[Event "USSR Championship Playoff"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1953.01.31"]
[EventDate "1953.01.25"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Botvinnik"]
[Black "Mark Taimanov"]
[ECO "E40"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "83"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 Nc6 5.Ne2 d5 6.a3 Be7 7.cxd5
exd5 8.Nf4 O-O 9.Be2 Bf5 10.g4 Be6 11.Nxe6 fxe6 12.O-O Qd7
13.f4 Nd8 14.Bd3 Nf7 15.b4 a5 16.b5 Nd6 17.Qf3 a4 18.Ra2 c6
19.bxc6 Qxc6 20.Rc2 Qd7 21.g5 Nfe8 22.Bxh7+ Kxh7 23.Qh3+ Kg8
24.Nxd5 Bd8 25.g6 Nf6 26.Nxf6+ gxf6 27.g7 Re8 28.Qh8+ Kf7
29.Qh5+ Kg8 30.Rg2 Nf7 31.Rf3 Ra5 32.Qh4 e5 33.Rh3 Qxh3
34.Qxh3 exf4 35.exf4 Bb6 36.Bb2 Rb5 37.Kf1 Ba5 38.Rc2 Rb3
39.Qd7 Rbe3 40.Qxa4 Re1+ 41.Kf2 Bc7 42.Qxe8+ 1-0