1945. USSR vs USA (Radio match)

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1945. USSR vs USA (Radio match)
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The 1945. USSR vs. USA was a chess match between the USSR and the USA that was conducted over the radio from September 1 to September 4, 1945. The ten leading masters of the United States played the ten leading masters of the Soviet Union (except for Paul Keres). The match was played by radio and was a two-game head-to-head match between the teams. The time control was 40 moves in 2 1/2 hours and 16 moves per hour after that. Moves were transmitted using the Uedemann Code. It took an average of 5 minutes to transmit a move. The US team played at the Henry Hudson Hotel in New York. The Soviet team met at the Central Club of Art Masters in Moscow. The USSR team won the match 15 1/2 - 4 1/2.

Bondarevsky vs H Steiner, 1945
(E11) Bogo-Indian Defense, 51 moves, 0-1
Bronstein vs Santasiere, 1945
(D95) Grunfeld, 57 moves, 1-0
Denker vs Botvinnik, 1945
(D44) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, 25 moves, 0-1
Fine vs Boleslavsky, 1945
(A53) Old Indian, 51 moves, 1/2-1/2
Flohr vs I A Horowitz, 1945
(D28) Queen's Gambit Accepted, Classical, 33 moves, 1-0
Kashdan vs Kotov, 1945
(B85) Sicilian, Scheveningen, Classical, 38 moves, 0-1
Kupchik vs V Makogonov, 1945
(D37) Queen's Gambit Declined, 40 moves, 0-1
A Pinkus vs Lilienthal, 1945
(C83) Ruy Lopez, Open, 38 moves, 1/2-1/2
Ragozin vs H Seidman, 1945
(E44) Nimzo-Indian, Fischer Variation, 5.Ne2, 49 moves, 1-0
Smyslov vs Reshevsky, 1945
(C82) Ruy Lopez, Open, 41 moves, 1-0
Boleslavsky vs Fine, 1945
(C71) Ruy Lopez, 41 moves, 1-0
Botvinnik vs Denker, 1945
(D13) Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, Exchange Variation, 30 moves, 1-0
I A Horowitz vs Flohr, 1945
(B16) Caro-Kann, Bronstein-Larsen Variation, 41 moves, 1-0
Kotov vs Kashdan, 1945
(D96) Grunfeld, Russian Variation, 41 moves, 1-0
V Makogonov vs Kupchik, 1945
(D02) Queen's Pawn Game, 73 moves, 1/2-1/2
Reshevsky vs Smyslov, 1945
(D15) Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, 71 moves, 0-1
Santasiere vs Bronstein, 1945
(A06) Reti Opening, 50 moves, 0-1
H Steiner vs Bondarevsky, 1945
(D59) Queen's Gambit Declined, Tartakower, 72 moves, 1/2-1/2
H Seidman vs Ragozin, 1945
(C59) Two Knights, 68 moves, 0-1
Lilienthal vs A Pinkus, 1945
(E11) Bogo-Indian Defense, 25 moves, 1/2-1/2
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