[Event "USSR Championship"] [Site "Moscow URS"] [Date "1944.05.31"] [EventDate "1944.??.??"] [Round "8"] [Result "0-1"] [White "Vasily Smyslov"] [Black "Mikhail Botvinnik"] [ECO "C19"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "80"] 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e5 c5 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.bxc3 Ne7 7.a4 Nbc6 8.Nf3 Qa5 9.Bd2 c4 10.Ng5 h6 11.Nh3 Ng6 12.Qf3 Bd7 13.Nf4 Nxf4 14.Qxf4 Ne7 15.h4 Bxa4 16.h5 Qb5 17.Kd1 Rc8 18.Bc1 Rc6 19.Be2 Ra6 20.Kd2 O-O 21.g4 f6 22.exf6 Rxf6 23.Qc7 Rf7 24.Qd8+ Kh7 25.f4 Qa5 26.Qb8 Nc6 27.Qe8 Re7 28.Qg6+ Kg8 29.Ba3 e5 30.fxe5 Nxd4 31.Bb4 Qd8 32.Qxa6 bxa6 33.cxd4 Rb7 34.Rxa4 Qg5+ 35.Kd1 a5 36.Bf3 Rxb4 37.Bxd5+ Kf8 38.Rf1+ Ke8 39.Bc6+ Ke7 40.Rxb4 Qxg4+ 0-1