Championship of Latvia Riga 20.02-22.03.1953

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Event "Latvian championship"
Site "Riga LAT"
Date "1953.??.??"
EventDate "1953.02.22"
Round "?"
White "Janis Mileika"
Black "Mikhail Tal"
Result "0-1"
Source "rusbase"

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 e6 4. g3 exd5 5. cxd5 b5 6. a4 b4 7. b3 g6 8. Bg2 d6 9. e4 Bg7 10. Bb2 O-O 11. Ne2 Re8 12. Nd2 Nxe4 13. Bxg7 Nxd2 14. Bh6 Bg4 15. Be3 Nf3+ 16. Bxf3 Bxf3 17. Rg1 Nd7 18. Qd2 Nf6 19. Nf4 g5 20. Ne2 Re5 21. O-O-O Ne4 22. Qc2 Bxe2 23. Qxe2 Nc3 0-1

J Mileika vs Tal, 1953

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Event "Latvian championship"
Site "Riga LAT"
Date "1953.??.??"
EventDate "1953.02.22"
Round "?"
White "Balinsh"
Black "Tal Mihail (LAT)"
Result "0-1"
Source "rusbase"

1.d4 e6 2.Nf3 f5 3.g3 Nf6 4.Bg2 Be7 5.O-O O-O 6.c4 d6 7.b3 Qe8 8.Bb2 Nbd7 9.Nbd2 Qh5 10.e3 Qh6 11.h4 Ng4 12.Nh2 Nxh2 13.Kxh2 g5 14.Rh1 gxh4 15.Kg1 Qg7 16.gxh4 f4 17.e4 e5 18.Nf3 Bf6 19.d5 Nc5 20.Qc2 a5 21.Kf1 Bg4 22.Ne1 Kf7 23.f3 Bd7 24.Qf2 Rg8 25.Rd1 Qh6 26.Bh3 Rg3 27.Bxd7 Nxd7 28.Ng2 Rag8 29.Rh2 Qh5 30.Ke2 Nc5 31.Ne1 Nxe4 32.Qa7 Ng5 33.Qxb7 Nxf3 34.Qxc7+ Be7 0-1

R Balins vs Tal, 1953

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Event "Ch Latvia"
Site "Riga (Latvia)"
Date "1953.??.??"
Round "?"
White "Tal Mihail (LAT)"
Black "Kampenus"
Result "1-0"
Source "rusbase"

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.O-O Nxe4 5.d4 Be7 6.dxe5 O-O 7.Qe2 Nc5 8.Rd1 Qe8 9.Nc3 a6 10.Bc4 b5 11.Bd5 Rb8 12.a3 b4 13.Ne4 Ne6 14.Ng3 f6 15.Nh4 Nxe5 16.f4 Bc5+ 17.Kh1 Nf7 18.f5 Neg5 19.Qc4 Rb5 20.Bxg5 fxg5 21.Re1 Qd8 22.Ng6 c6 23.Bxf7+ Rxf7 24.Nh8 d5 25.Nxf7 Kxf7 26.Qe2 Bd7 27.a4 Rb6 28.Rad1 Qf6 29.Ne4 dxe4 30.Qc4+ Ke8 31.Rxe4+ Be7 32.Qg8+ Qf8 33.Rxe7+ Kxe7 34.Re1+ Kd6 35.Qxf8+ Kc7 36.Qxg7 c5 37.f6 1-0

Tal vs P Kampenuss, 1953

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Event "Ch Latvia"
Site "Riga (Latvia)"
Date "1953.??.??"
Round "?"
White "Kliavinsh Y (LAT)"
Black "Tal Mihail (LAT)"
Result "1/2-1/2"
Source "rusbase"

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.f3 c5 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.bxc3 d5 7.cxd5 Nxd5 8.dxc5 f5 9.c4 Qh4+ 10.g3 Qxc4 11.e4 Qc3+ 12.Bd2 Qe5 13.Bg2 fxe4 14.f4 Qf6 15.Bxe4 Nc3 16.Bxc3 Qxc3+ 17.Kf2 Qxc5+ 18.Kg2 O-O 19.Nf3 Nd7 20.Rc1 Qe7 21.Rc7 Qd8 22.Qc2 Nf6 23.Rd1 Nd5 24.Rc3 g6 25.Ng5 Bd7 26.Bxg6 h6 27.Bf7+ Rxf7 28.Nxf7 Kxf7 29.Qh7+ Kf8 30.Qxh6+ Kg8 31.Qg6+ Kf8 1/2-1/2

J Klavins vs Tal, 1953

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Event "Ch Latvia"
Site "Riga (Latvia)"
Date "1953.??.??"
Round "?"
White "Solmanis Z"
Black "Tal Mihail (LAT)"
Result "0-1"
Source "rusbase"

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.Bf4 d6 5.Qd2 Nbd7 6.Rd1 c5 7.d5 Nh5 8.Bh6 Bxh6 9.Qxh6 Ne5 10.e4 f5 11.Be2 Nf6 12.exf5 Bxf5 13.Nf3 Nfg4 14.Qg7 Rf8 15.Nxe5 Nxe5 16.Qxh7 Qb6 17.O-O Qxb2 18.Rc1 Qd2 19.f4 Qe3+ 20.Kh1 O-O-O 21.Qh4 Nd3 22.Bxd3 Bxd3 23.Rce1 Qd4 24.Rd1 Qxc4 25.Rf3 Be2 26.Nxe2 Qxe2 27.Re1 Qxa2 28.Rxe7 Qxd5 29.h3 Rfe8 30.Rfe3 Rxe7 31.Rxe7 c4 32.Qg4+ Qf5 33.Qf3 Rd7 34.Re8+ Kc7 35.Qc3 Qc5 36.Qh8 Kb6 37.Rc8 Rc7 38.Qb2+ Kc6 39.Rg8 c3 40.Qc2 Qd4 41.Rxg6 Re7 42.Rg4 b5 43.Qf5 Qd1+ 44.Kh2 c2 45.Qc8+ Kb6 46.Qd8+ Rc7 0-1

Z Solmanis vs Tal, 1953

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Event "Ch Latvia"
Site "Riga (Latvia)"
Date "1953.??.??"
Round "?"
White "Tal Mihail (LAT)"
Black "Pasman M"
Result "1-0"
Source "rusbase"

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.f4 e5 7.Nf3 Nbd7 8.Bd3 Be7 9.O-O O-O 10.Kh1 b5 11.a3 Qc7 12.fxe5 dxe5 13.Nh4 Nc5 14.Bg5 Qd8 15.Nf5 Bxf5 16.Rxf5 Nfd7 17.Bxe7 Qxe7 18.Nd5 Qd6 19.Qg4 g6 20.Raf1 f6 21.h4 Kh8 22.R5f3 f5 23.exf5 Qxd5 24.fxg6 Rxf3 25.g7+ Kg8 26.Bxh7+ Kxh7 27.Rxf3 Ne4 28.h5 Ndf6 29.Qg6+ Kg8 30.h6 Ra7 31.Kh2 Re7 32.Rh3 Nh7 33.Rd3 Qa8 34.Qxe4 Qxe4 35.Rd8+ Kf7 36.g8Q+ Kf6 37.Rd6+ Kf5 38.Qg6+ Kf4 39.g3+ Ke3 40.Rd3+ Qxd3 41.Qxd3+ Kf2 1-0

Tal vs M Pasman, 1953

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Event "Ch Latvia"
Site "Riga (Latvia)"
Date "1953.??.??"
Round "?"
White "Gradus"
Black "Tal Mikhail (LAT)"
Result "0-1"
Source "rusbase"

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.c4 Bg7 4.Nc3 O-O 5.g3 d6 6.Bg2 Nbd7 7.O-O e5 8.e4 exd4 9.Nxd4 Nc5 10.h3 Re8 11.Re1 a5 12.b3 c6 13.Bf4 a4 14.b4 Ne6 15.Nxe6 Bxe6 16.Bxd6 Bxc4 17.e5 Nd7 18.Qd4 Nxe5 19.Rxe5 Rxe5 20.Bxe5 Qxd4 21.Bxd4 Bxd4 0-1

M Graduss vs Tal, 1953

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Event "Ch Latvia"
Site "Riga (Latvia)"
Date "1953.??.??"
Round "?"
White "Tal Mikhail (LAT)"
Black "Eropov Ivan"
Result "1-0"
Source "rusbase"

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e5 c5 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.bxc3 Ne7 7.Qg4 Nf5 8.Bd3 h5 9.Qf4 cxd4 10.cxd4 Qh4 11.Qxh4 Nxh4 12.g3 Nf5 13.Ne2 Nc6 14.c3 Na5 15.Rb1 Bd7 16.Nf4 Ne7 17.Be2 g6 18.h4 Rc8 19.Bd2 Rc7 20.g4 hxg4 21.Bxg4 Nc4 22.Bc1 Ba4 23.h5 Bc2 24.Ra1 gxh5 25.Nxh5 Kd8 26.Bg5 Kc8 27.Bf6 Rh7 28.Ke2 b6 29.Ng7 Rxh1 30.Rxh1 Kb7 31.Rh8 Ng6 32.Rd8 Ba4 33.Rg8 Nxa3 34.Nxe6 Rxc3 35.Nd8+ Ka6 36.Kf1 Nf4 37.Kg1 Bd1 38.Nxf7 Bxg4 39.Rxg4 Ne6 40.Ng5 Rc6 41.Nxe6 Rxe6 42.f4 b5 43.f5 Rc6 44.Be7 Nc4 45.f6 Nb6 46.f7 Nd7 47.Rg8 1-0

Tal vs I Yeropov, 1953

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Event "Ch Latvia"
Site "Riga (Latvia)"
Date "1953.??.??"
Round "?"
White "Tal Mikhail (LAT)"
Black "Zhdanov Igor"
Result "1-0"
Source "rusbase"

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.d4 exd4 5.Nd5 Nb4 6.Nxf6+ Qxf6 7.a3 Nc6 8.Bg5 Qe6 9.Bd3 Bc5 10.O-O O-O 11.b4 Bb6 12.b5 Na5 13.e5 d5 14.Qd2 c5 15.bxc6 bxc6 16.h3 c5 17.Qf4 c4 18.Bf6 Bd8 19.Bxh7+ Kxh7 20.Ng5+ Kg8 21.Nxe6 fxe6 22.Qg5 Bxf6 23.exf6 Rxf6 24.Qe5 White have won 1-0

Tal vs I Zdanovs, 1953

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Event "Ch Latvia"
Site "Riga (Latvia)"
Date "1953.??.??"
Round "?"
White "Tal Mikhail (LAT)"
Black "Zilber I"
Result "1-0"
Source "rusbase"

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 a6 3.Nc3 d6 4.d4 cxd4 5.Nxd4 Nf6 6.f4 Qc7 7.Nf3 g6 8.Bd3 Bg7 9.O-O O-O 10.Qe2 Nc6 11.h3 Na5 12.g4 Be6 13.f5 Bc4 14.Bd2 Rac8 15.Qe1 Bxd3 16.cxd3 Qb6+ 17.Kh1 Qxb2 18.Rb1 Qc2 19.g5 Nh5 20.Nd5 Nc6 21.Rb3 Rb8 22.Bc3 Bxc3 23.Rxc3 Qxa2 24.Rf2 Qa5 25.Qc1 Qd8 26.f6 e5 27.Kh2 a5 28.Rg2 Re8 29.Qe1 Nb4 30.Ne3 Rc8 31.Rb3 Qd7 32.Nf5 Qe6 33.Nd2 Rc2 34.Ra3 Kf8 35.Qh4 Rec8 36.Ng7 Nxg7 37.Qxh7 Rc1 38.Qh8# 1-0

Tal vs I Zilber, 1953

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Event "Latvian championship"
Site "Riga LAT"
Date "1953.02.22"
EventDate "1953.02.22"
Round "1"
White "Peteris Kampenuss"
Black "Igor Blek"
Result "1-0"
Source "rusbase"

1. Nf3 e6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 Bd6 4. c4 c6 5. O-O f5 6. d3 Nf6 7. Nc3 O-O 8. e4 dxe4 9. dxe4 Bb4 10. exf5 Qxd1 11. Rxd1 exf5 12. Ne2 Ne4 13. Be3 Nd7 14. Ned4 Ndf6 15. h3 Re8 16. Nc2 Bf8 17. Nfd4 Bd7 18. Ne2 b6 19. f3 Nd6 20. b3 Rad8 21. Kf2 Nb7 22. Rd2 Bc8 23. Rad1 Rxd2 24. Rxd2 Rd8 25. Rxd8 Nxd8 26. Nf4 Bd6 27. Nd3 Ne6 28. Nd4 Nxd4 29. Bxd4 c5 30. Bxf6 gxf6 31. f4 Kf7 32. Ne1 Bd7 33. Bd5+ Ke7 34. Nf3 b5 35. Nh4 bxc4 36. Bxc4 Bc7 37. Bd3 Bb6 38. Ke2 Kd6 39. Bxf5 Bb5+ 40. Kd2 Ba5+ 41. Kc2 Bf1 42. Nf3 Be2 43. Nd2 h6 44. Bd3 Bxd3+ 45. Kxd3 Kd5 46. Nc4 Be1 47. Ne3+ Ke6 48. g4 Bg3 49. Ke4 Bf2 50. Nf5 h5 51. Ng7+ Kf7 52. Nxh5 Kg6 53. Kf3 Bd4 54. Ng3 Bc3 55. h4 Bb4 56. h5+ Kf7 57. Ke4 Be1 58. Nf5 Bf2 59. Ne3 Kg7 60. Nd5 Bg1 61. Kf5 Bd4 62. Nc7 1-0

P Kampenuss vs I Blek, 1953

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Event "Latvian championship"
Site "Riga LAT"
Date "1953.02.22"
EventDate "1953.02.22"
Round "1"
White "E Ruja"
Black "Josif Israel Zilber"
Result "0-1"
Source "rusbase"

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6 5. O-O Bd7 6. c3 Nge7 7. d4 Ng6 8. Be3 Be7 9. Nbd2 O-O 10. d5 Nb8 11. Bc2 f5 12. exf5 Bxf5 13. Ne4 Bg4 14. Ned2 Nf4 15. Bxf4 Rxf4 16. Be4 Nd7 17. Qc2 Nf6 18. Ng5 Nxe4 19. Ngxe4 Qe8 20. Rae1 Qg6 21. f3 Bh3 22. Re2 Raf8 23. Kh1 Bd7 24. Qb3 b5 25. Nf2 Bf5 26. Qd1 Rh4 27. Nde4 Qh6 28. h3 Bg5 29. Nxg5 Qxg5 30. Kh2 Rf6 31. Qd2 Qg6 32. g3 Ra4 33. b3 Ra3 34. Rg1 Bd7 35. f4 exf4 36. gxf4 Qf7 37. Ng4 Rg6 38. Reg2 Bxg4 39. Rxg4 Rxg4 40. Rxg4 h5 41. Rg2 a5 42. Qd4 b4 43. cxb4 axb4 44. Qxb4 Ra8 45. Qd4 Kh7 46. a4 g6 47. Re2 Re8 48. Re4 Rxe4 49. Qxe4 Qf6 50. Qc4 Kh6 51. a5 Qb2+ 52. Kg3 h4+ 53. Kf3 Qh2 54. Qd4 Qxh3+ 55. Ke2 Qg2+ 56. Ke1 Kh5 57. a6 h3 58. a7 h2 59. Qh8+ Kg4 60. a8=Q h1=Q+ 61. Qxh1 Qxh1+ 62. Kd2 Kxf4 63. Qf8+ Kg3 64. Qf7 g5 65. Ke3 Qc1+ 66. Kd3 g4 67. Qg7 Qb1+ 68. Kc4 Qe4+ 69. Kc3 Qe5+ 70. Qxe5+ dxe5 71. b4 e4 72. b5 e3 73. Kd3 Kf3 0-1

E Ruja vs I Zilber, 1953

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Event "Latvian championship"
Site "Riga LAT"
Date "1953.02.22"
EventDate "1953.02.22"
Round "1"
White "Semenkin"
Black "Zigfrids Solmanis"
Result "1/2-1/2"
Source "rusbase"

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d4 exd4 5. e5 d5 6. Bb5 Ne4 7. Nxd4 Bd7 8. Bxc6 bxc6 9. O-O Bc5 10. Be3 Bb6 11. Nd2 O-O 12. c3 Qe7 13. Bf4 f6 14. Nxe4 fxe5 15. Bg5 Qf7 16. Ng3 exd4 17. cxd4 c5 18. Be3 cxd4 19. Bxd4 c5 20. Be5 Bb5 21. Qg4 Qg6 22. Qxg6 hxg6 23. Rfd1 Bc6 24. Rac1 Rad8 25. b4 Ba4 26. bxc5 Bxc5 27. Rd2 Rc8 28. Rb1 Rf7 29. Nf1 Re8 30. Bd4 Bd6 31. Ne3 Bc6 32. Rc1 Ba8 33. Rdc2 a5 34. Rc8 Rff8 35. Rxe8 Rxe8 36. g3 Kf7 37. a4 Re4 38. Rd1 Bc6 39. Bb6 d4 40. Rxd4 Rxd4 41. Bxd4 Bxa4 42. Nc4 Bb4 43. Bb6 Bb3 44. Nxa5 Bd5 45. Kf1 Ke7 46. Ke2 Kd6 47. Kd3 Bc5 48. Bxc5+ Kxc5 49. h4 Ba2 50. Kc3 Kd5 51. Nb7 Ke4 52. Kd2 Kd5 53. Na5 Kc5 54. Kc2 Kd5 55. Kc1 Ke4 56. Kd2 Kf3 57. Ke1 Bd5 58. Kf1 Kg4 1/2-1/2

Semenkin vs Z Solmanis, 1953

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Event "Latvian championship"
Site "Riga LAT"
Date "1953.02.22"
EventDate "1953.02.22"
Round "1"
White "Igors Zdanovs"
Black "Janis Mileika"
Result "1/2-1/2"
Source "rusbase"

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 d6 3. Nf3 Nbd7 4. Nc3 g6 5. g3 Bg7 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O e5 8. b3 c6 9. Qc2 exd4 10. Nxd4 Ng4 11. e3 Nc5 12. h3 Ne5 13. Rd1 a5 14. f4 Ned7 15. e4 Qe7 16. Qf2 Nf6 17. Bb2 a4 18. Rab1 axb3 19. axb3 Nfxe4 20. Nxe4 Nxe4 21. Bxe4 Qxe4 22. Re1 Qd3 23. Red1 Qe4 24. Re1 Qd3 25. Red1 Qe4 1/2-1/2

I Zdanovs vs J Mileika, 1953

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Event "Latvian championship"
Site "Riga LAT"
Date "1953.02.23"
EventDate "1953.02.22"
Round "2"
White "Janis Klavins"
Black "Karlis Klasup"
Result "1-0"
Source "rusbase"

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. dxc5 Nc6 7. Nf3 Bxc5 8. Bd3 a6 9. Qe2 b5 10. f5 Nd4 11. Nxd4 Qh4+ 12. g3 Qxd4 13. Bf4 Bb4 14. fxe6 Bxc3+ 15. bxc3 Qxc3+ 16. Kf2 fxe6 17. Qh5+ Kd8 18. a4 Bb7 19. axb5 axb5 20. Rxa8+ Bxa8 21. Qg5+ Kc7 22. Qxg7 Rf8 23. Rb1 d4 24. Ke2 Qc6 25. Rf1 Qc5 26. Qxh7 Bd5 27. Ra1 Bc6 28. h4 Qd5 29. Kd2 Rb8 30. Qe7 Kb7 31. h5 Kb6 32. h6 Qg2+ 33. Kc1 Rb7 34. Qd6 Nc5 35. Bd2 Nxd3+ 36. cxd3 Rd7 37. Qxe6 Qxg3 38. Ra6+ 1-0

J Klavins vs K Klasups, 1953

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Event "Latvian championship"
Site "Riga LAT"
Date "1953.02.23"
EventDate "1953.02.22"
Round "2"
White "Janis Yanovich Klovans"
Black "Peteris Kampenuss"
Result "1-0"
Source "rusbase"

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nf3 h6 8. O-O Be6 9. Re1 Be7 10. Bf1 O-O 11. Nd5 Nbd7 12. c4 Rc8 13. b4 Nb6 14. Qb3 Nbxd5 15. cxd5 Bg4 16. Nd2 b5 17. a4 Qb6 18. axb5 axb5 19. Qg3 Bd7 20. Nb3 Nh5 21. Qf3 Nf6 22. Be3 Qb8 23. Na5 Bd8 24. Rec1 Rxc1 25. Rxc1 Ng4 26. Nc6 Qb7 27. Bd2 Bb6 28. h3 Nf6 29. Bxh6 Nxe4 30. Ne7+ Kh7 31. Be3 Nf6 32. Bd3+ Kh8 33. Bg5 e4 34. Bxe4 Bg4 35. Qxf6 Bh5 36. Qf5 1-0

Black lost on time

Klovans vs P Kampenuss, 1953

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Event "Latvian championship"
Site "Riga LAT"
Date "1953.02.23"
EventDate "1953.02.22"
Round "2"
White "Igors Zdanovs"
Black "Roberts Skuja"
Result "1-0"
Source "rusbase"

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c5 4. cxd5 cxd4 5. Qa4+ Qd7 6. Qxd4 Nc6 7. Qd1 exd5 8. Qxd5 Nf6 9. Qxd7+ Bxd7 10. Bd2 Nd4 11. Rc1 Bf5 12. f3 Be7 13. e4 Be6 14. a3 Nc6 15. Bb5 O-O 16. Nge2 Rfd8 17. Be3 Ne5 18. Nf4 Bb3 19. O-O Nc4 20. Bxc4 Bxc4 21. Rfd1 Bb3 22. Rxd8+ Bxd8 23. Nb5 a6 24. Nd6 b5 25. Kf2 Nd7 26. Nd3 Kf8 27. Rc6 g6 28. Bd4 Be7 29. e5 Bd8 30. Ke3 Bd5 31. Rc3 Bg5+ 32. f4 Be7 33. Ne4 Ke8 34. g3 h5 35. Bc5 Nxc5 36. Ndxc5 Kf8 37. Nf6 Bc4 38. Nfd7+ Kg7 39. b3 Bf1 40. Nb6 Rd8 41. b4 Rd1 42. Nc8 Bd8 43. Nb7 Bg2 44. Nxd8 Rxd8 45. Nd6 Rd7 46. Rc8 Ra7 47. Kd4 h4 48. g4 g5 49. f5 Bf3 50. Ne8+ Kh6 51. Nf6 a5 52. Rh8+ Kg7 53. Rh7+ Kf8 54. e6 axb4 55. axb4 Re7 56. Ke5 Rb7 57. Rh8+ Kg7 58. Rg8+ Kh6 59. exf7 1-0

I Zdanovs vs R Skuja, 1953

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Event "Latvian championship"
Site "Riga LAT"
Date "1953.02.24"
EventDate "1953.02.22"
Round "3"
White "Roberts Skuja"
Black "Janis Mileika"
Result "1/2-1/2"
Source "rusbase"

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Bd3 Nc6 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. O-O g6 8. c4 Bg7 9. Nc3 O-O 10. Qe2 Ng4 11. f4 Qb6+ 12. Kh1 Bd4 13. Nd1 Qc5 14. f5 Ne5 15. Bh6 Re8 16. Be3 Rb8 17. b3 a5 18. Rc1 Ba6 19. Bb1 a4 20. Rc3 axb3 21. axb3 Bxc4 22. Rxc4 Nxc4 23. Qxc4 Qxc4 24. bxc4 Rxb1 25. Bxd4 c5 26. fxg6 hxg6 27. Bg1 Ra8 28. Ne3 Rxf1 29. Nxf1 Kg7 30. g3 Kf6 31. Kg2 Ke5 32. Nd2 Ra2 33. Be3 e6 34. Kf3 d5 35. h4 Rc2 36. Bf4+ Kd4 37. Be3+ Ke5 38. exd5 exd5 39. cxd5 Kxd5 40. g4 c4 41. Kf4 Rb2 42. Ne4 Rh2 43. Bf2 Ke6 44. Be1 f6 45. Bc3 Rh1 46. Bxf6 Rf1+ 47. Kg5 Re1 48. Nc3 Kf7 49. Bd4 Rh1 50. Ne4 Re1 51. Nd6+ Ke6 52. Nxc4 Re4 53. Ne3 Rxd4 54. Kxg6 Re4 1/2-1/2

R Skuja vs J Mileika, 1953

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Event "Latvian championship"
Site "Riga LAT"
Date "1953.??.??"
EventDate "1953.02.22"
Round "15"
White "Aivars Gipslis"
Black "Janis Mileika"
Result "1-0"
Source "rusbase"

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 c5 6. Nge2 b6 7. O-O Bb7 8. a3 cxd4 9. exd4 Be7 10. b4 Qc7 11. Bf4 Qc6 12. d5 exd5 13. Nd4 Qc8 14. Nf5 Re8 15. Nxd5 Nxd5 16. cxd5 Qd8 17. Nxg7 Bf6 18. Nxe8 Qxe8 19. Qh5 1-0

Gipslis vs J Mileika, 1953

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Event "Latvian championship"
Site "Riga LAT"
Date "1953.??.??"
EventDate "1953.02.22"
Round "?"
White "Alexander Koblents"
Black "Igors Zdanovs"
Result "1-0"
Source "rusbase"

1. d4 e6 2. c4 f5 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 Be7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. O-O d6 7. Nc3 Qe8 8. Re1 Qh5 9. e4 fxe4 10. Nxe4 Nxe4 11. Rxe4 Nc6 12. Bf4 h6 13. d5 Nd8 14. dxe6 Nxe6 15. Nd4 Qxd1+ 16. Rxd1 Nxf4 17. Rxe7 Nxg2 18. Kxg2 Rf7 19. Rxf7 Kxf7 20. Nb5 Bg4 21. Rd4 a6 22. Nxc7 Rc8 23. Rf4+ 1-0

Koblents vs I Zdanovs, 1953

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Event "Latvian championship"
Site "Riga LAT"
Date "1953.??.??"
EventDate "1953.02.22"
Round "?"
White "Karlis Klasup"
Black "Mark Pasman"
Result "0-1"
Source "rusbase"

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 Ne4 7. Qc2 c5 8. dxc5 Nc6 9. e3 a5 10. b3 Nxc5 11. Bb2 d4 12. Rd1 e5 13. Nf3 Qe7 14. exd4 exd4+ 15. Qe2 Nxb3 16. Nxd4 Nbxd4 17. Bxd4 Nxd4 18. Qxe7+ Kxe7 19. Rxd4 Be6 20. Bd3 Rhd8 21. Rxd8 Rxd8 22. Ke2 Kf6 23. Rb1 Rxd3 0-1

K Klasups vs M Pasman, 1953

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Event "Latvian championship"
Site "Riga LAT"
Date "1953.??.??"
EventDate "1953.02.22"
Round "?"
White "Alexander Koblents"
Black "Karlis Klasup"
Result "1-0"
Source "rusbase"

1. d4 f5 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 e6 4. e3 Bb4 5. Qc2 b6 6. Bd3 Bb7 7. f3 O-O 8. Nge2 d6 9. O-O Qe7 10. Bd2 Nbd7 11. a3 Bxc3 12. Nxc3 c5 13. b4 g6 14. Be1 e5 15. Bh4 Qg7 16. Nb5 Ne8 17. bxc5 dxc5 18. d5 a6 19. Nc3 Nd6 20. Rab1 Rae8 21. Na4 Nc8 22. f4 h6 23. Bg3 e4 24. Be2 Qe7 25. Be1 Qd8 26. g4 Kh7 27. gxf5 gxf5 28. Bh5 Rg8+ 29. Kh1 Ref8 30. Qb2 b5 31. cxb5 axb5 32. Qxb5 Nd6 33. Qa5 Qxa5 34. Bxa5 Ba6 35. Rg1 Bd3 36. Rbe1 Ra8 37. Nb6 Nxb6 38. Bxb6 Rac8 39. Rxg8 Kxg8 40. Rg1+ Kf8 41. Ba5 Bc4 42. Rg6 Nb7 43. Rf6+ Kg8 44. Bf7+ Kh7 45. Bc3 Ra8 46. Be6 Rxa3 47. Rf7+ 1-0

Koblents vs K Klasups, 1953

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Event "Latvian championship"
Site "Riga LAT"
Date "1953.??.??"
EventDate "1953.02.22"
Round "?"
White "Josif Israel Zilber"
Black "Reinholds Balins"
Result "1-0"
Source "rusbase"

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 f5 4. g3 Nf6 5. Bg2 c6 6. e3 Be7 7. Nge2 O-O 8. b3 Qe8 9. O-O g5 10. f3 g4 11. Nf4 Bd6 12. cxd5 cxd5 13. fxg4 Nxg4 14. a4 Bb4 15. Nb5 Qd8 16. Bd2 Nc6 17. Bxb4 Nxb4 18. Qd2 Nc6 19. Rac1 a6 20. Na3 Qd6 21. Nc2 Bd7 22. Ne1 b6 23. Nf3 Na5 24. Rc3 Rac8 25. Rfc1 Rxc3 26. Rxc3 Rc8 27. Rxc8+ Bxc8 28. h3 Nf6 29. Qc3 Qc6 30. Qb4 Qc7 31. Ne5 Nb7 32. Kh2 Nd6 33. Qd2 Nf7 34. Nxf7 Kxf7 35. Bf3 Bb7 36. g4 fxg4 37. hxg4 e5 38. dxe5 Qxe5 39. Qd4 Qxd4 40. exd4 h6 41. Kg3 Bc6 42. Nd3 a5 43. Ne5+ 1-0

I Zilber vs R Balins, 1953

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Event "Latvian championship"
Site "Riga LAT"
Date "1953.??.??"
EventDate "1953.02.22"
Round "?"
White "Zigurds Pigits"
Black "Zigfrids Solmanis"
Result "1-0"
Source "rusbase"

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be2 Bg7 7. O-O O-O 8. Be3 Nc6 9. f4 Qb6 10. e5 dxe5 11. fxe5 Nxe5 12. Nf5 Qe6 13. Nxg7 Kxg7 14. Qd2 Kg8 15. Rae1 Bd7 16. b3 Rfd8 17. Bd4 Qd6 18. Qf4 Neg4 19. Qxd6 exd6 20. Bxf6 1-0

Z Pigits vs Z Solmanis, 1953

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Event "Latvian championship"
Site "Riga LAT"
Date "1953.??.??"
EventDate "1953.02.22"
Round "?"
White "Janis Yanovich Klovans"
Black "Karlis Klasup"
Result "1-0"
Source "rusbase"

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Bb4 5. e5 h6 6. Bd2 Bxc3 7. bxc3 Ne4 8. Qg4 g6 9. Bc1 Nxc3 10. Bd3 Nc6 11. a4 Qe7 12. Ra3 Ne4 13. Ne2 Ng5 14. h4 Nh7 15. h5 g5 16. Bxh7 Rxh7 17. f4 Bd7 18. fxg5 O-O-O 19. gxh6 f6 20. exf6 Qxf6 21. Qg6 Qh8 22. Rf3 Rg8 23. O-O Ne7 24. Qxg8+ Nxg8 25. Rf8+ Be8 26. Rxe8+ Kd7 27. Rff8 Rxh6 28. Rxg8 1-0

Klovans vs K Klasups, 1953

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Event "Latvian championship"
Site "Riga LAT"
Date "1953.??.??"
EventDate "1953.02.22"
Round "?"
White "Janis Yanovich Klovans"
Black "Ivan M Eropov"
Result "0-1"
Source "rusbase"

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Ne7 7. a4 Qa5 8. Bd2 c4 9. Nf3 Bd7 10. Ng5 h6 11. Nh3 Nbc6 12. Qf3 Rf8 13. Nf4 O-O-O 14. Nh5 Rg8 15. g4 Rdf8 16. Bh3 Kb8 17. Qe3 Nc8 18. O-O Qd8 19. Bc1 f6 20. exf6 gxf6 21. Kh1 e5 22. Ba3 Rf7 23. Qxh6 Rh8 24. Qe3 Rfh7 25. f4 exd4 26. cxd4 f5 27. Bg2 fxg4 28. Ng3 Rxh2+ 29. Kg1 Qh4 30. Bxd5 Nxd4 31. Rab1 Qxg3+ 0-1

Klovans vs I Yeropov, 1953

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