Game Collection: Rostov on Don 1941 USSR ch Semifinal PART 2

Rostov-on-Don 1941 (15-22 June)

The tournament was suspended after the 7th round due to the German invasion of the Soviet Union. At the adjournment, <Petrovs was 2nd> in Group 3, behind A. Tolush. Fride, pp.28-29; Di Felice, "Chess Results 1941-1946" p.39; "Sarkanais Sports", May 24, 1941, p.3; "Sarkanais Sports", June 23, 1941, p.3 [rusbase-1]

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Vladimir Petrov (kibitz #1183)

<hemy: JFQ>

Today I found a blog of A. Bushkov, author of the book "Chess of Rostov (Rostov-on-Don)". There is no information about the printed version, but all the chapters of this project are published.

The article "Semifinal of XIII USSR Championship (1941) included in chapter 5. http://www.viskra.ru/2018/12/chapte...

I will translate some details from this article.

"64-Шахматное Обозрение" ("64-Chess review"), No. 25, June 18, 1941:

I will translate some details from this article.

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<"64-Шахматное Обозрение" ("64-Chess review"), No. 25, June 18, 1941>

"OPENING

ROSTOV-ON-DON. (Our special corr.).
... On Saturday, June 14, was held organizational meeting of participants. It was opened by the chairman of the regional committee on physical education and sports, Comrade Konovalov. The chief referee of the tournaments, comrade Snegirev, introduced the participants to the order of the semi-finals.

The draw gave the following results:
1st group:
1. Silich (Vitebsk), 2. Stolberg (Red Army), 3. Kaiev (Chelyabinsk), 4. Panov (Moscow), 5. Rover (Leningrad), 6. Alatortsev (Moscow), 7. Turne (Tallinn), 8. Grechkin (Stalingrad), 9. Ragozin (Leningrad), 10. Schneidemann (Leningrad), 11. Ilyin-Geneva (Leningrad).

2nd group:
1. Kuzminykh (Leningrad), 2. Belavenets (Moscow), 3. Bronstein (Kiev), 4. Golovko (Rostov-on-Don), 5. Koblents (Riga), 6. Mikėnas (Kaunas), 7. Duz-Khotimirsky (Moscow), 8. Kopaev (Chernivtsi), 9. Lisitsyn (Leningrad), 10. Abrahamyan (Red Army), 11. Chekhover (Leningrad).

3rd group:
1. Chistyakov (Red Army), 2. V. Macogonov (Baku), 3. Gerstenfeld (Lviv), 4. Kan (Moscow), 5. Chavin (Kiev), 6. Petrov (Riga), 7. Kirillov (Kharkov ), 8. Sokolsky (Leningrad), 9. Goldens (Kiev), 10. Tolush (Leningrad), 11. Ravinsky (Leningrad).

4th group:
1. Ebralidze (Tbilisi), 2. Rudakovsky (Red Army), 3. Vasiliev (Leningrad), 4. Shamaev (Leningrad), 5. Vistaneckis (Kaunas), 6. Rabinovich (Leningrad), 7. Kasparyan (Yerevan), 8. Dubinin (Bitter), 9. Guldin (Pavlodar), 10. Veresov (Minsk), 11. Eltsov (Moscow)."

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<A. Bushkov: hemy translation>:

The Rostov semi-final included four separate tournaments (groups), with 11 participants in each. Two winners from each group will reached the final, scheduled for August. In addition to the "magnificent eight" of the Rostov "spill", the following were invited personally: Absolute Champion of the USSR, grandmaster M. Botvinnik, grandmasters: I. Bondarevsky, P. Keres, A. Kotov, G. Levenfish, A. Lilienthal, V. Smyslov and the Champion of Ukraine master I. Boleslavsky.

Millions of chess lovers followed the course of the Rostov tournament with great interest. In this they were assisted by numerous correspondents of central and local publications. One of them was a competitor, a Red Army soldier, master Mark Stolberg, the favorite of Rostovites, a columnist of the Rostov-on-Don youth newspaper "Большевистская смена" ("Bolshevik Shift").

Reports of Stolberg in the newspapers from June 17th, 19th and 22nd

<A. Bushkov: google translation>:

The Rostov semi-final thus consisted of four separate tournaments (groups), with 11 participants in each. Two winners from each group reached the final scheduled for August. In addition to the "magnificent eight" of the Rostov "spill", the following were invited personally: Absolute Champion of the USSR, grandmaster M. Botvinnik , grandmasters: I. Bondarevsky , P. Keres , A. Kotov , G. Levenfish , A. Lilienthal , V. Smyslov , as well as the Champion of Ukraine master I. Boleslavsky. Millions of chess lovers followed the course of the Rostov tournament with great interest. In this they were assisted by numerous correspondents of central and local publications. One of them was a competitor, a Red Army man, master Mark Stolberg, the favorite of Rostovites, a columnist for the Don youth newspaper Bolshevik Shift.

With excitement I turn over the yellowed pages of newspapers with the latest peaceful dates of 1941 ... Stolberg's reports are in numbers from June 17th, 19th and 22nd.

to be continued ...

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Round One June 15

Vladimir Petrov (kibitz #1184)

<hemy: ... continuation:>

SEMI-FINALS OF SOVIET UNION CHESS AND CHECKERS CHAMPIONSHIPS

On June 15, at 5.30 pm, the semi-final competitions at the USSR Championship in Chess began at the Rostov Tabachnik Club. The game taking place in two large tournament halls. The most interesting meetings are shown on special boards installed on the stage and in the halls.

By 9 o'clock in the evening, the Alatortsev-Turn party is the first in the tournament. The champion of the Estonian SSR, Thurn, could not oppose anything to the consistent game of the Moscow master. White's pressure increased with each move, and Black's simple tactical plans were easily reflected. Threatened with the loss of the queen, Thurn was forced to surrender.

Interestingly proceeded the party of two masters - Panov and Ragozin. Ragozin put a lot of pressure on White's position, but in time trouble he messed up and lost.

Gerstenfeld, who carelessly weakened his king side, lost to Tolush, whose style captivates with its freshness and spontaneity.

Mikenas won against Duz-Khotimirsky, who inaccurately played the Old Indian game.

Kan in good style won against the champion of Kiev Goldenov. Koblenz came under strong attack and lost to Kopaev. The representative of Rostov Golovko got better position in the opening with Lisitsyn. However, Black's precise defense equalized the odds; the result is a draw.

Also ended in a draw games: Rabinovich-Kasparyan; Kaiev-Schneideman; Bronstein-Abrahamyan; Belavenets-Chekhover; Vistaneckis-Dubinin; Eltsov-Rudakovsky; Shamaev-Guldin. The remaining batches are postponed.

In the game Stolberg - Ilyin-Genevsky, the opponents exchanged their queens early.

White had a small positional advantage. White methodically strengthened his position, but ... didn't have enough time to realize the advantage. He got into strong time trouble (three minutes for 20 moves), which was used by his opponent.

With a few clever moves Ilyin-Genevsky wins a pawn, then the second. In the delayed position, the winning of black is beyond doubt.

Yesterday morning were played adjourned games.

Stolberg lost to Ilyin-Zhenevsky. Games Makogonov-Ravinsky and Havin-Sokolsky ended in a draw.

- to be continued...

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Round Two June 16

hemy: ... continuation:

Vladimir Petrov (kibitz #1185)

Exceptional fighting was in the second round. Unsuccessfully played the Sicilian party Mikenas vs Kopaev. White got an excellent endgame, as weak black pawns began to be lost one by one. Seeing the hopelessness of further resistance, Mikenas gave up. This is Kopaev's second win.

Also the second victory was won by Panov, who played Black against Schneidemann.

Makogonov perfectly beat Chistyakov. The position in the Caro-Kan opening seemed equal. But it was not quite so. Black had a pawn advantage on the king side, and although the realization of this minimal advantage seemed almost impossible, Makogonov used it with an accurate game, demonstrating a deep understanding of the position. It is difficult to say where Chistyakov made a mistake, but the more honorable was the victory of the Baku master.

Stolberg was trapped in a game with Silich. Blunder cost him a knight and a game.

Unsuccessfully played Ragozin. Poorly playing the English opening with Rovner, he played in the middle of the game sluggishly and non-initiative, which is so unusual for his style. Rovner also played with great energy and therefore his victory is well deserved.

Grechkin beat Alatortsev, and Guldin beat Vistankekis.

The following games ended in a draw: Tolush-Kan, Ebralidze-Rudakovsky, Chekhover-Bronstein, Abrahamyan-Golovko, Ilyin-Zhenevsky - Kaiev, Eltsov-Vasilyev, Dubinin-Rabinovich, Sokolsky-Petrov, Lisitsyn-Koblents. The remaining games are adjourned.

M. STOLBERG.
USSR Chess Master.

- to be continued ...

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Round Three June 17

hemy: continuation:

Vladimir Petrov (kibitz #1186)

Third round

Tour of high-quality games - this is the third round of chess semi-finals, which was played on June 17.

In the first group: Panov played the Spanish opening with Ilyin-Genevsky. Panov went to the weakening of his king side and gave Black the opportunity to knight to take a weak field. Instead, he had a strong pressure on the black queen side. It secured him a pawn win, and soon a game. An interesting game was given by Alatortsev with Ragozin. White poorly played the opening, as his opponent was Ragozin - the author of the system, which he played. Black got a big advantage, since the white e3 pawn was very weak. But Ragozin got into time trouble, messed up and lost. Thurn beat Grechkin.

The games Rovner-Schneideman and Kaiev-Silich ended in a draw.

In the second group: Kopaev, who played Black with Duz-Khotimirsky, won again. He accepted the incorrectly proposed pawn sacrifice and, although the realization of the advantage was hampered by the presence of multi-colored bishopes, he achieved victory with an accurate game. In the game Koblenz-Abrahamyan, the advantage passed from hand to hand. The last and decisive mistake was made by Koblenz. Won Abrahamyan.

Adjourned parties: Kuzminykh-Bronstein and Golovko-Chekhover.

In both games, whites stand to win.

In the third group: major complications unfolded in the game Chavin-Tolush (Philidor defense). White poorly played the opening and, in order to complicate the game, made a dubious pawn sacrifice. But Tolush perfectly understood the complications and quickly proved the unworthiness of the white's game. The bitter struggle ended in victory for Tolush.

In the Catalan opening, Petrov won against Goldenov, who failed to solve the important problem of the development of a queen's bishop in this opening.

Kirillov lost to Sokolsky, Gerstenfeld - to Chistyakov.

The game Kan - Ravinsky ended in a draw.

In the fourth group: Dubinin won against Kasparyan, whose king set off on a very dangerous journey from the king side to the queen side. Shamaev beat Yeltsov. Black too frivolously brought the queen out in the early stage of the game and was deservedly punished.

Vasiliev-Ebralidze - a draw. Adjourned games: Vistankekis-Veresov and Rabinovich-Goldin.

- to be continued ...

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Round Four June 18 or June 19

hemy: ... continuation:

Vladimir Petrov (kibitz #1187)

In the first group, Silich in the opening achieved a great advantage in the game with Panov. White pieces took active positions, while Black at the early stage had to switch to passive defense. White methodically strengthened their positions. With an ingenious combination, Silich wins quality and achieves victory without much difficulty. Silic wins this game in first place, having two and a half points out of three possible.

Stolberg beat Kaiev. Black badly played out the swaps of the French defense and came under a strong attack.

Alatortsev won against Schneidemann, Ragozin at Thurn.

The game Ilyin-Genevsky - Rovner ended in a draw.

In the second group: the Belavenets-Bronstein game ended with a sensational result. Bronstein - the youngest participant in the tournament - played the King's Indian opening well, seized the initiative and beat the white king with one of the strongest participants of the semi-final with a direct attack. Kuzminych won against passively playing Golovko.

Chekhover beat Koblenz. Adjourned games: Abrahamyan-Mikenas and Lisitsyn - Duz-Khotimirsky.

The games developed peacefully in the third group. Games Chistyakov-Kan, Ravinsky-Havin, Tolush-Petrov ended in a draw.

Baku master Makogonov played poorly, putting off the game with Gerstenfeld in a losing position. Also postponed the party Golden-Kirillov. Ahead Tolush - three points out of four.

In the fourth group, Rudakovskiy defeated Vasiliev.

Kasparyan beat Guldin in good style. The games Ebralidze-Shamaev and Veresov-Rabinovich after a long positional maneuvering ended in a draw. The game Eltsov-Vistaneckis adjourned.

Lieding the group - Dubinin with two points out of three. On this round he was free.

M. STOLBERG.

- to be continued ...

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Round Five June 19 or June 20

hemy: ... continuation:

Vladimir Petrov (kibitz #1188)

In the first group, the game Panov-Stolberg aroused great interest.

Black, in response to the beloved Panov's move of the king pawn, chose the Karo-Kan defense, which usually gives a solid, calm game.

But this game had major complications at an early stage.

Black unexpectedly sacrificed a pawn and got good chances for an attack. However, Stolberg prematurely tried to force events, instead of systematically strengthening his position, he went for a very complex and long combination, which ended, however, in a most unexpected way.

At that moment when White's position seemed critical, Panov won 2 pawns with a spectacular counter-combination with the rook sacrifice.

The realization of the advantages still had significant difficulties, since the black pieces took active positions. The game was adjourned. Black, despite the absence of 2 pawns, has big chances for a draw.

In the second group, the game Mikenas-Chekhover was developing sharply. Checkover too excitedly attacked White's solid position. Mikenas repulsed Black's offense and he himself attacked the weakened queen side of Chekhover. His attack was so strong that black suffered material losses and lost.

After long positional maneuvers, the Golovko-Belavenets game ended in a draw.

In the third group, the exciting struggle was in the Kan-Makogonov party.

This game by its nature was very reminiscent of the game Mikenas-Chekhover.

Here, too, white from the very beginning went on the offensive. His attack really seemed formidable. But you will not take Makogonov with your bare hands. No wonder in chess circles he is jokingly called "chess pillbox."

He very rarely loses. He demonstrated his insight and deep understanding of the position in this game. Once again! He repelled Kahn's attack and won the game, skillfully playing on the numerous weaknesses that formed in White's position as a result of an interesting, but nevertheless incorrect game.

In the fourth group: Rabinovich suffered the first defeat, losing to Eltsov. Rabinovich, in a completely equal position, tried to play for the win. This was associated with great risk.

- to be continued ...

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Round 6 June 20 or June 21

hemy: ... continuation:

This round was particularly noticeable thorough preparation of the masters for this important competition. The sixth round produced large number of important new moves, enriching chess theory.

In the first group: in the opening that was studied in details - the New Indian Opening - unexpectedly forcefully led in the game Stolberg-Rovner to a rarely encountered correlation of forces: the white queen against rook, knight and black pawn. The flow of the game showed that White has the best odds. The game moved to the endgame, in which the white queen dominated the entire board. An uncomplicated but ingenious trap, into which Black fell into, made it easier for White to win.

Panov made a draw with Kayyev, and Alatortsev adjourned the game with Silich in a roughly equal position.

Leading the group - Panov - 3.5 out of 5 and Alatortsev - 3 out of 4.

In the second group: a curious incident occurred in the game Belavenets-Koblenz. Black played the whole game perfectly, but in a completely won position made a blunder and lost the queen. Of course, Koblenz immediately surrendered.

Golovko played badly with Black with Bronstein the KIng Indian defence. He got a cramped position. To ease White's pressure, Golovko sacrificed a pawn, then a piece, in search of complications, but nothing helped. White won.

Leading the group - Kopaev with 3.5 out of 4. Today his game with Abrahamyan did not take place due to the illness of his opponent.

In the third group: Makogonov, a chess player of positional style, flashed his combination talent. Playing white with Havin, he got an active position in the opening. In the ensuing complications he goes on an exceptionally long, complex and beautiful combination. White has the queen, rook at the same time under the attack, and this is with the king's open position! But the combination was calculated accurately and Havin was forced to admit defeat.

Tolush won against Sokolsky.

Leading the group - Tolush - 3.5 out of 5, Makogonov - 3 out of 5.

In the fourth group: an important novelty in the Queen's Gambit made Veresov, playing with Dubinin. The whole game proceeded with the advantage of White, who managed to win a pawn. In mutual time trouble, white did not play the strongest way and they he unlikely to be able to win a deferred position.

The game Vasiliev-Shamaev postponed in a very sharp position.

Leading - Shamaev - 3 out of 4.

M. STOLBERG.

This was the final report of Stolberg.

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Round 7 June 22

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<A. Bushkov>: google translation

In this report M. Stolberg break off. Mark Moiseevich took the duties of a youth newspaper correspondent very seriously.

According to eyewitnesses, during the game he almost did not linger at his desk, constantly moving around the tournament halls in search of information about the course of the fight, which at the end of the day had to be recorded and passed to the editor.

This probably explains Stolberg's failure in the first two rounds. However, then his standings began to straighten out quickly ...

On June 22, without waiting for the start of the 7th round, and without even finishing the deferred game with V. Panov , he, as a soldier, left the tournament, left his hometown, to which he was not destined to return ...

This explains the fact that Stolberg reports nothing about the Bronstein-Mikenas party, in which the young Kiev master won a brilliant victory - first using an important novelty in the Latvian gambit (6.Se2), and then carrying out a lightning matte attack. I remember how in the 60s David Ionovich Bronstein once remarked: "The chess players of my generation had their own Tal - this is Mark Stolberg". Probably, Stalberg would like that party of Bronstein, performed "in the style of Tal". But, looking at the standings, you can understand the reason for this default: Bronstein with Mikenas played in the same, the last, 7th round. When Stolberg was no longer in the tournament and, therefore, he simply could not say anything about this fight ...

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In the June days of 1941, due to the outbreak of the war, the all-Union chess newspaper "64" stopped publishing.

When, after 27 years, in July 1968, this publication returned to its readers, in its very first issue, the memories of Nikolai Grigorievich Golovko, the second member of Rostov, who participated in the semi-final 1941, appeared. In his article there was so much pain, so many bright memories of the departed comrades, that it is simply impossible not to quote it.

At the same time, we will pay tribute to the memory of N.G. Golovko (1917-1988). May 4 of this year marks 100 years since his birth.

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<N. Golovko>: google translation

CLEARING TRACE

Memory brings me back to the past.

Summer 1941. Rostov-on-Don. Semifinals of the country's championship in chess.

I remember my game, started on the last day of the world and finished on the first day of the war ... On the same June days, the last issue of our chess and checker newspaper came out ... And now in the first issue of the weekly "64" I had the opportunity to return to the events of that long-time Soviet forum chess players, remembering friends and comrades who made their last moves on a peaceful chess field, before moving towards the enemy, on the battlefield.

In memory, there are long past days of the tournament interrupted by the war.

Sunlit, green streets of the southern city. Velvet June evenings.

Brightly lit Garden with a talkative crowd of smiling, smartly dressed people. Huge halls of the club, where is now the Theater of Musical Comedy. And 23 chess tables, fenced off from the occupants, always busy Rostov chess fans.

Here is the whole color of prewar chess youth.

Here and the favorite of Rostovites is tall, thin, with big horn-rimmed glasses, in a new military uniform Mark Stolberg. It was he who, winning the previous semifinal in Kiev, brought fear to everyone with ordinary victories at the start of the 12th USSR Championship. Only a little experience prevented him, a brilliant tactic, from taking a high place ... The short but very bright chess path of this highly gifted, charming man broke off shortly after the start of the war.

We played a lot of games with him. The first of them took place on the day of our acquaintance at the very beginning of the thirties. A little boy with glasses, barely peeking from the table during my session in the Rostov house of pioneers.

A couple of years later, Mark, at the head of the team of Rostov schoolchildren, successfully performed at the 2nd All-Union tournament in Leningrad.

Cheerful and sociable young man possessed exceptional curiosity and hard work. Being very good at school, he was a regular at the cozy Rostov Chess Club. The game Stolberg differed energy, ingenuity, wit.

Mark died in 1942, defending the Crimea.

They also waited a lot from other young talented chess players - 17-year-old master from Kiev David Bronstein, who had just won the second prize in the Ukrainian championship, Lviv champion E. Gerstenfeld , the strongest Moscow candidate master A. Yeltsov and others. Young people, as it were, held an examination for maturity with such experienced masters as V. Ragozin , I. Rabinovich , V. Makogonov , G. Lisitsyn , S. Belavenets , V. Chekhover , A. Ilyin-Zhenevsky , V. Mikenas , P. Dubinin , V. Alatortsev , A. Tolush , V. Panovand others. Although there was an uncompromising struggle on the chess boards and the tension of sports fights increased with each round, nothing seemed to foretell a thunderstorm. Numerous spectators rooted for their fellow countrymen - Stolberg, the author of these lines and grandmaster Igor Bondarevsky, who played the match on the same days with the young Dnipropetrovsk master of Ukraine champion Isaac Boleslavsky.

The match went on the big stage, and in the auditorium from which the chairs were taken out, and in the spacious foyer, the participants of the four groups of semi-finals fought.

Among the fans who watched the struggle, there was always one of the Rostovites, one of the most loyal to the art of chess, a professor at the medical institute Shalva Krinitsky ... I respected my medical teacher and student in chess. It so happened that the length of my pathology exam coincided with the tournament. It was difficult for me, but I tried my best to combine the preparation for the session with the game in the semifinal.

Confident in success, I went to the exam. And I must say that the night before Shalva Iosifovich was at the tournament as usual and saw how I led the Blacks in a game with a strong Moscow master Belavenz for a long exhausting defense ...

Only at the fifth hour of the game did the black pieces get space, and everything ended in peace.

The professor did not leave the board the whole evening and was the first to congratulate me on the successful outcome of the game. In the morning I appeared before him with a record book in my hands. Shalva Iosifovich, looking kindly at me, slowly said:

"Friendship is friendship, and service is service," took the record book and began to ask.

An hour later, when the professor methodically completed a tour of the entire program and a hundred pots came off me, a small pause came.

"Yesterday it was easier with Belavenz," flashed through my mind. At this moment Shalva Iosifovich, having corrected a white cap on his head, strictly said:

"My students, and even friends - chess players, should not receive three from me. Retake after the end of the tournament! "

But the tournament was not to end.

On June 21, we all sat down at the chess boards for the last time in this tournament.

My opponent was a very young chess player. By the form of schoolchild 8-9 class.

He was short, with a shy, slightly sly smile, with pensive eyes and a shock of slightly curly hair, he quickly went to the table and extended his hand to me.

It was Bronstein - the future grandmaster, five minutes to the world champion.

The first move was not immediately followed. My partner was thinking about something, carefully examining the initial position of the figures.

The youngest in the country, and at that time, perhaps in the world, the chess master thought how he would lead his wooden army into battle. But a schoolboy from Kiev did not think, nor did Moscow master electrical engineer Sergey Belavenets playing at the next table, that at the same time, when they, peaceful Soviet people - the strongest chess players of the country, were immersed in the plans of bloodless chess attacks, others the people called, at that very same hour, trembling with impatience, counted the hours and minutes remaining until the beginning of the fulfillment of the plan of the perfidious bloody war.

While my young opponent was pondering the first move, I managed to run the latest number "64", telling about the first rounds of the semi-finals. The white pawn finally faltered and swiftly moved from the king forward to two squares. I also moved towards my royal pawn. Soon I was completely seized by acute situations created on the board by a talented Kyiv resident.

Finally all moves are made to control. Behind time trouble, in front of many hours of analysis of a difficult deferred position. When I came home, I sat for a long time at the blackboard, trying to predict the further course of events, to find ways to repel the threats of white figures. And on a late Sunday morning, the radio immediately erased all these problems, putting forward only one, much more complicated problem of war.

The hour of the next tour was approaching, but will it be? There are a lot of people on the streets.

The faces of the people became stern, anxious. On the lips of all one word - war.

In the center of the city I meet the master Belavenza. Sergei Vsevolodovich, usually calm and restrained, visibly excited. He indignantly speaks of the bestial nature of fascism, that the war will be long and will require tremendous sacrifices to win.

"The tournament does not interest anyone. The game today probably will not take place. They say Makogonov has already left, "said Belavenets and, after a pause, sadly added:" ... I have a feeling that it's not my fate to return from this war.

I began to prove to Sergey Vsevolodovich the groundlessness of such an assumption. But, unfortunately, he was right. Returning to Moscow, Belavenets volunteered for the militia. A prominent engineer and an outstanding master of chess became a brave warrior. Commanding a mortar unit, Belavenets died a brave death in the battles of Leningrad.

... In the tournament hall, the judges started the clock. They are ticking peacefully, although they are already counting the time of war. All games of the seventh round, except one, are played. Bakinets V. Makogonov really left.

The halls are somehow desolate and sad. My last pre-war partner, Latvian champion Alexander Koblenz, and I quickly played a Catalan start. When I looked at other couples, I realized that the tour will be completed ahead of schedule today. On many boards, peace agreements have already been signed, and on the rest chess players were close to this.

Over one of the boards, arms outstretched to each other froze in a long farewell handshake. It hurt my heart. There was a keen desire to say goodbye to everyone, resolutely to all these, who became even more close friends.

Quickly going around all the tables, I managed to firmly shake hands with my comrades and friends. I peered, trying to better remember their faces.

Who knew what fate awaits for us in an hour difficult for the Motherland and for each of us!

It was hard to imagine that the last time I embrace my Moscow friend, Sasha Yeltsov, is a very capable and modest person who is just starting a mature life. And who could have known that the highly cultured charming man, the old communist A. Ilyin-Zhenevsky who had done so much for the development of Soviet chess, would die in besieged Leningrad ?

What will talented young masters V. Silich , L. Kaiev and M. Stolberg lay on their heads on the battlefield ? These were exclusively peaceful people who hated war and fascism, people who died in the crucible of war imposed by the perfidious aggressor.

Many years later. From the history of Soviet chess fell party of the country's semi-finals in Rostov. Only a few of them were printed in the last two numbers "64" - on June 18 and 25, 1941. And the rest disappeared without a trace.

Hopefully, some of our readers will help attack their mark.

N. GOLOVKO ,
colonel of medical service,
master.

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Vladimir Petrov (kibitz #1197)

hemy: <JFQ>
<I think that at least several of the results in this tournament did not make it into the surviving crosstable that we have today.>

From the book of V. A. Asrian "Vladimir Makogonov", Moscow, 1991, pp. 33-34:

"... At this Sunday, June 22, - recalls Makogonov, - me together with Kasparian walked in the city. On the street we herd the speech of Molotov about German fascist attack. I rushed to hotel to tell the tournament referee Vladimir Snegirev that I have go home and arrive to military registration office. ... Many other players left at the same day."

It looks like from the few players that left in Rostov on June 22nd, the pairing was altered.

This is the pairing for the rounds 7 and 8:

round 7
5:3 6:2 7:1 8:11 9:10

round 8
12:10 11:9 1:8 2:7 3:6 4:5

In the group 1 no games from round 7 were played. Instead was played game from round 8 Panov - Rovner.

Group 2:
3 games from round 8 were played:
Belavenetz - Duz-Chotimirsky
Bronstein - Mikenas
Golovko - Koblentz

Group 3:
Game from round 7 Kirillov - Chistiakov.

Group 4:
No games from round 7.

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Rostov on Don 1941 USSR Championship semifinal

Vladimir Petrov (kibitz #310)

"A. Koblenz, V. Petrov and P. Šadurskis will represent Latvian Soviet Republic in the semifinal of 13th Soviet Union chess championship in Rostov-on-Don. The competition is scheduled for June 13-29, 1941." ("Sarkanais Sports", May 24, 1941, p. 3). "Koblenz and Petrov already arrived Rostov on June 11. It was very blessed because made it possible to get used to local conditions, as well as high heat. The semi-finals were only revealed on June 14, and the 1st round was played on the evening of June 15th. The participants are divided into 4 groups. From each group 2, the first, will enter the XIII Soviet Union Chess Championship final, which will be held in Moscow in August. In the 1st round Petrov had advantage against Kirillov, but Kirillov managed to make a draw in endgame. In the second round Petrov played against master Sokolsky with Black and gained a pawn. At the end he did not notice a small combination with which Sokolsky equalized the material. Petrov's efforts to win didn't result in nothing more than draw." (The article of J. Fride in "Sarkanais Sports", June 23, 1941, p. 3)

The game Sokolsky - Petrov was played on June 16, 1941 and was published in "Sarkanais Sports", June 26, 1941, p. 3

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1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. e3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bb5 Nxc3 7. bxc3 Bd7 8. e4 Bd6 9. d4 O-O 10. O-O Qe8 11. d5 Na5 12. Bxd7 Qxd7 13. Nh4 g6 14. Bh6= Rfe8 15. Qf3 Bf8 16. Bxf8 Rxf8 17. Qg3 Nc4 18. f4 exf4 19. Rxf4 Rae8 20. Nf5= Nd6 21. Raf1 Nxf5 22. exf5 Qxd5 23. Qf2 c5 24. fxg6 hxg6 25. c4 Qe6 26. Qxc5 b6 27. Qf2 Qe3 28. Rd4 Qxf2+ 29. Kxf2 Re5 30. Re1 Rfe8 31. Rxe5 Rxe5 32. a3 Kf8 33. h4 Ra5 34. Rd3 Ra4 35. Rc3 Ke7 36. g4 Ke6 37. Kg3 f5 38. gxf5+ Kxf5 39. c5 bxc5 40. Rxc5+ 1/2-1/2

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Vladimir Petrov (kibitz #1200)

HEMY: Final analysis of round dates:

On June 17th was published report of rounds 1 and 2. Round 1 June 15
Round 2 June 16

On June 19th was published report of rounds 3 and 4.

Round 3 June 17
Round 4 June 18

Article of Golovko "CLEARING TRACE", "64 - Chess Review", No. 1, 1968, pp. 6-7:

"On June 21, we all sat down at the chess boards for the last time in this tournament. My opponent was a very young chess player... It was Bronstein - the future grandmaster...

It so happened that the date of my exam in university coincided with the tournament. ... last night I played a game with a strong Moscow master Belavenets ..."

The game Bronstein - Golovko was played in round 6. The exam wasn't at the same date with the game against Bronstein, (0therwise it would be mentioned in the article!) so exam was on June 20 and the game from round 5 Golovko - Belavenets on June 19.

Round 5 June 19
Round 6 June 21

Round 7 June 22
Round 8 June 22

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Games downloaded from <rusbase> [rusbase-2]

GROUP ONE

Event "Ch URS (1/2 final)"
Site "Rostov on Don URS"
Date "1941.06.??"
EventDate "1941.06.15"
Round "?"
White "Turn, Johannes."
Black "Stepanov (Schneideman), Georgiy"
Result "0-1"
Source "rusbase [rusbase-3] "

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Bg5 Be7 5.e3 Nbd7 6.Nf3 O-O 7.Qc2 c6 8.cxd5 exd5 9.Bd3 Re8 10.O-O Nf8 11.Bf4 Nh5 12.Be5 f6 13.Bg3 Bg4 14.Nh4 g6 15.Nxg6 hxg6 16.Bxg6 Nxg3 17.fxg3 Qd7 18.h3 Be6 19.Bxe8 Rxe8 20.g4 Bf7 21.Ne2 Bd8 22.Qd2 Nh7 23.Ng3 Ng5 24.Nf5 Bg6 25.h4 Ne4 26.Qe1 Bc7 27.Rf3 Kh8 28.Qb4 a5 29.Qa3 Nd2 30.Rf2 Nc4 31.Qa4 Bxf5 32.Rxf5 Qd6 33.Rf4 Rxe3 34.Raf1 Nd2 35.R1f2 Re1+ 36.Kh2 Nf1+ 37.Rxf1 Rxf1 0-1

J Turn vs G Stepanov (Schneideman), 1941

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Event "Ch URS (1/2 final)"
Site "Rostov on Don URS"
Date "1941.06.??"
EventDate "1941.06.15"
Round "?"
White "Panov, Vasily"
Black "Rovner, Dmitry Osipovich"
Result "1-0"
Source "rusbase [rusbase-4] "

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 d6 8.c3 O-O 9.h3 Na5 10.Bc2 c5 11.d4 Qc7 12.dxe5 dxe5 13.Nbd2 Rd8 14.Qe2 h6 15.Nf1 Nh5 16.N3h2 Nf4 17.Bxf4 exf4 18.e5 Bb7 19.Qg4 Nc4 20.e6 Bf6 21.Qf5 fxe6 22.Qh7+ Kf8 23.Rxe6 Qf7 24.Rae1 Bd5 25.Qh8+ Qg8 26.Rxf6+ gxf6 27.Qxf6+ Bf7 28.Qxh6+ Qg7 29.Qxf4 Re8 30.Rxe8+ Rxe8 31.Ng4 Ne5 32.Nfe3 Re6 33.Be4 Nxg4 34.Nxg4 Kg8 35.Kh2 Kh8 36.Bd5 Re7 37.Nf6 Qg6 38.Be4 Rxe4 39.Nxe4 Bxa2 40.Nxc5 1-0

Panov vs D Rovner, 1941

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Event "Ch URS (1/2 final)"
Site "Rostov on Don URS"
Date "1941.06.??"
EventDate "1941.06.15"
Round "?"
White "Panov, Vasily"
Black "Ilyin-Zhenevsky, Alexander"
Result "1-0"
Source "rusbase [rusbase-5] "

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 d6 8.c3 Na5 9.Bc2 c5 10.d4 Qc7 11.Nbd2 O-O 12.Nf1 cxd4 13.cxd4 Bg4 14.d5 Bxf3 15.gxf3 Rac8 16.Bd3 Nh5 17.Ng3 Nf4 18.Bf1 Bf6 19.b3 g6 20.Bd2 Nb7 21.b4 Qd7 22.a4 Ra8 23.Ra3 Bg7 24.Qa1 bxa4 25.Rxa4 a5 26.bxa5 Nc5 27.Ra3 h5 28.Qd1 h4 29.Bxf4 exf4 30.Ne2 Bb2 31.Ra2 Be5 32.Nd4 f5 33.exf5 gxf5 34.Nc6 Bf6 35.Bh3 Kh8 36.Kh1 Rg8 37.Rg1 Rxg1+ 38.Kxg1 Bc3 39.Kh1 Bf6 40.Qb1 Re8 41.a6 Ra8 42.a7 Qb7 43.Qxf5 Kg7 44.Kg2 Qb3 45.Re2 Nd3 46.Nd4 Qc3 47.Ne6+ Kh6 48.Bg4 h3+ 49.Kxh3 1-0

Panov vs A Ilyin-Zhenevsky, 1941

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Event "Ch URS (1/2 final)"
Site "Rostov on Don URS"
Date "1941.06.??"
EventDate "1941.06.15"
Round "?"
White "Panov, Vasily"
Black "Ragozin, Viacheslav"
Result "1-0"
Source "rusbase [rusbase-6] "

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.d3 d6 6.c3 Be7 7.O-O Bg4 8.Nbd2 Nd7 9.Re1 Nc5 10.Bc2 d5 11.h3 Bh5 12.Qe2 d4 13.Nf1 O-O 14.g4 Bg6 15.Ng3 b5 16.Nf5 Bxf5 17.exf5 Re8 18.cxd4 exd4 19.Bd2 b4 20.Qf1 Qd5 21.Qg2 a5 22.Ne5 Qxg2+ 23.Kxg2 Nxe5 24.Rxe5 f6 25.Rd5 Rad8 26.Rxd8 Bxd8 27.Re1 Rxe1 28.Bxe1 Kf8 29.f4 Nd7 30.Kf3 Nb6 31.Ke4 c5 32.Bb3 Ke7 33.Bd2 Kd6 34.g5 Nc8 35.Bg8 h6 36.Be6 Nb6 37.h4 Ke7 38.Kf3 Bc7 39.Kg4 hxg5 40.fxg5 Be5 41.g6 Nd7 42.h5 Bd6 43.Bxd7 1-0

Panov vs Ragozin, 1941

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Event "Ch URS (1/2 final)"
Site "Rostov on Don URS"
Date "1941.06.??"
EventDate "1941.06.15"
Round "?"
White "Grechkin, Dmitry Makarovich"
Black "Alatortsev, Vladimir"
Result "1-0"
Source "rusbase [rusbase-7] "

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 c5 4.Qg4 Nc6 5.Nf3 Nxd4 6.Nxd4 cxd4 7.Bd3 Ne7 8.O-O Nc6 9.Re1 Qc7 10.Bf4 g6 11.Nd2 Bg7 12.Nf3 Bd7 13.a3 O-O-O 14.b4 Kb8 15.b5 Na5 16.Bg5 Rc8 17.Qxd4 Nc4 18.a4 h6 19.Bf6 Bxf6 20.exf6 Rhd8 21.Bxc4 Qxc4 22.Qxc4 dxc4 23.Ne5 Be8 24.Red1 c3 25.Rd3 Rxd3 26.Nxd3 Kc7 27.f4 Kb6 28.Kf2 Rc4 29.Ke3 g5 30.g3 gxf4+ 31.gxf4 a6 32.Ne5 Rb4 33.bxa6 bxa6 34.Ra3 Bxa4 35.Rxc3 Rb5 36.Rc8 Rc5 37.Rxc5 Kxc5 38.Nxf7 Bxc2 39.Nxh6 Kd6 40.Nf7+ Kd7 41.Kd2 Bf5 42.Kc3 Ke8 43.Ng5 Bg4 44.Kb4 Kd7 45.h4 Be2 46.Ka5 Bd3 47.h5 Be2 48.h6 Bd3 49.h7 Bxh7 50.Nxh7 Ke8 51.Ng5 1-0

D Grechkin vs Alatortsev, 1941

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Event "Ch URS (1/2 final)"
Site "Rostov on Don URS"
Date "1941.06.??"
EventDate "1941.06.15"
Round "?"
White "Ragozin Viacheslav"
Black "Rovner, Dmitry Osipovich"
Result "0-1"
Source "rusbase [rusbase-8] "

1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.Nf3 d6 4.g3 g6 5.d4 Bg4 6.dxe5 dxe5 7.Qa4 Bg7 8.Bg5 Qc8 9.Bg2 h6 10.Be3 Nge7 11.O-O O-O 12.Rfd1 Nf5 13.Bc5 Re8 14.h3 Bxf3 15.Bxf3 Nfd4 16.Bg2 a6 17.Rd2 Qf5 18.Nd5 e4 19.Bxd4 Bxd4 20.e3 Be5 21.g4 Qg5 22.Bxe4 Bxb2 23.Rxb2 Rxe4 24.Qc2 Rae8 25.Rxb7 Rxg4+ 26.hxg4 Qxg4+ 27.Kf1 Qh3+ 28.Ke2 Nd4+ 29.Kd2 Nxc2 30.Kxc2 Qf3 31.Rd1 h5 32.Rxc7 h4 33.Rc6 Kg7 34.Rf6 Qe2+ 35.Rd2 Qxc4+ 36.Kd1 Rb8 37.Rd4 Qxa2 38.Rc6 Rb1+ 39.Rc1 h3 0-1

Ragozin vs D Rovner, 1941

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GROUP TWO

Event "Ch URS (1/2 final)"
Site "Rostov on Don URS"
Date "1941.06.??"
EventDate "1941.06.15"
Round "?"
White "Belavenets, Sergey Vsevolodovich"
Black "Dus Chotimirsky, Fyodor Ivanovich"
Result "0-1"
Source "rusbase [rusbase-9] "

1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 g5 4. Bc4 Bg7 5. h4 h6 6. d4 d6 7. c3 Qe7 8. Nbd2 Nc6 9. b4 g4 10. Ng1 Nf6 11. Ne2 f3 12. gxf3 gxf3 13. Nxf3 Bg4 14. Nh2 Qxe4 15. Rg1 Bh5 16. Bf4 Bg6 17. Rg3 O-O-O 18. Bd3 Qe7 19. Bxg6 fxg6 20. Qd3 Rhe8 21. Re3 Qf7 22. Kd2 Nd5 23. Rxe8 Rxe8 24. Rf1 Bxd4 25. Kc2 Ne3+ 26. Bxe3 Qxa2+ 27. Kd1 Rxe3 28. Qd2 Qb1+ 29. Nc1 Rxc3 0-1

S Belavenets vs F Duz-Khotimirsky, 1941

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Event "Ch URS (1/2 final)"
Site "Rostov on Don URS"
Date "1941.06.??"
EventDate "1941.06.15"
Round "?"
White "Koblents, Alexander"
Black "Kopaev, Nikolay Antonovich"
Result "0-1"
Source "rusbase [rusbase-10] "

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 O-O 5. g3 d6 6. Bg2 e5 7. Nge2 Nc6 8. d5 Nd4 9. O-O Nxe2+ 10. Qxe2 Ne8 11. Be3 f5 12. Qd2 Nf6 13. f3 Nh5 14. exf5 gxf5 15. Ne2 f4 16. Bf2 b6 17. Nc3 Qg5 18. Rfe1 Qg6 19. g4 Nf6 20. Qe2 h5 21. h3 hxg4 22. hxg4 Nxg4 23. fxg4 Bxg4 24. Qf1 f3 25. Bg3 fxg2 26. Qxg2 Bf3 27. Qh3 Rf5 28. Ne4 Raf8 29. Nd2 Bh6 30. Nxf3 Rxf3 31. Kh2 Rxg3 32. Qxg3 Bf4 33. Rg1 Bxg3+ 34. Rxg3 Rf2+ 35. Kh3 Qxg3+ 36. Kxg3 Rxb2 37. Rc1 Rxa2 38. Kg4 Rf2 39. Kg5 Kg7 40. c5 bxc5 41. Ra1 Rf7 42. Rxa7 e4 43. Ra3 Re7 44. Re3 Re5+ 45. Kf4 Rxd5 46. Rg3+ Kf6 47. Rh3 Re5 48. Ke3 d5 49. Rh6+ Ke7 50. Rc6 Kd7 0-1

Koblents vs N Kopaev, 1941

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Event "Ch URS (1/2 final)"
Site "Rostov on Don URS"
Date "1941.06.??"
EventDate "1941.06.15"
Round "?"
White "Kuzminykh, Evgeny"
Black "Golovko, Nikolay Grigorievich"
Result "1-0"
Source "rusbase [rusbase-11] "

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 d6 4.Nc3 g6 5.e4 Bg7 6.Nf3 O-O 7.Be2 e5 8.Nd2 Ne8 9.g4 Bh6 10.h4 Bf4 11.Nf1 Qf6 12.Be3 h6 13.Qd2 Ng7 14.Ng3 a6 15.O-O-O Bxe3 16.fxe3 b5 17.Rdg1 b4 18.Nb1 Qd8 19.g5 h5 20.Qd1 Qa5 21.a3 bxa3 22.Nxa3 f5 23.gxf6 Rxf6 24.Bxh5 Ra7 25.Be2 Rb7 26.Rh2 Qb4 27.Bd3 Qb3 28.Qxb3 Rxb3 29.Kc2 Rb7 30.h5 gxh5 31.Nxh5 Rh6 32.Rgg2 Kf8 33.Ng3 Rxh2 34.Rxh2 Kg8 35.Be2 Rf7 36.Nb1 Nd7 37.Bg4 Nb6 38.Bxc8 Nxc8 39.Nd2 Nb6 40.Rh6 Nc8 41.Kd3 Rf2 42.Nf5 Nxf5 43.exf5 Kg7 44.Re6 Rxf5 45.Ne4 Nb6 1-0

E Kuzminykh vs N Golovko, 1941

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Event "Ch URS (1/2 final)"
Site "Rostov on Don URS"
Date "1941.06.??"
EventDate "1941.06.15"
Round "?"
White "Mikenas, Vladas"
Black "Dus Chotimirsky, Fyodor Ivanovich)"
Result "1-0"
Source "rusbase [rusbase-12] "

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 d6 3.Nc3 Nbd7 4.Nf3 g6 5.g3 Bg7 6.Bg2 O-O 7.O-O Re8 8.e4 e5 9.Be3 exd4 10.Nxd4 Nc5 11.f3 a5 12.b3 c6 13.Qd2 d5 14.cxd5 cxd5 15.Ndb5 Na6 16.exd5 Nb4 17.Rad1 Bf5 18.d6 Bc2 19.Nc7 Bxd1 20.Rxd1 Rxe3 21.Qxe3 Rb8 22.Bh3 Ne8 23.Nxe8 Qxe8 24.Qxe8+ Rxe8 25.d7 Rd8 26.Ne4 Na6 27.Bf1 Nb8 28.Bb5 Bf8 29.Rc1 Kg7 30.Rc8 Be7 31.Nd6 Rxd7 32.Ne8+ Kh6 33.Bxd7 1-0

V Mikenas vs F Duz-Khotimirsky, 1941

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Event "Ch URS (1/2 final)"
Site "Rostov on Don URS"
Date "1941.06.??"
EventDate "1941.06.15"
Round "?"
White "Belavenets, Sergey"
Black "Bronstein, David"
Result "0-1"
Source "rusbase [rusbase-13] "

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 d6 3.Nc3 e5 4.Nf3 Nbd7 5.g3 g6 6.Bg2 Bg7 7.O-O O-O 8.b3 Re8 9.e3 c6 10.Qc2 Qa5 11.a4 Nf8 12.Ba3 Bf5 13.Qa2 Rad8 14.Rfd1 e4 15.Nd2 Ne6 16.b4 Qc7 17.Rdb1 Qd7 18.c5 Ng5 19.cxd6 Bh3 20.Bh1 Qf5 21.Ne2 Nd5 22.b5 Bg4 23.Kf1 Nxe3+ 24.Ke1 Nf3+ 0-1

S Belavenets vs Bronstein, 1941

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Event "Ch URS (1/2 final)"
Site "Rostov on Don URS"
Date "1941.06.??"
EventDate "1941.06.15"
Round "?"
White "Bronstein, David"
Black "Mikenas, Vladas"
Result "1-0"
Source "rusbase [rusbase-14] "

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 f5 3.Nxe5 Qf6 4.d4 d6 5.Nc4 fxe4 6.Be2 Nc6 7.d5 Ne5 8.O-O Nxc4 9.Bxc4 Qg6 10.Bb5+ Kd8 11.Bf4 h5 12.f3 Bf5 13.Nc3 exf3 14.Qxf3 Bxc2 15.Bg5+ Nf6 16.Rae1 c6 17.Bxf6+ Qxf6 18.Qe2 Qd4+ 19.Kh1 Bg6 20.Rxf8+ Kc7 21.Bxc6 bxc6 22.Nb5+ cxb5 23.Qxb5 Re8 24.Re7+ Rxe7 25.Qc6# 1-0

Bronstein vs V Mikenas, 1941

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Event "Ch URS (1/2 final)"
Site "Rostov on Don URS"
Date "1941.06.??"
EventDate "1941.06.15"
Round "?"
White "Bronstein, David"
Black "Kuzminykh, Evgeny"
Result "0-1"
Source "rusbase [rusbase-15] "

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O d6 6.c3 Bg4 7.d3 Be7 8.Re1 O-O 9.Nbd2 Nd7 10.h3 Bh5 11.Qe2 Nc5 12.Bc2 d5 13.Nf1 Bxf3 14.Qxf3 d4 15.Ng3 Bg5 16.Qg4 Bxc1 17.Raxc1 Qf6 18.Nf5 g6 19.Nh4 Ne6 20.g3 h5 21.Qf3 Qxf3 22.Nxf3 Rad8 23.Rcd1 Kg7 24.Ba4 b5 25.Bb3 Nc5 26.Bd5 Ne7 27.cxd4 exd4 28.Bb3 a5 29.Bc2 a4 30.Rc1 Na6 31.a3 c5 32.Re2 c4 33.Bb1 Nc5 34.dxc4 d3 35.Re3 Nb3 36.Rd1 bxc4 37.Ba2 Na5 38.Nd2 Rc8 39.Nb1 Rb8 40.Nc3 Rxb2 41.Rb1 Rfb8 0-1

Bronstein vs E Kuzminykh, 1941

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GROUP THREE

3 PETROVS GAMES:

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Event "Ch URS (1/2 final)"
Site "Rostov on Don URS"
Date "1941.06.16"
EventDate "1941.06.15"
Round "2"
White "Sokolsky, Alexey "
Black "Petrov, Alexander"
Result "1/2-1/2"
Source "Sarkanais Sports, June 26, 1941, p. 3"

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. e3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bb5 Nxc3 7. bxc3 Bd7 8. e4 Bd6 9. d4 O-O 10. O-O Qe8 11. d5 Na5 12. Bxd7 Qxd7 13. Nh4 g6 14. Bh6= Rfe8 15. Qf3 Bf8 16. Bxf8 Rxf8 17. Qg3 Nc4 18. f4 exf4 19. Rxf4 Rae8 20. Nf5= Nd6 21. Raf1 Nxf5 22. exf5 Qxd5 23. Qf2 c5 24. fxg6 hxg6 25. c4 Qe6 26. Qxc5 b6 27. Qf2 Qe3 28. Rd4 Qxf2+ 29. Kxf2 Re5 30. Re1 Rfe8 31. Rxe5 Rxe5 32. a3 Kf8 33. h4 Ra5 34. Rd3 Ra4 35. Rc3 Ke7 36. g4 Ke6 37. Kg3 f5 38. gxf5+ Kxf5 39. c5 bxc5 40. Rxc5+ 1/2-1/2

A Sokolsky vs Petrov, 1941

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Event "Ch URS (1/2 final)"
Site "Rostov on Don URS"
Date "1941.06.??"
EventDate "1941.06.15"
Round "?"
White "Chistiakov, Alexander"
Black "Petrov, Vladimir"
Result "0-1"
Source "rusbase [rusbase-16] "

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 d6 6.Bg5 e6 7.Qd2 a6 8.Be2 Be7 9.O-O O-O 10.Nb3 b5 11.a3 Bd7 12.Rad1 Qb6 13.Bxf6 Bxf6 14.Qxd6 Rfc8 15.Qc5 Qxc5 16.Nxc5 Be8 17.Nb3 Ne5 18.Rd6 Nc4 19.Bxc4 bxc4 20.Nd2 Rab8 21.Rb1 Be5 22.Rxa6 Bxc3 23.bxc3 Rxb1+ 24.Nxb1 Rd8 25.Kf1 Rd1+ 26.Ke2 Rxb1 27.Ra8 Kf8 28.Rc8 e5 29.a4 Ke7 30.Rxc4 Ra1 0-1

A Chistiakov vs Petrov, 1941

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Event "Ch URS (1/2 final)"
Site "Rostov on Don URS"
Date "1941.06.??"
EventDate "1941.06.15"
Round "?"
White "Gerstenfeld, Eduard Issakovich"
Black "Tolush, Alexander Kazimirovich"
Result "0-1"
Source "rusbase"

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. d4 d6 6. e3 Nc6 7. Nge2 e5 8. O-O Re8 9. h3 Nd7 10. f4 exd4 11. exd4 Nb6 12. b3 Qf6 13. Nb5 Qe7 14. Rf2 a6 15. Na3 Bf5 16. g4 Be4 17. Bxe4 Qxe4 18. Nc2 Qe7 19. Be3 Nb4 20. Rf3 Qe4 21. Ne1 c5 22. Nc3 Qe7 23. Qd2 Rad8 24. d5 N4xd5 25. cxd5 Bxc3 26. Qxc3 Nxd5 27. Qd2 Nxe3 28. Kf2 Qh4+ 29. Kg1 Nd5 30. f5 Nb4 31. f6 h6 32. Ng2 Qg5 33. Rf4 Qd5 34. Qc3 Re2 35. Qg3 Nd3 0-1

E Gerstenfeld vs Tolush, 1941

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Event "Ch URS (1/2 final)"]
Site "Rostov on Don URS"
Date "1941.06.??"
EventDate "1941.06.15"
Round "?"
White "Petrov, Vladimir"
Black "Goljdenov, Boris Petrovich"
Result "1-0"
Source "rusbase [rusbase-17] "

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 d5 4.Bg2 Nbd7 5.Nf3 Be7 6.O-O dxc4 7.Nbd2 Nb6 8.Qc2 c5 9.dxc5 Bxc5 10.Nxc4 O-O 11.Nfe5 Nxc4 12.Nxc4 Nd5 13.a3 Nb6 14.Bf4 Nxc4 15.Qxc4 Bb6 16.Rac1 Qf6 17.Bd6 Rd8 18.Bc7 Bxc7 19.Qxc7 Rd7 20.Qa5 Qe7 21.Rfd1 h6 22.Qa4 Kh7 23.Rxd7 Qxd7 24.Qxd7 Bxd7 25.Bxb7 Rb8 26.Rc7 Be8 27.b4 Kg6 28.Ba6 Ra8 29.f4 Kf6 30.Bd3 a6 31.Kf2 e5 32.fxe5+ Kxe5 33.Rc5+ Kd4 34.Ra5 Kc3 35.b5 1-0

Petrov vs B Goldenov, 1941

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Event "Ch URS (1/2 final)"
Site "Rostov on Don URS"
Date "1941.06.??"
EventDate "1941.06.15"
Round "?"
White "Kan, Ilia"
Black "Goldenov, Boris Petrovich"
Result "1-0"
Source "rusbase [rusbase-18] "

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 d6 6.Be2 a6 7.O-O Qc7 8.f4 Nc6 9.Be3 Be7 10.Qe1 O-O 11.Rd1 Bd7 12.Qg3 Rfd8 13.a3 Be8 14.Kh1 Rac8 15.Qf2 Qb8 16.Nb3 b5 17.Bf3 Nd7 18.Ne2 Bf6 19.c3 Be7 20.Ng3 a5 21.Nh5 b4 22.axb4 axb4 23.c4 g6 24.Ng3 Qc7 25.Ra1 Ra8 26.Rfc1 Nc5 27.Rxa8 Rxa8 28.Nxc5 dxc5 29.e5 Ra2 30.Ne4 Na5 31.h3 Nb3 32.Rd1 Bc6 33.Nf6+ Bxf6 34.exf6 Bxf3 35.Qxf3 Ra6 36.Qb7 1-0

I Kan vs B Goldenov, 1941

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Event "Ch URS (1/2 final)"
Site "Rostov on Don URS"
Date "1941.06.??"
EventDate "1941.06.15"
Round "?"
White "Chistiakov, Alexander"
Black "Kan Ilia"
Result "1/2-1/2"
Source "rusbase [rusbase-19] "

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Bg5 Be7 5.e3 O-O 6.Nf3 Nbd7 7.Rc1 c6 8.Qc2 Re8 9.a3 h6 10.Bf4 a6 11.h3 b5 12.cxd5 cxd5 13.Bd3 Bb7 14.O-O Rc8 15.Qb1 Nb6 16.Rfd1 Nc4 17.a4 b4 18.Ne2 Qb6 19.b3 Na5 20.Ne5 Bd6 21.f3 Nc6 22.Nxf7 Bxf4 23.Nxf4 Kxf7 24.Bg6+ Kg8 25.Bxe8 Rxe8 26.Qg6 Ne7 27.Qd3 Qd6 28.Rc2 e5 29.dxe5 Qxe5 30.Rdc1 Nf5 31.Rc7 Nd6 32.Rxg7+ Kxg7 33.Qg6+ Kh8 34.Qxh6+ Kg8 35.Qg6+ Kf8 36.Qh6+ 1/2-1/2

A Chistiakov vs I Kan, 1941

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Event "Ch URS (1/2 final)"
Site "Rostov on Don URS"
Date "1941.06.??"
EventDate "1941.06.15"
Round "?"
White "Gerstenfeld, Eduard Issakovich"
Black "Chistiakov, Alexander"
Result "0-1"
Source "rusbase [rusbase-20] "

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Bg5 Nbd7 5.e3 c6 6.Nf3 Qa5 7.Nd2 Bb4 8.Qc2 dxc4 9.Bxf6 Nxf6 10.Nxc4 Qc7 11.a3 Be7 12.Bd3 O-O 13.O-O Bd7 14.Ne4 Nxe4 15.Bxe4 g6 16.h4 Rfd8 17.h5 Be8 18.hxg6 hxg6 19.f4 Bf8 20.Ne5 Rac8 21.Rac1 Bg7 22.Qf2 Qe7 23.Nd3 Rd7 24.Nc5 Rd6 25.Rfd1 Rcd8 26.g3 f6 27.Bd3 Bf7 28.Ne4 R6d7 29.Nc5 Rd6 30.Ne4 R6d7 31.Nc5 Rd6 32.Qc2 f5 33.Bc4 g5 34.Nd3 Bf6 35.Kf2 Kg7 36.Rg1 g4 37.Rh1 Rg8 38.Rh2 Rdd8 39.Rch1 Rh8 40.Rxh8 Rxh8 41.Rxh8 Kxh8 42.Ke1 b6 43.b4 c5 44.bxc5 Qb7 45.Qh2+ Kg7 46.cxb6 axb6 47.Kd2 b5 48.Bb3 Qf3 49.Ne1 Qc6 50.Nd3 Bd8 51.Kd1 Qf3+ 52.Qe2 Qxg3 53.Nc5 Qg1+ 54.Kc2 g3 55.Nxe6+ Kh6 56.Nxd8 Bxb3+ 57.Kxb3 g2 58.Kb4 Qb1+ 59.Kc5 g1Q 60.Nf7+ Kg7 61.Ne5 Qbc1+ 62.Kd5 Qh1+ 63.Kd6 Qb7 64.Qh5 Qcc7+ 65.Ke6 Qbc8+ 66.Kd5 Qg8+ 0-1

E Gerstenfeld vs A Chistiakov, 1941

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Event "Ch URS (1/2 final)"
Site "Rostov on Don URS"
Date "1941.06.??"
EventDate "1941.06.15"
Round "?"
White "Makogonov, Vladimir Andreevich"
Black "Ravinsky, Grigory Ionovich"
Result "1/2-1/2"
Source "rusbase [rusbase-21] "

1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.Nf3 a6 4.e3 Bg4 5.Bxc4 e6 6.Qb3 Bxf3 7.gxf3 b5 8.Bd3 c5 9.dxc5 Nd7 10.Be2 Nxc5 11.Qd1 Qxd1+ 12.Kxd1 Nf6 13.Nc3 b4 14.Ne4 Nfxe4 15.fxe4 Nxe4 16.Bf3 f5 17.Bxe4 fxe4 18.Rg1 Kf7 19.Rg4 Be7 20.Bd2 Rhd8 21.Rc1 Rd3 22.Ke2 Rad8 23.Be1 a5 24.Rc7 R8d7 25.Rxe4 Rxc7 26.Kxd3 Bf6 27.b3 Rc5 28.f3 h5 29.Bg3 Bc3 30.Ke2 Rd5 31.Be1 Bxe1 32.Kxe1 Rg5 33.Rd4 1/2-1/2

V Makogonov vs G Ravinsky, 1941

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Event "Ch URS (1/2 final)"
Site "Rostov on Don URS"
Date "1941.06.??"
EventDate "1941.06.15"
Round "?"
White "Kan, Ilia"
Black "Goljdenov, Boris Petrovich"
Result "1-0"
Source "rusbase [rusbase-22] "

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 d6 6.Be2 a6 7.O-O Qc7 8.f4 Nc6 9.Be3 Be7 10.Qe1 O-O 11.Rd1 Bd7 12.Qg3 Rfd8 13.a3 Be8 14.Kh1 Rac8 15.Qf2 Qb8 16.Nb3 b5 17.Bf3 Nd7 18.Ne2 Bf6 19.c3 Be7 20.Ng3 a5 21.Nh5 b4 22.axb4 axb4 23.c4 g6 24.Ng3 Qc7 25.Ra1 Ra8 26.Rfc1 Nc5 27.Rxa8 Rxa8 28.Nxc5 dxc5 29.e5 Ra2 30.Ne4 Na5 31.h3 Nb3 32.Rd1 Bc6 33.Nf6+ Bxf6 34.exf6 Bxf3 35.Qxf3 Ra6 36.Qb7 1-0

I Kan vs B Goldenov, 1941

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Event "Ch URS (1/2 final)"
Site "Rostov on Don URS"
Date "1941.06.??"
EventDate "1941.06.15"
Round "?"
White "Chistiakov, Alexander"
Black "Makogonov, Vladimir"
Result "0-1"
Source "rusbase [rusbase-23] "

1.e4 c6 2.Nc3 d5 3.Nf3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Nd7 5.d4 Ngf6 6.Ng3 Qc7 7.Bd3 e6 8.O-O Bd6 9.Re1 O-O 10.c4 b6 11.Bd2 Bb7 12.Qe2 c5 13.Bc3 cxd4 14.Bxd4 Rfd8 15.Bc3 Bxf3 16.gxf3 Rac8 17.b3 Bf4 18.Bc2 Qc5 19.Kh1 Qg5 20.Rg1 Qh4 21.Rad1 g6 22.Rd4 Nh5 23.Rgd1 e5 24.Rxf4 Nxf4 25.Qe4 f6 26.Rg1 Nc5 27.Qe3 Ncd3 28.Ne4 Rc6 29.b4 f5 30.Ng3 g5 0-1

A Chistiakov vs V Makogonov, 1941

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Event "Ch URS (1/2 final)"
Site "Rostov on Don URS"
Date "1941.06.??"
EventDate "1941.06.15"
Round "?"
White "Khavin, Abram Leonidovich"
Black "Chistiakov, Alexander"
Result "1-0"
Source "rusbase [rusbase-24] "

1.e4 c6 2.c4 d5 3.exd5 cxd5 4.cxd5 Nf6 5.Qa4+ Nbd7 6.Nc3 g6 7.g3 Bg7 8.Bg2 O-O 9.Nge2 Nc5 10.Qc4 b6 11.b4 Ba6 12.b5 Bb7 13.d4 Rc8 14.dxc5 Rxc5 15.Qd3 Nxd5 16.Bb2 Bxc3+ 17.Bxc3 Qc7 18.Bd2 Rd8 19.Qb3 Nf6 20.f3 Rcd5 21.Bf4 Qd7 22.O-O Rxb5 23.Qa4 Bc6 24.Rfd1 Nd5 25.Bh6 f6 26.Nd4 Rc5 27.Nxc6 Qxc6 28.Qxc6 Rxc6 29.f4 e6 1-0

A Khavin vs A Chistiakov, 1941

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Event "Ch URS (1/2 final)"
Site "Rostov on Don URS"
Date "1941.06.??"
EventDate "1941.06.15"
Round "?"
White "Kirillov, Vladimir Grigorevich"
Black "Sokolsky, Alexey"
Result "0-1"
Source "rusbase [rusbase-25] "

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Nxe4 6.Qe2 Nc5 7.Bxc6 dxc6 8.d4 Ne6 9.dxe5 Nd4 10.Nxd4 Qxd4 11.h3 Be6 12.Nd2 O-O-O 13.Nb3 Qh4 14.Rd1 Rxd1+ 15.Qxd1 Be7 16.Be3 Rd8 17.Qf3 Rd5 18.Bf4 g5 19.Bg3 Qc4 20.c3 Rd3 21.Qh5 Qe4 22.f3 Qe2 23.Re1 Qxb2 24.Qxh7 Rd8 25.Qb1 Qxc3 26.Rc1 Qd3 27.Qb2 Bxb3 28.axb3 Qd4+ 29.Qxd4 Rxd4 30.Be1 Kd7 31.Kf2 Rd5 32.Bc3 Rb5 33.Rb1 a5 34.Ke3 Ke6 35.Kd3 a4 36.b4 c5 37.Kc4 0-1

V Kirillov vs A Sokolsky, 1941

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GROUP FOUR

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