[Event "URS-chT Republics 01st final"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1948.09.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Taimanov, Mark E"]
[Black "Flohr, Salo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B16"]
[Annotator "Primel,D"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "1948.09.12"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2011"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Leningrad"]
[BlackTeam "Moscow"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 c6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Nf3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nf6 5. Nxf6+ gxf6 6. d4 Bg4 7. Be2 Qc7
8. Be3 e6 9. c4 Nd7 10. Qb3 $146 (10. Nd2 Bxe2 {Taimanov,M-Flohr,S URS-ch16
Moscow 1948 (7) 1/2}) (10. O-O O-O-O 11. d5 Rg8) (10. d5 $5 Bb4+ 11. Nd2 Bxe2
12. Qxe2 O-O-O (12... exd5 $4 13. Bc5+) 13. dxe6 Nc5 14. O-O-O Nxe6 (14... fxe6
15. Bxc5 Bxc5 16. Qxe6+)) 10... O-O-O $11 11. Rc1 Qb6 12. Qxb6 axb6 13. Nd2 $1
{le K blanc est bien au centre} Bxe2 14. Kxe2 Be7 15. Rhd1 c5 16. Nb1 (16. d5
$5 exd5 17. cxd5 Rhg8 18. Nc4 {[%cal Gd5d6]} b5 19. d6 Bf8 20. Na3 {[%csl Rb5]}
) 16... Rhg8 17. g3 cxd4 18. Bxd4 Bc5 19. Nc3 $14 {[%csl Gb5]} Bxd4 20. Rxd4
Ne5 21. Rcd1 Rxd4 22. Rxd4 $16 {[%csl Rb6] la finale est nettement meilleure
pour les blancs} f5 23. b3 (23. h3) 23... Ng4 24. f3 Nf6 25. Nb5 {[%csl Rf7]}
Ne8 26. Ke3 Rg6 27. Kf4 Rh6 28. Rd2 (28. h4) 28... Rg6 29. Ke5 Rg8 30. Rd4 Rg6
31. b4 Rh6 32. Rd2 Rg6 33. a3 h5 34. Rd4 $1 {[%csl Gh4] Les piиces blanches
sont trйs actives} Rh6 35. Rh4 (35. Nd6+ Nxd6 36. Kxd6 {[%cal Gd6e7]} Kd8 37.
Rh4 {[%csl Gd6,Rh5,Rh6][%cal Gg3g4]}) 35... Kd8 $6 (35... Kd7) 36. g4 (36. Nd6
$142) 36... fxg4 37. fxg4 Nf6 38. g5 Nd7+ 39. Kd6 {[%csl Gd6,Rd8]
Demonstration technique des blancs} Rh7 40. Nd4 {[%csl Rh5][%cal Gd4e2,Ge2f4]}
Nf8 41. Nf3 (41. Ne2 $2 f6 $1) 41... Ng6 42. Re4 Ne7 43. Ke5 Rg7 44. h4 Rg6 45.
Nd4 Rg8 46. Nb5 {[%csl Rb7][%cal Gb5d6]} Nf5 47. Nd6 $1 Nxd6 48. Rd4 $1 {
la pointe!} (48. Kxd6 $143 Re8) 48... Ke7 49. Rxd6 Rc8 50. Rxb6 Rxc4 51. Rxb7+
Kf8 52. g6 fxg6 53. a4 g5 54. a5 {Une superbe victoire des blancs!} 1-0

[Event "URS-ch17 Final"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1949.11.09"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Taimanov, Mark E"]
[Black "Keres, Paul"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D31"]
[Annotator "Knaak,R"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1949.10.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "19"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "URS-ch"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 c5 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 (6. g3 Ne7 7. Bg2
O-O 8. O-O Be6 9. Bg5 f6) 6... Ne7 7. e3 c4 (7... Nbc6 8. Be2 Be6) 8. Be2 Nbc6
9. O-O O-O (9... Bf5 $142) 10. e4 Bxc3 11. bxc3 dxe4 12. Nd2 Qa5 13. Nxe4 Be6
14. Bd2 Bd5 15. Qc2 Rad8 (15... Nxd4 16. cxd4 Bxe4 17. Qxe4 Qxd2 18. Rfd1 Qg5
19. Bxc4 Nc6 20. d5 Ne5 (20... Rfe8 $1 {/\21... Se5}) 21. f4 $18 (21. Bb3 Rad8
22. d6 $16)) 16. Rfe1 Ng6 17. Bf1 Qc7 18. Re3 Nce7 19. Rae1 Qc6 $2 (19... h6
20. Bc1 Qc6 21. Ba3 Nf5 22. R3e2 Rfe8 23. Nf6+ gxf6 24. Qxf5 Rxe2 25. Rxe2 Bxg2
$1 26. Bxg2 Qxg2+ 27. Kxg2 Nh4+) 20. Ng5 h6 21. Rxe7 hxg5 22. R7e3 f5 $1 23.
Rg3 g4 24. h3 gxh3 25. Rxh3 Rde8 26. Rxe8 Qxe8 27. Bc1 $2 (27. a4 {/\28.Da2})
27... f4 $2 (27... b5 28. Qd1 Be4 29. Qh5 f4) 28. Rh5 $1 Be6 (28... Bf7 29. Ba3
) (28... Qf7 29. Rxd5) 29. d5 Bd7 30. Bxc4 Rf6 31. Qe2 Qc8 32. Rg5 Nf8 33. Bd3
$1 Bf5 34. Bxf5 Rxf5 35. Qg4 g6 36. Bxf4 (36. Rxg6+ $142 Nxg6 37. Qxg6+ Kh8 38.
c4 {/\39.Lb2+-}) 36... Kf7 37. c4 Kf6 38. Be3 b6 39. Qd4+ Kf7 40. Qg4 Qd7 41.
Rxf5+ 1-0

[Event "URS-ch20 Final"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1952.12.03"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Black "Taimanov, Mark E"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E40"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[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. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 Nc6 5. Nge2 d5 6. a3 Be7 7. cxd5 exd5 8. g3
O-O 9. Bg2 Na5 10. O-O c6 11. Na4 b6 12. Nac3 Ba6 13. Rb1 Rc8 14. Qc2 Bd6 15.
b4 Nb7 16. e4 dxe4 17. Nxe4 Re8 18. Bg5 Be7 19. Bxf6 Bxf6 20. Rfd1 Nd6 21.
Nxf6+ Qxf6 22. Nc3 Bc4 23. Qd2 Nb5 24. Ne4 Qg6 25. a4 Rxe4 26. axb5 Re2 27. Qf4
Bxb5 28. Bf3 Re7 29. h4 Rd8 30. Rbc1 Red7 31. d5 cxd5 32. Rxd5 Rxd5 33. Bxd5
Qf6 34. Rc7 Qxf4 35. gxf4 Be8 36. Bc4 Kf8 37. b5 Rd4 38. Kg2 Rxf4 39. Kg3 Rf5
40. Rxa7 Bxb5 41. Ra8+ Ke7 42. Ra7+ Bd7 43. Rb7 b5 44. Bd3 Rc5 45. Bxh7 g6 46.
Bg8 Rd5 47. h5 Rg5+ 48. Kf4 Rxh5 49. Ke4 Rf5 50. f4 Kd6 0-1

[Event "URS-ch20 Final playoff-1pl"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1953.02.02"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Taimanov, Mark E"]
[Black "Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E58"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "1953.01.25"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "URS-ch"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 c5 5. e3 O-O 6. Bd3 d5 7. O-O Nc6 8. a3
Bxc3 9. bxc3 b6 10. cxd5 exd5 11. a4 c4 12. Bc2 Bg4 13. Qe1 Re8 14. Nh4 Bh5 15.
f3 Bg6 16. Nxg6 hxg6 17. e4 dxe4 18. fxe4 Qd7 19. Bg5 Nh7 20. Be3 Ne7 21. Rf3
f5 22. e5 Nf8 23. h4 Ne6 24. Rd1 Qd5 25. Bc1 Rf8 26. Ba3 Rae8 27. Qg3 g5 28.
Bxe7 Rxe7 29. Rxf5 Rxf5 30. Bxf5 Nf4 31. Qxg5 Rxe5 32. dxe5 Qxd1+ 33. Kh2 Qd2
34. Be6+ Kh7 35. Bxc4 g6 36. Be6 1-0

[Event "Gagra Training Tournament"]
[Site "Gagra"]
[Date "1953.05.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Taimanov, Mark E"]
[Black "Averbakh, Yuri L"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E52"]
[Annotator "Taimanov,M"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "1953.05.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. Nf3 b6 7. O-O Bb7 8. cxd5
exd5 9. a3 Bd6 10. b4 Re8 (10... Nbd7 11. Qb3 c6 12. Bb2 $14) 11. Qb3 a6 (11...
Nbd7 $6 12. a4 a6 13. Ba3 $16) 12. a4 {/\ 13.Ba3, 14.b5} Nc6 $5 13. Ba3 a5 14.
b5 Nb4 15. Be2 (15. Bxb4 $142 Bxb4 (15... axb4 16. Na2 {/\ 17.Nxb4}) 16. Ne5
$14) 15... Ne4 $132 16. Rac1 Re6 17. Rfd1 Rh6 (17... Nxc3 $5 18. Rxc3 Qe7 $10)
18. Nxe4 Bxh2+ $5 (18... dxe4 19. Ne5 $16) 19. Nxh2 Qh4 20. Nf6+ $1 gxf6 21.
Bf3 $14 Qxh2+ 22. Kf1 Qd6 23. Qc3 $6 (23. Ke2 $5 $14) 23... c6 $5 24. bxc6 Ba6+
25. Ke1 Rc8 $132 26. Be2 $5 (26. Rb1 $2 Rxc6 27. Bxb4 axb4 28. Qxb4 Rc2 $1 $19)
26... Rh1+ 27. Kd2 Rxd1+ 28. Kxd1 Bc4 $5 (28... Bxe2+ 29. Kxe2 Rxc6 30. Qxc6
Qxc6 31. Rxc6 Nxc6 32. Bd6 $5 $44) 29. Bxc4 Rxc6 30. Bxb4 axb4 31. Qd3 $5 (31.
Qb3 $6 dxc4 32. Rxc4 Qd5 33. Rxb4 Qxg2 $17) 31... Qc7 $5 32. Ke2 dxc4 (32...
Rxc4 $5 33. Rh1 Rc1 $1 $17 {[Averbakh]}) 33. Qe4 c3 (33... f5 $5 34. Qxf5 c3
35. Rh1 Rg6 $13) 34. d5 $5 Rc4 35. Qd3 Qc8 36. f3 b3 $6 (36... Rc5 $142 37. Rh1
f5 $13) 37. d6 b2 $2 (37... Rc5 $5 38. d7 Qd8 $14) 38. Rh1 $5 $18 f5 39. d7 c2
40. d8=Q+ Qxd8 41. Qxd8+ Kg7 42. Qg5+ 1-0

[Event "Candidates Tournament"]
[Site "Zuerich"]
[Date "1953.09.06"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Petrosian, Tigran V"]
[Black "Taimanov, Mark E"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E14"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1953.08.30"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "30"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "Candidates"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. Nc3 Bb7 5. e3 d5 (5... Be7 $5) 6. cxd5 exd5 7.
Bb5+ c6 8. Bd3 Be7 9. O-O O-O 10. b3 Nbd7 11. Bb2 Bd6 (11... Re8 $142) 12. Nh4
Re8 13. Nf5 Bf8 14. Rc1 $14 Ne4 15. Bxe4 dxe4 16. Qg4 (16. d5 cxd5 17. Nxd5 (
17. Nb5 {/\ Nc7, Nd6}) 17... Bxd5 (17... Nc5 $2 18. Nh6+ gxh6 19. Nf6+) 18.
Qxd5 Nc5 $10) 16... g6 17. Nxe4 Rxe4 (17... h5) 18. Qxe4 gxf5 19. Qxf5 Bg7 20.
e4 Nf8 21. e5 (21. Rc3 $1 c5 (21... Qxd4 22. Ba1 $1 Bc8 23. Qf3 $36 {Najdorf})
22. Rg3 cxd4 23. Rd1 Ne6 24. Qg4) 21... Qd5 22. f4 c5 $1 $15 23. Qh3 cxd4 24.
Rcd1 Qe4 25. Rde1 Qd5 26. Rd1 Rc8 27. Rxd4 Qa5 {(/\ ...Rc2)} 28. Rc4 Rxc4 29.
bxc4 Qc5+ 30. Rf2 Qxc4 31. Qb3 Qe4 32. Qc2 Ne6 33. f5 Nc5 34. Qd2 Qb1+ 35. Rf1
Qd3 36. Qe1 Qd5 37. Qg3 Ne4 38. Qh4 Nc3 39. Qg4 h5 $19 40. Qh3 Ne2+ 41. Kf2 (
41. Kh1 Nf4 42. Qf3 Nxg2 43. Kxg2) 0-1

[Event "URS-chT Cup 02nd"]
[Site "Riga"]
[Date "1954.09.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Tal, Mihail"]
[Black "Taimanov, Mark E"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C16"]
[Annotator "ChessBase II"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[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 "Daugava"]
[BlackTeam "Iskra"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "URS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "URS"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 b6 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Ba6 7. Bd3 (7. Qg4
Kf8 8. Bxa6 Nxa6 9. Qe2 (9. h4 $6 c5 10. h5 cxd4 11. h6 Nxh6 12. Bxh6 gxh6 13.
cxd4 Qg5 $1 {=+ (Schwarz 67)} 14. Qf3 Rg8 {Ivkov-Korchnoi Yugoslavia/USSR 1957}
) 9... Nb8 10. Nf3 {+/- (eco 81, Suetin 88)}) 7... Ne7 8. Bg5 Qd7 9. Bxa6 Nxa6
10. Qd3 Qa4 11. Ne2 Qc4 12. Qd2 Ng6 13. O-O h6 14. Be3 O-O-O 15. a4 Nb8 16. a5
Nc6 17. axb6 axb6 18. Ng3 (18. Nc1 Nge7 19. Nd3) 18... Nge7 19. Nh5 Rhg8 20. f4
g6 21. Nf6 Rh8 22. Bf2 Kb7 23. g4 h5 24. gxh5 gxh5 25. Bh4 Nf5 26. Bg5 Ra8 27.
Qd3 Na5 28. Rfb1 Qc6 29. Rb4 Nc4 30. Rab1 (30. Rxa8 Rxa8 31. Nxh5 (31. Nxd5
Qxd5 32. Qxc4 Ra1+ 33. Kf2 Qh1 $1 {-+ (Thomas)}) 31... Ra1+ 32. Kf2 Nce3 33.
Ng3 Nd1+ {(Thomas)}) 30... Nfe3 31. f5 Nxf5 32. Kf2 Ra2 33. Nxd5 Qxd5 34. Rxc4
Rxc2+ 35. Qxc2 Qxc4 36. Qe4+ c6 37. Qc2 Ra8 (37... Nxd4 38. Qd2) 38. Rb2 Ra1 $2
(38... Ra3) 39. Rxb6+ Kc7 40. Rb7+ Kxb7 41. Qb2+ Qb5 42. Qxa1 Qb3 43. Qc1 Qa2+
44. Qd2 Qb1 45. Qc1 Qb3 46. Ke2 Kb6 47. Kd2 Qd5 48. Qb1+ Kc7 49. h4 Qg2+ 50.
Kd3 Ng3 $1 51. Qe1 Qf3+ 52. Qe3 Qf5+ 53. Kc4 Qb1 0-1

[Event "URS-ch23 Final"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1956.01.14"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Polugaevsky, Lev"]
[Black "Taimanov, Mark E"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D45"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "1956.01.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "URS-ch"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. e3 Nbd7 5. Nc3 c6 6. Qc2 Bd6 7. e4 dxe4 8. Nxe4
Nxe4 9. Qxe4 e5 10. Bd3 f5 11. Qe2 e4 12. Ng5 Bb4+ 13. Kf1 Nf6 14. c5 h6 15.
Nh3 g5 16. Bc4 Qe7 17. a3 Ba5 18. b4 Bc7 19. Bb2 Nd5 20. Qh5+ Qf7 21. Qxf7+
Kxf7 22. Ng1 Be6 23. Rc1 Rhd8 24. h4 g4 25. g3 Nf6 26. Ne2 Bxc4 27. Rxc4 Nd5
28. Bc1 h5 29. Kg2 Ke6 30. Bg5 Rf8 31. Rb1 a6 32. a4 f4 33. gxf4 Bxf4 34. Bxf4
Nxf4+ 35. Nxf4+ Rxf4 36. Rc2 Rg8 37. b5 axb5 38. axb5 g3 39. fxg3 Rf3 40. bxc6
bxc6 41. Kh2 Rgxg3 42. Rg2 Rxg2+ 43. Kxg2 Kd5 44. Rb8 Kxd4 45. Re8 Rf5 46. Kg3
Ke3 47. Ra8 Rxc5 48. Ra3+ Kd4 49. Kf4 Rc1 50. Ra4+ Kd5 51. Ra8 Rg1 52. Rd8+ Kc4
53. Kxe4 Rg4+ 54. Ke5 Rxh4 55. Rd1 c5 56. Rc1+ Kb5 57. Kd5 0-1

[Event "URS-ch23 Final playoff-1pl"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1956.02.14"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Spassky, Boris Vasilievich"]
[Black "Taimanov, Mark E"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C77"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "1956.02.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[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. Qe2 Be7 6. c3 b5 7. Bc2 O-O 8. O-O
d5 9. d3 d4 10. Nbd2 Rb8 11. a4 dxc3 12. bxc3 b4 13. Nc4 Bg4 14. Bb2 Bc5 15.
Rad1 bxc3 16. Bxc3 Nd4 17. Bxd4 Bxd4 18. h3 Bxf3 19. Qxf3 Nd7 20. Rb1 Qg5 {[#]}
21. Kh1 (21. Ne3 $142 g6 22. Bb3 Nc5 23. Bxf7+ Kg7 24. Rxb8 Rxb8 25. Bc4 Rf8
26. Qe2 a5 27. Bb5 Ne6 $11) 21... g6 $15 22. Ne3 Nc5 23. Nc4 (23. g3) 23... Kg7
(23... Rxb1 24. Rxb1 f5 $17) 24. Qe2 Ne6 25. g3 Bc5 26. Rxb8 Rxb8 27. Kh2 Qf6
28. Kg2 h5 29. h4 Nd4 30. Qd1 Qe6 31. Qd2 Bb4 32. Qd1 Be7 33. f4 exf4 34. Rxf4
f6 35. a5 Bd6 36. Rf2 Rb4 37. Qe1 $2 {[#]} (37. Qd2 c5 $17) 37... c5 $17 (37...
Rxc4 $1 $19 38. dxc4 Bxg3 39. Kxg3 Qg4+ 40. Kh2 Qxh4+ 41. Kg2 Nxc2 $19 42. Qe2
Qg5+ 43. Kh1 Ne3) 38. Bd1 Be5 39. Qd2 Nc6 {[#]} 40. Kh2 $2 (40. Rf1 Bd4 $17 41.
Bc2 Ne5 42. Rb1 Qg4 43. Nxe5 Bxe5 44. Qe3 Bd4 $17) 40... Bd4 $19 41. Rg2 Ne5
42. Nxe5 Bxe5 43. Qe3 Rb1 44. Rd2 Bc3 45. Rc2 Rxd1 46. Qxc5 (46. Rxc3 Qa2+ $19)
46... Be5 47. Qa7+ Qf7 48. Qxa6 Qd7 0-1

[Event "URS-ch23 Final playoff-1pl"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1956.02.18"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Taimanov, Mark E"]
[Black "Spassky, Boris Vasilievich"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A49"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "1956.02.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "URS-ch"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. O-O O-O 5. d4 d6 6. b3 a6 7. Bb2 b5 8. Nbd2
Bb7 9. Re1 Nbd7 10. e4 e5 11. dxe5 Ng4 12. Nf1 Nc5 13. Ne3 Nxe5 14. Nxe5 Bxe5
15. Qc1 h5 16. Bxe5 dxe5 17. Rd1 Qe7 18. Nd5 Bxd5 19. exd5 Qd6 20. a3 f5 21.
Rb1 e4 22. b4 Nd7 23. c4 bxc4 24. Qxc4 Ne5 25. Qc5 Qf6 26. d6 c6 27. d7 Nd3 28.
Rxd3 exd3 29. Bxc6 Rad8 30. Rd1 h4 31. gxh4 Qxh4 32. Rxd3 f4 33. Qc4+ Kg7 34.
Qc3+ Rf6 35. Bg2 f3 36. Bxf3 Qf4 37. Qc5 Kh6 38. Bg2 Rf5 39. Rh3+ Kg7 40. Qc3+
Qe5 41. Qd2 Rf4 42. Re3 Qa1+ 43. Re1 Qf6 44. Bh3 Qg5+ 45. Kh1 Qf6 46. Re7+ Qxe7
47. Qxf4 Rf8 48. Qd2 Qh4 49. Qe3 Qf6 50. Bg4 Rb8 51. h3 Rb6 52. Qc5 Rd6 53. a4
Rd2 54. a5 Rd4 55. Kg2 Kf7 56. b5 axb5 57. a6 1-0

[Event "Alekhine Memorial-01"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1956.10.09"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Taimanov, Mark E"]
[Black "Bronstein, David Ionovich"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E73"]
[Annotator "Chekhov,V"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1956.10.09"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[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. Be2 e5 $6 (5... O-O) 6. d5 $6 (6.
dxe5 $1 dxe5 7. Qxd8+ Kxd8 8. f4 Be6 9. Nf3 Nc6 10. O-O exf4 11. Bxf4 Nd7 12.
Rad1 Kc8 13. Nd5 Nce5 14. Nd4 c6 15. Ne7+ Kc7 16. Nef5 $1 $14 {Polugaevsky,
L-Stein,L/URS/1966/}) 6... a5 7. Bg5 (7. h4 $5 h5 (7... h6 8. h5 g5 9. g4 $16 {
/\ f3,Nh3-f2/}) 8. Bg5 Na6 9. Nh3 Nc5 10. f3 {/\ Nf2/}) 7... Na6 8. h3 Qd7 $6 (
8... Nc5 $5 9. Qc2 h6 10. Be3 b6 11. Nf3 Nh5 12. Nd2 Nf4 13. Bf1 {/\ g3/}) 9.
Nf3 O-O $6 (9... Ng8 $5 {/\ Bh6/} 10. Qd2 f5) 10. g4 $1 $16 Ne8 11. Qd2 a4 (
11... f5 12. gxf5 gxf5 13. Nh4 $1 Qf7 14. exf5 Bxf5 15. Nxf5 Qxf5 16. Bd3) 12.
O-O-O a3 13. b3 Nc5 14. Rdg1 c6 15. h4 Nc7 (15... cxd5 16. cxd5 Nc7 17. Bh6 b5
18. b4 $1 Na4 19. Nxa4 Rxa4 20. Bxg7 Kxg7 21. h5 $40) 16. Bh6 (16. h5 $5) 16...
cxd5 17. Bxg7 Kxg7 18. exd5 $5 (18. cxd5 b5 19. b4 $1) 18... f6 19. g5 (19. h5
g5) 19... Qf5 (19... f5 20. h5 $40) 20. h5 Qf4 21. Qxf4 exf4 22. hxg6 hxg6 23.
Rh4 $18 fxg5 24. Nxg5 N7a6 (24... Rh8 25. Rxh8 Kxh8 26. Nf7+ Kg7 27. Nxd6 $18)
25. Rh7+ Kg8 (25... Kf6 26. Nce4+ Nxe4 27. Nxe4+ Ke5 28. Re7+ $18) 26. Rh6 $1 (
26. Rgh1 Bf5) 26... Bf5 (26... Kg7 $2 27. Ne6+ $1 Bxe6 (27... Kxh6 28. Rh1#)
28. Rgxg6+ Kf7 29. dxe6+ $18) 27. Bg4 Kg7 (27... Nd3+ 28. Kd2 Ne5 29. Bxf5 Rxf5
30. Nce4 {/\ Rgh1, /\ Nd6/}) 28. Rh7+ Kf6 (28... Kg8 29. Re7 $1 (29. Bxf5 Rxf5
30. Rgh1 Rxg5 31. Rh8+ Kg7 32. Rxa8 Rg2 $13) 29... Bxg4 30. Rxg4 Rae8 31. Rxe8
Rxe8 32. Kd2 $18) 29. Bxf5 Kxf5 30. Nb5 Nb4 (30... Rad8 31. Nf7) 31. Kb1 $1
Nxb3 32. Nxd6+ (32. axb3 a2+ 33. Kb2 a1=Q+ 34. Rxa1 Nd3+ 35. Kb1 Rxa1+ 36. Kxa1
Kxg5) 32... Ke5 33. Ngf7+ Rxf7 (33... Kd4 34. Rd1+ Kc5 35. Ne4+ Kxc4 36. Nfd6#)
34. Nxf7+ Kd4 35. Rd1+ Kc5 36. axb3 Re8 $1 37. d6 $1 Kc6 (37... Re2 38. Rd5+
Nxd5 (38... Kc6 39. Nd8+ $18) 39. cxd5 Kb4 40. Rh1 f3 (40... Kxb3 41. Rh3+ $18)
41. Ka1 Kxb3 42. Rb1+ Kc3 43. d7 $18) 38. d7 Re2 39. Ne5+ Kc5 40. Nd3+ Nxd3 41.
Rxd3 1-0

[Event "Alekhine Memorial-01"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1956.10.12"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Taimanov, Mark E"]
[Black "Najdorf, Miguel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A36"]
[Annotator "Chekhov,V"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "1956.10.09"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. e4 d6 6. Nge2 c5 7. O-O (7. d4 $5)
7... Nc6 8. a3 (8. d3 Bd7 9. a3 a6 10. Rb1 Rb8 11. b4 cxb4 12. axb4 b5 $13)
8... Ne8 (8... Bd7 $5) 9. Rb1 Rb8 $6 (9... a5 $5 10. d3 Nc7 11. Be3 Nd4 12. b4
axb4 13. axb4 b6 $10 {Evans,L-Fischer,R/USA/1966/}) 10. b4 b6 11. d3 Bd7 12.
Be3 Nd4 (12... Nc7 $5 13. d4 (13. Qd2 $5) (13. f4 $5) 13... cxd4 14. Nxd4 Ne5
$13) 13. h3 Nc7 14. Kh2 (14. Qd2 $2 Bxh3 $1) 14... Bc6 $6 (14... Nce6 15. Qd2
cxb4 16. axb4 b5) 15. Qd2 Re8 16. b5 Bb7 17. a4 e6 18. Bh6 Bh8 (18... Bxh6 $5
19. Qxh6 Qf6) 19. Nxd4 $1 cxd4 (19... Bxd4 20. Ne2 Bh8 21. d4 cxd4 22. Nxd4 $16
) 20. Na2 a5 (20... d5 21. Nb4 dxe4 22. dxe4) 21. f4 (21. bxa6 Nxa6 {/\ Nc5/})
21... f5 (21... e5 22. f5 f6 23. h4 $16) 22. Rbe1 $16 Qd7 23. Nc1 Bg7 24. Bxg7
Qxg7 25. Nb3 fxe4 (25... Rbd8 26. e5 $1 Bxg2 27. Qxg2 dxe5 28. Rxe5 $16 {/\ c5/
}) 26. dxe4 e5 27. fxe5 Qxe5 (27... dxe5 28. c5 Ne6 29. cxb6 {/\ Na5/}) 28.
Nxd4 Ne6 29. Nf5 $1 $18 Rf8 (29... gxf5 30. exf5 Qd4 31. Qxd4 Nxd4 32. Rxe8+
Rxe8 33. Bxb7 $18) 30. Nh6+ (30. Qxd6 $4 Rxf5) 30... Kg7 31. Ng4 Qd4 32. Qh6+ (
32. Qxd4+ Nxd4 33. Rxf8 Rxf8 34. Rd1 Nf3+ 35. Bxf3 Rxf3 36. Rxd6 Bxe4) 32...
Kh8 33. Rd1 Qg7 (33... Qxc4 34. Rxd6 {/\ Ne5-g6/} Rxf1 35. Rd7 $18) 34. Rxf8+
Rxf8 35. Qxg7+ Kxg7 36. Rxd6 Nc5 37. e5 (37. Rxb6 $18) 37... Bc8 (37... Bxg2
38. Kxg2 Nxa4 39. Rd7+ Rf7 40. e6 $18) 38. Rxb6 Nxa4 39. Rc6 1-0

[Event "URS-ch25 Final"]
[Site "Riga"]
[Date "1958.01.30"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich"]
[Black "Taimanov, Mark E"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B43"]
[Annotator "ChessBase/Taimanov"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "1958.01.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "19"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "URS-ch"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {1) Taimonov and Stoljar in the tournament bulletin no.13, p.5} c5 2. Nf3
e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Qf3 Nc6 7. Nb3 Nf6 8. Bf4 d6 9. Be2 Be7
10. Qg3 O-O 11. Rd1 Rd8 12. O-O b5 13. Bh6 Ne8 14. Bd3 b4 15. Ne2 Bf6 (15... a5
16. Nbd4) 16. Bg5 (16. Bc1 a5) (16. c3 a5) 16... Qe7 17. Bxf6 Qxf6 18. f4 Bb7 (
18... Qxb2 19. e5) 19. Rde1 a5 20. e5 Qe7 21. Kh1 h6 22. Nd2 dxe5 23. fxe5 Qg5
24. Qxg5 hxg5 25. Ng3 Ba6 26. Bxa6 Rxa6 {[#]} 27. Nde4 $2 {[%csl Re5]} (27. Nc4
$142) 27... Rd5 $17 28. Nxg5 Nxe5 29. N5e4 Nd6 30. Kg1 Nb5 31. Nh5 Ng6 $1 {
Taimanov} (31... Nc4 32. Nf4) 32. g4 (32. Nhf6+ $145 gxf6 33. Nxf6+ Kf8 34.
Nxd5 exd5 35. Rd1 Ne7 $15) 32... Rc6 (32... Re5) 33. Rf2 Re5 (33... Rd4) (33...
Rc4) 34. Kf1 a4 $1 $17 {Taimanov} 35. Nhg3 a3 36. b3 Ne7 37. Rfe2 Nd5 38. c4 $1
{Bad tactics} bxc3 $19 39. Nxc3 Rxe2 40. Ncxe2 Rc2 41. Ra1 Ne3+ 42. Ke1 Rb2 43.
Kf2 Nxg4+ 44. Kf3 f5 45. h3 Nd4+ 46. Kf4 Nxe2+ 0-1

[Event "URS-chT Republics 05th final A"]
[Site "Vilnius"]
[Date "1958.07.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Taimanov, Mark E"]
[Black "Petrosian, Tigran V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E97"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[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 "Leningrad"]
[BlackTeam "Moscow"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Be2 O-O 6. Nf3 e5 7. O-O Nc6 8. Be3
Ng4 9. Bg5 f6 10. Bc1 Nh6 11. d5 Ne7 12. b4 Nf7 13. c5 f5 14. Ng5 Nxg5 15. Bxg5
Bf6 16. Bxf6 Rxf6 17. f4 exf4 18. Qd4 Rf7 19. e5 dxe5 20. Qxe5 g5 21. Bc4 Ng6
22. Qd4 Rg7 23. d6+ Kf8 24. Rfe1 cxd6 25. Nb5 d5 26. Nd6 Be6 27. Rxe6 dxc4 28.
Rf6+ 1-0

[Event "Match/City Budapest-Leningrad"]
[Site "Budapest"]
[Date "1959.??.??"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Taimanov, Mark E"]
[Black "Portisch, Lajos"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D25"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "1959.??.??"]
[EventType "team-match"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 g6 5. Bxc4 Bg7 6. Nc3 O-O 7. O-O c5 8. d5
Bg4 9. e4 Nbd7 10. Be2 Bxf3 11. Bxf3 a6 12. Re1 Qc7 13. Bg5 h6 14. Bh4 Ne5 15.
Be2 g5 16. Bg3 b5 17. Bf1 Nfd7 18. Qd2 Qd6 19. Nd1 Qf6 20. Ne3 Nb6 21. Rac1
Rfc8 22. b3 c4 23. Nf5 cxb3 24. axb3 Rxc1 25. Rxc1 Rc8 26. Rxc8+ Nxc8 27. Nxg7
1-0

[Event "Match/City Budapest-Leningrad"]
[Site "Budapest"]
[Date "1959.??.??"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Portisch, Lajos"]
[Black "Taimanov, Mark E"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A13"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "1959.??.??"]
[EventType "team-match"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 Bb4 3. e4 c5 4. Qg4 Kf8 5. Nf3 Nf6 6. Qh4 d6 7. Be2 Nc6 8. O-O
h6 9. d3 Rh7 10. Ne1 g5 11. Qg3 Nd4 12. Bd1 e5 13. h4 Ne6 14. Nc2 Bxc3 15. bxc3
Nf4 16. d4 Rg7 17. Qh2 Nxe4 18. dxe5 dxe5 19. Bf3 Nxc3 20. Bb2 g4 21. Bd5 Nce2+
22. Kh1 g3 23. fxg3 Nxg3+ 24. Kg1 Nfe2+ 25. Kf2 Qf6+ 0-1

[Event "URS-ch26 Final"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "1959.01.25"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Taimanov, Mark E"]
[Black "Spassky, Boris Vasilievich"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E55"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "1959.01.10"]
[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 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Bd3 d5 6. Nf3 O-O 7. O-O dxc4 8. Bxc4
b6 9. a3 Bxc3 10. bxc3 Bb7 11. Re1 Nbd7 12. Bd3 Be4 13. Bf1 Qc7 14. Nd2 Bg6 15.
Bb2 Ne4 16. f3 Nxd2 17. Qxd2 e5 18. e4 Rfd8 19. Qf2 f6 20. a4 Bf7 21. d5 Nf8
22. c4 Ng6 23. Ra3 Rab8 24. a5 Be8 25. axb6 axb6 26. Rea1 Bd7 27. h4 Qd6 28. g3
Rf8 29. h5 Nh8 30. Ra7 Nf7 31. Bc1 h6 32. R1a3 Ng5 33. Bg2 Nf7 34. Be3 Rfd8 35.
Rb3 Bc8 36. Qa2 Bd7 37. Kh2 Ng5 38. Qb2 b5 39. cxb5 c4 40. Rb4 Rdc8 41. b6 c3
42. Qb3 c2 43. Rc4 Rxb6 44. Rxc8+ Bxc8 45. Qxc2 Rb8 46. Bxg5 hxg5 47. Qc6 Qd8
48. d6 Be6 49. Re7 Bf7 50. Qc7 Rc8 51. Rxf7 Rxc7 52. dxc7 Qa8 53. Rd7 1-0

[Event "Match/City Leningrad-Moscow"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1959.??.??"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Taimanov, Mark E"]
[Black "Petrosian, Tigran V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D55"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "1959.05.??"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 d5 3. Nc3 Be7 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bg5 O-O 6. e3 b6 7. cxd5 exd5 8. Bd3
Bb7 9. Qc2 h6 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. h4 c5 12. O-O-O Nc6 13. g4 cxd4 14. exd4 Qd6
15. Kb1 Nb4 16. Qd2 Nxd3 17. Qxd3 g6 18. g5 Bc8 19. Ka1 Bf5 20. Qd2 Bg4 21. Nb5
Qe6 22. Rde1 Qf5 23. Ne5 Bxe5 24. dxe5 h5 25. Nd6 Qe6 26. Re3 Rad8 27. Rc1 Rd7
28. Qd4 Bh3 29. Rf3 Re7 30. a3 Rd8 31. Rf6 Qg4 32. Qxd5 Qxh4 33. Rxg6+ Kf8 34.
Qf3 Qd4 35. Qxh5 1-0

[Event "Santa Fe"]
[Site "Santa Fe"]
[Date "1960.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Taimanov, Mark E"]
[Black "Gligoric, Svetozar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E97"]
[Annotator "Shipov,S"]
[PlyCount "139"]
[EventDate "1960.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ARG"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[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. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Nc6 8. d5
Ne7 9. b4 Nh5 10. g3 f5 11. Ng5 Nf6 12. f3 h6 $6 (12... c6 13. b5 (13. Be3 Bh6
$5 14. Qd2 Nh5 15. f4 Bxg5 16. fxg5 f4 $1 $132) 13... Ne8 (13... h6 14. Ne6
Bxe6 15. dxe6 Ne8 $1 16. bxc6 bxc6 $13) 14. bxc6 bxc6 15. c5 $5 h6 16. Ba3 dxc5
(16... hxg5 17. cxd6 Nxd6 18. dxc6 $36) 17. Bxc5 hxg5 18. d6 Nxd6 19. Qxd6 Qxd6
20. Bxd6 Kf7 21. Na4 $44 {Donaldson,J-Schroer,J/Philadelphia/1986/0,5/24/}) (
12... f4) (12... a5) 13. Ne6 Bxe6 14. dxe6 c6 (14... Qc8 15. Nd5 $16) (14...
Nc6 15. Nd5 Re8 16. Bd3 $1 $16) 15. b5 (15. Be3 Qc7 16. Qb3 (16. b5 Rfd8 17.
Qd2 Kh7 18. Rfc1 $5 Qc8 19. bxc6 bxc6 20. Nd5 $1 $36) 16... Rad8 $1 17. Rad1
Qc8 18. Bxa7 Qxe6 $14) 15... Qc7 (15... Ne8 $5 16. bxc6 bxc6 17. Qa4 Qc8 18.
Rb1 Qxe6 19. Rb7 $44) 16. Rb1 (16. Be3) 16... Rfd8 17. Qa4 Qc8 18. bxc6 bxc6 (
18... Nxc6 19. Nd5 $16) 19. Be3 Qxe6 20. Rb7 $44 a5 (20... Kh7 $5 21. Rxa7 Rab8
$132) 21. Rfb1 f4 22. Bf2 (22. gxf4 $6 exf4 23. Bxf4 Nh5 24. Bd2 Be5 $1 $40)
22... h5 (22... Nd7 $1 {/\ Nc5 <=>/}) 23. Rc7 Rd7 24. Rbb7 Rxc7 25. Rxc7 fxg3
26. hxg3 Bh6 (26... h4 27. gxh4 Nh5 28. c5 $16) (26... Nd7 27. Nd5 $1 $16) 27.
c5 $1 d5 (27... dxc5 $4 28. Bc4) (27... Kh8 28. Qb3 $1 $36) 28. exd5 cxd5 29.
Qb3 Rc8 30. Qb6 $1 Kf7 (30... Qxb6 $2 31. cxb6 Rxc7 32. bxc7 Ne8 33. Nxd5 $18)
31. Nb5 $16 Rxc7 32. Qxc7 Bf8 (32... d4 $2 33. Bc4 $1) (32... a4 33. Nd6+ Kg8
34. c6 $16) 33. Qxa5 (33. Nd6+ Kg8 34. c6 Nf5 35. Nxf5 gxf5 $13) 33... Nc6 34.
Qa6 Nd4 $2 (34... e4 $1 $16) 35. Nxd4 exd4 36. Bxd4 $18 Nd7 37. c6 (37. Qa7 $1
$18) 37... Bc5 $1 38. Bxc5 Nxc5 39. Qa7+ Qe7 40. Qb6 (40. c7 Ne6 $1 $14) 40...
Qxe2 41. Qxc5 Qe1+ 42. Kg2 Qe2+ 43. Qf2 Qc4 44. Qa7+ Kf6 45. c7 Qc2+ 46. Kh1
Qc1+ 47. Kg2 Qc2+ 48. Qf2 $8 Qxc7 49. Qd4+ Ke6 50. Qd3 Kf6 (50... Qg7 51. a4
$16) 51. Qxd5 $16 Qc2+ 52. Kh3 Qc1 $2 (52... Qc8+ $2 53. Kh4 $1) (52... g5 $1
$16) 53. Qd4+ Ke6 (53... Kf7 54. Qf4+ $18) 54. Qe4+ Kd7 $8 55. Kh4 $1 Qd2 56.
Qe5 $1 (56. a4 $2 Qh2+) 56... Qxa2 57. Kg5 Qf2 58. Qf4 Qb6 59. Qf7+ Kc8 60.
Qxg6 $18 Qd8+ 61. Kxh5 Qd5+ 62. Kh4 Kb8 (62... Qxf3 63. Qg4+ $18) 63. Qg5 Qd1
64. Qf4+ Ka7 65. Qe3+ Ka6 66. g4 Qd6 67. f4 Qh6+ 68. Kg3 Kb5 69. Qd3+ Ka4 70.
g5 1-0

[Event "URS-ch27 Final"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1960.02.14"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Taimanov, Mark E"]
[Black "Polugaevsky, Lev"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D23"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "1960.01.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "19"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "URS-ch"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Qa4+ Nbd7 5. Nc3 e6 6. e4 c5 7. d5 exd5 8. e5
d4 9. Bxc4 dxc3 10. exf6 Qxf6 11. Bg5 Qc6 12. O-O-O cxb2+ 13. Kxb2 Be7 14. Rhe1
f6 15. Bb5 Qb6 16. Kc1 fxg5 17. Bxd7+ Kf8 18. Rxe7 Kxe7 19. Qe4+ Kd8 20. Bf5+
Kc7 21. Qe5+ Kc6 22. Rd6+ Kb5 23. Qb2+ 1-0

[Event "URS-ch29 Final"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "1961.11.26"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Smyslov, Vassily V"]
[Black "Taimanov, Mark E"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A36"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[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. c4 g6 2. Nc3 Bg7 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 O-O 5. e4 c5 6. Nge2 Nc6 7. O-O a6 8. Rb1
Rb8 9. a3 b5 10. cxb5 axb5 11. b4 cxb4 12. axb4 e5 13. d3 d6 14. h3 Be6 15. Nd5
Ne7 16. Nxe7+ Qxe7 17. f4 exf4 18. Nxf4 Nd7 19. Be3 Ne5 20. Nxe6 Qxe6 21. Qd2
Ra8 22. Rf2 Ra3 23. Bf1 Rc8 24. Rc1 Rxc1 25. Qxc1 Ra1 26. Qxa1 Nf3+ 27. Rxf3
Bxa1 28. Kg2 Qb3 29. Rf2 Kg7 30. h4 h5 31. g4 hxg4 32. h5 gxh5 33. Rf5 Qd1 34.
Kg1 h4 35. Rg5+ Kf8 36. Rf5 h3 37. Rh5 Be5 0-1

[Event "URS-ch29 Final"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "1961.12.04"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Taimanov, Mark E"]
[Black "Nezhmetdinov, Rashid"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D58"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[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. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 O-O 7. Rc1 b6 8. cxd5
exd5 9. e3 Bb7 10. Be2 Nbd7 11. O-O Ne4 12. Bxe7 Qxe7 13. Qa4 c5 14. Ba6 Ndf6
15. Rc2 Rfc8 16. Rfc1 c4 17. Ne5 Nxc3 18. Rxc3 Ne4 19. R3c2 Nd6 20. b3 f6 21.
Ng6 Qf7 22. Nf4 g5 23. Ne2 Bxa6 24. Qxa6 Qe6 25. Ng3 f5 26. Nf1 Rc6 27. Nd2 Qc8
28. Qa3 b5 29. Nf3 a5 30. Ne5 Rca6 31. bxc4 dxc4 32. Qb2 a4 33. d5 Qf8 34. Nc6
Qg7 35. Qb4 Qf6 36. f3 Rc8 37. Rd1 Kh7 38. e4 fxe4 39. fxe4 Raxc6 40. dxc6 Rxc6
41. Rcd2 Nxe4 1-0

[Event "EU-chT 03rd Final"]
[Site "Hamburg"]
[Date "1965.06.11"]
[Round "6.7"]
[White "Huebner, Robert"]
[Black "Taimanov, Mark E"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A15"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "1965.06.06"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EU-chT"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "German Fed Rep"]
[BlackTeam "Soviet Union"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "URS"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d6 3. c4 Bg4 4. Bg2 Qc8 5. h3 Bd7 6. d4 g6 7. Nc3 Bg7 8. e4
O-O 9. Be3 Nc6 10. Qd2 a6 11. O-O-O b5 12. e5 Ne8 13. c5 b4 14. Nd5 Rb8 15. Bh6
Be6 16. Bxg7 Nxg7 17. Ng5 dxe5 18. dxe5 Rb5 19. Ne4 Nf5 20. Bf1 Ra5 21. Nxb4
Rd8 22. Qc3 Rxd1+ 23. Kxd1 Nxb4 24. Qxb4 Rxa2 25. Bg2 Qd7+ 26. Kc1 Qd3 0-1

[Event "URS-ch33 Final"]
[Site "Tallinn"]
[Date "1965.11.30"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Taimanov, Mark E"]
[Black "Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B20"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "1965.11.22"]
[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. g3 d5 3. exd5 Qxd5 4. Nf3 Bg4 5. Bg2 Nc6 6. h3 Bh5 7. O-O Qd7 8. d3
e6 9. Nbd2 O-O-O 10. a3 f6 11. b4 cxb4 12. axb4 Bxb4 13. Nc4 b5 14. Ne3 Nge7
15. Bd2 Bxd2 16. Qxd2 e5 17. Qc3 Qc7 18. Rfb1 b4 19. Qc4 Rhf8 20. Nd2 f5 21.
Bxc6 Nxc6 22. Ra6 Rf6 23. Nxf5 Bf7 24. Ne7+ Nxe7 25. Qxc7+ Kxc7 26. Rxa7+ Kd6
27. Ne4+ Ke6 28. Rxb4 Nc6 29. Rb6 Be8 30. Rxg7 Rh6 31. Rc7 Kd5 32. g4 Bd7 33.
c3 Rg6 34. Kh2 h6 35. f3 Be8 36. f4 Bd7 37. f5 Rg7 38. Rbxc6 1-0

[Event "URS-ch33 Final"]
[Site "Tallinn"]
[Date "1965.12.02"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Keres, Paul"]
[Black "Taimanov, Mark E"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A48"]
[PlyCount "128"]
[EventDate "1965.11.22"]
[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. Bf4 Bg7 4. Nbd2 Nh5 5. Be5 f6 6. Bg3 d6 7. e4 Nxg3 8.
hxg3 e6 9. Bd3 Nd7 10. Qe2 Qe7 11. O-O-O e5 12. c3 Nb6 13. Bc2 Bd7 14. Nc4 Nxc4
15. Qxc4 O-O-O 16. Ba4 exd4 17. Nxd4 Bxa4 18. Qxa4 a6 19. f3 h5 20. Qc4 Rhe8
21. Kc2 Qd7 22. Qd3 Qf7 23. Nb3 Qe6 24. Qd4 Kb8 25. Rhe1 Bh8 26. Qb4 Qd7 27.
Rd5 f5 28. Red1 fxe4 29. Nc5 Qc6 30. Nxe4 Re5 31. Qb3 Rf8 32. Rxe5 Bxe5 33. Qe6
Qa4+ 34. Kc1 Bxg3 35. Rd4 Bf4+ 36. Nd2 Bxd2+ 37. Kxd2 Qb5 38. Kc2 Qf5+ 39. Qxf5
Rxf5 40. Re4 Kc8 41. Kd3 Kd7 42. Rh4 Ke6 43. a4 Rd5+ 44. Ke3 Kf6 45. Rf4+ Rf5
46. Rd4 Re5+ 47. Kf2 Ke6 48. Rf4 Ke7 49. Rd4 c5 50. Rd1 Kd7 51. c4 Kc6 52. g3
d5 53. f4 Rf5 54. b3 b5 55. axb5+ axb5 56. Re1 dxc4 57. bxc4 bxc4 58. Re8 Rd5
59. Ke2 Kb5 60. Rb8+ Ka4 61. Ra8+ Kb3 62. Rb8+ Kc2 63. Rb6 c3 64. Rxg6 Kb3 0-1

[Event "URS-ch34 Final"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "1967.01.05"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Taimanov, Mark E"]
[Black "Smyslov, Vassily V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A21"]
[PlyCount "135"]
[EventDate "1966.12.29"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "URS-ch"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 d6 3. d4 exd4 4. Qxd4 Nc6 5. Qd2 Nf6 6. g3 Be6 7. Nd5 Ne5 8. b3
Ne4 9. Qd4 Nc5 10. f4 Nc6 11. Qe3 Be7 12. Nxe7 Qxe7 13. Bb2 O-O-O 14. Nf3 Rhe8
15. Nd4 Nxd4 16. Bxd4 Qd7 17. Qc3 Qc6 18. Rg1 Bg4 19. Qc2 Qe4 20. Qxe4 Rxe4 21.
Bxg7 Rde8 22. Kd2 Bxe2 23. Bh3+ Kb8 24. Bf5 R4e7 25. Rae1 Bf3 26. Rxe7 Rxe7 27.
Re1 Rxe1 28. Kxe1 h5 29. Kf2 Bd1 30. h3 c6 31. g4 Ne6 32. gxh5 Bxh5 33. Bh6 Nd4
34. Bd3 Kc7 35. Ke3 c5 36. Bg7 Ne6 37. Bf6 Nf8 38. h4 Kd7 39. Bf5+ Ke8 40. Be4
Nd7 41. Bc3 b6 42. f5 Ne5 43. f6 Ng6 44. Be1 Nf8 45. Bg3 Kd7 46. Bf5+ Ne6 47.
Bh3 Bd1 48. Bf4 Bh5 49. Bh6 Bd1 50. Bf8 Bh5 51. Be7 a5 52. Kf2 Bd1 53. Kg3 a4
54. bxa4 Bxa4 55. h5 Bc2 56. h6 Bg6 57. Bg4 Bh7 58. Kf2 Bb1 59. Ke3 Bh7 60. Kd2
Bb1 61. Kc3 Be4 62. Kb3 d5 63. cxd5 Bxd5+ 64. Kc3 Be4 65. Kc4 Ke8 66. Bf3 b5+
67. Kc3 Ng5 68. h7 1-0

[Event "Match/Nation YUG-URS 32-34"]
[Site "Budva"]
[Date "1967.07.02"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Geller, Efim P"]
[Black "Taimanov, Mark E"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E40"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "1967.06.22"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1999"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 Nc6 5. Nge2 d5 6. a3 Bf8 7. cxd5 exd5 8. b4
Ne7 9. g3 Nf5 10. Bg2 Be7 11. O-O O-O 12. f3 a5 13. b5 Nd6 14. e4 dxe4 15. fxe4
Nd7 16. e5 Nc4 17. Nf4 Ndb6 18. Qd3 Rb8 19. Ra2 Bd7 20. Be4 h6 21. Raf2 c6 22.
bxc6 Bxc6 23. Bh7+ Kh8 24. e6 Be8 25. Be4 Rc8 26. Bxb7 Ne5 27. exf7 Rxf7 28.
Qe3 Nec4 29. Qe4 Nd6 30. Qe5 Bf6 31. Ng6+ Kg8 32. Rxf6 gxf6 33. Qh5 Rxb7 34.
Nd5 Rxc1 35. Nge7+ Rxe7 36. Nxf6+ Kg7 37. Nxe8+ Qxe8 38. Qxe8 Rxf1+ 0-1

[Event "Match/Team URS-World 20,5-19,5"]
[Site "Belgrade"]
[Date "1970.03.31"]
[Round "2.7"]
[White "Uhlmann, Wolfgang"]
[Black "Taimanov, Mark E"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E17"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo "2600"]
[Annotator "Uhlmann/Taimanov"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1970.03.29"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "World"]
[BlackTeam "Soviet Union"]
[BlackTeamCountry "URS"]
[TimeControl "40/9000:16/5400:0"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. d5 $5 {
Uhlmann=:U} exd5 8. Nd4 Nc6 9. cxd5 Nxd4 10. Qxd4 c5 11. Qd3 (11. dxc6 dxc6 {
Taimanov=:T}) 11... d6 12. Nc3 (12. a4 a6 13. Nc3 b5 14. axb5 axb5 15. Rxa8
Qxa8 {T}) 12... a6 13. Bf4 (13. a4 $142 {U}) 13... b5 14. a4 b4 15. Nd1 (15.
Nb1 a5 16. Nd2 Ba6 17. Nc4 Nd7 18. Qc2 Bxc4 19. Qxc4 Nb6 20. Qb5 Bf6 {T}) 15...
a5 16. b3 Ba6 17. Qc2 Nd7 18. Be4 g6 19. Bd3 $17 {U} Nb6 20. Bh6 (20. Ne3 g5 {T
}) (20. e4 Bf6 21. Rc1 Bxd3 22. Qxd3 c4 $1 {T}) 20... Re8 21. Ne3 Bf6 22. Rad1
Qc8 $1 {T} 23. Kg2 Bxd3 24. Rxd3 (24. Qxd3 Qa6 {U}) 24... Ra7 {P 25... ae7 T}
25. Nc4 Nxc4 26. Qxc4 Rae7 27. Rf3 Re4 28. Qb5 Qd8 $1 {U/T} 29. Be3 $2 {T} (29.
Re3 $142 {U} g5 {T}) 29... Bd4 $1 {T} 30. Bxd4 Rxd4 31. Rd3 (31. e3 Rxd5 (31...
Rd2) 32. Rxf7 $1 Kxf7 33. Qc4 {T}) 31... Rde4 32. e3 h5 33. h4 Kg7 $2 {T ?! U}
(33... g5 $142 {U/T} 34. hxg5 h4 {U}) 34. Rc1 $2 {U/T} (34. Re1 g5 35. f3 {U/T}
) 34... g5 35. hxg5 h4 36. Rc4 (36. gxh4 Rxh4 37. f4 Qc8 $19 {U}) 36... Qxg5
37. Rxe4 Rxe4 38. Qd7 Qg6 {U/T} 39. Rd1 hxg3 40. Rg1 Rh4 $1 {T} 0-1

[Event "Skopje Solidarnost-04"]
[Site "Skopje"]
[Date "1970.06.20"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Gligoric, Svetozar"]
[Black "Taimanov, Mark E"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D16"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "1970.06.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Na6 6. e4 Bg4 7. Bxc4 e6 8. O-O
Nb4 9. Be3 Be7 10. Be2 a5 11. Ne5 Bxe2 12. Qxe2 O-O 13. Rad1 Qc7 14. Nc4 Rfe8
15. Qf3 b6 16. Bf4 Qa7 17. g4 Nd7 18. Bg3 Nf8 19. Nd6 Bxd6 20. Bxd6 Ng6 21. e5
Qd7 22. Qg3 Rad8 23. f4 f5 24. Rd2 Qf7 25. Rg2 Rd7 26. h3 Ne7 27. Qf3 Nc8 28.
Bxb4 axb4 29. Ne2 Ne7 30. Qb3 Nd5 31. gxf5 Qxf5 32. Qf3 Rf7 33. Rg4 Qc2 34. Ng3
Qxb2 35. f5 Qc3 36. f6 Ref8 37. Nh5 g6 38. Ng3 Ra8 39. Ne2 Qxf3 40. Rxf3 Rxa4
41. h4 Ra3 42. Kf2 Rxf3+ 0-1

[Event "Interzonal-08"]
[Site "Palma de Mallorca"]
[Date "1970.11.18"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Taimanov, Mark E"]
[Black "Larsen, Bent"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E14"]
[PlyCount "131"]
[EventDate "1970.11.09"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "23"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "IZT"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. e3 Bb7 5. Bd3 Bb4+ 6. Nbd2 c5 7. O-O O-O 8. a3
Bxd2 9. Bxd2 Be4 10. Bc3 d6 11. Ng5 Bxd3 12. Qxd3 Nbd7 13. Rfd1 Qc7 14. dxc5
dxc5 15. Nxh7 Rfd8 16. Nxf6+ Nxf6 17. Qe2 Qc6 18. Bxf6 gxf6 19. Qg4+ Kf8 20. h4
Ke7 21. Rxd8 Rxd8 22. g3 Qd6 23. b4 Kf8 24. bxc5 Qxc5 25. h5 Ke7 26. Kg2 Qc6+
27. Qf3 Qxf3+ 28. Kxf3 Rc8 29. h6 Rxc4 30. h7 Rc8 31. Rc1 Rh8 32. Rc7+ Kf8 33.
Rxa7 Rxh7 34. Rb7 Rh1 35. Rxb6 Ra1 36. Rb3 f5 37. e4 fxe4+ 38. Kxe4 Kg7 39. Kd4
Ra2 40. f3 Kg6 41. Kc5 e5 42. Kb5 f5 43. a4 e4 44. fxe4 fxe4 45. a5 Kf5 46. a6
Ke5 47. Rc3 Ra1 48. Rc5+ Kd6 49. Rc4 e3 50. Re4 Rb1+ 51. Kc4 Ra1 52. Kd3 Ra3+
53. Ke2 Kd5 54. Rxe3 Rxa6 55. Kf3 Rf6+ 56. Kg4 Rf8 57. Kh5 Rh8+ 58. Kg6 Kd4 59.
Ra3 Ke4 60. g4 Rg8+ 61. Kh5 Rh8+ 62. Kg5 Rg8+ 63. Kh4 Ke5 64. Ra6 Kf4 65. Rf6+
Ke5 66. g5 1-0

[Event "URS-chT Cup 07th Group2"]
[Site "Rostov on Don"]
[Date "1971.08.04"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Stein, Leonid"]
[Black "Taimanov, Mark E"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B44"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2600"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "1971.08.01"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Avangard"]
[BlackTeam "Burevestnik"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "URS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "URS"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e6 5. Nb5 d6 6. Bf4 e5 7. Be3 Nf6 8. Bg5
a6 9. Bxf6 gxf6 10. N5c3 f5 11. Bc4 Qg5 12. g3 fxe4 13. Nxe4 Qg6 14. Nbc3 Nd4
15. O-O Bh3 16. Re1 O-O-O 17. f3 h5 18. Nd5 Be6 19. c3 Nc6 20. Qb3 h4 21. Qb6
Rd7 22. Nef6 Bxd5 23. Nxd5 hxg3 24. Bxa6 Ne7 25. Qa7 Nxd5 26. Qa8+ Kc7 27.
Qxb7+ Kd8 28. Qa8+ Ke7 29. Qxd5 Rxh2 30. f4 Qf5 31. Re3 Bh6 32. Rxg3 Rxb2 33.
Bd3 Qxf4 34. Qf3 Qd2 35. Rd1 Qxc3 36. Qg4 Qc5+ 37. Kh1 Qf2 38. Rh3 Qf4 39. Qh5
Qg5 40. Qf3 Qf4 41. Qh5 Qg5 42. Qf3 Rc7 43. Rf1 Qf4 44. a4 Qxf3+ 45. Rhxf3 Bf4
46. a5 Rc8 47. Rh3 Ra2 48. a6 Rc3 49. Rhf3 d5 50. Rb1 Rxa6 51. Rb7+ Kf8 52.
Rxf4 Rh6+ 0-1

[Event "URS-ch41 Final"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1973.10.13"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Taimanov, Mark E"]
[Black "Tal, Mihail"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A31"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1973.10.02"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "URS-ch"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 c5 3. c4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 b6 5. Nc3 Bb7 6. f3 Nc6 7. e4 e6 8. Be3
Qb8 9. Qd2 Bc5 10. Be2 O-O 11. Rd1 Ne5 12. Ndb5 a6 13. Nd6 Bc6 14. a3 Ne8 15.
Nxe8 Rxe8 16. b4 Bxe3 17. Qxe3 Qc7 18. O-O Rac8 19. Rc1 d6 20. Nd5 exd5 21.
cxd5 b5 22. f4 Nc4 23. Bxc4 bxc4 24. Rxc4 Qd7 25. Rxc6 Rxc6 26. dxc6 Qxc6 27.
Rc1 Qb7 28. Qd4 h6 29. Rc4 Qb5 30. h3 a5 31. bxa5 Qxa5 32. Qxd6 Rd8 33. Qb4
Qa7+ 34. Kh2 Qe3 35. e5 Rd3 36. Qb1 Rd8 37. a4 h5 38. Qe4 Qb6 39. Rc6 Qd4 40.
Rc4 Qb6 41. Rb4 1-0

[Event "Zonal Vilnius"]
[Site "Vilnius"]
[Date "1975.08.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Balashov, Yuri S"]
[Black "Taimanov, Mark E"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E31"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "1975.08.06"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Bg5 h6 5. Bh4 c5 6. d5 O-O 7. e3 d6 8. Bd3
Bxc3+ 9. bxc3 e5 10. Qc2 g5 11. Bg3 Nh5 12. Qd1 Nxg3 13. hxg3 Kg7 14. g4 Nd7
15. Ne2 Nf6 16. Ng3 Bxg4 17. f3 Bd7 18. Bf5 Rh8 19. Qb1 Rb8 20. a4 Kf8 21. Kf2
Be8 22. Qc1 h5 23. e4 h4 24. Ne2 Nh5 25. g3 Qf6 26. gxh4 gxh4 27. Qg1 Rg8 28.
Qf1 Ng3 29. Nxg3 Rxg3 30. Qe2 Ke7 31. Rag1 Qg5 32. Qe3 Qxe3+ 33. Kxe3 Rxg1 34.
Rxg1 Bxa4 35. Ra1 Bb3 0-1

[Event "Zonal Vilnius"]
[Site "Vilnius"]
[Date "1975.08.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Taimanov, Mark E"]
[Black "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A16"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "1975.08.06"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. cxd5 Nxd5 4. g3 g6 5. Bg2 Nb6 6. Nf3 Bg7 7. O-O O-O 8.
d3 Nc6 9. Be3 h6 10. Rc1 Re8 11. Nd2 Nd4 12. Bxd4 Bxd4 13. Nb5 c6 14. Nxd4 Qxd4
15. Qc2 Rb8 16. Nb3 Qa4 17. Qd2 Kh7 18. Nc5 Qd4 19. e3 Qd8 20. h4 Nd7 21. h5 g5
22. f4 Nxc5 23. fxg5 Ne6 24. Rxf7+ Kg8 25. gxh6 Kxf7 26. Qf2+ Kg8 27. Qf5 Rf8
28. Qg6+ Kh8 29. Be4 Rf7 30. Qxf7 Qg8 31. Qxe7 Qxg3+ 32. Kf1 Qh3+ 33. Kf2 Qh2+
34. Ke1 Qg1+ 35. Ke2 Qh2+ 36. Kf1 Qh3+ 37. Kf2 Qh2+ 38. Bg2 Bd7 39. Qf6+ Kh7
40. Qf5+ Kg8 41. Rh1 Qc7 42. Qg6+ 1-0

[Event "URS-ch44 Final"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1976.12.07"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Taimanov, Mark E"]
[Black "Geller, Efim P"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D34"]
[WhiteElo "2540"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "1976.11.27"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "URS-ch"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 Nf6 4. Nf3 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. b3 c5 7. Bb2 Nc6 8. cxd5
exd5 9. d4 Bg4 10. dxc5 Bxc5 11. Nc3 Re8 12. Rc1 Rc8 13. h3 Bxf3 14. Bxf3 Bd4
15. e3 Be5 16. Bg2 Ne4 17. Ba1 Qa5 18. Nxe4 dxe4 19. Bxe4 Bxa1 20. Bxc6 Red8
21. Bxb7 Rxd1 22. Rxc8+ Rd8 23. Rxd8+ Qxd8 24. Rc1 Bc3 25. Rxc3 Qd1+ 26. Kg2 g6
27. Rc4 Qd7 28. Bf3 Kg7 29. Rb4 Qd2 30. Rb7 a5 31. a4 Kf6 32. Rb5 h5 33. h4 Ke7
34. Bd5 f6 35. Be4 f5 36. Bf3 Kf6 37. Bd5 Qc3 38. Bc4 Qd2 39. Rb6+ Kg7 40. Rb7+
Kf8 41. Rf7+ Ke8 42. Rf6 Qc2 43. Rxg6 Qe4+ 44. Kg1 Qb1+ 45. Kg2 Kf8 46. Rb6 Qc2
47. Kg1 Kg7 1-0

[Event "URS-ch44 Final"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1976.12.14"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Taimanov, Mark E"]
[Black "Romanishin, Oleg M"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E41"]
[WhiteElo "2540"]
[BlackElo "2560"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "1976.11.27"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "URS-ch"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Bd3 Nc6 6. Nf3 d6 7. Bd2 e5 8. d5 Ne7
9. e4 Ng6 10. g3 h5 11. Qc2 h4 12. O-O-O Bg4 13. Be2 Qd7 14. Qd3 O-O-O 15. Rdg1
Rh7 16. Bd1 Bxc3 17. Bxc3 Rdh8 18. Qc2 Kb8 19. Re1 hxg3 20. fxg3 Rh3 21. Qf2
Qe8 22. Ng5 R3h5 23. Nxf7 Qxf7 24. Bxg4 Nf4 25. gxf4 Nxg4 26. Qe2 Rh4 27. fxe5
Qf4+ 28. Qd2 Qxd2+ 29. Kxd2 Nf2 30. Rhg1 Rxh2 31. Rxg7 Nxe4+ 32. Kd3 Nxc3 33.
bxc3 dxe5 34. Rxe5 R8h3+ 35. Re3 Rxe3+ 36. Kxe3 Rxa2 37. d6 Kc8 38. Ke4 Rd2 39.
Ke5 a5 40. Rc7+ Kd8 41. Rxb7 a4 42. Ke6 1-0

[Event "October Revolution 60years"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1977.06.25"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Black "Taimanov, Mark E"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B28"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2530"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "1977.06.25"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. c4 e5 6. Nb3 Nf6 7. Nc3 Bb4 8. f3
O-O 9. Be3 d6 10. Rc1 b6 11. Bd3 Bc5 12. Qd2 Be6 13. Nxc5 bxc5 14. O-O Nd4 15.
Nd5 Nd7 16. f4 Rb8 17. f5 Bxd5 18. cxd5 Qb6 19. Rf2 f6 20. Rc4 a5 21. Ra4 Ra8
22. Qe1 Ra7 23. b3 Rfa8 24. Rb2 Qc7 25. Bd2 Nb6 26. Rxa5 c4 27. Bf1 Rxa5 28.
Bxa5 Qc5 29. Bxb6 Qxb6 30. Kh1 cxb3 31. axb3 g6 32. fxg6 hxg6 33. b4 Kg7 34. b5
f5 35. exf5 Nxf5 36. Rb3 Qd4 37. b6 Ra1 38. Rb1 Ng3+ 0-1

[Event "October Revolution 60years"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1977.07.09"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Romanishin, Oleg M"]
[Black "Taimanov, Mark E"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2530"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "1977.06.25"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 Bb4 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O e4 7. Ng5 Bxc3 8.
bxc3 Re8 9. d3 exd3 10. exd3 h6 11. Ne4 b6 12. Bf4 Bb7 13. Re1 Na5 14. c5 bxc5
15. Qa4 Bxe4 16. dxe4 Nc6 17. e5 Nh7 18. Rad1 Qe7 19. Bc1 Rab8 20. f4 Nf8 21.
Ba3 f5 22. exf6 Qxf6 23. Qc4+ Kh8 24. Bxc5 Qf5 25. Qd5 Qc2 26. Be4 Qxc3 27.
Bxf8 Rxf8 28. Qxd7 Nb4 29. Rc1 Qf6 30. Rc4 Nxa2 31. Rc6 Rfd8 32. Qxc7 Qd4+ 33.
Kh1 Rb6 34. Rxb6 axb6 35. Qf7 Qd2 36. Ra1 Nc3 37. Qg6 Nxe4 38. Qxe4 Qf2 39. Qg2
Qc5 40. Rb1 b5 41. Qb7 Qc4 42. Qe7 Qc6+ 43. Kg1 Rd2 0-1

[Event "URS-ch48 Semifinal"]
[Site "Tallinn"]
[Date "1980.08.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Ehlvest, Jaan"]
[Black "Taimanov, Mark E"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E12"]
[BlackElo "2510"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1980.08.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2002"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. a3 c5 5. d5 exd5 6. cxd5 g6 7. Nc3 Bg7 8. e4
O-O 9. Be2 Re8 10. Nd2 Ba6 11. Bxa6 Nxa6 12. O-O d6 13. f3 Nc7 14. a4 Nd7 15.
Nc4 Ne5 16. Ne3 Nd7 17. Nc4 Ne5 18. Ne3 Nd7 19. Kh1 Rb8 20. Nb5 Nxb5 21. axb5
Rb7 22. Ra4 Bd4 23. Nc4 Qe7 24. Bf4 Ne5 25. Be3 Bxe3 26. Nxe3 f6 27. Qc2 Qd7
28. Rfa1 Qxb5 29. Rxa7 Rxa7 30. Rxa7 f5 31. h3 Qd3 32. Qf2 Nf7 33. Kh2 Qd4 34.
Qe1 Qxb2 35. Nc4 Qf6 36. Nxb6 fxe4 37. Nc4 e3 38. Qe2 Ne5 39. Nxe3 Qf4+ 40. Kg1
Nxf3+ 41. gxf3 0-1

[Event "URS"]
[Site "Soviet Union"]
[Date "1981.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Taimanov, Mark E"]
[Black "Jussupow, Artur"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D10"]
[WhiteElo "2500"]
[BlackElo "2575"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "1981.??.??"]
[EventType "game"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bg4 5. h3 Bxf3 6. Qxf3 g6 7. Nc3 Bg7 8. cxd5
cxd5 9. Bb5+ Nc6 10. O-O O-O 11. Rd1 Rc8 12. Bd2 a6 13. Bf1 b5 14. Be1 e6 15.
a4 b4 16. Na2 a5 17. Nc1 e5 18. Nb3 Qb6 19. Qe2 exd4 20. Qb5 Qa7 21. exd4 Rc7
22. Rac1 Rb8 23. Qc5 Qxc5 24. Rxc5 Nd7 25. Rxd5 Nb6 26. Rb5 Nxa4 27. Rc1 Rbc8
28. d5 Nd8 29. Rxc7 Rxc7 30. Nxa5 Nxb2 31. Bxb4 Bf6 32. Rb8 Kg7 33. Nc6 Nxc6
34. Bf8+ Kg8 35. dxc6 Rxc6 36. Bh6+ 1-0

[Event "Moscow-4teams"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1981.02.27"]
[Round "5.3"]
[White "Psakhis, Lev"]
[Black "Taimanov, Mark E"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A25"]
[WhiteElo "2500"]
[BlackElo "2500"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "1981.02.22"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Soviet Union U26"]
[BlackTeam "Soviet Union Seniors"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "URS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "URS"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Rb1 Nh6 5. h4 Bg7 6. d3 O-O 7. h5 g5 8. e4 d6
9. Nf3 Nd4 10. Be2 Nxe2 11. Nxe2 f6 12. Be3 Ng4 13. Nh2 h6 14. Nc3 Nxh2 15.
Rxh2 f5 16. f3 c6 17. d4 fxe4 18. fxe4 Qb6 19. c5 Qa6 20. Qb3+ Kh7 21. d5 Qd3
22. Bf2 Bg4 23. cxd6 Rad8 24. Rc1 Rxd6 25. Qc2 Qa6 26. Nd1 cxd5 27. exd5+ Kh8
28. Qc4 Qa5+ 29. Nc3 Bf3 30. b4 Qd8 31. Bc5 e4 32. Bd4 Qe7 33. Bxg7+ Qxg7 34.
Nb5 Qe5 35. Nxd6 Qxg3+ 36. Rf2 Qxd6 37. Qc5 Qf4 38. Qd4+ Kg8 0-1

[Event "URS-chT Republics 16th final A"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1983.07.24"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Black "Taimanov, Mark E"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2515"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "1983.07.23"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Armenia"]
[BlackTeam "Leningrad"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ARM"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. Bg5 h6 4. Bxf6 Qxf6 5. Nbd2 c5 6. Ne4 Qf5 7. Ng3 Qf6 8.
e3 cxd4 9. exd4 b6 10. Be2 Bb7 11. O-O h5 12. Ne5 h4 13. Nh5 Qg5 14. Bg4 Nc6
15. f4 Qh6 16. Bf3 Be7 17. f5 exf5 18. Re1 Rd8 19. Nxc6 dxc6 20. Qd3 Kf8 21.
Qxf5 Qg5 22. Qxg5 Bxg5 23. Re5 Be7 24. Rae1 Bd6 25. R5e2 Rh6 26. Kh1 a5 27. a4
Ba6 28. Re3 g5 29. b3 c5 30. Rd1 Be7 31. Rde1 Bd6 32. Rd1 cxd4 33. Rxd4 Bc7 34.
Rxd8+ Bxd8 35. g4 Rd6 36. c4 Bc8 37. h3 Be6 38. Kg2 Rd2+ 39. Be2 Be7 40. Kf3
Rb2 41. Rd3 f5 0-1

[Event "Match/City Leningrad-Moscow"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1985.05.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Averbakh, Yuri L"]
[Black "Taimanov, Mark E"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2465"]
[BlackElo "2490"]
[Annotator "ChessBase II"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "1985.05.01"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 Bc5 4. Nc3 (4. e3 {[%cal Gd2d4]}) 4... O-O (4... Nc6)
5. Na4 (5. e3 $142 {[%cal Gd2d4]} Nc6 6. Nge2 (6. a3)) 5... d6 6. Nxc5 dxc5 {
[%csl Gd4]} 7. d3 Re8 8. Be3 Qd6 9. Nf3 Nc6 10. O-O h6 11. a3 a5 12. Nd2 a4
$132 {[%csl Rb2,Rb3]} 13. Nb1 Nd4 14. Nc3 Qa6 15. Rc1 Bd7 16. Nd5 Nxd5 17. cxd5
Qd6 18. Re1 Ra5 19. Bd2 Rb5 20. e3 Nb3 (20... Nf5) 21. Rc4 Rb6 22. Bc3 Bb5 23.
Qg4 $6 (23. Re4 f5 24. Rh4 g5 25. Rh5 Qg6 26. e4 {[%csl Rh5]} Bxd3 27. Qxd3
Qxh5 28. exf5 $44) 23... Qg6 $6 (23... Qf8 {[%cal Gf8g7]}) 24. Qxg6 Rxg6 25.
Re4 Bxd3 26. Rxe5 Kf8 27. Bh3 (27. Rxe8+ Kxe8 28. h4 $16) 27... Rd6 28. Bg2 f6
29. Rxe8+ Kxe8 30. e4 Kd8 31. f4 Rb6 32. Rd1 Bc2 33. Re1 Nd4 34. Kf2 Nb3 35. e5
fxe5 36. fxe5 0-1

[Event "Belgrade GMA op"]
[Site "Belgrade"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Taimanov, Mark E"]
[Black "Azmaiparashvili, Zurab"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2480"]
[BlackElo "2540"]
[PlyCount "121"]
[EventDate "1988.12.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1989.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1989.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. e4 d6 4. Bd3 c5 5. dxc5 Qa5+ 6. c3 Qxc5 7. Be3 Qc7 8. h3
Nd7 9. O-O a6 10. a4 Nc5 11. Bc2 Nf6 12. Nbd2 b6 13. Qe2 Bb7 14. Rfe1 O-O 15.
Bg5 Ne6 16. Bh4 Nh5 17. Qc4 Rac8 18. Qxc7 Rxc7 19. Bd3 Nc5 20. Bf1 h6 21. Kh2
Nf6 22. e5 dxe5 23. Bg3 Nfd7 24. Nxe5 Nxe5 25. Bxe5 Bxe5+ 26. Rxe5 Rd8 27. Nc4
Nd3 28. Re3 Nxf2 29. Rae1 e6 30. Nxb6 Nd1 31. R3e2 Rc6 32. a5 Rc5 33. Rc2 Rxa5
34. Nc4 Rf5 35. b4 Nf2 36. Na5 Be4 37. Ra2 Rd1 38. Ra1 Rd6 39. Nc4 Rc6 40. Ne3
Rg5 41. c4 Nd3 42. Bxd3 Bxd3 43. c5 Kg7 44. g4 h5 45. Rad1 Bb5 46. h4 Re5 47.
Nf5+ gxf5 48. Rxe5 hxg4 49. Kg3 Kf6 50. Kf4 Rc8 51. Rd6 Ke7 52. Re1 Rb8 53. h5
Rg8 54. Kg3 Kf6 55. c6 Rc8 56. Rc1 Ke5 57. Rd7 Kf6 58. Rd6 Ke5 59. Rd2 Kf6 60.
c7 Ke7 61. Rd8 1-0

[Event "Leningrad m"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Smagin, Sergey"]
[Black "Taimanov, Mark E"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2540"]
[BlackElo "2480"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "1989.??.??"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2002"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. c3 Nf6 4. e5 Nd5 5. d4 cxd4 6. cxd4 b6 7. Nc3 Nxc3 8.
bxc3 Be7 9. a4 Ba6 10. Bb5 O-O 11. O-O d5 12. exd6 Bxd6 13. Qd3 Bxb5 14. axb5
Nd7 15. Ra6 Nc5 16. Qc2 Nxa6 17. Ng5 g6 18. bxa6 Be7 19. Nf3 Rc8 20. Bd2 Qd5
21. h4 b5 22. Qd3 Rc6 23. Rb1 Rb6 24. h5 Qxh5 25. Ne5 Rd8 26. Qe3 Qf5 27. Rb2
h5 28. g3 Bf6 29. c4 Bxe5 30. dxe5 Rxa6 31. Rxb5 Qc2 32. Ba5 Qxc4 33. Rc5 Rd1+
34. Kh2 Qf1 35. Qf3 Qg1+ 36. Kh3 Qh1+ 37. Qxh1 Rxh1+ 38. Kg2 Rc1 39. Rxc1 Rxa5
40. f4 g5 41. Kh3 Kg7 42. Rc7 h4 43. f5 exf5 44. gxh4 g4+ 45. Kg3 Rxe5 46. Kf4
Kf6 47. Rxa7 Re4+ 48. Kg3 Re3+ 49. Kg2 Rh3 0-1

[Event "St Petersburg White Nights"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1998.06.21"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Taimanov, Mark E"]
[Black "Popov, Valerij"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A93"]
[WhiteElo "2490"]
[BlackElo "2505"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "1998.06.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1999"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nf3 d5 3. d4 c6 4. Nbd2 f5 5. g3 Nf6 6. Bg2 Be7 7. O-O O-O 8. b3
Bd7 9. Bb2 Be8 10. Qc1 Nbd7 11. Ng5 Bf7 12. Ba3 h6 13. Nxf7 Rxf7 14. Bxe7 Qxe7
15. a4 Ne8 16. Qa3 Nd6 17. e3 g5 18. Rac1 g4 19. b4 Ne4 20. Nxe4 fxe4 21. a5 a6
22. Qb2 Nf6 23. b5 axb5 24. cxb5 cxb5 25. Qxb5 Nh7 26. Rc2 Ng5 27. Rfc1 Raf8
28. Qb6 Qf6 29. Qd6 Qg6 30. Rb2 h5 31. Rc7 h4 32. Rcxb7 h3 33. Bf1 Nf3+ 34. Kh1
Rxb7 35. Rxb7 Nd2 36. Rb8 Rxb8 37. Qxb8+ Kh7 38. Qc7+ Kh8 39. a6 1-0

