Petrograd 1923 Master Classification Match

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In a 6 game classification match for the title of Soviet Master of Sport, Peter Arsenievich Romanovsky examined Solomon Borisovich Gotthilf. In order to obtain the title, Gotthilf needed to win the match. Romanovsky won +5-1=0.

Gotthilf would eventually be granted the Master title in 1925.

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Event "Master Classification Match"
Site "Petrograd URS"
Date "1923.02.??"
Round "?"
White "Peter Arsenievich Romanovsky"
Black "Solomon Borisovich Gotthilf"
Result "1-0"
Source "rusbase"

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Bxc6 dxc6 5.Nc3 f6 6.d3 Ne7 7.Be3 Ng6 8.Ne2 Bd6 9.O-O O-O 10.Nd2 f5 11.exf5 Bxf5 12.Ng3 Nf4 13.Bxf4 exf4 14.Nxf5 Rxf5 15.Nf3 Qf6 16.c3 Kh8 17.Re1 Qh6 18.Qb3 Rb8 19.Re6 Rf6 20.Rae1 Rxe6 21.Rxe6 Qh5 22.d4 Qf5 23.h3 b5 24.Ne5 Rf8 25.Re8 Bxe5 26.Qc2 Qf7 27.Rxf8+ Qxf8 28.dxe5 h6 29.e6 1-0

P Romanovsky vs S Gotthilf, 1923

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Event "Master Classification Match"
Site "Petrograd URS"
Date "1923.02.??"
Round "?"
White "Peter Arsenievich Romanovsky"
Black "Solomon Borisovich Gotthilf"
Result "1-0"
Source "rusbase"

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.d3 Nf6 5.Nc3 d6 6.Bg5 Na5 7.Nd5 c6 8.Nxf6+ gxf6 9.Bh4 d5 10.exd5 cxd5 11.Bb5+ Nc6 12.Qd2 Be7 13.O-O-O Qd6 14.d4 e4 15.Ng1 Be6 16.Ne2 a6 17.Ba4 b5 18.Bb3 Qd8 19.Nf4 Na5 20.Rde1 Nxb3+ 21.axb3 a5 22.f3 f5 23.Bxe7 Qxe7 24.g4 Qb7 25.gxf5 Bxf5 26.Rhg1 a4 27.b4 O-O-O 28.Rg5 Bg6 29.Nxg6 hxg6 30.fxe4 dxe4 31.Rc5+ Kd7 32.Qf4 f5 33.Qe5 Rh7 34.Re3 Re7 35.Rd5+ 1-0

P Romanovsky vs S Gotthilf, 1923

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Event "Master Classification Match"
Site "Petrograd URS"
Date "1923.02.??"
Round "?"
White "Peter Arsenievich Romanovsky"
Black "Solomon Borisovich Gotthilf"
Result "0-1"
Source "rusbase"

1.e4 c6 2.Nf3 d5 3.e5 Bg4 4.d4 e6 5.c3 c5 6.dxc5 Nc6 7.b4 Bxf3 8.Qxf3 Nxe5 9.Bb5+ Nc6 10.O-O Nf6 11.Bf4 Be7 12.Nd2 O-O 13.Rfe1 Qc8 14.Bd3 a5 15.a3 axb4 16.cxb4 Re8 17.Qh3 g6 18.Bg5 Nd7 19.Bxe7 Rxe7 20.Qh4 Qf8 21.Nb3 Ree8 22.Rec1 e5 23.b5 Na5 24.Nxa5 Rxa5 25.c6 Nc5 26.Qb4 b6 27.Rxc5 Qxc5 28.Qxc5 bxc5 29.b6 c4 30.Bc2 d4 31.c7 Rc5 32.Kf1 d3 33.Ba4 Rf8 34.Ke1 c3 35.Kd1 e4 36.Bd7 f5 37.a4 f4 38.Bb5 Rxb5 39.axb5 e3 40.Ra2 c2+ 41.Rxc2 dxc2+ 42.Kxc2 exf2 43.b7 f1Q 44.b8Q Qxg2+ 45.Kc3 Qf3+ 46.Kd4 Qe3+ 47.Kd5 Qd3+ 48.Kc6 Qc4+ 49.Kd6 f3 0-1

P Romanovsky vs S Gotthilf, 1923

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Event "Match"
Site "USSR"
Date "1923.??.??"
EventDate "?"
Round "4"
Result "0-1"
White "Solomon Borisovich Gotthilf"
Black "Peter Arsenievich Romanovsky"
ECO "C41"
WhiteElo "?"
BlackElo "?"
PlyCount "100"

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nc3 Nbd7 5. Bc4 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. Be3 c6 8. Bb3 b5 9. Nd2 a6 10. Ne2 Bb7 11. c3 c5 12. d5 c4 13. Bc2 Ng4 14. Ng3 Nxe3 15. fxe3 g6 16. Qe2 Nf6 17. Rf2 h5 18. h3 h4 19. Nh1 Kg7 20. Rff1 Nh5 21. Nf3 Bc8 22. Nh2 Bg5 23. Rfe1 Bd7 24. Nf3 Be7 25. Rf1 Rh8 26. Qf2 Be8 27. Rfe1 g5 28. Nh2 Bd7 29. Qe2 Qc8 30. Nf2 Ng3 31. Qf3 Qb7 32. Nf1 Nh5 33. Nh2 Raf8 34. a3 Kg6 35. Rad1 Bd8 36. Nf1 Bb6 37. Kh2 f6 38. Qe2 Qc8 39. Ng4 f5 40. exf5+ Bxf5 41. Bxf5+ Qxf5 42. Rc1 Rh7 43. Qc2 Qxc2 44. Rxc2 Rhf7 45. Nd2 Ng3 46. Nf3 e4 47. Nd4 Bxd4 48. cxd4 Rf1 49. Rcc1 Rxe1 50. Rxe1 a5 0-1

S Gotthilf vs P Romanovsky, 1923

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