[Event "URS-ch07 Semifinal Group 4"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1931.10.15"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Black "Konstantinopolsky, Alexander Markovich"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A84"]
[Annotator "ChessBase II"]
[PlyCount "158"]
[EventDate "1931.10.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 {Après la guerre Alexander Konstantinpolsky Markovich est devenu un
des entraineurs parmi les plus réputés d'URSS. Le titre de GMI honoraire lui a
été attribué en 1983 par la FIDE} 2. c4 f5 {Lancant le débat théorique avec le
grand spécialiste de la défense Hollandaise qu'était BOTVINNIK} 3. Nf3 Nf6 4.
g3 Bb4+ {une ligne populaire а l'époque mais considérée maintenant comme
inférieure.} 5. Bd2 Bxd2+ $6 (5... Be7 $142) 6. Qxd2 (6. Nbxd2 $142 O-O 7. Bg2
d6 8. O-O Qe7 9. Re1 e5 10. e4 $1 $14 {[%cal Ge1e7]}) 6... O-O 7. Bg2 d6 8. O-O
Nc6 {[%cal Ge6e5]} (8... Qe7 {[%cal Ge6e5]}) 9. Nc3 Ne7 $6 $146 (9... Qe7 $142
10. d5 Ne5 (10... Nb8 $143 11. dxe6 Bxe6 12. Nd4 c6) (10... Nd8 {[%cal Gd8e6]})
11. Nxe5 dxe5 12. Rad1 Rd8 $14) (9... e5 {Stoltz,G-Spielmann,R Bled 1931 (3) 1/
2}) 10. Rfe1 (10. Rad1 Ng6) 10... Ng6 11. e4 f4 12. e5 $14 Ng4 13. Rad1 (13.
exd6) 13... dxe5 14. dxe5 Qe7 15. b3 a6 {[%csl Rb7,Rc8]} 16. Re4 $1 {[%cal
Ge4g4]} b6 17. Rd4 $16 Bb7 {[%csl Rd7]} 18. Rd7 (18. gxf4 $5) (18. Qe2 {
[%cal Ge2g4]}) 18... Qc5 19. Na4 (19. b4 $5 Qxb4 20. Rxc7) 19... Qc6 20. Nh4 f3
$1 21. Nxg6 hxg6 22. Bh3 Nxe5 23. Re7 Rf6 24. Qe3 $2 {[%csl Re6]} (24. Qb2 $142
$1 Nf7 (24... Kf8 $2 25. Qa3 $1 {[%csl Rf8][%cal Ga3f8] C'est la différence
entre les deux variantes Qb2 et Qe3}) 25. Rdd7 $36) 24... Kf8 $1 25. Qxe5 (25.
Rxg7 $142 Kxg7 26. Qxe5) 25... Kxe7 26. Nc3 Qc5 $17 (26... Rd8 $17) 27. Nd5+
Bxd5 28. cxd5 Qd6 29. Qxd6+ cxd6 30. Bxe6 Rxe6 $5 (30... Ra7) 31. dxe6 Kxe6 32.
Rc1 (32. Rd3 Rf8) 32... Ke5 (32... g5) 33. Kf1 d5 34. Rc3 Rf8 35. Re3+ Kd6 36.
Ke1 d4 37. Re4 Kd5 38. Re7 Rf6 {[%cal Gf6e6,Ge6e1,Ge6e7]} 39. Kd1 Re6 40. Rd7+
Kc5 41. Rc7+ Kd5 (41... Kb4 42. Rc4+ Ka3 43. Rxd4 a5 {[%cal Ga3a2]}) 42. Rd7+
Kc5 43. Rc7+ Kb5 44. Rc4 (44. Rxg7) 44... Re2 45. a4+ Ka5 46. Rxd4 Rxf2 $17 47.
Rd3 g5 48. h3 Kb4 49. Ke1 Re2+ 50. Kf1 Re6 51. Rxf3 g4 $1 52. Rf4+ (52. hxg4
Rf6 {[%cal Gf6f1]}) 52... Kxb3 53. Rxg4 g6 54. Kf2 b5 55. axb5 axb5 56. Kf3
Rf6+ 57. Ke4 Kc3 58. Ke5 $2 (58. Kd5) 58... Rb6 $1 {[%csl Gb6][%cal Gb5b1] la
finale est gagnante} 59. Rf4 b4 60. Rf3+ Kc4 61. Rf4+ Kc3 62. Rf3+ Kc4 63. Rf4+
Kd3 64. Rf3+ Kd2 65. Kd4 Kc2 66. Rf2+ Kb1 67. Kc5 Rb8 68. Rf1+ Ka2 69. Rf2+ Ka3
70. Rf6 b3 71. Kc4 Rc8+ 72. Kd3 b2 73. Ra6+ Kb3 74. Rb6+ Ka2 75. Ra6+ Kb1 76.
Rxg6 Rb8 77. Kc3 Kc1 78. Rf6 Rc8+ 79. Kd4 Rd8+ 0-1

[Event "URS Trade Unions-ch04 Final"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1936.01.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Konstantinopolsky, Alexander Markovich"]
[Black "Tolush, Alexander V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A47"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "1936.01.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "19"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1999"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 b6 3. Bg5 Ne4 4. Bh4 Bb7 5. Nbd2 c5 6. e3 g6 7. Nxe4 Bxe4 8.
Bc4 f6 9. O-O Bb7 10. e4 Bxe4 11. Re1 d5 12. Bb5+ Kf7 13. dxc5 Bg7 14. c4 bxc5
15. cxd5 Bxd5 16. Rc1 Qd6 17. b4 cxb4 18. Rc7 Qxc7 19. Qxd5+ Kf8 20. Qxa8 g5
21. Bg3 e5 22. Nd4 Qb6 23. Qd5 1-0

[Event "URS Young Masters-ch"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1936.12.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Konstantinopolsky, Alexander Markovich"]
[Black "Ragozin, Viacheslav"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D73"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "1936.12.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1998"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.11.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.11.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 c5 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Bg7 6. O-O Nf6 7. c4 dxc4 8.
Qa4+ Nbd7 9. Rd1 O-O 10. Qxc4 a6 11. Nc3 Qa5 12. h3 Qh5 13. g4 Ne5 14. Qxc8
Nfxg4 15. hxg4 Nxg4 16. Qxb7 Rad8 17. Be3 Rb8 18. Qf3 Be5 19. Qh3 Bh2+ 20. Kh1
Rxb2 21. Qxh5 gxh5 22. Rab1 Rxb1 23. Rxb1 e5 24. Nf3 Nxe3 25. fxe3 Bg3 26. Ne4
h4 27. Nxg3 1-0

[Event "UKR-ch10"]
[Site "Kiev"]
[Date "1938.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Konstantinopolsky, Alexander Markovich"]
[Black "Boleslavsky, Isaak"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B40"]
[Annotator "ChessBase II"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "1938.09.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2013"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Bb4 6. Ndb5 $5 {[%cal Gb5d6,
Gb5c3]} (6. e5 $1) 6... O-O (6... Nxe4 $6 7. Qg4 {[%cal Gg4g7,Gg4e4]} Nxc3 8.
bxc3 Bf8 9. Bf4 $44) 7. a3 Ba5 (7... Bxc3+ 8. Nxc3 d5 9. e5 Nfd7 10. f4 (10.
Bd3 Nxe5 11. Bxh7+ Kxh7 12. Qh5+ Kg8 13. Qxe5 Nc6 14. Qg3 Nd4 $36 {[%csl Rc2]}
(14... e5 15. Bh6 Qf6)) 10... Qb6 $132 {[%csl Re1]}) 8. Bd3 d5 9. exd5 (9. e5
Nfd7 10. f4 (10. Bf4) 10... Nc6 11. O-O Bb6+ 12. Kh1 Nc5 $132) 9... a6 10. Nd4
e5 $1 11. Nde2 Nxd5 12. O-O Nxc3 13. Nxc3 Nc6 (13... Bxc3 14. bxc3 Nc6 $132 {
[%csl Rc3]}) 14. Be3 Bb6 15. Qh5 g6 16. Qh6 Be6 17. Rad1 (17. Ne4 {[%csl Rh7]
[%cal Ge4g5]}) 17... Bxe3 18. fxe3 Qe7 19. Ne4 f6 (19... f5 20. Ng5 e4 21. Be2
Rad8) 20. Rd2 Rf7 21. Rdf2 Raf8 22. b3 Nb8 23. b4 Nd7 24. c4 b6 25. Rc1 Rc8 26.
Rfc2 a5 27. c5 bxc5 28. bxc5 Rff8 29. Qh4 Kg7 30. c6 $1 Nb6 31. Nc5 Rfd8 32.
Bb5 Nd5 33. c7 Rd6 34. Nxe6+ Qxe6 35. Qe1 e4 $2 36. h3 Qe5 37. Rc5 Qb2 38. Qg3
Rb6 39. Bd7 Ne7 40. Bxc8 Nxc8 41. R5c3 a4 42. Qf2 Qb5 43. Qc2 Re6 44. Rc5 Qd7
45. Rc4 Rb6 46. Qxa4 Qd2 47. Qc2 Qxe3+ 48. Kh1 Re6 49. Qc3 1-0

[Event "Leningrad & Moscow"]
[Site "Leningrad/Moscow"]
[Date "1939.01.17"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Konstantinopolsky, Alexander Markovich"]
[Black "Reshevsky, Samuel Herman"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D78"]
[PlyCount "145"]
[EventDate "1939.01.03"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "HCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. d4 Nf6 5. c4 O-O 6. O-O c6 7. Qb3 dxc4 8. Qxc4
Na6 9. Nc3 Be6 10. Qa4 h6 11. Bf4 Qb6 12. Qc2 c5 13. Na4 Qb5 14. Nxc5 Nxc5 15.
dxc5 Bf5 16. Nd4 Bxc2 17. Nxb5 Be4 18. Be5 Bxg2 19. Kxg2 Rfc8 20. Rfc1 Nd7 21.
Bxg7 Kxg7 22. b4 a5 23. a3 Ne5 24. Nc3 Nc6 25. Rab1 axb4 26. axb4 Ra3 27. Nd5
Rd8 28. e4 e6 29. Ne3 Ra2 30. Rc2 Rxc2 31. Nxc2 Ne5 32. Ne3 g5 33. Rc1 g4 34.
h3 h5 35. hxg4 hxg4 36. b5 Rc8 37. Rc2 Kf8 38. Kf1 Ke7 39. Ke2 f6 40. Rc1 Rc7
41. Rh1 Rxc5 42. Rh7+ Kd6 43. Rxb7 Rc3 44. Rb6+ Kd7 45. Rb7+ Kd6 46. Rb8 Rb3
47. b6 Rb2+ 48. Kf1 Ke7 49. b7 Nd7 50. Rh8 Rxb7 51. Rh7+ Kd6 52. Nxg4 Rb4 53.
f4 Nc5 54. Nxf6 Nxe4 55. Nxe4+ Rxe4 56. Kf2 Ra4 57. Kf3 Ra3+ 58. Kg4 Ra8 59.
Rg7 Rf8 60. Ra7 Rb8 61. Rf7 Ra8 62. Kh3 Kd5 63. Re7 Rf8 64. Kg4 Ra8 65. Rh7 Kd6
66. Rf7 Rb8 67. Kf3 Ra8 68. Rg7 Rb8 69. Ra7 Rc8 70. g4 Rc3+ 71. Kg2 Rc4 72. Kg3
Rc3+ 73. Kh4 1-0

[Event "Leningrad & Moscow"]
[Site "Leningrad/Moscow"]
[Date "1939.01.27"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Konstantinopolsky, Alexander Markovich"]
[Black "Keres, Paul"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A12"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1939.01.03"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "HCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. e3 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. b3 g6 5. Bb2 Bg7 6. Be2 O-O 7. O-O Nbd7 8. cxd5
Nxd5 9. Bxg7 Kxg7 10. d4 N7f6 11. Nbd2 Bf5 12. Qc1 a5 13. a3 Nb6 14. Qb2 Kg8
15. Rac1 Nc8 16. Ne5 Nd7 17. f4 Nd6 18. Bf3 f6 19. Nec4 Be6 20. e4 Nb6 21. Kh1
f5 22. d5 fxe4 23. dxe6 exf3 24. Nxf3 Rf6 25. Nce5 Qf8 26. Qd4 Ra6 27. Nd7 Nxd7
28. exd7 Nf7 29. Rcd1 Rd6 30. Qc4 Ra8 31. Ng5 b5 32. Qe4 e6 33. Rxd6 Qxd6 34.
Qxe6 Qxe6 35. Nxe6 Nd8 36. Nc5 Nf7 37. Re1 Kf8 38. Ne6+ Kg8 39. Nc7 Ra7 40.
Re8+ Kg7 41. Re7 1-0

[Event "URS-ch14 Final"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1945.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Konstantinopolsky, Alexander Markovich"]
[Black "Smyslov, Vassily V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D94"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "1945.06.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "URS-ch"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 c6 4. e3 e6 5. Nbd2 g6 6. Bd3 Bg7 7. O-O O-O 8. e4
dxe4 9. Nxe4 Nxe4 10. Bxe4 Qc7 11. Bg5 h6 12. Be3 Nd7 13. Qc1 f5 14. Bc2 g5 15.
Re1 c5 16. h4 g4 17. Bxh6 Nf6 18. Bxg7 Qxg7 19. Ng5 g3 20. fxg3 Ng4 21. Qf4 Qf6
22. Bd1 Qxd4+ 23. Qxd4 cxd4 24. Bxg4 fxg4 25. Rad1 Rd8 26. Rd3 b5 27. cxb5 Rb8
28. Re4 Rxb5 29. Rexd4 Rbd5 30. Rxd5 exd5 31. Rd4 Bf5 32. Kf2 Kg7 33. Ke3 Kf6
34. Ra4 Rd7 35. Kd4 Bb1 36. Ra6+ Kf5 37. Ra5 Kg6 38. b4 Rc7 39. Ra6+ Kf5 40.
Ra5 Rc4+ 41. Kxd5 Rxb4 42. a3 Rb2 43. Kd4+ Kg6 44. Ra6+ Kg7 45. Rxa7+ Kg6 46.
Ra6+ Kg7 47. h5 Rxg2 48. h6+ Kf8 49. Ne4 Kf7 50. Rf6+ Kg8 51. Ng5 Bc2 52. Rc6
Kf8 53. Rc7 Bb1 54. h7 1-0

[Event "URS-ch14 Final+"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1945.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Konstantinopolsky, Alexander Markovich"]
[Black "Flohr, Salo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B11"]
[Annotator "Chekhov,V"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "1945.06.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "URS-ch"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nf6 5. Nxf6+ gxf6 6. g3 (6. d4 Bg4 7.
Be2 e6 8. Bf4 Bd6 9. Qd2 Qc7 10. Bxd6 Qxd6 11. c4 Nd7 12. O-O O-O 13. Rad1 Kh8
$13) 6... Bg4 7. Bg2 e6 8. d4 Nd7 9. O-O Bg7 $1 10. Re1 O-O 11. Be3 Re8 12. Qc1
Nf8 $10 13. c3 (13. Bh6 Bxf3 14. Bxf3 Qxd4 15. Re4 Qc5 16. Bxg7 Kxg7 17. Rh4
Kh8) 13... e5 $6 (13... Bxf3 $5 14. Bxf3 f5 15. Bh6 Qf6) 14. Qc2 Ng6 15. h3 Be6
16. dxe5 $1 fxe5 17. Ng5 Qe7 (17... Bd5 18. Rad1 {/\ c4/}) 18. Be4 {/\ h4-h5/}
Bd5 (18... h6 $2 19. Nxf7 $1) 19. c4 (19. Bf5 h6 20. Ne4 (20. Nxf7 $2 Qxf7 21.
Bxg6 Qf3) 20... b6) 19... Bxe4 20. Nxe4 Qd7 (20... f5 $6 21. Bc5 Qe6 22. Nd6) (
20... Rad8 21. Bxa7) 21. Kh2 Nf8 (21... f5 22. Rad1 Qe6 23. Nd6) 22. Qe2 (22.
Rad1 Qf5) 22... Qe6 23. Rad1 Qg6 24. Nd6 Re7 25. Qg4 $1 $16 h5 (25... Rd7 26.
Nf5 Qxg4 (26... Rad8 $2 27. Ne7+ $18) 27. hxg4 Rad8 28. Rxd7 Rxd7 29. Bxa7 Rd2
30. Nxg7 Kxg7 31. Rxe5 Rxb2 32. Bd4 $1 $18) 26. Qxg6 fxg6 27. Ne4 Rd7 (27...
Ne6 {/\ Nd4/} 28. Rd6) 28. Rxd7 Nxd7 29. Rd1 Nf8 (29... Nf6 30. Nxf6+ Bxf6 31.
Rd7 b6 32. Rd6 $18) 30. Kg2 (30. Rd6 $5) 30... b6 31. Rd6 c5 32. b3 Rc8 33. Bg5
Rc7 34. Kf3 (34. Rd8 $5) 34... Kf7 35. Bd8 Rc8 (35... Rd7 36. Rxd7+ Nxd7 37.
Nd6+ Ke6 38. Nc8 $18) 36. Bg5 Rc7 37. Bd8 Rc8 38. Rd5 Rc6 39. Bg5 Rc7 40. Nd6+
{Time/} (40. Nd6+ Ke6 (40... Kg8 41. Ke4 Ne6 42. Be3 Kf8 43. Nb5 Re7 44. Rd6
$18 {/\ Kd5/}) 41. Ne8 Rb7 (41... Rf7+ 42. Ke4 $18) 42. Rd6+ Kf7 43. Nxg7 Kxg7
44. Bf6+ $18) 1-0

[Event "URS-ch16 Final"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1948.11.22"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Kholmov, Ratmir D"]
[Black "Konstantinopolsky, Alexander Markovich"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A46"]
[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 Nf6 2. Nf3 d6 3. Nc3 g6 4. h3 Bg7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. Qd2 c5 7. Bh6 cxd4 8.
Nxd4 Nc6 9. Bxg7 Kxg7 10. e4 Qb6 11. Nb3 Be6 12. Bd3 a5 13. Na4 Qb4 14. Qxb4
axb4 15. Nb6 Ra7 16. Nc1 Ne5 17. b3 Nh5 18. O-O Nf4 19. Rd1 Ra5 20. Bf1 f5 21.
exf5 Bxf5 22. Nd3 Be4 23. Nxf4 Rxf4 24. Rd4 g5 25. Rxb4 Bxc2 26. Ra4 Rfxa4 27.
Nxa4 b5 28. Nc3 b4 29. Na4 Be4 30. Be2 Bc6 31. Bd1 Rd5 32. Nb6 Rd2 33. Nc4 Nxc4
34. bxc4 Be4 35. Bb3 Rb2 36. Re1 Rb1 37. Rxb1 Bxb1 38. Kf1 Bd3+ 39. Ke1 Kf6 40.
Kd2 Bf1 0-1

[Event "URS-ch16 Final"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1948.11.29"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Keres, Paul"]
[Black "Konstantinopolsky, Alexander Markovich"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B14"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[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 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. c4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nf3 Be7 7. a3 O-O 8. c5
Ne4 9. Qc2 f5 10. Be2 Nc6 11. Bb5 Bf6 12. Bxc6 bxc6 13. O-O g5 14. Ne5 Bxe5 15.
dxe5 Nxc3 16. Qxc3 f4 17. Bd2 Ba6 18. Rfe1 Rb8 19. Qd4 Bc4 20. Bc3 Qe8 21. Qd1
Rb7 22. a4 Qg6 23. Ra3 g4 24. Bd4 Rg7 25. f3 h5 26. Rc3 Rf5 27. Kh1 Rg5 28. b3
Ba6 29. Rg1 gxf3 30. Qxf3 Qe4 31. Qf2 Bd3 32. b4 Qf5 33. b5 Be4 34. bxc6 Rxg2
35. Rxg2 Rxg2 36. Qxg2+ Bxg2+ 37. Kxg2 Qe4+ 38. Kf1 f3 39. Be3 Qg6 40. Ke1 Qb1+
41. Kd2 Qb2+ 42. Rc2 Qxe5 43. c7 Qxh2+ 44. Kd1 Qxc7 45. c6 e5 46. Bxa7 d4 47.
Bb6 d3 48. Rc1 Qxb6 49. c7 Qxc7 50. Rxc7 f2 0-1

[Event "URS-ch16 Final"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1948.12.09"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Konstantinopolsky, Alexander Markovich"]
[Black "Levenfish, Grigory"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A06"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[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. Nf3 Nf6 2. e3 c5 3. b3 d5 4. Bb2 Nc6 5. Bb5 Qb6 6. Qe2 a6 7. Bxc6+ Qxc6 8.
d3 g6 9. Nbd2 Bg7 10. O-O O-O 11. Ne5 Qc7 12. f4 Ng4 $1 13. Nxg4 $5 (13. Ndf3
Nh6 $1 {/\14... f6} 14. Nd2 (14. d4) 14... Ng4 (14... f6 15. Nef3 Nf7)) 13...
Bxb2 14. Rad1 f5 15. Nf2 e5 16. Rb1 Bc3 17. Nd1 Ba5 (17... Bxd2 18. Qxd2 Be6)
18. c4 d4 19. Nf3 exf4 20. exd4 Bd7 (20... cxd4 21. b4 Bb6 22. c5 Ba7 23. Nxd4
$16) 21. dxc5 Rfe8 (21... Rae8 $142) 22. Qf2 Bb4 23. d4 Bc6 24. a3 $1 (24. d5
$2 Bxd5 25. cxd5 Bxc5 26. Nd4 Qb6 $17) 24... Bxa3 25. Nc3 (25. b4 a5 26. b5 Be4
) 25... Re3 26. Nd5 Bxd5 27. cxd5 {/\28.b4, 29. Da2} Bb4 (27... Rae8 28. Qh4 {
/\29.d6, 29.Sg5}) 28. d6 (28. Qh4 {/\29.d6} Re4 29. Ng5 Rxd4 30. Ne6 Qe5 31.
Nxd4 Qxd4+ 32. Kh1 Qxd5 33. Rbd1 $16) 28... Qc6 29. Rbc1 (29. Qh4 $142) 29...
Qd5 $1 30. Rc4 Rxb3 $2 (30... a5) 31. Qc2 $1 Rxf3 (31... Rb2 32. Qxb2 Qxc4 33.
Ne5 Qc3 34. Qa2+ Kh8 35. Qd5 Qe3+ 36. Kh1 Qe2 37. Rg1 $18) 32. gxf3 Bd2 33.
Qxd2 Qxc4 34. Re1 (34. Qxf4 Re8) 34... g5 35. Re5 (35. Kh1 $142 Qd5 36. Qe2 $1
Qxd4 37. Qe6+ Kh8 38. d7 $18) 35... Rf8 36. Re2 {/\37.Tg2} Rf7 37. Rg2 h6 38.
h4 (38. Qxf4) 38... Rg7 (38... Kf8 39. hxg5 hxg5 40. Rxg5 Rg7 41. Rxg7 Kxg7 42.
Qxf4 Qd5 43. Qe5+ Qxe5 44. dxe5 Kf7 45. Kf2 $18) 39. Qa2 $1 Qxa2 40. Rxa2 {
/\41.Tc2, 42.d5, 43.c6+-} Rd7 41. hxg5 Rg7 (41... hxg5 42. Rc2 Kf7 43. d5 Ke8
44. c6 bxc6 45. dxc6 Rd8 46. d7+ $18) 42. d5 Kf7 43. Re2 Rxg5+ 44. Kf1 1-0

[Event "URS-ch18 Semifinal"]
[Site "Tartu"]
[Date "1950.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Konstantinopolsky, Alexander Markovich"]
[Black "Kholmov, Ratmir D"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A30"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "1950.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1999"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 0,47,17,11,14,-20,-8,-29,-23,-28,-15,-12,-3,-3,9,5,7,7,14,15,48,42,34,
29,67,24,50,28,80,70,139,140,203,280,273,310,574,551,604,209,288,-780,156,-307,
-38,-422,1133,1275,1275,1275]} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. b3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2
Be7 6. Bb2 O-O 7. O-O c5 8. Nc3 Qc8 9. d4 cxd4 10. Qxd4 Nc6 11. Qd2 Na5 12.
Rac1 Bc6 13. Rfe1 d6 14. e4 Rd8 15. Nd5 Bxd5 16. cxd5 Qd7 17. Bh3 h5 18. dxe6
fxe6 19. Qg5 Nc6 20. Qg6 Rdc8 21. Rxc6 Rxc6 22. Ng5 d5 23. Qf7+ Kh8 24. Bxf6
1-0

[Event "URS-ch18 Final"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1950.12.05"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Averbakh, Yuri L"]
[Black "Konstantinopolsky, Alexander Markovich"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C92"]
[PlyCount "116"]
[EventDate "1950.11.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "URS-ch"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 Be6 10. d4 Bxb3 11. axb3 Qd7 12. Nbd2 Rfe8 13. d5 Nd8 14. Nf1 c6 15.
dxc6 Qxc6 16. Ng3 Ne6 17. b4 Rad8 18. Qb3 h6 19. Qa2 Ra8 20. Qb1 Bd8 21. Be3
Bc7 22. Nh4 Nf4 23. Nhf5 d5 24. Bc5 dxe4 25. Nxe4 N6d5 26. Ne3 Re6 27. Nxd5
Qxd5 28. Be3 Rae8 29. Rd1 Qc6 30. Qc2 Rg6 31. Bxf4 exf4 32. f3 f5 33. Nf2 Qxf3
34. Ng4 Qe4 35. Qxe4 Rxe4 36. Nf2 Re2 37. Kf1 Rxb2 38. Rab1 Rxb1 39. Rxb1 Rc6
40. Ra1 Kf7 41. Ke2 Be5 42. Nd1 g5 43. Rc1 h5 44. Kd3 g4 45. Ke2 Re6 46. Kf1
Rd6 47. Ke2 f3+ 48. gxf3 Bf4 49. Rc2 g3 50. Ke1 Rd2 51. Rxd2 Bxd2+ 52. Ke2 Bc1
53. h4 f4 54. c4 bxc4 55. Nc3 Be3 56. Kf1 Bd4 57. b5 Bxc3 58. bxa6 Bd4 0-1

[Event "URS-ch20 Final"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1952.11.30"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Konstantinopolsky, Alexander Markovich"]
[Black "Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D03"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "1952.11.29"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "19"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "URS-ch"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bg5 Bg7 4. Nbd2 d5 5. e3 O-O 6. Bd3 c5 7. c3 Nfd7 8. O-O
Nc6 9. Re1 h6 10. Bh4 g5 11. Bg3 f5 12. c4 Nb4 13. Bb1 (13. Bf1) 13... cxd4 14.
a3 (14. Nxd4) 14... dxe3 $15 15. axb4 exd2 16. Qxd2 Nb6 {[#]} 17. cxd5 (17. c5
Nc4 18. Qc2 Bxb2 19. Ra2 Bg7 20. Ne5 Nxe5 21. Bxe5 Bxe5 22. Rxe5 e6 $15) 17...
f4 $17 18. Bh4 gxh4 19. Nxh4 {[#]} Nxd5 (19... Rf7 $17) 20. Ng6 $2 (20. Qc2 Rf6
21. Qh7+ Kf7 22. Be4 e6 23. Rad1 Qd6 24. Ng6 Bd7 25. Bxd5 exd5 26. Rxd5 Rxg6
27. Rxd6 Rxd6 $15) 20... Rf7 $19 21. Ra5 e6 22. h4 b6 23. Ra3 Bb7 (23... Qf6
$19) 24. Rxe6 {[#]} f3 $2 (24... Qd7 25. Qe1 Bxb2 26. Ba2 Kg7 (26... Bxa3 27.
Qe5 Bb2 (27... Rg7 28. Ne7+ Kf8 29. Bxd5 $18) 28. Qxb2 Rg7 29. Qe5 Kh7 30. Bb1
Kg8 31. Ba2 $11) 27. Rb3 Bf6 $19) 25. Rxf3 Qd7 (25... Rxf3 26. gxf3 Kf7 27. Re1
$11) 26. Rxf7 Qxf7 27. Rd6 $16 Re8 28. Ba2 {[#]} Kh7 (28... Qf5 29. Nf4 Qxf4
30. Qxf4 Re1+ 31. Kh2 Be5 32. Rd8+ Kg7 33. Rd7+ Kh8 34. Qxe5+ Rxe5 35. Rxb7
Nxb4 36. Bf7 $18) 29. h5 $18 1-0

[Event "URS-ch20 Final"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1952.12.26"]
[Round "18"]
[White "Konstantinopolsky, Alexander Markovich"]
[Black "Suetin, Alexey S"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D95"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "1952.11.29"]
[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 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. d4 d5 5. e3 O-O 6. Qb3 e6 7. Bd2 b6 8. cxd5
exd5 9. Be2 Bb7 10. O-O Nbd7 11. a4 a5 12. Rac1 c6 13. Ne1 Re8 14. Nd3 Ba6 15.
Nf4 Bxe2 16. Ncxe2 Ne4 17. Rc2 Ndf6 18. Ng3 Bf8 19. Nxe4 Nxe4 20. Rfc1 Bd6 21.
Be1 Bxf4 22. exf4 c5 23. f3 c4 24. Qb5 Nf6 25. b3 cxb3 26. Rc6 Nh5 27. g3 Qd7
28. Rxg6+ hxg6 29. Qxd7 b2 30. Rb1 Rac8 31. Qb5 Re2 1-0

