18. Rfe1 Ba6 19. Nf4 Rac8 20. Ne2 Qa2 21.
Nd4 Qxa3 22. Re3 Rc4 23. h4 Rfc8 24. Rb3 Qa1+ (24... Qc1+ $1) 25. Kh2 Ra4 (
25... Ne7) 26. h5 Ne7 27. Bf4 Qf1 {[#]} 28. Bxh6 Rxd4 $2 (28... gxh6 29. Qf6
$18) (28... Ra1 29. Qg4 Qh1+ 30. Kg3 g6 31. hxg6 Nxg6 $17) 29. cxd4 Nf5 (29...
Rxc2 30. Rbc3 $16) 30. Bxg7 Kxg7 {[#]} 31. Qg4+ $11 (31. Qf4 $1 $18) 31... Kh7
32. Rg3 Qc1 (32... Qxf2 33. Rbf3 Qxd4 34. Qxd4 Nxd4 35. Rxf7+ Kh8 36. Rg6 $11)
33. f4 (33. h6 Qd2 34. f4 Qa5 (34... Be2 35. Qg5 $18 b5 36. Rbe3 Qxd4 37. Rxe2
$18) 35. Qh5 Rf8 36. Rg7+ Kh8 (36... Nxg7 37. hxg7+ $18) 37. Rg5 f6 38. Rxf5
exf5 39. Qg6 Qc7 40. Rg3 Qh7 (40... fxe5 41. fxe5 Bb5 42. Qg7+ $18) 41. Qg7+
$18) 33... Qxc2 {[#]} 34. Rbc3 $2 (34. Qg5 Qc7 35. Qf6 Qe7 36. Rg7+ Kh8 37.
Rxf7+ Qxf6 38. exf6 Nxd4 $11) (34. h6 Qc7 35. Qh5 Rf8 36. Rg5 Qd8 37. Rh3 Bf1
38. Qg4 Rg8 39. Rg7+ Kh8 40. Qh5 Rf8 41. Rg5 Kh7 42. Rg7+ $11) 34... Qxc3 $19
35. Rxc3 Rxc3 36. Qg5 Rg3 37. Qf6 Rg7 38. g4 Ne3 39. Qd8 Rxg4 40. Qf8 Rg7 0-1

[Event "Leningrad-ch12"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1937.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Lisitsin, Georgy M"]
[Black "Sokolsky, Alexey Pavlovich"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D12"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "1937.10.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2012"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.11.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.11.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. e3 Bf5 4. c4 e6 5. Nc3 c6 6. Be2 (6. Nh4) 6... Nbd7 7.
O-O Bd6 8. Nh4 Be4 $146 (8... Bg6) 9. Nxe4 dxe4 {[%csl Rh4][%cal Gg7g5]} 10. g3
h5 $1 (10... O-O) 11. Ng2 g5 12. c5 Bc7 13. f3 (13. h4) 13... h4 $40 14. gxh4
gxh4 15. fxe4 Nxe4 {[%csl Rg1]} 16. Bd3 Qg5 $1 17. h3 (17. Bxe4 h3) 17... f5
18. Bxe4 fxe4 19. Qg4 Qxg4 20. hxg4 Ke7 $40 {[%cal Ga8g8]} 21. Bd2 Rag8 22. Rf2
Bg3 23. Re2 Rxg4 24. Kh1 h3 $19 25. Nf4 Bxf4 26. exf4 Nf6 27. Rh2 Rg3 28. Rf1
Ng4 29. Re2 Rf3 30. Rc1 h2 31. Kg2 Rhh3 0-1

[Event "Leningrad-ch12"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1937.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Tolush, Alexander V"]
[Black "Sokolsky, Alexey Pavlovich"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B10"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "1937.10.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2012"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.11.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.11.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. e5 Bf5 ({RR} 3... Bg4 4. d4 e6 5. c3 Nd7 6. Nbd2 c5 7.
dxc5 Bxc5 8. Qa4 Bxf3 9. Nxf3 Ne7 10. Bf4 O-O) 4. Be2 ({RR} 4. Nd4 Bg6 5. e6
Qb6 6. Qg4 c5 7. exf7+ Kxf7 8. Nf3 Nf6 9. Qc8 ({RR} 9. Ne5+ Kg8 10. Qd1 Nc6) ({
RR} 9. Ng5+ Kg8 10. Qe6+ Qxe6+ 11. Nxe6 Nbd7 12. d3 Bf7) 9... Qe6+ ({RR} 9...
Bxc2 10. Nc3 ({RR} 10. d3 Ba4) ({RR} 10. Ne5+ Kg8 11. Nc3 h6) 10... Qe6+) 10.
Qxe6+ Kxe6 11. d4 ({RR} 11. d3 Nc6 12. Be2 Kd7 13. Bf4 e6 14. Nbd2 Bd6) 11...
cxd4 12. Nxd4+ Kf7 13. c3 e5 14. Nf3 Bd6 15. Nbd2 ({RR} 15. Bg5 Ne4 ({RR} 15...
h6 16. Bh4) 16. Be3) 15... Nc6 16. Be2 Rhe8 17. O-O Bc5 ({RR} 17... h6) ({RR} 
17... a5) 18. Nb3 Bb6 {Tolush,A-Kotov,A/Leningrad 1939/URS-ch/[Chekhov]/0-1 
(42)}) 4... e6 5. O-O Nd7 6. d3 $6 {[%csl Re2]} ({RR} 6. Re1 c5 7. d3 Ne7) (6.
d4 $142) 6... c5 7. Bf4 Ne7 8. h3 Nc6 {[%csl Re5][%cal Gd8c7]} 9. Nbd2 Be7 (
9... Qc7) 10. Re1 g5 $1 11. Bg3 h5 $36 {[%csl Rg3][%cal Gg5g4,Gh5h4]} 12. c3
Qb6 (12... g4 $142 13. hxg4 hxg4 14. Nh2 Bh4 $40 {[%cal Gd8h4]}) 13. Bf1 h4 14.
Bh2 O-O-O 15. b4 (15. Qb3) 15... cxb4 16. cxb4 g4 $40 17. hxg4 Bxg4 18. b5 Na5
19. Qa4 Rdg8 20. Bf4 h3 21. Be3 (21. g3 h2+ $1 22. Nxh2 Rxh2 $3 23. Kxh2 Qxf2+)
21... hxg2 $3 {[%csl Gg8]} 22. Bxg2 Bh3 23. Rec1+ (23. Bxb6 $142 Rxg2+ 24. Kh1
Rg7 {[%cal Gh3f5,Gh8h1]}) 23... Kb8 (23... Bc5) (23... Nc5) 24. Bxb6 Rxg2+ 25.
Kh1 Nxb6 26. Qxa5 Rg4 {[%cal Gh3f1]} 27. Nh2 Bb4 28. Qxb4 Rxb4 (28... Bg2+ $142
29. Kg1 Be4+ 30. Kf1 Bxd3+ 31. Ke1 Rxb4 {[%cal Gh8h2]}) 29. Rab1 Rf4 30. f3 Bf5
31. Rb3 Rfh4 32. Ndf1 Nd7 33. d4 Rxd4 34. Re3 Ra4 {[%mdl 512]} 0-1

[Event "URS-ch11 Semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1938.05.30"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Sokolsky, Alexey Pavlovich"]
[Black "Ilyin Zhenevsky, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A28"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "1938.05.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1998"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.11.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.11.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. e3 Be7 5. d4 exd4 6. Nxd4 O-O 7. Be2 d6 8.
O-O Bd7 9. b3 Re8 10. Bb2 Bf8 11. Qd2 g6 12. Rfd1 Bg7 13. Nf3 Bf5 14. Nd5 Rc8
15. Qc3 Nh5 16. Qc1 Nf6 17. Qc3 Nh5 18. Qc1 Nf6 19. Bc3 Nxd5 20. cxd5 Ne5 21.
Nxe5 Bxe5 22. Bxe5 Rxe5 23. Bf3 Be4 24. Bxe4 Rxe4 25. Qa3 a6 26. Rac1 Qd7 27.
Rc3 Qb5 28. Qc1 Qb6 29. g3 Rb4 30. Qc2 Rb5 31. e4 Rc5 32. Rxc5 Qxc5 33. Qxc5
dxc5 34. f4 Kf8 35. Kf2 Ke7 36. Ke3 h5 37. e5 Rd8 38. Ke4 Rd7 39. h3 Rd8 40. g4
hxg4 41. hxg4 Rh8 42. Rc1 Kd7 43. Rxc5 Rh4 44. e6+ fxe6 45. dxe6+ Kxe6 46. Rxc7
Rxg4 47. Kf3 Rg1 48. Rxb7 a5 49. Rb6+ Kf7 50. Ra6 Rf1+ 51. Ke4 Re1+ 52. Kf3 g5
53. fxg5 1-0

[Event "Leningrad-ch15"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1940.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Sokolsky, Alexey Pavlovich"]
[Black "Chekhover, Vitaly A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D58"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "1940.11.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2012"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.11.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.11.24"]
[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. O-O-O Nc6 10. Kb1 cxd4 11. exd4 dxc4 12. Bxc4 Na5 13. Bd3 Bb7 14. Ne5 Nd5
15. Bxe7 Qxe7 16. Ne4 Rac8 17. Qd2 Nb4 18. Rhe1 Bd5 19. Nc3 Bxg2 20. Rg1 Nxd3
21. Nxd3 Qb7 22. d5 Nc4 23. Qf4 Bxd5 24. Qxh6 f5 25. Nf4 Rf7 26. Ncxd5 exd5 27.
Nxd5 Rc5 28. Nf6+ Rxf6 29. Rd8+ Rf8 30. Rxf8+ Kxf8 31. Qh8+ Kf7 32. Qxg7+ Ke6
33. Qxb7 {Sarkanais Sports 1940/NOV/23} 1-0

[Event "Sverdlovsk"]
[Site "Sverdlovsk"]
[Date "1942.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Boleslavsky, Isaak"]
[Black "Sokolsky, Alexey Pavlovich"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C82"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "1942.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2003"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5
Be6 9. c3 Bc5 10. Nbd2 O-O 11. Qe2 Bf5 12. Nxe4 dxe4 13. Rd1 exf3 14. Qxf3 Bd7
15. Qd5 Bg4 16. Qxc5 Bxd1 17. Bd5 Nxe5 18. Bxa8 Qxa8 19. Bg5 Nd3 20. Qxc7 Bh5
21. b3 Qc8 22. Qa5 Nxf2 23. Be3 Nd3 24. a4 Qe6 25. Bd4 Nf4 26. axb5 Qe4 27. Qa2
Be2 0-1

[Event "Kiev"]
[Site "Kiev"]
[Date "1944.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Sokolsky, Alexey Pavlovich"]
[Black "Bronstein, David Ionovich"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C52"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "1944.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[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. Bc4 Bc5 4. b4 Bxb4 5. c3 Ba5 6. d4 d6 7. Qb3 Nh6 8. Bxh6
gxh6 9. Bxf7+ Kf8 10. dxe5 Qe7 11. Bd5 Nxe5 12. Nxe5 Qxe5 13. O-O c6 14. Qa4
Bd8 15. Bb3 b5 16. Qa3 Bb6 17. Nd2 Bg4 18. Kh1 Re8 19. f4 Qc5 20. Qb2 Be2 21.
Rfe1 Bd3 22. e5 Qf2 23. Qa3 Qxd2 24. Qxd6+ Re7 25. Qf6+ Ke8 26. Qxh8+ Kd7 27.
Rad1 1-0

[Event "URS-ch13 Semifinal"]
[Site "Omsk "]
[Date "1944.03.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Sokolsky, Alexey Pavlovich"]
[Black "Tolush, Alexander V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D88"]
[Annotator "Primel,D"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "1944.03.02"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2012"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.11.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.11.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Bc4 O-O 8.
Ne2 c5 9. O-O Nc6 10. Be3 cxd4 11. cxd4 Na5 12. Bd3 Be6 $6 $146 (12... b6 {
Lisitsin,G-Mikenas,V URS-ch12 Moscow 1940 1-0}) 13. d5 $1 {La théorie
considère que le sacrifice de qualité est la réfutation de Be6} Bxa1 14. Qxa1
f6 15. Bh6 $44 Re8 (15... Bf7 16. Bxf8 Kxf8 17. Qd4 b6 (17... Rc8)) 16. Nf4 $1
{[%cal Gf4d3,Gf4e6] gagne un tempo important en attaquant le B pour raprocher
une pièce d'attaque supplémentaire а l'aile-roi} Bd7 17. e5 $1 $40 {[%cal
Ga1g7]} e6 (17... Qb6 18. d6 $1) 18. dxe6 Bxe6 19. Bb5 $1 {[%cal Gb5e8]} Bd7 $2
{La dernière faute} 20. exf6 $1 Kf7 (20... Bxb5 21. f7+ $1 Kxf7 22. Qg7#) 21.
Bxd7 Qxd7 22. Nh3 $18 {[%cal Gh3g5]} Ke6 23. f7 Red8 24. Re1+ 1-0

[Event "UKR-ch16"]
[Site "Kiev"]
[Date "1947.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Sokolsky, Alexey Pavlovich"]
[Black "Geller, Efim P"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C56"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "1947.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "16"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2013"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 (3... Bc5) 4. d4 (4. Ng5 d5) 4... exd4 5. Ng5 (
5. O-O) (5. e5) 5... Ne5 6. Bb3 h6 (6... d5 $5) 7. f4 $5 hxg5 8. fxe5 Nxe4 9.
Qxd4 Rh4 $146 (9... Nc5 $142 {Steinitz,W-Langleben,S New York sim 1896 1/2})
10. Qd5 (10. g3 $5 Rg4 (10... Nxg3 11. Qd5 $1 {[%cal Gd5f7,Gd5h1]}) 11. h3 Nxg3
12. hxg4 Nxh1 13. Bd5 Ng3 14. Qf2) 10... Qe7 11. g3 $1 Nxg3 12. Bxg5 $1 f6 13.
Bxh4 Nxh1 14. Nc3 g5 15. Ne4 $1 (15. O-O-O gxh4 16. Rxh1 fxe5 17. Rf1 c6 $132)
15... c6 16. exf6 Qb4+ 17. c3 cxd5 18. cxb4 Bxb4+ 19. Ke2 dxe4 20. f7+ Kf8 21.
Rg1 d5 22. Bxd5 Be6 23. Bxe6 $1 Ke7 24. Bb3 gxh4 25. Rg4 (25. Rxh1) 25... Bc5
26. Rxe4+ Kd7 $4 (26... Kf8 $8) 27. Ba4+ Kc7 28. Rc4 {[%mdl 512]} 1-0

[Event "URS-ch16 Semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1947.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Chekhover, Vitaly A"]
[Black "Sokolsky, Alexey Pavlovich"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E32"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "1947.10.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[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 d6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. Qxc3 a5 8.
b3 b6 9. g3 Bb7 10. Bg2 O-O 11. O-O Qe7 12. Bb2 Ne4 13. Qc2 f5 14. Rfe1 Rae8
15. Nd2 Qf7 16. b4 e5 17. d5 Nxd2 18. Qxd2 f4 19. e4 f3 20. Bh1 Qh5 21. Bc1 h6
22. Qd1 Re7 23. Be3 Bc8 24. Rc1 Ref7 25. c5 Nf6 26. cxd6 Ng4 27. h4 g5 28. Rxc7
Rxc7 29. dxc7 gxh4 30. Bxf3 hxg3 31. Qe2 Qh2+ 32. Kf1 gxf2 33. Bxf2 Ba6 0-1

[Event "Chigorin Memorial-01"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1947.12.02"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Bondarevsky, Igor Tsakharovich"]
[Black "Sokolsky, Alexey Pavlovich"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C15"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[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 e6 2. e4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Bd3 c5 5. exd5 Qxd5 6. Bd2 Bxc3 7. Bxc3 cxd4 8.
Bxd4 Qxg2 9. Qf3 $14 Qxf3 10. Nxf3 f6 11. Rg1 $6 (11. O-O-O Nc6 12. Bb5 Bd7 13.
Rhg1 e5 14. Bc5 g6 15. Nd2 $13 a6 16. Bxc6 Bxc6 17. Nc4) 11... Kf7 12. O-O-O
Nc6 13. Bc3 $6 (13. Bc5 $142) 13... Nge7 14. Bc4 (14. Be4 e5) 14... a6 15. Bb3
Nf5 16. Rg4 Rd8 17. Rdg1 b5 $17 {Keres} 18. Nh4 Nce7 $1 19. Nxf5 Nxf5 20. a4 (
20. Rf4 g6 21. Re4 a5 22. a3 b4) 20... Bb7 21. Ba5 Rd4 22. c3 Rxg4 23. Rxg4 h5
24. Rb4 Bc6 25. Bd1 g6 26. Be2 Ne7 27. c4 Be8 28. Kd2 Ra7 29. Bb6 Rd7+ 30. Kc3
Nc6 31. cxb5 Nxb4 32. Kxb4 Rd2 33. Bf3 axb5 34. a5 Rxb2+ 35. Kc3 Ra2 36. Bb7
Bd7 37. a6 Bc6 38. Kb4 Ra4+ 39. Kc5 Rc4+ 40. Kd6 Bd5 41. Bxd5 0-1

[Event "UKR-ch17"]
[Site "Kiev"]
[Date "1948.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Geller, Efim P"]
[Black "Sokolsky, Alexey Pavlovich"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E53"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "1948.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2013"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. e3 (5. Qa4+) (5. Bg5) 5... Nbd7 6.
a3 (6. Bd3) (6. Bd2) 6... Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 O-O 8. Bd3 c5 9. cxd5 (9. O-O $142 dxc4
10. Bxc4 Qe7 {Taimanov,M-Tolush,A URS-ch16 Moscow 1948 (5) 1/2} (10... Qc7))
9... exd5 10. O-O Re8 11. a4 (11. Nd2 Qc7 12. a4 b6 13. Re1 Nf8 14. f3 {
[%cal Ge3e4];Farago,I (2460)-Barczay,L (2445) Szolnok 1975 (15) 1/2}) 11... b6
12. Ba3 (12. a5 $5) 12... Qc7 13. Rc1 (13. Re1) (13. Nd2) 13... c4 {[%csl Rc1]}
14. Bb1 Bb7 15. Nh4 {[%csl Gf5]} g6 16. Qe2 (16. Re1 Re6 17. f3 Rae8 18. Qd2 {
[%cal Ge1e2,Gc1e1]}) 16... Re6 17. Rce1 Rae8 18. Bc1 b5 $1 19. axb5 Qa5 20. Bd2
Qxb5 21. f3 a5 {[%csl Ga5]} 22. Qf2 (22. Bc2 $5 {[%cal Ge1b1]}) 22... a4 23. g4
$6 a3 $36 {[%csl Ga3]} 24. g5 Nh5 25. e4 Qb2 $40 {[%cal Ga3a2]} 26. e5 a2 27.
f4 a1=Q 28. Bxg6 Qaa2 29. f5 Rxe5 30. dxe5 Qxd2 31. Bxf7+ Kxf7 32. e6+ Kg8 33.
Qxd2 Qxd2 34. Nf3 Qxe1 35. Rxe1 Nc5 36. Nd4 Nf4 37. h4 Nb3 38. f6 Nxd4 39. f7+
Kf8 40. fxe8=Q+ Kxe8 41. cxd4 c3 42. h5 Nh3+ 43. Kh1 Nxg5 44. Rg1 h6 45. Rg3
Ba6 46. Rxc3 Bc4 47. Re3 Ke7 0-1

[Event "URS-ch17 Final"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1949.10.19"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Sokolsky, Alexey Pavlovich"]
[Black "Kholmov, Ratmir D"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B11"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[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. e4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Ne4 5. Ne2 Qb6 6. d4 c5 7. dxc5 Qxc5 8.
Ned4 Nc6 9. Be2 Bg4 10. O-O Nxd4 11. Nxd4 Bxe2 12. Nxe2 e6 13. Be3 Qc7 14. c4
Qxc4 15. Rc1 Qb5 16. Rc7 Bc5 17. Nd4 Qa6 18. f3 Bb6 19. Qc2 Bxc7 20. Qxc7 Qd3
21. Re1 Nd2 22. Nxe6 fxe6 23. Bc5 Nxf3+ 24. Kh1 1-0

[Event "URS-ch17 Final"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1949.10.27"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Sokolsky, Alexey Pavlovich"]
[Black "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B51"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[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. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nc6 4. O-O a6 5. Bxc6+ bxc6 6. d4 cxd4 7. Qxd4 e5 8.
Qd3 Nf6 9. Rd1 Be7 10. Bg5 O-O 11. Nbd2 Qc7 12. Nc4 Rd8 13. Ne3 Be6 14. c4 Rab8
15. Qc2 Rb7 16. Rac1 Qb8 17. b3 h6 18. Bh4 g5 19. Bg3 Nd7 20. h4 f6 21. Ne1 Nc5
22. Nd3 Qa7 23. Nxc5 Qxc5 24. Qe2 Bf8 25. Qh5 Kh7 26. Ng4 Bg7 27. Ne3 a5 28.
Qf3 a4 29. bxa4 Ra8 30. Nf5 Bf8 31. Rb1 Rf7 32. a5 Rxa5 33. Rb8 d5 34. Qh5 d4
35. Rdb1 Rd7 36. Nxh6 Bxh6 37. Rh8+ Kxh8 38. Qxh6+ Rh7 39. Qxf6+ Rg7 40. Rb7
1-0

[Event "URS-ch21 Quarterfinal"]
[Site "Krasnodar"]
[Date "1952.07.16"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kholmov, Ratmir D"]
[Black "Sokolsky, Alexey Pavlovich"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E51"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "1952.07.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2018"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. e3 O-O 6. Bd2 Nc6 7. a3 Bxc3 8. Bxc3
Bd7 9. Bd3 a5 10. Qc2 a4 11. O-O Na5 12. cxd5 exd5 13. Bxa5 Rxa5 14. Rac1 c6
15. Ne5 Re8 16. Qd2 c5 17. Nxd7 Nxd7 18. Bf5 b6 19. dxc5 Nxc5 20. Qb4 g6 21.
Bb1 Qf6 22. Rc3 Nb3 23. Ba2 d4 24. exd4 Nxd4 25. Rd3 Re4 26. Kh1 Rb5 27. Qxa4
Qxf2 28. Qd1 Qxb2 29. Bxf7+ Kg7 30. Rd2 Qc3 31. Ba2 Rf5 32. Rg1 Rh4 33. g3 Qc6+
34. Rgg2 Rxh2+ 35. Kxh2 Nf3+ 36. Kh3 Rh5+ 37. Kg4 Qe4# 0-1

[Event "URS-ch21 Semifinal"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1953.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Sokolsky, Alexey Pavlovich"]
[Black "Flohr, Salo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A00"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "1953.06.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2013"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. b4 a5 2. b5 Nf6 3. Bb2 d6 4. e3 e5 5. c4 Be7 6. Nf3 O-O 7. Be2 c6 8. Nc3 Re8
9. O-O e4 10. Nd4 c5 11. Nc2 Nbd7 12. d3 exd3 13. Qxd3 Ne5 14. Qd2 Be6 15. Na3
Bf5 16. f3 Ned7 17. e4 Bg6 18. Rad1 Nb6 19. Nc2 d5 20. exd5 Bd6 21. f4 Qc7 22.
g3 Bh5 23. Ne3 Bxe2 24. Nxe2 Ne4 25. Qd3 Qd7 26. Kg2 h5 27. Nc3 Nf6 28. Nb1 Ng4
29. Nxg4 Qxg4 30. Nc3 f5 31. Rde1 Rxe1 32. Rxe1 Bxf4 33. Re6 Bc7 34. d6 Bd8 35.
h3 Qxc4 36. Qxf5 Bf6 37. Rxf6 gxf6 38. Qg6+ Kf8 39. Qxf6+ Qf7 40. Qh6+ Ke8 41.
Ne4 Qd5 42. Qh8+ 1-0

[Event "URS-ch22 Semifinal"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "1954.11.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Flohr, Salo"]
[Black "Sokolsky, Alexey Pavlovich"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A97"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[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. Nf3 e6 2. c4 f5 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. Nc3 d6 7. d4 Qe8 8. Re1
Ne4 9. Qc2 Qg6 10. b3 Nxc3 11. Qxc3 Bf6 12. Ba3 Nc6 13. Rad1 Bd7 14. Qc1 a5 15.
d5 Nb4 16. dxe6 Bxe6 17. Qd2 f4 18. Rc1 fxg3 19. hxg3 h5 20. Bxb4 axb4 21. Qxb4
h4 22. Nxh4 Bxh4 23. gxh4 Qf6 24. Rf1 Rxa2 25. Qxb7 Rxe2 26. Qxc7 Qd4 27. Qe7
Rfxf2 28. Kh1 Bh3 0-1

[Event "URS-chT Republics 04th sf 2"]
[Site "Voroshilovgrad"]
[Date "1955.09.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Sokolsky, Alexey Pavlovich"]
[Black "Antoshin, Vladimir S"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A25"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "1955.09.03"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Belarus"]
[BlackTeam "Moscow"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "BLR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. e3 g6 5. d4 d6 6. b3 Bg7 7. Bb2 O-O 8. Be2 e4
9. Nd2 Re8 10. a3 Bf5 11. g4 Bc8 12. g5 Nd7 13. Ndxe4 f5 14. gxf6 Nxf6 15. Ng3
Bh3 16. Bf3 Qd7 17. Nce2 Bh6 18. Qc2 Ng4 19. Bxg4 Bxg4 20. O-O-O Bf3 21. Rhg1
Rf8 22. Rde1 Rae8 23. d5 Ne5 24. Nd4 a6 25. Ngf5 Rxf5 26. Nxf5 Bf8 27. Nd4 Qf7
28. Rg3 b5 29. Ne6 Bh6 30. Rh3 Bh5 31. f4 Ng4 32. Qc3 1-0

[Event "URS-ch25 Quarterfinal"]
[Site "Minsk"]
[Date "1957.05.25"]
[Round "19"]
[White "Sokolsky, Alexey Pavlovich"]
[Black "Suetin, Alexey S"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E71"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1957.04.25"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "19"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "MCD"]
[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. h3 c6 6. Be3 a6 7. a4 Nbd7 8. Nge2
O-O 9. g3 e5 10. Bg2 exd4 11. Nxd4 Re8 12. O-O Nc5 13. Qc2 a5 14. Rad1 Nfd7 15.
Nb3 Nxb3 16. Qxb3 Qe7 17. Rd2 Nc5 18. Qa3 Be6 19. Rfd1 Bxc4 20. Rxd6 Na6 21.
Bf1 Bxf1 22. Kxf1 Be5 23. R6d3 Nb4 24. R3d2 Qe6 25. g4 h5 26. f3 hxg4 27. hxg4
Qf6 28. Ke2 Red8 29. Qb3 Rxd2+ 30. Rxd2 Rd8 31. Qd1 Re8 32. Qb3 Kg7 33. Rd7 Rh8
34. Nd1 Rh2+ 35. Nf2 g5 36. Bxg5 Qg6 37. Be3 b5 38. axb5 cxb5 39. Rb7 Nc6 40.
Qd5 Qf6 41. g5 1-0

