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Pearls from the USSR Championships.
Compiled by syracrophy
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Tolush vs Kotov, 1945 
(B80) Sicilian, Scheveningen, 41 moves, 1-0

Makogonov's positional clash with Botvinnik.
V Makogonov vs Botvinnik, 1940 
(A93) Dutch, Stonewall, Botvinnik Variation, 44 moves, 1-0

Enterprising technique to win a ♕♖ middlegame.
Korchnoi vs B Gurgenidze, 1959 
(E58) Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, Main line with 8...Bxc3, 65 moves, 1-0

Kholmov's classic punch-after-punch spectacle on great Keres.
Kholmov vs Keres, 1959 
(B30) Sicilian, 29 moves, 1-0

Boleslavsky's renowned combination with Queen sac.
Alatortsev vs Boleslavsky, 1950 
(A54) Old Indian, Ukrainian Variation, 4.Nf3, 27 moves, 0-1

Classic lesson of Knight outpost of d5 vs bad Bishop
Boleslavsky vs Lisitsin, 1956 
(B76) Sicilian, Dragon, Yugoslav Attack, 30 moves, 1-0

32.Qxe7+! with a mate-in-3 crowns a neat kingside attack.
Korchnoi vs A Petersons, 1965 
(D25) Queen's Gambit Accepted, 32 moves, 1-0

Taimanov vs V Mikenas, 1965 
(D25) Queen's Gambit Accepted, 38 moves, 1-0

Perhaps the most famous game of a USSR Championship.
Spassky vs Bronstein, 1960 
(C36) King's Gambit Accepted, Abbazia Defense, 23 moves, 1-0

Taimanov vs Smyslov, 1967 
(A21) English, 68 moves, 1-0

Tal vs Simagin, 1956 
(B07) Pirc, 45 moves, 1-0

Averbakh vs Petrosian, 1959 
(B92) Sicilian, Najdorf, Opocensky Variation, 40 moves, 0-1

I A Zaitsev vs O Dementiev, 1970 
(B90) Sicilian, Najdorf, 20 moves, 1-0

Korchnoi vs Karpov, 1970 
(A34) English, Symmetrical, 57 moves, 1-0

Averbakh vs Petrosian, 1960 
(E63) King's Indian, Fianchetto, Panno Variation, 43 moves, 1-0

Kholmov vs Taimanov, 1969 
(B44) Sicilian, 62 moves, 0-1

Korchnoi vs Simagin, 1960 
(E21) Nimzo-Indian, Three Knights, 33 moves, 0-1

Salov vs Smyslov, 1988 
(D17) Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, 57 moves, 1-0

A 4-Rooks struggle makes worth even the last pawn
Krogius vs Y Nikolaevsky, 1966
(D33) Queen's Gambit Declined, Tarrasch, 73 moves, 1-0

Krogius slays Geller's Sicilian Dragon in a Rooks middlegame
Krogius vs A Geller, 1955
(B76) Sicilian, Dragon, Yugoslav Attack, 40 moves, 1-0

A Zaitsev vs V Shiyanovsky, 1962
(A56) Benoni Defense, 50 moves, 1-0

Alburt vs N Rashkovsky, 1972 
(A10) English, 31 moves, 0-1

P Dubinin vs Aronin, 1947 
(B02) Alekhine's Defense, 50 moves, 1-0

Dorfman vs Tseshkovsky, 1978 
(A04) Reti Opening, 55 moves, 0-1

Suetin vs Bagirov, 1963 
(B83) Sicilian, 84 moves, 1-0

Tolush vs Botvinnik, 1945 
(C19) French, Winawer, Advance, 41 moves, 0-1

Balashov vs Beliavsky, 1986 
(E04) Catalan, Open, 5.Nf3, 31 moves, 1-0

Kotov vs M Yudovich Sr., 1939 
(D39) Queen's Gambit Declined, Ragozin, Vienna Variation, 31 moves, 1-0

Positional Lev tying down the menace Tal.
Polugaevsky vs Tal, 1971 
(A05) Reti Opening, 56 moves, 1-0

Smirin vs Beliavsky, 1989 
(C95) Ruy Lopez, Closed, Breyer, 38 moves, 0-1

Geller vs Kotov, 1955 
(C90) Ruy Lopez, Closed, 29 moves, 1-0

Tal vs Tolush, 1956 
(B97) Sicilian, Najdorf, 31 moves, 1-0

Tal vs Polugaevsky, 1959 
(B94) Sicilian, Najdorf, 34 moves, 1-0

Polugaevsky vs Tal, 1969 
(D41) Queen's Gambit Declined, Semi-Tarrasch, 37 moves, 1-0

Tal vs I Platonov, 1969 
(B95) Sicilian, Najdorf, 6...e6, 57 moves, 0-1

Keres vs K Klaman, 1947 
(A16) English, 59 moves, 0-1

G Kuzmin vs Sveshnikov, 1973 
(B47) Sicilian, Taimanov (Bastrikov) Variation, 21 moves, 1-0

Tal vs Korchnoi, 1958 
(C18) French, Winawer, 35 moves, 0-1

Shamkovich vs Korchnoi, 1960 
(E25) Nimzo-Indian, Samisch, 51 moves, 0-1

Lutikov vs Korchnoi, 1960 
(B44) Sicilian, 66 moves, 1-0

Spassky vs Korchnoi, 1962 
(D41) Queen's Gambit Declined, Semi-Tarrasch, 44 moves, 0-1

Karpov vs Azmaiparashvili, 1983 
(B08) Pirc, Classical, 41 moves, 0-1

Panov vs Bondarevsky, 1937 
(C09) French, Tarrasch, Open Variation, Main line, 30 moves, 0-1

Korchnoi vs Shamkovich, 1964 
(A11) English, Caro-Kann Defensive System, 87 moves, 1-0

Lutikov vs B Gurgenidze, 1957 
(E80) King's Indian, Samisch Variation, 50 moves, 0-1

Spassky vs Korchnoi, 1955 
(D87) Grunfeld, Exchange, 41 moves, 1-0

Petrosian vs Bronstein, 1974 
(E80) King's Indian, Samisch Variation, 57 moves, 1/2-1/2

Sokolsky vs Bronstein, 1944 
(B10) Caro-Kann, 29 moves, 1-0

Tal vs B Gurgenidze, 1959 
(B36) Sicilian, Accelerated Fianchetto, 67 moves, 1-0

Smyslov vs Botvinnik, 1941 
(C19) French, Winawer, Advance, 42 moves, 0-1

Kasparov vs Smirin, 1988 
(E97) King's Indian, 41 moves, 1-0

Kasparov vs Salov, 1988 
(A29) English, Four Knights, Kingside Fianchetto, 58 moves, 1-0

Karpov vs M Gurevich, 1988 
(E15) Queen's Indian, 60 moves, 1-0

Smyslov vs G Ilivitsky, 1955 
(A03) Bird's Opening, 43 moves, 0-1

Petrosian vs Savon, 1969 
(D91) Grunfeld, 5.Bg5, 37 moves, 1-0

Spassky vs Polugaevsky, 1961 
(E12) Queen's Indian, 51 moves, 0-1

Lutikov vs Taimanov, 1969 
(B48) Sicilian, Taimanov Variation, 41 moves, 0-1

Bronstein vs Beliavsky, 1975 
(B18) Caro-Kann, Classical, 48 moves, 1-0

Karpov vs K Lerner, 1983 
(B07) Pirc, 50 moves, 1-0

B Gurgenidze vs Tal, 1957 
(A78) Benoni, Classical with ...Re8 and ...Na6, 27 moves, 0-1

Geller vs Y Anikaev, 1979 
(B83) Sicilian, 27 moves, 1-0

Keres vs A Konstantinopolsky, 1948 
(B14) Caro-Kann, Panov-Botvinnik Attack, 50 moves, 0-1

B Gurgenidze vs A Khasin, 1957 
(A07) King's Indian Attack, 80 moves, 1-0

Korchnoi vs Geller, 1954 
(B64) Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer Attack, 25 moves, 1-0

I Lipnitsky vs Smyslov, 1950 
(D13) Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, Exchange Variation, 42 moves, 1-0

V Mikenas vs Keres, 1949 
(E20) Nimzo-Indian, 21 moves, 0-1

Gufeld vs Tal, 1959 
(C77) Ruy Lopez, 37 moves, 1-0

N Riumin vs V Rauzer, 1929 
(C00) French Defense, 26 moves, 0-1

Shamkovich vs Y Sakharov, 1964 
(A17) English, 31 moves, 1-0

Tal vs I A Zaitsev, 1968 
(C93) Ruy Lopez, Closed, Smyslov Defense, 49 moves, 1-0

Botvinnik vs Boleslavsky, 1941 
(C07) French, Tarrasch, 65 moves, 1-0

Spassky vs Geller, 1959 
(C77) Ruy Lopez, 75 moves, 1-0

A Nikitin vs Tal, 1959 
(B94) Sicilian, Najdorf, 44 moves, 0-1

Taimanov vs Tal, 1957 
(E56) Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, Main line with 7...Nc6, 31 moves, 0-1

A Khasin vs Tal, 1956 
(B88) Sicilian, Fischer-Sozin Attack, 36 moves, 0-1

Flohr vs R Nezhmetdinov, 1954 
(A15) English, 88 moves, 0-1

Botvinnik vs Keres, 1952 
(D35) Queen's Gambit Declined, 37 moves, 1-0

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