[Event "Match/TradeUnions Leningrad-Moscow gr1"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1930.05.02"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Kan, Ilia Abramovich"]
[Black "Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D36"]
[Annotator "Primel,D"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "1930.05.01"]
[EventType "team-match"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Moscow"]
[BlackTeam "Leningrad Metallisty"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "URS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 d5 4. d4 Nbd7 5. Bg5 Be7 6. e3 O-O 7. Rc1 (7. Qc2 c6
8. Rd1 {L'alternative}) 7... c6 8. Qc2 b6 {Un peu douteux} (8... a6 $142) (8...
Re8 9. a3 $1 {[%csl Gf1] L'idée est de retarder au maximum le développement du
B afin de forcer dc4 sans perdre un tempo} a6 10. h3 h6 11. Bh4 dxc4 12. Bxc4
$14) (8... Ne4 9. Bxe7 Qxe7 10. Bd3 $5) 9. cxd5 $1 exd5 (9... cxd5 $6 {[%csl
Rd7]}) 10. Bd3 $14 {[%csl Rc6]} h6 11. Bh4 $146 (11. Bf4 Bb7 (11... Nh5) 12. g4
$5 {Reti,R-Conde,A Hastings 2223 1922 (2) 0-1}) (11. h4 $5 {[%csl Re1]
Personne ne semble avoir tenté cette idée car les blancs n'ont plus la
possibilité de jouer le 000 après Rc1} Re8 12. Ke2 Nf8 {[%csl Gh7]} 13. Ne5 {
[%cal Gf2f3,Gg2g4]} Bb7 14. g4 c5 $1 15. Bxf6 Bxf6 16. g5 Bxe5 $1 $17) 11...
Bb7 12. O-O Re8 (12... c5) 13. Bg3 Nf8 14. h3 a6 15. Qb3 $5 $14 {[%csl Rb6]
[%cal Gb3b7] Empêche la libération noire par c6c5} Ne6 {[%cal Gc6c5] Les noirs
espéraient se libérer par c5 après Ne6 mais Bf5 menace d'échanger le Ne6 pour
empêcher le contre-jeu adverse} 16. Bf5 $1 (16. Rfd1 $143 c5 {[%cal Gc5c4]} 17.
Bf5 c4 18. Qc2 b5 $132) 16... Nd7 (16... c5 $2 17. Bxe6 fxe6 18. dxc5 Bxc5 {
[%csl Rd5]} 19. Na4 $36 {[%csl Rb6,Rc5,Rd5][%cal Gf1d1] Malgré la paire de B,
les noirs ont des grosses faiblesses de structure.}) 17. Bxe6 (17. e4 $142 $1 {
[%cal Gb3e6,Gf5e6]}) 17... fxe6 18. Ne5 (18. e4 $5 {Moins bon qu'au coup
précédent mais les blancs gardent un petit avantage.}) 18... Nxe5 19. Bxe5 a5 {
[%cal Gb7a6]} 20. f4 $5 {[%csl Ge5]} (20. a4 $143 Ba6) 20... Ba6 21. Rf3 Ra7
22. Qc2 Bh4 23. Qg6 Rf7 24. Rc2 Qe7 25. Nd1 (25. Na4 {[%csl Rb6]} Qb4 26. g3
Qxa4 27. b3 $1 Qb4 28. gxh4 {[%csl Rg7][%cal Gc2g2,Gg6h6]}) 25... Bf6 26. Rg3
$36 Bxe5 27. dxe5 (27. fxe5 $2 Rf1+) 27... d4 $1 28. Rxc6 Qb4 {[%cal Gb4e1,
Ge1g1,Ge1d1]} 29. Qc2 (29. Rxe6 Qe1+ $2 {les noirs n'ont pas le temps de
prendre la pièce.} 30. Kh2 Rxe6 31. Qxe6 Qxd1 32. Qe8+ Rf8 33. Qg6 $18 {
[%csl Ge5][%cal Ge5e8]}) 29... Qe1+ 30. Kh2 Be2 31. Rxe6 $1 Rd8 $2 (31... Rxe6
$8 32. Qc8+ Kh7 33. Qxe6 Bh5 34. Qc8 $1 {[%cal Ge5e6]} Bxd1 35. e6 Re7 36. Qf8
{[%cal Gf8e7,Gf8g7]} (36. Qd7 $2 Qb4) 36... Qb4 37. a3 Qc5 38. exd4 $1) 32.
Rxh6 d3 33. Qb3 Bxd1 34. Qxb6 Re8 35. Qg6 Ba4 36. e6 Rxe6 37. Qh7+ Kf8 38. Rxe6
Rd7 39. Qh8+ Kf7 40. Qe8# {Botvinnik s'est rarement fait maté!} 1-0

[Event "URS-ch07 Final"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1931.11.08"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Ilyin Zhenevsky, Alexander"]
[Black "Kan, Ilia Abramovich"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B16"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventDate "1931.10.24"]
[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. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nf6 5. Nxf6+ gxf6 6. c3 Bf5 7. Ne2 e6 8.
Ng3 Bg6 9. h4 h6 10. Bd3 Bxd3 11. Qxd3 Qa5 12. Qf3 Nd7 13. Nh5 f5 14. Bf4 O-O-O
15. Bg3 Nb6 16. O-O Be7 17. Rfe1 Qd5 18. Qe2 Qd7 19. a4 Nd5 20. a5 a6 21. c4
Nc7 22. d5 Bd6 23. dxe6 fxe6 24. Nf4 Rhe8 25. Rad1 Qf7 26. Qh5 Qxh5 27. Nxh5
Bb4 28. Bxc7 Rxd1 29. Rxd1 Kxc7 30. Rd3 Bxa5 31. Rg3 Re7 32. Rg6 Bd2 33. f4 b5
34. cxb5 cxb5 35. Kf2 a5 36. Ke2 Bc1 37. b3 a4 38. bxa4 bxa4 39. Kd1 Bb2 40.
Kc2 Bd4 41. Ng3 Kd8 42. Ne2 Bg7 43. Kb1 Ke8 44. Ka2 Kf7 45. Rg3 Ra7 46. Re3 Rc7
47. Ka3 Rc4 48. g3 Bf8+ 49. Ka2 Bg7 50. Ka3 h5 51. Ka2 Bf6 52. Ka3 Be7+ 53. Kb2
a3+ 54. Kb3 Rb4+ 55. Kc3 a2 0-1

[Event "URS-ch09 Final"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1934.12.09"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Kan, Ilia Abramovich"]
[Black "Makogonov, Vladimir Andreevich"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B85"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "1934.12.07"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "19"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "URS-ch"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Be2 a6 7. O-O Qc7 8. Be3
Be7 9. f4 O-O 10. Qe1 Nc6 11. Qg3 (11. Qf2 {/\g4-g5}) 11... Re8 (11... Bd7 {
/\Tac8, Sa5-c4}) (11... Nxd4 12. Bxd4 b5 13. e5 (13. Rf2 $5 Bb7 14. a3 g6 15.
f5 e5 16. Be3 d5 17. exd5 Nxd5 18. Nxd5 Bxd5 19. f6 Bd6 20. Rd1 $16 {Topalov,
V-Rajkovic,D/Altensteig/1990}) 13... dxe5 14. fxe5 (14. Bxe5 $14) 14... Bc5 (
14... Nd7 15. Ne4 Bb7 16. Nd6 Bd5 17. Bd3 f6 18. Qh4 h6 19. Qg3 Rad8 $10 {
Geller,E-Novikov,J /Helsinki op/1992}) 15. Bxc5 (15. Rad1 Nd7 16. Ne4 Bxd4+ 17.
Rxd4 Qxe5 18. Qf2 f5 19. Nd6 Nf6 20. Bf3 $44 {McDonald,N-Rossiter,PJ BCF-ch
1991 1-0 39}) 15... Qxc5+ 16. Kh1 Nd7 17. Rae1 Qxe5 18. Qh4 Qc7 19. Bd3 g6 20.
Re3 (20. Ne4 $5) 20... Qd8 21. Qh6 f5 {Geller,E-Polgar,J/Aruba Tumba/1992} 22.
Rxe6 Nf6 23. Ree1 Ra7 $10) 12. Rad1 Bf8 13. Nf3 Nd7 14. Ng5 Nf6 (14... h6 15.
Nxf7 Kxf7 16. Bh5+ Ke7 17. Qg6 Nf6 18. e5 dxe5 (18... d5 19. exf6+ gxf6 20.
Qxe8+ Kd6 21. Ne4#) 19. Qf7#) 15. Kh1 h6 16. Nf3 Kh7 17. e5 Ng8 18. Bd3+ Kh8
19. a3 d5 20. Ne2 Nge7 21. Qh3 Kg8 22. g4 b5 23. Rf2 Bb7 24. Ned4 Nxd4 25. Nxd4
Nc6 26. c3 Na5 27. Rg1 Nb3 {[#]} 28. g5 (28. Nxb3 d4+) 28... Nc5 29. gxh6 $1
Nxd3 30. hxg7 Nxf2+ 31. Bxf2 Bxg7 32. Qh6 f5 (32... Kf8 33. Qxg7+ Ke7 34. Bh4+
Kd7 35. Qxf7+ Re7 36. Qxe7+ Kc8 37. Qe8+ Qd8 38. Qxd8#) 33. exf6 Re7 34. fxe7
Qxe7 35. Bh4 (35. Bh4 Qf7 36. Bf6 Kf8 37. Rxg7 $18) (35. Nxe6 $4 d4+ $19) 1-0

[Event "Moscow International-03"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1936.05.15"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Kan, Ilia Abramovich"]
[Black "Ragozin, Viacheslav"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B84"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "1936.05.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[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. Be2 a6 7. O-O Qc7 8. f4
Be7 9. Be3 Nbd7 10. Bf3 O-O 11. Qe1 Nb6 12. Rd1 Bd7 13. g4 Rac8 14. g5 Ne8 15.
Qg3 Nc4 16. Bc1 Qb6 17. b3 Ne5 18. Bb2 Nc6 19. Qf2 Nxd4 20. Qxd4 Qxd4+ 21. Rxd4
f6 22. h4 fxg5 23. fxg5 Rf4 24. h5 Bxg5 25. Rd3 Rf7 26. e5 d5 27. Rf2 Nc7 28.
a4 b5 29. axb5 Nxb5 30. Na4 Bd8 31. Kg2 Na7 32. Nc3 Bb6 33. Rfd2 Rcf8 34. Ba3
Rc8 35. Bg4 Nc6 36. Bd6 Rf4 37. Kg3 Rf7 38. Nxd5 exd5 39. e6 Rf6 40. exd7 Rd8
41. Rxd5 Kf7 42. Kh3 g6 43. hxg6+ hxg6 44. c4 Rf1 45. c5 Ba5 46. Re2 Rg1 47.
Be6+ Kf6 48. Kh2 Rc1 49. Bf4 Rh8+ 50. Kg2 Rb1 51. Bg5+ Kg7 52. Rf2 Nd8 53. Bf6+
Kh7 54. Bxh8 Kxh8 55. Rd6 Bc7 56. Rxa6 Rd1 57. Bg4 Rd3 58. Rf3 1-0

[Event "Moscow International-03"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1936.05.24"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Kan, Ilia Abramovich"]
[Black "Flohr, Salo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B32"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "1936.05.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "HCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Qc7 5. Nb5 Qb8 6. c4 Nf6 7. N5c3 e6 8.
Be3 Be7 9. Be2 O-O 10. O-O Rd8 11. a3 b6 12. b4 Bb7 13. f4 d6 14. Ra2 Qc8 15.
Bf3 Nb8 16. Qb3 Nbd7 17. Rd1 a6 18. Rad2 Qc7 19. a4 Rac8 20. Na3 Qb8 21. Bd4
Qa8 22. Re1 e5 23. Nd5 Nxd5 24. exd5 Bh4 25. Bf2 Bxf2+ 26. Rxf2 exf4 27. Bg4
Rb8 28. Bxd7 Rxd7 29. Qh3 Re8 30. Ref1 Rde7 31. Rxf4 Qc8 32. Qh5 Qd7 33. b5
axb5 34. Nxb5 Ba6 35. Nd4 g6 36. Qg5 Re1 37. Nf5 Rxf1+ 38. Rxf1 Re5 39. Nh6+
Kg7 40. Qf4 Bxc4 41. Ng4 Rf5 42. Qxc4 1-0

[Event "URS-ch10 Semifinal (Moscow-ch16)"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1936.10.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Black "Kan, Ilia Abramovich"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D66"]
[Annotator "Primel,D"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "1936.10.06"]
[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 {Primel,Dominique} Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e3 h6 6. Bh4 Nbd7
7. Nf3 O-O 8. Rc1 c6 9. Bd3 (9. Qc2 Re8 10. a3 a6 11. h3 $14) 9... dxc4 10.
Bxc4 b5 11. Bd3 a6 12. a4 (12. O-O) 12... bxa4 13. Nxa4 Qa5+ 14. Nc3 (14. Nd2
Bb4 15. Nc3 c5 16. Nb3 $14) 14... c5 15. O-O cxd4 16. Nxd4 Bb7 $11 17. Qe2 Rfc8
18. Bb1 (18. Rfd1 $142 Bb4 19. Nb3 Qh5 20. Qxh5 Nxh5 21. Na2) 18... Bb4 $1 19.
f3 Qh5 20. Bg3 a5 21. Rfd1 Bxc3 22. bxc3 Ba6 23. c4 {[%csl Rc4]} Qc5 24. Bd3 a4
{[%csl Ga4]} 25. Qd2 Nb6 {[%cal Gb6a4,Gb6c4]} 26. Nb5 e5 27. Qb2 (27. Bf2)
27... Re8 28. Bf2 e4 $1 29. fxe4 Rad8 30. e5 $6 Ng4 $36 {[%cal Gg4f2,Gg4e5]}
31. Nd6 Rxe5 32. Ne4 Qc6 $17 33. Ng3 Nxf2 34. Qxf2 Rde8 (34... Ree8) 35. e4
Nxc4 36. Bxc4 Bxc4 37. Qf4 Rc5 $40 38. Nf5 f6 (38... Bb3 $19 {[%csl Ga4][%cal
Gb3d1,Gc5c1]}) 39. Nd6 Rd8 40. e5 $2 fxe5 $19 41. Qg4 Rxd6 42. Rxd6 Qxd6 43.
Rxc4 a3 44. Ra4 Rc1+ 45. Kf2 Rc2+ 46. Kg3 Rc3+ 47. Kh4 Qe7+ 48. Kh5 Qe8+ 49.
Qg6 Qxa4 50. Qe6+ Kh8 0-1

[Event "Leningrad & Moscow"]
[Site "Leningrad/Moscow"]
[Date "1939.01.06"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Kan, Ilia Abramovich"]
[Black "Romanovsky, Peter Arsenievich"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E16"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[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 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 b6 4. d4 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Bxd2+ 6. Qxd2 Bb7 7. Bg2 O-O 8.
Nc3 d6 9. Qc2 Nbd7 10. e4 e5 11. O-O Re8 12. d5 a5 13. a3 Rf8 14. Ne1 Qe7 15.
Nd3 Ng4 16. b4 f5 17. exf5 Nh6 18. Rae1 axb4 19. axb4 Nxf5 20. Nb5 Qf6 21. f4
exf4 22. Nxf4 Nd4 23. Qd1 Nxb5 24. Ne6 Nc3 25. Qd3 Qg6 26. Qxc3 Rxf1+ 27. Rxf1
Ne5 28. Nxc7 Rf8 29. Rxf8+ Kxf8 30. c5 Qb1+ 31. Bf1 bxc5 32. bxc5 Qe4 33. Bg2
Qb1+ 34. Bf1 Qe4 35. c6 Bc8 36. h3 Ke7 37. Bg2 Qb1+ 38. Kh2 h6 39. Ne6 Qb6 40.
Nxg7 Qf2 41. Ne6 h5 42. Kh1 h4 43. g4 Nxc6 44. Ng5 Qd4 45. Qc1 Nb4 46. Nf3 Qc5
47. Qg5+ Kd7 48. Nxh4 Bb7 49. Nf5 Nxd5 50. h4 Kc7 51. Qg7+ Kb8 52. Qb2 Kc7 53.
h5 Bc8 54. h6 Nc3 55. Ne7 Kd7 56. Nxc8 Qd4 57. Qb7+ 1-0

[Event "URS-ch11 Final"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1939.05.03"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Kan, Ilia Abramovich"]
[Black "Panov, Vasily N"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A25"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[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. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. e3 Nh6 6. Nge2 O-O 7. d4 d6 8. O-O
Bg4 9. h3 Bd7 10. d5 Ne7 11. e4 f5 12. f4 Nf7 13. Be3 fxe4 14. Nxe4 Nf5 15. Bf2
c5 16. dxc6 Bxc6 17. Qc2 Re8 18. Rad1 Qe7 19. Rfe1 Rac8 20. Qb1 a6 21. b3 b5
22. fxe5 dxe5 23. N2c3 bxc4 24. bxc4 Rb8 25. Qd3 Nd4 26. Nd5 Qd8 27. Rb1 Rxb1
28. Rxb1 Kh8 29. Qa3 a5 30. Qc5 Bf8 31. Qa7 Bxd5 32. cxd5 Nd6 33. Nxd6 Qxd6 34.
Rb7 Re7 35. Rxe7 Bxe7 36. Qxa5 Bf6 37. Be4 Kg7 38. Qa7+ Kh6 39. h4 {time} 1-0

[Event "Moscow-ch22"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1942.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kan, Ilia Abramovich"]
[Black "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D38"]
[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. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bxf6 Qxf6 8.
Qa4+ Nc6 9. Rc1 O-O 10. e3 Qg6 11. Qb3 Be6 12. a3 Ba5 13. Qxb7 Bxc3+ 14. bxc3
Rab8 15. Qxc6 Rb1 16. Kd2 Rfb8 17. Bd3 R1b2+ 18. Rc2 Qxg2 19. Rf1 R2b6 20. Qxc7
Qxf3 21. Qg3 Qf6 22. Qe5 Bh3 23. Qxf6 Rxf6 24. Re1 Rxf2+ 25. Re2 Rf6 26. e4 Bg4
27. Re3 Rb1 28. c4 Ra6 29. Rc3 Rd1+ 30. Kc2 dxe4 31. Rxe4 Rxd3 32. Re8+ Kh7 33.
Kxd3 Rf6 34. d5 Rf2 35. c5 Bd7 36. Rd8 Bb5+ 37. Ke3 Rxh2 38. c6 f5 39. c7 Ba6
40. d6 g5 1-0

[Event "Sverdlovsk"]
[Site "Sverdlovsk"]
[Date "1943.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Kan, Ilia Abramovich"]
[Black "Boleslavsky, Isaak"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A53"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "1943.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[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. Nc3 e5 4. e4 exd4 5. Qxd4 Nc6 6. Qd2 g6 7. b3 Bg7 8. Bb2
O-O 9. Nge2 a5 10. f3 Re8 11. g3 Ne5 12. Bg2 a4 13. Rd1 axb3 14. axb3 c6 15.
O-O Qb6+ 16. Nd4 Be6 17. Qf2 Nxc4 18. bxc4 Bxc4 19. Bc1 Bxf1 20. Bxf1 Qb4 21.
Na2 Qa5 22. Rd2 Rxe4 23. Nb3 Qa4 24. Nc3 Qxb3 25. Nxe4 d5 26. Nxf6+ Bxf6 27.
Bb2 Bd8 28. Bd4 Ra4 29. Re2 Kf8 30. Bc5+ Kg7 31. Re8 Ba5 32. Bf8+ Kf6 33. Qe2
1-0

[Event "URS-ch14 Final"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1945.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kan, Ilia Abramovich"]
[Black "Lilienthal, Andor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E16"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "1945.06.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "URS-ch"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Be7 7. O-O c5 8. Nc3
Qc8 9. d5 exd5 10. cxd5 Nxd5 11. Nxd5 Bxd5 12. Bc3 Bb7 13. Bxg7 Rg8 14. Bc3 Nc6
15. Qc2 Rg6 16. Bh3 Qc7 17. Rfd1 O-O-O 18. Qf5 Re6 19. Rd2 Kb8 20. Qxf7 Rh6 21.
Bg4 d5 22. Bg7 Rhd6 23. Ne5 Bg5 24. f4 Qxf7 25. Nxf7 Rg6 26. fxg5 Rxg7 27. Nxd8
Nxd8 28. Bf3 Rxg5 29. Bxd5 Rxd5 30. Rxd5 Bxd5 31. Rd1 Bxa2 32. Rxd8+ Kc7 33.
Rh8 Bb1 34. Kf2 a5 35. Ke3 b5 36. Kd2 a4 37. g4 Kb7 38. h4 b4 39. Kc1 Be4 40.
Re8 Bd5 41. e4 Bb3 42. h5 a3 43. bxa3 bxa3 44. Rf8 1-0

[Event "URS-ch16 Semifinal"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1947.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Kan, Ilia Abramovich"]
[Black "Averbakh, Yuri L"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D03"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "1947.10.20"]
[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 d5 3. Bg5 Ne4 4. Bh4 g6 5. e3 Bg7 6. Nbd2 Nd6 7. Bd3 Bf5 8.
Qe2 Bxd3 9. Qxd3 c6 10. O-O Qb6 11. c4 Qa6 12. Rfc1 Nd7 13. Qb3 e6 14. cxd5
exd5 15. Re1 Qb6 16. e4 Qxb3 17. exd5+ Kf8 18. Be7+ Kg8 19. Nxb3 Nf5 20. dxc6
bxc6 21. Rac1 Rc8 22. Ba3 Nb6 23. g4 1-0

[Event "URS-ch16 Semifinal"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1947.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Kan, Ilia Abramovich"]
[Black "Petrosian, Tigran V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D45"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "1947.10.20"]
[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 d5 3. c4 c6 4. e3 e6 5. Nc3 Ne4 6. Nxe4 dxe4 7. Nd2 f5 8. c5
Nd7 9. Bc4 Nf6 10. O-O e5 11. dxe5 Ng4 12. b4 Nxe5 13. Bb2 Qc7 14. Bb3 Bd7 15.
Qh5+ Ng6 16. f3 O-O-O 17. fxe4 Ne5 18. exf5 Be7 19. Ne4 Bf6 20. Nd6+ Kb8 21.
Qe2 h5 22. h3 Be8 23. Rad1 h4 24. Nxe8 Rhxe8 25. Be6 Rxd1 26. Rxd1 Nf3+ 27.
gxf3 Qg3+ 28. Qg2 Qxg2+ 29. Kxg2 Bxb2 30. Rd3 Bf6 31. f4 a5 32. bxa5 Rd8 33.
Bc4 Rxd3 34. Bxd3 Be7 35. a4 Bxc5 36. Kf3 Ka7 37. e4 Bb4 38. Kg4 Bxa5 39. Kg5
Bc3 40. Kg6 Kb8 41. e5 Kc7 42. Kxg7 1-0

[Event "Moscow Riumin Memorial"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1948.06.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Averbakh, Yuri L"]
[Black "Kan, Ilia Abramovich"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E26"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "1948.06.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2008"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 d5 7. cxd5 Qxd5 8.
Nf3 Nbd7 9. Be2 O-O 10. O-O Qd6 11. Qc2 Qc7 12. c4 b6 13. Bb2 cxd4 14. exd4 Bb7
15. Qc3 Rac8 16. Rac1 Qb8 17. Qd2 h6 18. h3 Rfd8 19. Qe3 Qa8 20. Rfe1 Ne8 21.
Qf4 Qb8 22. Ne5 Nef6 23. d5 exd5 24. Qf5 d4 25. Bxd4 Be4 26. Qf4 Nc5 27. Qe3
Rxd4 28. Qxd4 Nb3 29. Qb2 Nxc1 30. Rxc1 Re8 31. Nf3 Nd7 32. Rd1 Nc5 33. Qd2 Bc6
34. Nd4 Ba4 35. Re1 Qd6 36. Qc3 Qf6 37. Qa1 Re4 0-1

[Event "URS-ch19 Semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1951.??.??"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Tolush, Alexander V"]
[Black "Kan, Ilia Abramovich"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E07"]
[PlyCount "140"]
[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 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Be7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. O-O Nbd7 7. Nc3 c6 8. Qc2
b6 9. cxd5 cxd5 10. Bf4 Bb7 11. Nd2 Rc8 12. Qd3 Nb8 13. Bxb8 Rxb8 14. f4 g6 15.
Bf3 Ne8 16. g4 Nc7 17. a4 Ba6 18. Qe3 e5 19. Qf2 exf4 20. Kh1 Bf6 21. Rfd1 Re8
22. Rac1 Qd6 23. h4 Rbd8 24. g5 Bg7 25. Nf1 Re7 26. Nh2 Bc8 27. Qg2 Bf5 28. Ng4
a6 29. Rd2 b5 30. Rcd1 b4 31. Na2 b3 32. Nc3 Bc2 33. Rf1 Qb6 34. Qf2 Bf5 35.
Rfd1 Red7 36. Qh2 Ne6 37. Nf6+ Bxf6 38. gxf6 Nf8 39. Qxf4 Qxf6 40. e3 Ne6 41.
Qg3 Bc2 42. Rf1 Ng7 43. Rh2 Nf5 44. Qf2 Qe6 45. Re1 Re7 46. Kg1 h5 47. Rg2 Kf8
48. Rg5 Ree8 49. Bg2 Rd6 50. Bh3 Qf6 51. Bg2 Qd8 52. Qf4 Ree6 53. Rf1 Rf6 54.
Qe5 Rfe6 55. Qf4 Qd7 56. Bh3 Qe7 57. Bxf5 Bxf5 58. Rg3 Bg4 59. Rf2 Kg7 60. a5
f5 61. Rf1 Qxh4 62. Ra1 Qe7 63. Ra3 h4 64. Rg2 Rxe3 65. Rxb3 g5 66. Qf2 Rde6
67. Kh1 Re1+ 68. Rg1 Rxg1+ 69. Kxg1 Re1+ 70. Kg2 h3+ 0-1

[Event "URS-chT Cup 01st"]
[Site "Odessa"]
[Date "1952.09.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Kan, Ilia Abramovich"]
[Black "Levenfish, Grigory"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D32"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "1952.09.06"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Soviet Army"]
[BlackTeam "Medik"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "URS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "URS"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. e3 c5 5. cxd5 (5. d4) 5... exd5 6. d4 Nc6 7.
Bb5 (7. Be2) 7... a6 (7... Bd6 $132) 8. Bxc6+ bxc6 9. Qa4 $14 Bd7 (9... Qc7 {
Appelberg,H-Nyholm,G Gothenburg-Stockholm m 6th 1906 (4) 1/2}) 10. O-O Bd6 11.
dxc5 (11. e4 $6 {[%csl Re8]} Nxe4 12. Nxe4 dxe4 13. dxc5 (13. Ng5 h6 14. Nxe4
Bxh2+ {[%cal Gd8h4,Gh4e4]}) 13... exf3 14. cxd6 O-O {[%csl Rg1,Rg2]}) 11...
Bxc5 12. e4 O-O 13. Bg5 $36 {[%cal Ge4e5]} Be7 14. Ne5 Rb8 15. exd5 (15. Bxf6
$5 Bxf6 16. Nxd7 Qxd7 17. Nxd5 Bxb2 18. Rad1 $40 {[%cal Gd1d7,Gd5f6]}) 15...
Nxd5 16. Bxe7 Qxe7 17. Rfe1 {[%csl Re7]} Nxc3 18. bxc3 Rfd8 $6 (18... Rfe8) 19.
Rad1 $40 {[%csl Re7][%cal Ge5d7]} Be6 $2 20. Nxc6 Qe8 21. Nxb8 1-0

[Event "Match/Training Botvinnik-Kan"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1952.11.01"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kan, Ilia Abramovich"]
[Black "Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C98"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "1952.10.14"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "1"]
[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 Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. d4 Qc7 12. Nbd2 Nc6 13. dxe5 dxe5 14. a4 Rb8 15.
axb5 axb5 16. Nf1 Bd6 17. Bg5 Ne8 18. Ne3 f6 19. Nd5 Qb7 20. Be3 Be6 21. Nd2
Ne7 22. Nxe7+ Qxe7 23. Qe2 Rf7 24. Ra5 Qb7 25. Rea1 Nc7 26. c4 Bf8 27. Bd3 bxc4
28. Nxc4 Qc6 29. Qc2 Nb5 30. Ra6 Qc8 31. Nb6 Qe8 32. Nd5 Kh8 33. Bc4 Nd6 34.
Bxc5 Nxc4 35. Qxc4 Bxd5 36. Qxd5 Rxb2 37. Ra8 Rb8 38. Rxb8 1-0

[Event "URS-chT Cup 02nd"]
[Site "Riga"]
[Date "1954.09.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich"]
[Black "Kan, Ilia Abramovich"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B80"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "1954.09.03"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Nauka"]
[BlackTeam "Soviet Army"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "URS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "URS"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Qf3 Nc6 7. Be3 Be7 8.
Be2 O-O 9. Rd1 Nxd4 10. Bxd4 Qa5 11. Be3 Bd7 12. O-O Bc6 13. Bd3 Qb4 14. Bc1
Rfd8 15. a3 Qb6 16. Kh1 d5 17. exd5 Nxd5 18. Qh3 Nf6 19. Rde1 Qc5 20. f4 g6 21.
Re5 Qd6 22. Rfe1 Bf8 23. Bc4 Re8 24. Bd3 Bg7 25. R5e2 a6 26. Qh4 Rac8 27. h3 b5
28. Kh2 Bb7 29. g4 b4 30. axb4 Qxb4 31. Qf2 Qd6 32. Qg3 Red8 33. f5 Qxg3+ 34.
Kxg3 exf5 35. gxf5 Nh5+ 36. Kg4 Rd4+ 37. Ne4 Re8 38. fxg6 hxg6 {Time} 0-1

[Event "URS-ch22 Semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1954.11.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Kan, Ilia Abramovich"]
[Black "Tolush, Alexander V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E18"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[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. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. Qa4 c5 6. Bg2 Bb7 7. O-O Be7 8. Nc3
O-O 9. Rd1 d6 10. Qc2 Qe8 11. d5 exd5 12. cxd5 Nbd7 13. e4 a6 14. a4 Qb8 15.
Bf1 Ne8 16. Be3 g6 17. Bh3 Bc8 18. Bg5 Bxg5 19. Nxg5 h6 20. Nf3 Ng7 21. Re1 Re8
22. Nd2 Qc7 23. Bf1 Nf8 24. Nc4 Rb8 25. e5 dxe5 26. d6 Qd8 27. Nxe5 Bb7 28. Bc4
Nge6 29. Rad1 Ng5 30. f4 Rxe5 31. fxe5 Nf3+ 32. Kf1 Qg5 33. Bd5 Nxe1 34. Rxe1
Bxd5 35. Nxd5 Ne6 36. Qf2 b5 37. h4 Qd8 38. Ne7+ Kf8 39. Nc6 Qb6 40. Nxb8 Qxb8
41. Qf6 Kg8 42. Rd1 Qa8 43. Kg1 1-0

[Event "URS-ch22 Final"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1955.02.15"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Kan, Ilia Abramovich"]
[Black "Taimanov, Mark E"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E87"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[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 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f3 e5 6. d5 O-O 7. Be3 c5 8. Qd2 Na6
9. g4 Nc7 10. h4 a6 11. h5 Bd7 12. Nge2 b5 13. Ng3 bxc4 14. a4 Qb8 15. Bxc4 Qb4
16. b3 Rfb8 17. Rc1 Rb7 18. Bh6 Qa3 19. Rc2 Bxh6 20. Qxh6 Rxb3 21. Bxb3 Qxb3
22. Kd2 Bxa4 23. Nxa4 Qxf3 24. hxg6 fxg6 25. g5 Qf4+ 26. Kd1 Qf3+ 27. Re2 Qd3+
28. Rd2 Qb3+ 29. Ke2 Qc4+ 30. Kf3 Nh5 31. Rxh5 Rf8+ 32. Nf5 Rxf5+ 33. exf5 Qf4+
34. Ke2 Qc4+ 35. Rd3 Qe4+ 36. Kd2 Qf4+ 37. Re3 gxh5 38. Nc3 Qf2+ 39. Re2 Qxf5
40. Qxd6 Qxg5+ 41. Kc2 Qg6+ 42. Qxg6+ hxg6 43. d6 Ne6 44. Rxe5 Kf7 45. d7 Nd4+
46. Kd3 1-0

[Event "URS-ch22 Final"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1955.02.22"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Kan, Ilia Abramovich"]
[Black "Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D80"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[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 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Qa4+ Bd7 5. Qb3 dxc4 6. Qxc4 Bc6 7. Nf3 Bg7 8.
Bf4 O-O 9. e3 Nbd7 10. Be2 e6 11. O-O Nb6 12. Qb3 Qe7 13. Ne5 Be8 14. Bf3 c6
15. Rac1 Nfd5 16. Bg3 Nxc3 17. bxc3 f6 18. Nd3 Bf7 19. Qb4 Qxb4 20. cxb4 e5 21.
dxe5 fxe5 22. a3 Nc4 23. Nc5 e4 24. Nxe4 Bb2 25. Rc2 Bxa3 26. Rb1 Bd5 27. Nd2
b5 28. Nxc4 bxc4 29. Ra2 a5 30. b5 Bxf3 31. gxf3 cxb5 32. Rxa3 b4 33. Raa1 c3
34. Be5 Rfc8 35. Kf1 c2 36. Rc1 a4 37. Bd6 b3 38. Ba3 Rcb8 39. Bb2 a3 40. Rxa3
Rxa3 41. Bxa3 Ra8 42. Bb2 Ra2 43. Bc3 b2 44. Bxb2 Rxb2 45. Ke2 g5 46. Kd2 Rb4
47. Kxc2 Rh4 48. Rg1 h6 49. Rg2 Kf7 50. Kd3 Kf6 51. Ke2 Rh3 52. e4 h5 53. Ke3
Rh4 54. Kd3 Rh3 55. Ke2 Rh4 56. Kf1 Rf4 57. Ke2 Rh4 58. Kf1 Rf4 59. Rg3 h4 60.
Ke2 1-0

[Event "URS-ch22 Final"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1955.03.14"]
[Round "19"]
[White "Flohr, Salo"]
[Black "Kan, Ilia Abramovich"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D31"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[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. Nf3 d5 2. d4 c6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. e4 b5 6. a4 Bb4 7. Be2 Nf6 8. O-O
O-O 9. Qc2 h6 10. axb5 Bxc3 11. bxc3 cxb5 12. e5 Nd5 13. Nd2 Nc6 14. Ne4 a5 15.
Rd1 Rb8 16. Rb1 Qe7 17. f4 Rd8 18. Bd2 Qa7 19. Nd6 Rxd6 20. exd6 Qd7 21. Bf3
Qxd6 22. f5 exf5 23. Re1 Be6 24. Qc1 Nce7 25. Ra1 a4 26. Qa3 Qb6 27. Kh1 Nc6
28. Qd6 Rd8 29. Qg3 Kh7 30. Bc1 Na5 31. Bxd5 Bxd5 32. Ba3 Qg6 33. Qh3 Be4 34.
Ra2 Re8 35. Ree2 Re6 36. Kg1 Qg5 37. Bc1 Qxc1+ 0-1

