Played from April 21 to May 15.
1 Botvinnik ** 1= =1 =1 1= 1= 1= 1= 10.5
2 Makagonov 0= ** 1= 11 =1 == =0 11 9.5
3 Smyslov =0 0= ** 01 == 1= 1= 11 8.0
4 Kan =0 00 10 ** 01 =1 11 11 8.0
5 Boleslavsky 0= =0 == 10 ** 1= == =1 7.0
6 Konstantinopolsky 0= == 0= =0 0= ** 11 1= 6.5
7 Zagorjansky 0= =1 0= 00 == 00 ** 0= 4.0
8 Ragozin 0= 00 00 00 =0 0= 1= ** 3.0
"From 1941 to 1943 I gave all my time to my work as an engineer. During the summer I had to travel a great deal, visiting the power stations in the Urals to test high-tension insulation. During the winter I worked in the high-tension laboratory at Molotov, servicing the works of the Molotov Electricity Corporation in the repair and testing of the insulations.It may not be superfluous to remark that the insulation installations in the charge of our laboratory worked throughout this time without breakdowns.
At the beginning of 1943 I took up chess again. On Wednesdays and Saturdays I was freed from work in order to devote myself to the game. I made use of this free time to prepare for the forthcoming Masters' Tournament to be held in Sverdlovsk.
The tournament brought a group of strong masters together in competition, but, despite my two years' lack of tournament practice, I was in good form and came out first." - Botvinnik in One Hundred Selected Games, p. 205.
Based on an original collection by User: TheFocus. Round dates were provided by User: Tabanus, from "Schach in Russland 1941-45 mit sämtlichen Partien Swerdlowsk 1943" by Mikhail Botvinnik. The dates for Rounds 6, 7, and 12 are unavailable.
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