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Match Schlechter! Under Construction +0 -0 =10 vs Marco (Vienna, 1893) +4 -4 =3 vs Marco (Vienna, 1894) +4 -4 =3 vs Zinkl (Vienna, 1894) +2 -2 =3 vs Janowski (Vienna, 1896) +1 -1 =4 vs Alapin (Vienna, 1899) +1 -1 =2 vs Pillsbury (Munich, 1900) +6 -1 =3 vs Janowski (Karlsbad, 1902) +1 -1 =1 vs Teichmann (Vienna, 1904) +1 -1 =8 vs Lasker (World Match 1910) +3 -3 =10 vs Tarrasch (Cologne, 1911) +1 -2 =3 vs Rubinstein (Berlin, 1918) 50 games, 1899-1918 Match Shirov! Alexey Shirov's Match Record (classical): < Exhibition Match, Correze, 1991: +5 -0 =1 vs. 2470 op.[2887 performance] > +5 -0 =1 vs. Renet (2470) < Exhibition Match, Gausdal, 1992: +3 -1 =0 vs. 2600 op.[2790 performance] > +3 -1 =0 vs. Agdestein (2600) < 1992 Tilburg KO: +0 -1 =3 vs 2590 op.[2501 performance] > +0 -0 =2 [+1 -0 =1] vs. Oll (2600) +0 -1 =1 vs. Vyzmanavin (2580) < 1993 Wijk aan Zee KO: +2 -1 =1 vs 2608 op.[2696 performance] > +1 -0 =1 vs. Nikolic (2630) +1 -1 =0 [+0 -1 =1] vs. Oll (2585) < 1993 Tilburg KO: +6 -0 =4 vs 2618 op.[2859 performance] > +1 -0 =1 vs. DeFirmian (2545) +2 -0 =0 vs. Mozetic (2580) +1 -0 =1 vs. Rozentalis (2600) +2 -0 =0 vs. Bareev (2660) +0 -0 =2 [+0 -1 =1] vs. Ivanchuk (2705) - semifinal < Exhibition Match, Aruba, 1995: +3 -0 =5 vs. 2670 op.[2807 performance] > +3 -0 =5 vs. Piket (2670) < 1997 FIDE KO, Groningen: +2 -1 =5 vs 2660 op.[2704 performance] > +1 -0 =1 vs. Granda Zuniga (2625) +0 -0 =2 [+1 -0 =1] vs. Milos (2590) +1 -0 =1 vs. Akopian (2660) +0 -1 =1 vs. Anand (2765) < 1998 WCC Candidates, Cazorla: +2 -0 =7 vs 2790 op.[2869 performance] > +2 -0 =7 vs. Kramnik (2790) < Exhibition Match, Ostrava, 1998: +5 -1 =0 vs. 2615 op.[2895 performance] > +5 -1 =0 vs. Hracek (2615) < Exhibition Match, Prague, 1999: +5 -0 =1 vs. 2671 op.[3088 performance] > +5 -0 =1 vs. Polgar (2671) < 1999 FIDE WCh KO, Las Vegas: +3 -3 =2 vs 2622 op.[2622 performance] > +1 -1 =0 [+1 -0 =1] vs. I.Sokolov (2656) +1 -1 =0 [+2 -0 =0] vs. Milos (2586) +1 -0 =1 vs. Short (2675) +0 -1 =1 vs. Nisipeanu (2584) - quarterfinal < 2000 FIDE WCh KO, New Delhi: +2 -4 =8 vs 2681 op.[2637 performance] > +0 -0 =2 [+1 -0 =1] vs. Onischuk (2647) +0 -0 =2 [+2 -1 =1] vs. Gurevich (2673) +0 -0 =2 [+1 -0 =1] vs. Gelfand (2683) +1 -1 =0 [+1 -0 =1] vs. Bareev (2694) +1 -0 =3 Grischuk (2601) +0 -3 =1 Anand (2774) - final < 2001 FIDE WCh KO, Moscow: +3 -1 =6 vs 2643 op.[2713 performance] > +2 -0 =0 vs. Rizouk (2464) +1 -0 =1 vs. Gyimesi (2605) +0 -0 =2 [+2 -1 =1] vs. Motylev (2641) +0 -0 =2 [+2 -1 =2] vs. Topalov (2733) +0 -1 =1 vs. Anand (2770) - quarterfinal < 2002 Spanish Championship, Ayamonte: +4 -0 =0 vs. 2547 op.[2947+ performance] > +2 -0 =0 vs. Herraiz Hidalgo (2458) +2 -0 =0 vs. Vallejo-Pons (2635) - final < Exhibition Match, Prague, 2004: +1 -0 =1 vs. 2620 op.[2811 performance] > +1 -0 =1 vs. Navara (2620) < 2005 FIDE World Cup, Khanty-Mansiysk: +3 -1 =2 vs 2570 op.[2690 performance] > +1 -0 =1 vs. Kuderniov (2432) +2 -0 =0 vs. Kotronias (2626) +0 -1 =1 vs. Gurevich (2652) < 2007 FIDE Candidates, Elista: +1 -2 =9 vs 2747 op.[2717 performance] > +1 -1 =4 [+2 -0 =1] vs. Adams (2734) +0 -1 =5 vs. Aronian (2759) < 2007 FIDE World Cup, Khanty-Mansiysk: +7 -1 =8 vs 2658 op.[2795 performance] > +2 -0 =0 vs. Gwaze (2429) +1 -0 =1 vs. Shulman (2616) +1 -0 =1 vs. Onischuk (2674) +1 -0 =1 vs. Akopian (2713) +2 -0 =0 vs. Jakovenko (2710) +0 -0 =2 [+1 -0 =1] vs. Karjakin (2694) +0 -1 =3 vs. Kamsky (2714) - final < 2009 FIDE World Cup, Khanty-Mansiysk: +3 -2 =3 vs 2651 op.[2694 performance] > +1 -0 =1 vs. Kunte (2522) +1 -1 =0 [+3 -0 =0] vs. Fedorchuk (2619) +1 -0 =1 vs. Tomashevsky (2708) +0 -1 =1 vs. Svidler (2754) < 2011 FIDE World Cup, Khanty-Mansiysk: + - = vs 2 op.[2 performance] > +1 -0 =1 vs. Hoyos (2548) +0 -2 =0 vs. Potkin (2682) <Overall: +60 -19 =68 [+18 -5 =13] vs 2650 opposition: 2749 performance [2789 in tiebreakers]> 187 games, 1991-2011 Match Short! < 1983 Junior WCs Challenge, London: +0 -4 =3 vs 2485 opp. [2xxx performance] > +0 -4 =3 vs. Benjamin (2485) <1985 UK vs US Champion, Foxboro: +6 -0 =2 vs 2535 opp. [2xxx performance] > +6 -0 =2 vs. Lev Alburt (2535) <<>1985 Interzonal Playoff 3RR, Biel: +3 -2 =1 vs 2528 opp. [2xxx performance] <>> +3-0=0 vs Torre (2535) +0-2=1 vs Van der Wiel (2520) <1988 Carlsberg Match, Manilla: +1 -1 =4 vs 2545 opp. [2545 performance] > +1 -1 =4 vs. Torre (2545) < 1988 FIDE Candidates: +2 -2 =6 vs 2628 opp. [2628 performance] > +2 -0 =3 vs. Sax (2610) St John - preliminar +0 -2 =3 vs. Speelman (2645) London - quarterfinal <1989 Hilversum: +2 -2 =2 vs 2635 opp. [2635 performance] > +2 -2 =2 vs. Timman (2635) < 1991-93 FIDE Candidates preliminary, London: +3 -2 =5 vs 2610 opp. [2xxx performance] > +3 -2 =5 vs Speelman (2610) < 1991-93 FIDE Candidates quarterfinals, Brussels: +4 -2 =2 vs 2665 opp. [2xxx performance] > +4 -2 =2 vs Gelfand (2665) < 1991 England Ch, London: +1 -1 =2 [+2 -0 =0] vs 2615 opp. [2xxx performance] > +1 -1 =2 [+2 -0 =0] vs. Adams (2615) < 1991-93 FIDE Candidates semifinal, Linares: +4 -2 =4 vs 2725 opp. [2xxx performance] > +4 -2 =4 vs Karpov (2725) < 1992 Tilburg KO: +1 -3 =2 [+3 -1 =2] vs 2562 opp. [2xxx performance] > +1 -1 =0 [+1 -0 =1] vs. Rogers (2565) +0 -0 =2 [+2 -1 =1] vs. Petursson (2565) +0 -2 =0 vs. Smirin (2555) < 1991-93 FIDE Candidates Final, San Lorenzo: +5 -3 =5 vs 2635 opp. [2xxx performance] > +5 -3 =5 vs. Timman (2635) < 1993 World Championship, London: +1 -6 =13 vs 2815 opp. [2xxx performance] > +1 -6 =13 vs. Kasparov (2815) < 1994 PCA Cycle: +2 -6 =7 [+1 -0 =3] vs 2655 opp. [2xxx performance] > +1 -1 =6 [+1 -0 =3] vs. Gulko (2615) +1 -5 =1 vs. Kamsky (2695) <1996 Jakarta: +3 -0 =3 vs 2610 opp. [2xxx performance] > +3 -0 =3 vs. Adianto (2610) < 1997 FIDE Candidates, Groningen: +6 -2 =2 [+3 -1 =7] vs 2xxx opp. [2xxx performance] > +0 -0 =2 [+1 -0 =3] vs. Korchnoi (2610) +2 -0 =0 vs. Andrei Sokolov (2585) +1 -1 =0 [+2 -0 =0] vs. Beliavsky (2710) +2 -0 =0 vs. Krasenkow (2645) +1 -1 =0 [+0 -1 =4] vs. Adams (2680) < 1999 FIDE WCh, Las Vegas: +2 -1 =3 vs 2626 opp. [2xxx performance] > +1 -0 =1 vs. Fridman (2526) +1 -0 =1 vs. Beliavsky (2618) +0 -1 =1 vs. Shirov (2734) <2000 Albert: +3 -1 =2 vs 2613 opp. [2xxx performance] > +3 -1 =2 vs. Bacrot (2613) < 2000 FIDE WCh, New Delhi: +0 -0 =2 [+0 -1 =3] vs 2526 opp. [2526 performance] > +0 -0 =2 [+0 -1 =3] vs. Nataf (2526) < 2001 FIDE WCh, Moscow: +0 -1 =1 vs 2536 opp. [2xxx performance] > +0 -1 =1 vs.Campora (2536) <2002 Reykjavík: +4 -1 =1 vs 2604 opp. [2xxx performance] > +4 -1 =1 vs. Stefansson (2604) <2003 Tehran: +2 -0 =4 vs 2558 opp. [2xxx performance] > +2 -0 =4 vs. Maghami (2558) < 2004 FIDE WCh, Tripoli: +2 -1 =1 vs 2494 opp. [2xxx performance] > +2 -0 =0 vs. Kadhi (2379) +0 -1 =1 vs. Krasenkow (2609) < 2007 World Cup, Kanthy-Mansiysk: +0 -0 =2 [+0 -1 =1] vs 2569 opp. [2xxx performance] > +0 -0 =2 [+0 -1 =1] vs. Baramidze (2569) <2009 Mukachevo: +2 -1 =3 vs 2654 opp. [2xxx performance] > +2 -1 =3 vs. Efimenko (2654) <2009 Veteran-Youth Euwe Mem, Amsterdam: +1 -1 =2 vs 2642 opp. [2642 performance] > +1 -1 =2 vs. Giri (2642) 205 games, 1983-2010 Match Smyslov! Vasily Smyslov's Match Record (1984-) USSR Absolute Ch.'minimatches' (Moscow, 1941) +0 -2 =2 vs. Botvinnik +1 -2 =1 vs. Keres +2 -0 =2 vs. Boleslavsky +1 -0 =3 vs. Lilienthal +0 -0 =4 vs. Bondarevsky +2 -0 =0 vs. Reshevsky (USSR-USA, radiomatch, 1945) Moscow-Prague 1946, minimatches: +1 -0 =1 vs. Sajtar +1 -1 =0 vs. Kottnauer +1 -0 =1 vs. Zita +1 -0 =1 vs. Katekov +1 -0 =1 vs. Pachman +1 -0 =1 vs. Opocensky +2 -0 =0 vs. König (USSR-GBR, radiomatch, 1946) +2 -0 =0 vs. Denker (USSR-USA, Moscow, 1946) +1 -0 =1 vs. Golombek (GBR-USSR, London, 1947) World Championship 1948 - 'minimatches': +0 -1 =4 vs. Botvinnik +1 -2 =2 vs. Keres +1 -0 =4 vs. Reshevsky +4 -1 =0 vs. Euwe Budapest-Moscow 1949, minimatches: +1 -0 =1 Tipari +1 -1 =0 Szabo +1 -0 =1 Szily +1 -0 =1 Florian +1 -0 =1 Benko +2 -0 =0 Barcza +2 -0 =0 Gereben +7 -7 =10 vs. Botvinnik (World Match, Moscow, 1954) +0 -0 =4 vs. Reshesky (USA-USSR, New York, 1954) +1 -0 =1 vs. CH Alexander (GBR-USSR, London, 1954) +1 -0 =1 vs. Ståhlberg (SWE-USSR, Stockholm, 1954) +2 -0 =0 vs. Sliwa (POL-USSR, Lodz, 1955) +0 -1 =6 vs. Geller (USSR Ch. Playoff 1955) +4 -0 =0 vs. Bisguier (USSR-USA, Moscow, 1955) +6 -3 =13 vs. Botvinnik (World Match, Moscow, 1957) European Team Ch 1957, Vienna - minimatches: +1 -1 =0 vs. Filip +1 -0 =1 vs. Unzicker +0 -0 =2 vs. Gligoric +5 -7 =11 vs. Botvinnik (World Match, Moscow, 1958) +0 -0 =2 vs. Spassky (Moscow-Leningrad, 1958) +0 -1 =1 vs. Boleslavsky (Moscow-Belarus, 1959) +1 -1 =2 vs. Gligoric (USSR-YUG, Kiev, 1959) +1 -0 =1 vs. Spassky (Moscow-Leningrad, 1959) Candidates 1959 - 'minimatches': +1 -2 =1 vs. Tal +1 -1 =2 vs. Keres +1 -0 =3 vs. Petrosian +1 -2 =1 vs. Gligoric +1 -1 =2 vs. Fischer +2 -0 =2 vs. Olafsson +2 -1 =1 vs. Benko +0 -1 =1 vs. Spassky (Leningrad-Moscow, 1960 Jan) +1 -0 =1 vs. Spassky (Moscow-Leningrad, 1960 Dec) +1 -0 =1 vs. Spassky (Moscow-Leningrad, 1961) +0 -0 =2 vs. Spassky (Leningrad-Moscow, 1962) +0 -3 =5 vs. Geller (Candidates 1/4, Moscow, 1965) European Team Ch 1965, Hamburg - minimatches: +1 -0 =1 vs. Hecht +1 -0 =1 vs. Zuidema +1 -0 =1 vs. Hort (Prague-Moscow, 1966) +2 -0 =0 vs. Korchnoi (Moscow-Leningrad, 1967) +1 -1 =0 vs. Taimanov (Moscow-Leningrad, 1968) +1 -0 =1 vs. Gheorghiu (Moscow-Bucharest, 1969) +1 -1 =1 vs. Reshevsky (World-USSR, Belgrade, 1970) +1 -1 =4 vs. Portisch (Candidates Res. 1971) +0 -0 =3? vs. Huebner (EUCup Final, Solingen 1976?) +1 -1 =1 vs. Schmidt (Warsaw-Moscow, 1980) +0 -0 =2 vs. Karpov (Nat.Match-Tournament, 1981) +0 -2 =0 vs. Kasparov (Nat.Match-Tournament, 1981) +1 -0 =1 vs. Romanishin (Nat.Match-Tournament, 1981) +1 -1 =12 vs. Huebner (Candidates, 1983, Velden) +3 -1 =7 vs. Ribli (Candidates, 1983, London) +0 -4 =9 vs. Kasparov (Candidates final, 1983, Vilnius) +0 -1 =1 vs. Ljubojevic (USSR-World, London, 1984) <Overall: +88 -54 =153 (55.8%) // +24 -21 =44 (51.7%) in World Championships> Addendum: 1950-56 Candidates Tournaments 1950 Budapest 'minimatches': +1 -1 =0 vs. Bronstein +0 -1 =1 vs. Boleslavsky +0 -0 =2 vs. Keres +1 -0 =1 vs. Najdorf +1 -0 =1 vs. Kotov +1 -1 =0 vs. Stahlberg +1 -0 =1 vs. Lilienthal +0 -0 =2 vs. Szabo +0 -0 =2 vs. Flohr 1953 Zurich 'minimatches': +0 -0 =2 vs. Bronstein +1 -0 =1 vs. Reshevsky +2 -0 =0 vs. Keres +0 -0 =2 vs. Petrosian +0 -0 =2 vs. Najdorf +2 -0 =0 vs. Geller +0 -1 =1 vs. Kotov +0 -0 =2 vs. Taimanov +0 -0 =2 vs. Averbakh +0 -0 =2 vs. Boleslavsky +0 -0 =2 vs. Szabo +1 -0 =1 vs. Gligoric +2 -0 =0 vs. Euwe +1 -0 =1 vs. Stahlberg 1956 Amsterdam 'minimatches' +0 -0 =2 vs. Keres +0 -0 =2 vs. Szabo +0 -1 =1 vs. Spassky +0 -0 =2 vs. Petrosian +1 -0 =1 vs. Bronstein +2 -0 =0 vs. Geller +1 -0 =1 vs. Filip +1 -0 =1 vs. Panno +1 -0 =1 vs. Pilnik 283 games, 1941-1984 Match So! <Japfa Festival, Jakarta, 2008: +3 -1 =2 vs 2561 op.[2681 performance] > +3 -1 =2 vs Megaranto (2561) < 2009 FIDE World Cup, Khanty-Mansyisk: +3 -1 =4 vs 2691 op.[2780 performance] > +1 -1 =0 [+3 -0 =0] vs. Guseinov (2625) +1 -0 =1 vs. Ivanchuk (2739) +1 -0 =1 vs. Kamsky (2695) +0 -0 =2 [+0 -3 =0] vs. Malakhov (2706) < 2011 FIDE World Cup, Khanty-Mansyisk: + - = vs 2 op.[2 performance] > +0 -0 =2 [+1 -0 =1] vs. Ding Liren (2654) +0 -0 =2 [+0 -1 =1] vs. Karjakin (2788) <Overall: +6 -2 =6 [+3 -3 =0] vs 2630 opposition: 2740 performance [2666 in tiebreakers]> 28 games, 2008-2011 Match Spassky! Boris Spassky's Match Record (1956-1993): +0 -2 =0 vs. Taimanov (USSR Ch Playoff, 1956) +1 -0 =1 vs. Barcza (Leningrad-Hungary, 1957) +2 -0 =0 vs. Lehmann (EurTCh. Vienna 1957) +2 -0 =0 vs. Bobotsov (RUS-BUL, Leningrad, 1958) +0 -0 =2 vs. Smyslov (Moscow-Leningrad, 1958) +1 -1 =2 vs. Szabo (Budapest-Leningrad, 1959) +0 -1 =1 vs. Smyslov (Moscow-Leningrad, 1959) +1 -0 =1 vs. Smyslov (Leningrad-Moscow, 1960 Jan) +2 -0 =2 vs. Barcza (Leningrad-Hungary, 1960) +0 -1 =1 vs. Smyslov (Moscow-Leningrad, 1960 Dec) +0 -1 =1 vs. Smyslov (Moscow-Leningrad, 1961) +3 -0 =1 vs. Portisch (Budapest-Leningrad, 1961) +0 -0 =2 vs. Smyslov (Leningrad-Moscow, 1962) +0 -1 =1 vs. Stein(USSR Ch. Playoff, 1963/4) +1 -0 =1 vs. Kholmov (USSR Ch. Playoff, 1963/4) +0 -0 =2 vs. Ivkov (Leningrad-Belgrade, 1964) +4 -2 =4 vs. Keres (Candidates 1/4, Riga, 1965) +3 -0 =5 vs. Geller (Candidates 1/2, Riga, 1965) +4 -1 =6 vs. Tal (Candidates final, Tbilisi, 1965) +3 -4 =17 vs. Petrosian (World Championship, Moscow, 1966) +2 -1 =1 vs. Portisch (HUN-Russia, 1967) +0 -0 =2 vs. Stein (Russia-Ukraine, 1967) +3 -0 =5 vs. Geller (Candidates 1/4, Sukhumi, 1968) +4 -1 =3 vs. Larsen (Candidates 1/2, Malmo, 1968) +4 -1 =5 vs. Korchnoi (Candidates final, Kiev, 1968) +6 -4 =13 vs. Petrosian (World Championship, Moscow, 1969) +0 -0 =3 vs. Gligoric (YUG-USSR, 1969) +1 -0 =3 vs. Donner (Leiden 'minimatch', 1970) +0 -0 =4 vs. Botvinnik (Leiden 'minimatch', 1970) +1 -0 =3 vs. Larsen (Leiden 'minimatch', 1970) +1 -1 =1 vs. Larsen (World-USSR, Belgrade, 1970) +3 -7 =11 vs. Fischer (World Championship, Reykjavik, 1972) [4.5/7 Moscow GM-Young M, 1972]? +0 -0 =2 vs. Taimanov (3Teams, Moscow, 1973) +0 -1 =1 vs. Karpov (3Teams, Moscow, 1973) +3 -0 =3 vs. Byrne (Candidates 1/4, San Juan, 1974) +1 -4 =6 vs. Karpov (Candidates 1/2, Leningrad, 1974) +2 -0 =4 vs. Timman (Amsterdam, 1977) +2 -1 =3 vs. Hübner (Solingen, 1977) +3 -1 =2 vs. Kavalek (Solingen, 1977) +2 -1 =13 vs. Hort (Candidates 1/4, Reykjavik, 1977) +4 -2 =9 vs. Portisch (Candidates 1/2, Geneve, 1977) +4 -7 =7 vs. Korchnoi (Candidates Final, Belgrade, 1977) +1 -1 =12 vs. Portisch (Candidates 1/4, Mexico, 1980) +0 -0 =2 vs. Bronstein (Nat.Match-Tournament 1981) +0 -0 =2 vs. Tseshkovsky (Nat.Match-Tournament 1981) +0 -0 =2 vs. Yusupov (Nat.Match-Tournament 1981) +2 -0 =0 vs. Sloth (EUCup, Solingen, 1983) +1 -1 =4 vs. Timman (Hilversum, 1983) +4 -0 =0 vs. Gobet (Fribourg, 1987) +1 -0 =1 vs. Drasko (EUCupT prel Solingen, 1988) +0 -0 =2 vs. Sax (EUCupT Solingen-Honved, 1989) +0 -2 =4 vs. Hübner (Venice, 1989) +0 -0 =6 vs. Morovic Fernández (Vina del Mar, 1989) +1 -2 =2 vs. Seirawan (USA, 1990) +0 -0 =2 vs. Timman (FRA-NED, Cannes, 1990) +5 -10 =15 vs. Fischer (Yugoslavia, 1992) +2 -3 =5 vs. Judit Polgar (Budapest, 1993) <Overall: +90 -65 =213 (53.4%) // +48 -34 =107 (53.7%) in Candidates & World Matches> Addendum: 1956 Candidates Tournament Amsterdam 1956 'minimatches': +1 -0 =1 vs. Smyslov +0 -0 =2 vs. Keres +0 -1 =1 vs. Szabo +0 -0 =2 vs. Petrosian +1 -0 =1 vs. Bronstein +0 -1 =1 vs. Geller +0 -0 =2 vs. Filip +0 -0 =2 vs. Panno +1 -0 =1 vs. Pilnik 335 games, 1956-1993 Match Steinitz! Wilhelm Steinitz's Match Record: +5 -3 =1 vs. Dubois (London, 1862) +7 -1 =2 vs. Blackburne (London, 1862/63) +5 -1 =1 vs. Deacon (London, 1863) +6 -0 =1 vs. Green (London, 1864) +8 -6 =0 vs. Anderssen (London, 1866) +7 -5 =5 vs. Bird (London, 1866) +3 -1 =2 vs. Fraser (Dundee, 1867) +7 -1 =4 vs. Zukertort (London, 1872) +7 -0 =0 vs. Blackburne (London, 1876) +7 -0 =0 vs. Martinez (Philadelphia, 1882) +3 -1 =3 vs. Martinez (Philadelphia, 1882) +2 -0 =3 vs. Sellman (Baltimore, 1882) +3 -1 =2 vs. Mackenzie (New York 1883) +6 -2 =2 vs. Golmayo (Havana, 1883) +10 -5 =5 vs. Zukertort (WC match, USA, 1886) +5 -0 =0 vs. Vasquez (Havana, 1888) +5 -0 =0 vs. Golmayo (Havana, 1888) +3 -1 = vs. Carvajal (Havana, 1889) +10 -6 =1 vs. Chigorin (WC match, Havana, 1889) +6 -4 =9 vs. Gunsberg (WC match, New York, 1890/91) +10 -8 =5 vs. Chigorin (WC match, Havana, 1892) +5 -10 =4 vs. Lasker (WC match, USA/CAN, 1894) +6 -4 =1 vs. Schiffers (Rostov-on-Don, 1896)? +2 -10 =5 vs. Lasker (WC match, Moscow, 1896) Addendum - Tournament 'minimatches' Paris 1867 'minimatches': +0 -1 =1 vs. Kolisch +1 -0 =0 vs. Winawer +0 -1 =1 vs. Neumann +2 -0 =0 vs. De Vère +2 -0 =0 vs. Rivière +1 -0 =1 vs. Czarnowski +2 -0 =0 vs. Golmayo Zúpide +2 -0 =0 vs. Rosenthal +2 -0 =0 vs. Samuel Loyd +2 -0 =0 vs. D’Andre +2 -0 =0 vs. Severin +2 -0 =0 vs. E. Rousseau Baden-Baden 1870 'minimatches': +0 -2 =0 vs. Anderssen +2 -0 =0 vs. Neumann +0 -1 =1 vs. Blackburne +2 -0 =0 vs. Paulsen +2 -0 =0 vs. De Vere +2 -0 =0 vs. Winawer +1 -0 =1 vs. Rosenthal +0 -1 =1 vs. Minckwitz Vienna 1873 'minimatches': +0 -2 =1 [+2 -0 =0] vs. Blackburne +2 -0 =0 vs. Anderssen +2 -0 =0 vs. Rosenthal +2 -0 =0 vs. Paulsen +2 -0 =0 vs. Bird +2 -0 =0 vs. Heral +1 -0 =2 vs. Fleissig +1 -0 =2 vs. Meitner +2 -0 =0 vs. Schwarz +2 -0 =0 vs. Gelbfuhs +2 -0 =0 vs. Pitschel Vienna 1882 'minimatches': +1 -0 =1 [+1 -1 =0] vs. Winawer +0 -0 =2 vs. Mason +0 -1 =1 vs. Zukertort +1 -0 =1 vs. Mackenzie +1 -1 =0 vs. Blackburne +0 -0 =2 vs. Englisch +2 -0 =0 vs. Paulsen +1 -0 =0 vs. Wittek +1 -0 =1 vs. Weiss +1 -1 =0 vs. Hruby +1 -1 =0 vs. Chigorin +2 -0 = 0 vs. Schwarz +2 -0 = 0 vs. Meitner +2 -0 = 0 vs. Bird +1 -1 = 0 vs. Ware +2 -0 = 0 vs. Noa +2 -0 = 0 vs. Fleissig London 1883 'minimatches': +1 -1 =0 vs. Zukertort +1 -1 =0 vs. Blackburne +0 -2 =0 vs. Chigorin +1 -1 =0 vs. Englisch +2 -0 =0 vs. Mackenzie +2 -0 =0 vs. Mason +0 -2 =0 vs. Rosenthal +2 -0 =0 vs. Winawer +2 -0 =0 vs. Bird +2 -0 =0 vs. Noa +2 -0 =0 vs. Sellman +2 -0 =0 vs. Mortimer +2 -0 =0 vs. Skipworth St. Petersburg 1895 'minimatches': +1 -3 =2 vs. Lasker +2 -3 =1 vs. Chigorin +4 -0 =2 vs. Pillsbury New York 1897 'minimatches': +1 -0 =1 vs. Lipzchutz +1 -1 =0 vs. Napier Vienna 1898 'minimatches': +0 -1 =1 vs. Tarrasch +0 -1 =1 vs. Pillsbury +0 -2 =0 vs. Janowsky +1 -0 =1 vs. Schlechter +1 -1 =0 vs. Chigorin +0 -0 =2 vs. Burn +1 -1 =0 vs. Lipke +1 -0 =1 vs. Maroczy +1 -0 =1 vs. Alapin +0 -0 =2 vs. Blackburne +1 -1 =0 vs. Schiffers +2 -0 =0 vs. Marco +2 -0 =0 vs. Showalter +1 -1 =0 vs. Walbrodt +1 -0 =1 vs. Halprin +1 -0 =1 vs. Caro +2 -0 =0 vs. Baird +2 -0 =0 vs. Trenchard London 1899 'minimatches': +1 -0 =1 vs. Lasker +1 -1 =0 vs. Janowski +0 -2 =0 vs. Pillsbury +0 -1 =1 vs. Maroczy +0 -2 =0 vs. Schlecheter +1 -1 =0 vs. Blackburne +0 -1 =1 vs. Tschigorin +0 -1 =1 vs. Showalter +1 -1 =0 vs. Mason +1 -0 =1 vs. Cohn +0 -1 =1 vs. Lee +1 -0 =1 vs. Bird +2 -0 =0 vs. Tinsley +2 -0 =0 vs. Teichmann <Overall: +259 -117 =96 (65.0%) Matches: +136 -70 =53 (62.7%) Tourn. Minimatches: +123 -47 =43 (67.8%) World Matches(+Anderssen 1866): +51 -49 =29 (50.8%) Minimatches vs. Tournament's top 4: +22 -27 =17 (46.2%)> References: "The Collected Works of William Steinitz" (Pickard) and Chessmetrics PS: apochryphal matches (Sid Pickards gives them as offhand games etc): +7 -0 =0? vs. Mongredien (1863) +4 -1 =0 vs. Robey (1865) +5 -0 =1 vs. Blackburne (1870) +9 -0 =2 vs. Martinez (1883) +3 -0 =0 vs. Sellman (1885) +4 -1 =0 vs. Ponce (1888) 226 games, 1862-1897 Match Svidler! Peter Svidler's Match Record < 1992 St. Petersburg Match: vs 2415 op.[2415 performance] > +2 -2 =2 vs Zvjaginsev (2415) < 1994 Tilburg KO: +2 -2 =0 vs 2623 op.[2623 performance] > +1 -1 =0 [+3 -2 =0] vs. Greenfeld (2600) +1 -1 =0 [+0 -1 =1] vs. Khalifman (2645) < 1997 Russian Ch. KO, Elista: +7 -3 =0 vs 2605 op.[2752 performance] > +1 -1 =0 [+1 -0 =1] vs. Malakhov (2540) +2 -0 =0 vs. Sherbakov (2580) +2 -0 =0 vs. Dvoirys (2590) +1 -1 =0 [+2 -0 =0] vs. Dreev (2650) +1 -1 =0 [+4 -2 =0] vs Bareev - final (2665) < 1997 FIDE KO, Groningen: +2 -0 =4 vs 2620 op.[2740 performance] > +1 -0 =1 vs. Adianto (2610) +1 -0 =1 vs. Epishin (2570) +0 -0 =2 [+1 -3 =0] vs. Adams (2680) < 1999 FIDE WCh KO, Las Vegas: +1 -1 =2 vs 2635 op.[2635 performance] > +1 -0 =1 vs Aleksandrov (2619) +0 -1 =1 vs Kiril Georgiev (2650) < 2000 FIDE WCh KO, New Delhi: +1 -1 =4 vs 2675 op.[2675 performance] > +0 -0 =2 [+2 -0 =0] vs. Bacrot (2613) +1 -1 =0 [+1 -0 =1] vs. Peng (2657) +0 -0 =2 [+0 -1 =1] vs. Adams (2755) < 2001 FIDE WCh KO, Moscow: +4 -2 =8 vs 2640 op.[2690 performance] > +1 -0 =1 vs. Hoffman (2506) +1 -1 =0 [+1 -0 =1] vs. Sulskis (2571) +2 -0 =0 vs. Milov (2602) +0 -0 =2 [+1 -0 =3] vs. Adams (2731) +0 -0 =2 [+1 -0 =3] vs. Gelfand (2701) +0 -1 =3 vs. Ponomariov (2684) - semifinal < 2002 Team Match St. Petersburg-Moscow: +1 -0 =1 vs 2707 op.[2898 performance] > +1 -0 =1 vs. Morozevich (2707) < 2003 Team Match St. Petersburg-Moscow: +0 -0 =2 vs 2606 op.[2606 performance] > +0 -0 =2 vs. Najer (2606) < 2003 Exh.Match, Voronezh: +2 -1 =1 vs 2541 op.[2630 performance] > +2 -1 =1 [+2 -0 =2] vs. Chernyshov (2541) < 2004 Dortmund: +0 -0 =4 vs 2756 op.[2756 performance] > +0 -0 =2 [+1 -3 =2] Kramnik (2770) - semifinal +0 -0 =2 [+0 -1 =1] Leko (2741) - 3rd.place < 2004 Team Match - Tigran Petrosian Memorial: +2 -1 =3 vs 2657 op.[2716 performance] > +0 -0 =2 vs. Aronian (2675) +1 -1 =0 vs. Lautier (2682) +1 -0 =1 vs. Bu Xiangzhi (2615) < 2005 Team Match St. Petersburg-Moscow: +0 -0 =2 vs 2670 op.[2670 performance] > +0 -0 =2 vs Malakhov (2670) < 2007 World Cup, Khanty-Mansiysk: +4 -0 =4 vs 2605 op.[2796 performance] > +2 -0 =0 vs. Iturrizaga (2435) +2 -0 =0 vs. Pavasovic (2595) +0 -0 =2 [+1 -0 =1] vs. Rublevsky (2676) +0 -0 =2 [+0 -1 =1] vs. Kamsky (2714) < 2009 World Cup, Khanty-Mansiysk: +4 -2 =4 vs 2632 op.[2703 performance] > +2 -0 =0 vs. Hebert (2420) +1 -1 =0 [+2 -0 =1] vs. Nyback (2628) +0 -0 =2 [+3 -1 =2] vs. Naiditsch (2689) +1 -0 =1 vs. Shirov (2719) +0 -1 =1 vs. Malakhov (2706) < 2011 World Cup, Khanty-Mansiysk: + - = vs 2 op.[2 performance] > +1 -0 =1 vs. Darcy Lima (2493) +0 -0 =2 [+2 -0 =2] vs. Truong Son (2637) +0 -0 =2 [+2 -0 =0] vs. Caruana (2711) +2 -0 =0 vs. Kamsky (2741) +1 -0 =1 vs. Polgar (2699) +1 -0 =1 vs. Ponomariov (2764) +1 -0 =3 vs. Grischuk (2746) - Final <Overall: +32 -15 =41 [+26 -15 =21] vs 2620 opposition: 2688 performance [2729 in tiebreakers]> 153 games, 1992-2011 Match Svidler! Peter Svidler's Match Record < 1992 St. Petersburg Match: vs 2415 op.[2415 performance] > +2 -2 =2 vs Zvjaginsev (2415) < 1994 Tilburg KO: +2 -2 =0 vs 2623 op.[2623 performance] > +1 -1 =0 [+3 -2 =0] vs. Greenfeld (2600) +1 -1 =0 [+0 -1 =1] vs. Khalifman (2645) < 1997 Russian Ch. KO, Elista: +7 -3 =0 vs 2605 op.[2752 performance] > +1 -1 =0 [+1 -0 =1] vs. Malakhov (2540) +2 -0 =0 vs. Sherbakov (2580) +2 -0 =0 vs. Dvoirys (2590) +1 -1 =0 [+2 -0 =0] vs. Dreev (2650) +1 -1 =0 [+4 -2 =0] vs Bareev - final (2665) < 1997 FIDE KO, Groningen: +2 -0 =4 vs 2620 op.[2740 performance] > +1 -0 =1 vs. Adianto (2610) +1 -0 =1 vs. Epishin (2570) +0 -0 =2 [+1 -3 =0] vs. Adams (2680) < 1999 FIDE WCh KO, Las Vegas: +1 -1 =2 vs 2635 op.[2635 performance] > +1 -0 =1 vs Aleksandrov (2619) +0 -1 =1 vs Kiril Georgiev (2650) < 2000 FIDE WCh KO, New Delhi: +1 -1 =4 vs 2675 op.[2675 performance] > +0 -0 =2 [+2 -0 =0] vs. Bacrot (2613) +1 -1 =0 [+1 -0 =1] vs. Peng (2657) +0 -0 =2 [+0 -1 =1] vs. Adams (2755) < 2001 FIDE WCh KO, Moscow: +4 -2 =8 vs 2640 op.[2690 performance] > +1 -0 =1 vs. Hoffman (2506) +1 -1 =0 [+1 -0 =1] vs. Sulskis (2571) +2 -0 =0 vs. Milov (2602) +0 -0 =2 [+1 -0 =3] vs. Adams (2731) +0 -0 =2 [+1 -0 =3] vs. Gelfand (2701) +0 -1 =3 vs. Ponomariov (2684) - semifinal < 2002 Team Match St. Petersburg-Moscow: +1 -0 =1 vs 2707 op.[2898 performance] > +1 -0 =1 vs. Morozevich (2707) < 2003 Team Match St. Petersburg-Moscow: +0 -0 =2 vs 2606 op.[2606 performance] > +0 -0 =2 vs. Najer (2606) < 2003 Exh.Match, Voronezh: +2 -1 =1 vs 2541 op.[2630 performance] > +2 -1 =1 [+2 -0 =2] vs. Chernyshov (2541) < 2004 Dortmund: +0 -0 =4 vs 2756 op.[2756 performance] > +0 -0 =2 [+1 -3 =2] Kramnik (2770) - semifinal +0 -0 =2 [+0 -1 =1] Leko (2741) - 3rd.place < 2004 Team Match - Tigran Petrosian Memorial: +2 -1 =3 vs 2657 op.[2716 performance] > +0 -0 =2 vs. Aronian (2675) +1 -1 =0 vs. Lautier (2682) +1 -0 =1 vs. Bu Xiangzhi (2615) < 2005 Team Match St. Petersburg-Moscow: +0 -0 =2 vs 2670 op.[2670 performance] > +0 -0 =2 vs Malakhov (2670) < 2007 World Cup, Khanty-Mansiysk: +4 -0 =4 vs 2605 op.[2796 performance] > +2 -0 =0 vs. Iturrizaga (2435) +2 -0 =0 vs. Pavasovic (2595) +0 -0 =2 [+1 -0 =1] vs. Rublevsky (2676) +0 -0 =2 [+0 -1 =1] vs. Kamsky (2714) < 2009 World Cup, Khanty-Mansiysk: +4 -2 =4 vs 2632 op.[2703 performance] > +2 -0 =0 vs. Hebert (2420) +1 -1 =0 [+2 -0 =1] vs. Nyback (2628) +0 -0 =2 [+3 -1 =2] vs. Naiditsch (2689) +1 -0 =1 vs. Shirov (2719) +0 -1 =1 vs. Malakhov (2706) < 2011 World Cup, Khanty-Mansiysk: + - = vs 2 op.[2 performance] > +1 -0 =1 vs. Darcy Lima (2493) +0 -0 =2 [+2 -0 =2] vs. Truong Son (2637) +0 -0 =2 [+2 -0 =0] vs. Caruana (2711) +2 -0 =0 vs. Kamsky (2741) +1 -0 =1 vs. Polgar (2699) +1 -0 =1 vs. Ponomariov (2764) +1 -0 =3 vs. Grischuk (2746) - Final <Overall: +32 -15 =41 [+26 -15 =21] vs 2620 opposition: 2688 performance [2729 in tiebreakers]> 153 games, 1992-2011 Match Tal! Mikhail Tal's Match Record: +4 -2 =8 vs. Saigin (Soviet Master, Riga 1954) +0 -1 =1 vs. Keres (Estonia-Latvia, Tallin 1954) +2 -0 =0 vs. Teschner (EuTCh, Vienna 1957) +2 -0 =0 vs. Ferrantes (Riga Tour, Italy 1957) +0 -0 =2 vs. Keres (Estonia-Latvia, Tallinn 1959) +0 -1 =1 vs. Kholmov (Lithuania-Latvia, Vilnius 1959) Candidates 1959 - 'minimatches' +1 -3 =0 vs. Keres +0 -0 =4 vs. Petrosian +2 -1 =1 vs. Smyslov +4 -0 =0 vs. Fischer +3 -0 =1 vs. Gligoric +3 -0 =1 vs. Olafsson +3 -0 =1 vs. Benko +6 -2 =13 vs. Botvinnik (World Match, 1960) +5 -10 =6 vs. Botvinnik (World Match, 1961) European Team Championship, Oberhausen, 1961 +2 -0 =0 vs. Toran +1 -1 =0 vs. Portisch +0 -0 =2 vs. Schmid Curacao 1962 - 'minimatches' +0 -2 =1 vs. Petrosian +0 -2 =1 vs. Keres +0 -2 =1 vs. Geller +0 -1 =2 vs. Fischer +1 -1 =1 vs. Korchnoi +1 -1 =1 vs. Benko +1 -1 =1 vs. Filip Tal withdrew before playing the last series of games due to illness. +1 -0 =1 vs. Kramer (NED-Soviet Candidates, Hague 1962) +4 -1 =3 vs. Portisch (Candidates 1/4, Bled, 1965) +3 -2 =5 vs. Larsen (Candidates 1/2, Bled, 1965) +1 -4 =6 vs. Spassky (Candidates Final, Tbilisi, 1965) +1 -0 =3 vs. Bronstein (Training, Moscow 1966) +1 -0 =1 vs. Ciocaltea (Romania-Latvia, Riga 1967) +3 -1 =5 vs. Gligoric (Candidates 1/4 Belgrade 1968) +1 -2 =7 vs. Korchnoi (Candidates 1/2 Moscow 1968) +1 -4 =3 vs. Larsen (Candidates 3rd, Eersel 1969) USSR Cup 1970, Dnepropetrovsk - minimatches: +2 -0 =2 vs. Bagirov +1 -0 =3 vs. Gufeld +0 -1 =3 vs. Savon +1 -1 =2 vs. Najdorf (USSR-World, Belgrade 1970) [+9 -2 =3 Grandmaster vs. Master, Sochi 1970???] [2/3 Grandmaster vs. Y.Master, Moscow 1973???] +1 -0 =1 vs. Bronstein (3Teams, 1973) +0 -2 =0 vs. Balashov (3Teams, 1973) +1 -0 =7 vs. Ulf Andersson (Stockholm Exh. 1976) +2 -1 =1 vs. Velimirovic (YUG-USSR, Teslic 1979) +0 -3 =5 vs. Polugaevsky (Candidates 1/4, Belgrade, 1980) +1 -1 =4 vs. Ulf Andersson (Interzonal po, Malmoe, 1983) +1 -1 =4 vs. Timman (Candidates po, Montpellier, 1985) +2 -1 =3 vs. Timman (Training, Hilversum, 1988) <Overall: +69 -56 =118 (52.7%) // +44 -44 =73 (50%) in World & Candidates Matches)> 228 games, 1954-1988 Match Topalov! Veselin Topalov's Match Record (classical): < 1994 Tilburg KO: +0 -1 =1 vs 2565 op.[2374 performance] > +0 -1 =1 vs. Tukmanov (2565) < Exhibition Match, Alcobendas, 1994: vs 2630 op.[2710 performance] > +3 -1 =2 vs. Illescas-Cordoba (2590) < 1997 FIDE KO, Groningen: +0 -1 =1 vs 2630 op.[2439 performance] > +0 -1 =1 vs. Piket (2630) < 1999 FIDE WCh KO, Las Vegas: +3 -2 =1 vs 2652 op.[2741 performance] > +1 -1 =0 [+2 -0 =2] vs. Ponomariov (2616) +1 -0 =1 vs. Psakhis (2581) +1 -1 =0 [+0 -2 =0] vs. Kramnik (2760) < Exhibition Match, Albacete, 2000: +1 -1 =2 vs 2415 op.[2415 performance] > +1 -1 =2 vs. Herraiz Lopez (2415) < 2000 FIDE WCh KO, New Delhi: +3 -2 =3 vs 2684 op.[2728 performance] > +1 -0 =1 vs. Kharlov (2627) +1 -0 =1 vs. Kiril Georgiev (2674) +1 -1 =0 [+3 -1 =0] vs. Dreev (2681) +0 -1 =1 vs. Adams (2754) < 2001 FIDE WCh KO, Moscow: +4 -0 =4 vs 2594op.[2785 performance] > +2 -0 =0 vs. Pierrot (2427) +1 -0 =1 vs. Vescovi (2585) +1 -0 =1 vs. Zhong Zhang (2657) +0 -0 =2 [+1 -2 =2] vs. Shirov (2706) < 2002 Dortmund, Candidates Matches: +3 -4 =1 vs 2724op.[2680 performance] > +2 -2 =0 [+1 -0 =1] vs. Bareev (2726) - semifinal +1 -2 =1 vs. Leko (2722) - final < 2004 FIDE WCh KO, Tripoli: +9 -0 =5 vs 2541op.[2806 performance] > +2 -0 =0 vs. Abulhul (2076) +2 -0 =0 vs. Delchev (2542) +1 -0 =1 vs. Movsesian (2647) +2 -0 =0 vs. Kozul (2627) +2 -0 =0 vs. Kharlov (2593) +0 -0 =4 [+0 -2 =0] vs. Kasim (2652) - semifinal < Exhibition Match, Bucharest, 2006: +2 -0 =2 vs 2693 op.[2884 performance] > +2 -0 =2 vs. Nisipeanu (2693) < 2006 Unified World Championship, Elista: +3* -3 =6 vs 2743op.[2743 performance] > +3* -3 =6 [+1 -2 =1] vs. Kramnik (2743) < 2009 FIDE Candidates, Sofia: +3 -1 =3 vs 2725 op.[2827 performance] > +3 -1 =3 vs. Kamsky (2725) < 2010 FIDE World Championship, Sofia: +2 -3 =7 vs 2787op.[2758 performance] > +2 -3 =7 vs. Anand (2787) < 2011 FIDE Candidates, Kazan: +0 -1 =3 vs 2732 op.[2643 performance] > +0 -1 =3 vs. Kamsky (2732) <Overall: +36 -20 =41 [+7 -5 =4] vs 2663 opposition: 2720 performance [2739 in tiebreakers]> 116 games, 1994-2011 Nimzowitsch Sweden-Norway Tour 1921 <Sweden 1921> (January-March) Sweden-Norway Tour [Event "Uppsala Consultation"] [Site "Uppsala SWE"] [Date "1921.01.18"] [EventDate "?"] [Round "?"] [Result "0-1"] [White "Andersson / Oberg / Enstrom"] [Black "Aron Nimzowitsch"] [Source "Skjoldager and Nielsen pp.308-309"] 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Bd3 Nc6 5. Nge2 Nge7 6. O-O O-O 7. e5 Nf5 8. Be3 f6 9. Bxf5 exf5 10. f4 Be6 11. Ng3 Bxc3 12. bxc3 Na5 13. Qd3 Qd7 14. Rf3 g6 15. Ne2 Rf7 16. h4 h5 17. Kh2 Raf8 18. Rg3 Kh7 19. Ng1 Rg7 20. Nf3 Qa4 21. exf6 Rxf6 22. Ng5+ Kg8 23. Bg1 Nc4 24. Re1 Bd7 25. Nf3 Bb5 26. Qd1 Qxa2 27. Qe2 Nd6 28. Qe5 Ne8 29. Nd2 Rd6 30. c4 Bd7 31. Rc3 Nf6 32. cxd5 Ng4+ 0-1 === [Event "Uddevalla simul"] [Site "Uddevalla SWE"] [Date "1921.01.31"] [EventDate "?"] [Round "?"] [Result "1-0"] [White "Torbjornsson"] [Black "Nimzowitsch, Aron"] [Source "Skjoldager and Nielsen pp.310-311"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Be7 4. c3 Nf6 5. Qb3 O-O 6. d3 Na5 7. Qc2 Nxc4 8. dxc4 d6 9. h3 b6 10. Be3 Bb7 11. Nbd2 Qd7 12. Ng1 Nh5 13. g4 Nf4 14. Bxf4 exf4 15. O-O-O a6 16. Ne2 b5 17. Nxf4 bxc4 18. Ne2 Qb5 19. Nd4 Qc5 20. f4 Bf6 21. Nb1 Rfe8 22. Rhe1 g6 23. g5 Bg7 24. f5 Be5 25. Qf2 Re7 26. f6 Ree8 27. Qh4 Kh8 28. Nf3 Re6 29. Nxe5 Qxe5 30. Nd2 h5 31. Nxc4 Qc5 32. Rd4 Rae8 33. Qf4 a5 34. Nd2 Qb6 35. h4 c5 36. Nc4 Qa6 37. Nxd6 cxd4 38. Nxf7+ Kh7 39. Nd8 Qd6 40. Nxe6 Rxe6 41. Qxd6 Rxd6 42. e5 Re6 43. cxd4 Bd5 44. Re3 Rc6+ 45. Rc3 Rxc3+ 46. bxc3 Bxa2 47. Kb2 Bd5 48. Ka3 1-0 ################# <Match Nimzowitsch - Ahlander> [Event "Match Nimzowitsch - Ahlander"] [Site "Lund SWE"] [Date "1921.02.??"] [EventDate "?"] [Round "?"] [Result "0-1"] [White "Ahlander, Torsten"] [Black "Nimzowitsch, Aron"] [Source "Skjoldager and Nielsen pp.312-313"] 1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 Nf6 4. Nc3 c5 5. cxd5 exd5 6. g3 Nc6 7. Bg2 h6 8. O-O Be6 9. a3 Rc8 10. e3 Be7 11. dxc5 Bxc5 12. b4 Bb6 13. Bb2 O-O 14. Rc1 Ne4 15. Nd4 Nxd4 16. exd4 Nxc3 17. Rxc3 Rxc3 18. Bxc3 Qd7 19. Qd2 Bh3 20. Rc1 Bxg2 21. Kxg2 f5 22. f4 Re8 23. Re1 Re4 24. Rxe4 fxe4 25. h3 Qe6 26. Qe3 h5 27. Bd2 Kh7 28. a4 Bd8 29. Qc3 Qa6 30. a5 Qe2+ 31. Kg1 Bf6 32. Qe3 Qc4 33. Bc3 Qc8 34. Kg2 a6 35. Kh2 Kg8 36. Kg2 Kf7 37. Kh2 Ke8 38. Kg2 Kd8 39. h4 Qg4 40. Kf2 Kd7 41. Bd2 Qh3 42. Qc3 Qh2+ 43. Kf1 Qh1+ 44. Kf2 Qd1 45. Kg2 Qe2+ 46. Kg1 g6 47. Qe3 Qc4 48. Bc3 Kc6 49. Kf2 Kb5 50. Qd2 Be7 51. Qb2 Qd3 52. Be1 Bf6 0-1 === [Event "Match Nimzowitsch - Ahlander"] [Site "Lund SWE"] [Date "1921.02.??"] [EventDate "?"] [Round "?"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [White "Ahlander, Torsten"] [Black "Nimzowitsch, Aron"] [Source "Skjoldager and Nielsen p.313"] 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e5 Nfd7 6. Bxe7 Qxe7 7. Nb5 Nb6 8. a4 a5 9. Qd2 Nc6 10. f4 Nc4 11. Qc3 O-O 12. Nf3 Bd7 13. Bxc4 dxc4 14. Qxc4 Nb4 15. O-O Nd5 16. Qb3 Bxb5 17. Qxb5 c6 18. Qb3 Nxf4 19. Nd2 Ne2+ 20. Kh1 Nxd4 21. Qc3 Qb4 22. Qd3 Rfd8 23. c3 Qxb2 24. cxd4 Qxd4 25. Qxd4 Rxd4 26. Nf3 Rd5 27. Rfd1 Rad8 28. Rxd5 Rxd5 29. Kg1 g5 30. h3 Kg7 31. Kf2 Kg6 32. g4 Rc5 33. Ra3 h5 34. Ke3 hxg4 35. hxg4 Rc4 36. Nh2 c5 37. Kf3 Rb4 38. Nf1 Rf4+ 39. Ke2 Rxg4 40. Nd2 Kf5 41. Rf3+ Kxe5 42. Rxf7 Rxa4 43. Rxb7 g4 44. Rb5 1/2-1/2 === [Event "Match Nimzowitsch - Ahlander"] [Site "Lund SWE"] [Date "1921.02.??"] [EventDate "?"] [Round "?"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [White "Ahlander, Torsten"] [Black "Nimzowitsch, Aron"] [Source "Skjoldager and Nielsen p.313"] 1. e4 Nc6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 f6 4. f4 Bf5 5. Nf3 Qd7 6. Bb5 e6 7. O-O O-O-O 8. c3 Be4 9. Qa4 Kb8 10. Be3 a6 11. Bxc6 Qxc6 12. Qxc6 bxc6 13. Nbd2 Nh6 14. Nb3 Kc8 15. Rac1 Nf5 16. Bd2 h5 17. Na1 c5 18. Nc2 Be7 19. Ne3 Nxe3 20. Bxe3 Bxf3 21. Rxf3 c4 22. Rg3 Rh7 23. b3 Kd7 24. bxc4 dxc4 25. Rb1 Kc6 26. Rf3 f5 27. Rg3 Bf8 28. Rg6 Rh6 29. Rxh6 gxh6 30. Kf2 h4 31. Kf3 h5 32. Bf2 Be7 1/2-1/2 ###################### <1st Match Nimzowitsch - Hakansson> [Event "1st Match Nimzowitsch - Hakansson"] [Site "Kristianstad (Oslo) NOR"] [Date "1921.03.??"] [EventDate "?"] [Round "?"] [Result "1-0"] [White "Hakansson, Arthur"] [Black "Nimzowitsch, Aron"] [Source "Skjoldager and Nielsen pp.313-314"] 1. d4 e6 2. e4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. exd5 exd5 5. Bg5 Be7 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. Nge2 Nb4 8. O-O O-O 9. h3 Re8 10. Ng3 h6 11. Bf4 Bd6 12. Bxd6 Qxd6 13. Qd2 Nxd3 14. Qxd3 Bd7 15. Rae1 Re7 16. Nb5 Bxb5 17. Qxb5 Rxe1 18. Rxe1 Qb6 19. Qxb6 axb6 20. a3 Kf8 21. Kf1 g6 22. Ke2 b5 23. Kd3 Nd7 24. Nf1 Nb6 25. Nd2 Na4 26. b3 Nb6 27. Nb1 Nc8 28. Kc3 c6 29. Kb4 b6 30. Nd2 Ne7 31. Nf3 Rd8 32. Ra1 Rd6 33. a4 bxa4 34. bxa4 f6 35. a5 bxa5+ 36. Kxa5 Re6 37. Re1 Rxe1 38. Nxe1 Nf5 39. Kb6 Nxd4 40. Kc5 Ne6+ 41. Kxc6 d4 42. Kd5 Ke7 43. g3 f5 44. Nf3 d3 45. cxd3 Kf6 46. d4 g5 47. Ne5 Nc7+ 48. Kc6 Ne6 49. Kd5 Nc7+ 50. Kc4 h5 51. Nd7+ Ke6 52. Nc5+ Kd6 53. Nb7+ Kc6 54. Nd8+ Kd7 55. Nf7 g4 56. h4 Ke6 57. Ne5 f4 58. Ng6 fxg3 59. Nf4+ Kf5 60. fxg3 Ke4 61. Nxh5 1-0 === [Event "1st Match Nimzowitsch - Hakansson"] [Site "Kristianstad (Oslo) NOR"] [Date "1921.03.??"] [EventDate "?"] [Round "?"] [Result "0-1"] [White "Hakansson, Arthur"] [Black "Nimzowitsch, Aron"] [Source "Skjoldager and Nielsen p.314"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. Bg5 h6 5. Bxf6 Qxf6 6. e4 Bb7 7. Nc3 Bb4 8. Qd3 Bxc3+ 9. bxc3 d6 10. Qe3 Nd7 11. Bd3 e5 12. O-O O-O 13. a4 a5 14. Ne1 Rae8 15. f3 Qe6 16. Nc2 exd4 17. cxd4 f5 18. d5 Qe5 19. Qd4 Nc5 20. Rfd1 fxe4 21. fxe4 Nxd3 22. Rxd3 Qxe4 0-1 ================== [Event "1st Match Nimzowitsch - Hakansson"] [Site "Kristianstad (Oslo) NOR"] [Date "1921.03.??"] [EventDate "?"] [Round "?"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [White "Hakansson, Arthur"] [Black "Nimzowitsch, Aron"] [Source "Skjoldager and Nielsen p.314"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. e3 Bb7 5. Bd3 d5 6. O-O Be7 7. b3 O-O 8. Bb2 c5 9. Qe2 Nc6 10. Nc3 dxc4 11. bxc4 Nb4 12. Rfd1 Nxd3 13. Rxd3 Ba6 14. Nb5 Bxb5 15. cxb5 Qe8 16. a4 a6 17. dxc5 axb5 18. cxb6 bxa4 19. Ba3 Bxa3 20. Rdxa3 Qc6 21. h3 Qxb6 22. Rxa4 Rxa4 23. Rxa4 1/2-1/2 =================== [Event "1st Match Nimzowitsch - Hakansson"] [Site "Kristianstad (Oslo) NOR"] [Date "1921.03.??"] [EventDate "?"] [Round "?"] [Result "1-0"] [White "Nimzowitsch, Aron"] [Black "Hakansson, Arthur"] [Source "Skjoldager and Nielsen p.315"] 1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Nbd7 5. e3 c5 6. Bd3 Bd6 7. O-O O-O 8. b3 b6 9. cxd5 exd5 10. Bb2 Bb7 11. Rc1 Rc8 12. dxc5 bxc5 13. Bf5 Qe7 14. Nb5 Bb8 15. Bxf6 gxf6 16. Nh4 Ne5 17. Bxh7+ Kxh7 18. Qh5+ Kg8 19. Nf5 Qd7 20. f4 Ng6 21. Rf3 1-0 ################# [Event "Eskilstuna simul"] [Site "Eskilstuna SWE"] [Date "1921.04.27"] [EventDate "?"] [Round "?"] [Result "0-1"] [White "Nimzowitsch, Aron"] [Black "Malmstrom, Gustaf"] [Source "Skjoldager and Nielsen pp.316"] 1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 c6 5. e3 Be7 6. a4 Bb4 7. Bd3 dxc4 8. Bxc4 Ne4 9. Bd2 Nxd2 10. Qxd2 Nd7 11. O-O O-O 12. Qc2 Bxc3 13. bxc3 b6 14. Bd3 h6 15. e4 c5 16. a5 bxa5 17. Qa2 cxd4 18. cxd4 Bb7 19. Qxa5 Nf6 20. Qe5 a5 21. Rfb1 Bc6 22. h3 a4 23. Kh2 Ra5 24. Qf4 Qa8 25. Re1 Nh5 26. Qh4 Nf6 27. Ne5 Bb5 28. Bxb5 Rxb5 29. Re3 Rd8 30. Rg3 Kf8 31. d5 exd5 32. exd5 Qxd5 33. f4 Qe4 34. Rc3 Rxe5 35. fxe5 Qxh4 36. exf6 Qxf6 0-1 === [Event "Kristiania (Oslo) simul"] [Site "Kristianstad (Oslo) NOR"] [Date "1921.04.27"] [EventDate "?"] [Round "?"] [Result "1-0"] [White "Andresen, O"] [Black "Nimzowitsch, Aron"] [Source "Skjoldager and Nielsen pp.317-318"] 1. e4 Nc6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 f6 4. f4 Bf5 5. Nf3 e6 6. Bb5 Qd7 7. O-O O-O-O 8. c3 a6 9. Ba4 Be4 10. b4 b5 11. Bb3 Nge7 12. a4 Kb7 13. axb5 axb5 14. Qe2 Nb8 15. Nbd2 Bxf3 16. Nxf3 Nc8 17. Ra5 Nb6 18. Rxb5 Nc6 19. f5 Be7 20. Be3 Rhe8 21. Ra1 Ra8 22. Rxa8 Kxa8 23. fxe6 Qxe6 24. Qa2+ Kb7 25. Bxd5 Qd7 26. Rxb6+ Kxb6 27. Bxc6 Kxc6 28. Qa4+ 1-0 === [Event "Kristiania (Oslo) Offhand game"] [Site "Kristianstad (Oslo) NOR"] [Date "1921.??.??"] [EventDate "?"] [Round "?"] [Result "0-1"] [White "Lund, Leif"] [Black "Nimzowitsch, Aron"] [Source "Skjoldager and Nielsen p.319"] 1. e4 Nc6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 f6 4. f4 Bf5 5. Bb5 Qd7 6. Nf3 a6 7. Ba4 e6 8. c3 Nh6 9. O-O Be7 10. Nbd2 O-O 11. Bc2 fxe5 12. Bxf5 Nxf5 13. Nxe5 Nxe5 14. fxe5 c5 15. Nf3 h5 16. g3 cxd4 17. cxd4 Qb5 18. Rf2 Qb6 19. Kg2 Rac8 20. Qd3 Rc6 21. Be3 Rfc8 22. Raf1 Qb5 23. Rd1 Rc2 24. Rdd2 Rxb2 25. Bg5 Qxd3 26. Rxd3 Rxf2+ 27. Kxf2 Rc2+ 28. Rd2 Rxd2+ 29. Bxd2 Kf7 30. h3 Ke8 31. g4 hxg4 32. hxg4 Nh6 33. Kg3 b5 34. Ne1 b4 35. Nd3 a5 36. Nf4 Kd7 37. Nh5 Bf8 38. Kh4 a4 39. Bxb4 Bxb4 40. Nxg7 Bc3 41. Kh5 Ng8 0-1 ================== [Event "Kristiania (Oslo) Offhand game"] [Site "Kristianstad (Oslo) NOR"] [Date "1921.??.??"] [EventDate "?"] [Round "?"] [Result "1-0"] [White "Nimzowitsch, Aron"] [Black "Aalheim, Trygve"] [Source "Skjoldager and Nielsen pp.319-320"] 1. e3 c5 2. b3 e6 3. Bb2 Nf6 4. f4 Be7 5. g4 h6 6. Bg2 Nc6 7. h4 d5 8. g5 hxg5 9. hxg5 Rxh1 10. Bxh1 Ne4 11. Bxe4 dxe4 12. Qh5 e5 13. Nc3 Bf5 14. O-O-O Qd7 15. Nge2 g6 16. Qh7 O-O-O 17. Qxf7 exf4 18. exf4 Nb4 19. Ng3 Bg4 20. Nce2 Nd3+ 21. Kb1 Nf2 22. Rf1 Qxd2 23. Qxe7 Bxe2 24. Be5 1-0 === [Event "Kristiania (Oslo) Consultation"] [Site "Kristianstad (Oslo) NOR"] [Date "1921.05.??"] [EventDate "?"] [Round "?"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [White "E Amundsen / W Kristiansen"] [Black "Aron Nimzowitsch"] [Source "Skjoldager and Nielsen pp.320-321"] 1. e4 Nc6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 f6 4. exf6 exf6 5. Nf3 Bg4 6. Be2 Qd7 7. O-O O-O-O 8. Be3 Bd6 9. Nbd2 Kb8 10. c4 dxc4 11. Nxc4 h5 12. d5 Bxf3 13. Bxf3 Ne5 14. Nxe5 fxe5 15. Qd3 Nf6 16. Rfd1 Rhe8 17. Be4 Nxe4 18. Qxe4 Qg4 19. f3 Qxe4 20. fxe4 Rf8 21. Rf1 a6 22. Rxf8 Rxf8 23. Rf1 Rxf1+ 24. Kxf1 1/2-1/2 After this, the game was drawn with a somewhat better position for White. === [Event "Kristiania (Oslo) Consultation"] [Site "Kristianstad (Oslo) NOR"] [Date "1921.05.??"] [EventDate "?"] [Round "?"] [Result "1-0"] [White "CC Christiansen / G Wiers-Jensen"] [Black "Aron Nimzowitsch"] [Source "Skjoldager and Nielsen p.320"] 1. e4 Nc6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 f6 4. f4 Bf5 5. Bd3 Nxd4 6. Bxf5 Nxf5 7. g4 Nh4 8. e6 Qd6 9. Qe2 h5 10. Nc3 O-O-O 11. Nb5 Qa6 12. Be3 Qxe6 13. Nxa7+ Kb8 14. O-O-O Qe4 15. Nc6+ Kc8 16. Nxd8 Qxh1 17. Qb5 Kxd8 18. Rxd5+ Qxd5 19. Qxd5+ Ke8 20. Ne2 hxg4 21. Nd4 c6 22. Qb3 Ng2 23. Qxb7 Nxe3 24. Qxc6+ Kf7 25. Qe6+ Kg6 26. Qxe3 1-0 White won after 30 further moves. === [Event "Norway Consultation"] [Site "Norway NOR"] [Date "1921.??.??"] [EventDate "?"] [Round "?"] [Result "1-0"] [White "Aron Nimzowitsch"] [Black "Allies"] [Source "Skjoldager and Nielsen p.325"] 1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 c5 3. c4 e6 4. e3 Nc6 5. Nc3 Nf6 6. Bd3 Bd6 7. O-O O-O 8. b3 b6 9. Bb2 Bb7 10. Rc1 cxd4 11. exd4 Rc8 12. cxd5 exd5 13. Bf5 Rc7 14. Nb5 Re7 15. Nxd6 Qxd6 16. Ne5 Nd8 17. Rc2 Ne6 18. f4 Ne4 19. Qc1 b5 20. Nc6 Bxc6 21. Rxc6 Qb8 22. Bxe4 dxe4 23. f5 Nd8 24. f6 gxf6 25. Rcxf6 Ne6 26. d5 Ng7 27. Qg5 Qe8 28. R1f4 Kh8 29. Qxg7+ 1-0 === [Event "Bergen simul"] [Site "Bergen NOR"] [Date "1921.11.17"] [EventDate "?"] [Round "?"] [Result "1-0"] [White "Nimzowitsch, Aron"] [Black "Lystad, Martin"] [Source "Skjoldager and Nielsen pp.325-326"] 1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. e3 c5 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Be2 cxd4 7. exd4 Bd6 8. Bg5 dxc4 9. Bxc4 h6 10. Bxf6 Qxf6 11. Ne4 Bb4+ 12. Kf1 Qg6 13. Bd3 f5 14. Ng3 O-O 15. Qb3 Be7 16. Re1 Kh8 17. Bc4 Bf6 18. Ne2 e5 19. dxe5 Nxe5 20. Nf4 Qg4 21. g3 Nxc4 22. Kg2 Nd2 23. Nxd2 b6 24. h3 Bb7+ 25. f3 Qg5 26. h4 Qg4 27. Kh2 Bxf3 28. Nxf3 Kh7 29. Kg2 Rad8 30. Re2 Rfe8 31. Rhe1 1-0 === [Event "Bergen simul"] [Site "Bergen NOR"] [Date "1921.12.18"] [EventDate "?"] [Round "?"] [Result "1-0"] [White "Nimzowitsch, Aron"] [Black "Hansen, John Bruun"] [Source "Skjoldager and Nielsen pp.326-327"] 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. Nge2 f6 6. Nf4 cxd4 7. Qxd4 Nc6 8. Bb5 Be7 9. Nd3 Bd7 10. Bxc6 Bxc6 11. Bf4 f5 12. h4 Qb6 13. Be3 Qxd4 14. Bxd4 Nh6 15. Nc5 Bxc5 16. Bxc5 Nf7 17. Bd4 b6 18. a4 O-O-O 19. b4 Kb7 20. b5 Bd7 21. Kd2 Rc8 22. Ne2 Rc4 23. Rhb1 Rhc8 24. c3 g6 25. a5 Ra8 26. axb6 axb6 27. Rxa8 Kxa8 28. Ra1+ Kb8 29. Ra6 Nd8 30. Rxb6+ Nb7 31. Nf4 Ra4 32. Nxe6 Bxe6 33. Rxe6 1-0 === 5 games, 1921 Smyslov's Tournaments and Matches 1935-1979 This collection lists in chronological order all known tournaments and matches played by Vasily Smyslov between 1935-1979. The collection features many blue web-links to <Smyslov> tournaments and matches. These web pages provide a full crosstable, all games, and a historical introduction for each event. There are also many links to tournament and match games collections that feature <Smyslov>. One of <Smylov's> best games from each event is featured as a representative sample. For some events, there may be no surviving game score. In anyone finds a missing event or game, or finds any errors in this list, please let me know about it by leaving a message in my forum: http://www.chessgames.com/perl/ches... ################################################################### <Moskvoretsky House of Pioneers Championship 1935> (Fall) 1st, with +11 -0 =0. Smyslov was later awarded the 1st category rank in the fall of 1936. [Romanovsky, p.xi. In Vasily Smyslov, "My Best Games of Chess (1935-1957)" P.H. Clarke ed., transl. Routledge and Kegan Paul, 1958 ; Genna Sosonko, "The World Champions I Knew" (New in Chess 2013), pp.126-27 ] <???> Di Felice's "Chess Results 1936-1940," p.118 lists Smyslov playing in a <"Masters vs. Candidate Masters 1937"> event in Moscow, scoring +4 -0 =2. However, Di Felice does not list a primary source, and I cannot confirm this event. Given the fact that Smyslov wasn't awarded the <candidate master> title until *after* 1937, and that neither Smyslov nor Pyotr Romanovsky's biography of Smyslov mentions such an event, I think this is probably a mistaken entry by Di Felice. [Gino Di Felice, "Chess Results 1936-1940" (McFarland 2007), p.118; Romanovsky, pp. xi-xii ] <3d USSR Junior Championship 1938> In Leningrad (January) 1st, over Zanozdra, Steinsapir, Batygin, Sorin and Lapidus. [Di Felice "Chess Results 1936-1940," p.184; Vasily Smyslov, "Smyslov's 125 Selected Games" Ken Neat transl. (Cadogen 1983), p.9; http://al20102007.narod.ru/ch_urs/1... Yuri Averbakh, "Centre-Stage and Behind the Scenes" Steve Giddins transl. (New in Chess 2011), p.34 ] <All-Union 1st Category Tournament 1938> In Gorky (August) In the "Group Two" section, Smyslov shared 1st with Ufmitsev and Stolberg. Awarded the candidate master title. [Romanovsky, pp. xi-xii; http://al20102007.narod.ru/nat_tour... Edward Winter, ed. "World Chess Champions" (Pergamon Press 1981), p.149; Di Felice, "Chess Results 1936-1940," p.174 ] <18th Moscow Championship 1938> (October) Shared 1st with Belevenets, with +10 -2 =5. Awarded the Soviet master title. [Smyslov, "125 Games," p.9; http://al20102007.narod.ru/ch_repub... Winter, p.149; Di Felice, "Chess Results, 1936-1940," p.191 ] <Leningrad-Moscow International Training Tournament 1939> Game Collection: 1939 Leningrad/Moscow (3 Jan - 1 Feb) Shared 12th with Keres, behind Flohr, Reshevsky, and Lilienthal, with +4 -5 =8. [http://al20102007.narod.ru/it/1939/... Winter, p.149 ] <19th Moscow Championship 1939-1940> (30 Dec 1939 - 25 Jan 1940) Shared 2d with Panov, behind Lilienthal, with +7 -2 =4. [Di Felice, "Chess Results 1936-1940," p. 253, http://al20102007.narod.ru/ch_repub... Winter, p.149 ] USSR Championship (1940) <12th USSR Championship> In Moscow (5 Sept - 3 Oct) 3d behind Lilienthal and Bondarevsky, ahead of Keres, Boleslavsky and Botvinnik, with +8 -1 =10. [Bernard Cafferty and Mark Taimanov, "The Soviet Championships" (Cadogen 1998), p.48; http://al20102007.narod.ru/ch_urs/1... Winter, pp.149 ] <Moscow-Leningrad Telephone Match 1941> (12 Jan) 3d board for Moscow vs. I. Rabinovich, with +1 -0 =0. Leningrad won 7-3. [http://al20102007.narod.ru/matches/... Winter, p.152 ] USSR Absolute Championship (1941) In Leningrad and Moscow (23 March - 29 April). 3d behind Botvinnik and Keres, ahead of Boleslavsky, Lilienthal, and Bondarevsky, with +4 -4 =12. Awarded the Soviet grandmaster title based on 3d place finishes in both the <12th USSR Championship> and the <USSR Absolute Championship>. [Smyslov, "125 Games" pp.9-10; http://al20102007.narod.ru/ch_urs/1... Winter, p.149 ] <Kuibyshev 1942> Game Collection: Smyslov at Kuibyshev (27 July - 19 Aug). 2d behind Boleslavsky, ahead of Lilienthal and Mikenas, with +7 -2 =2. [http://al20102007.narod.ru/nat_tour... Winter, p.149 ] <22d Moscow Championship 1942> Game Collection: Smyslov at the 22d Moscow Championship (5 Nov - 4 Dec). 1st over Boleslavsky, Kotov, and Lilienthal, with +10 -1 =4. [Di Felice "Chess Results 1941-1946," p.72 http://al20102007.narod.ru/ch_repub... Winter, p.149; Botwinnik, "Schach in Russland 1941-45 mit sämtlichen Partien Swerdlowsk 1943," p.18 ] Sverdlovsk (1943) (21 April - 15 May). Shared 3d behind Botvinnik and Makogonov, ahead of Boleslavsky and Konstantinopolsky, with +5 -3 =6. [http://al20102007.narod.ru/nat_tour... Winter, p.149; Botwinnik, "Schach in Russland 1941-45 mit sämtlichen Partien Swerdlowsk 1943" ] <23d Moscow Championship 1943-1944?> (5 Dec 1943 - 12 Jan 1944?) Botvinnik dates this event as occurring only in Dec 1943. Smyslov 2d behind Botvinnik, ahead of Alatortsev, Lisitsin, Yudovich, and Averbakh, with +7 -0 =9 (1 win was a default). Because Botvinnik was from Leningrad, Smyslov was actually declared Moscow champion. [Winter, p.149; http://al20102007.narod.ru/ch_repub..., Di Felice, "Chess Results 1941-1946," p.131; Andrew Soltis, "Soviet Chess 1917-1991" (McFarland 1997), p.148; Botwinnik, "Schach in Russland 1941-45 mit sämtlichen Partien Swerdlowsk 1943," p.20 ] USSR Championship (1944) <13th USSR Championship> In Moscow (21 May - 17 June) 2d behind Botvinnik, ahead of Boleslavsky, Flohr, Makogonov, Mikenas and Tolush, with +8 -3 =5. [Cafferty and Taimanov, p.52; phttp://al20102007.narod.ru/ch_urs/1... Winter, p.149 ] <24th Moscow Championship 1944-1945> Game Collection: Smyslov at the 24th Moscow Championship (10 Dec 1944 - 10 Jan 1945) 1st over Ragozin, Lilienthal, Flohr and Bondarevsky, with +10 -0 =6. [Botwinnik, "Schach in Russland 1941-45 mit sämtlichen Partien Swerdlowsk 1943," p. 28, http://al20102007.narod.ru/ch_repub... Winter, p.149; Di Felice, "Chess Results 1941-1946," p.175 ] <6th Trade Unions Team Championship Final 1945> In Moscow (Dates-???) 1st board for Krylia Sovetov vs Ratner (Bolshevik II), with +0 -0 =1. Krylia Sovetov drew Bolshevik II, 5.0 -5.0 to share 5th/6th places in the overall team placings. There appears to be no surviving Smyslov game score from this event. [http://al20102007.narod.ru/nat_tour... Di Felice, "Chess Results 1941-1945," p.227 ] USSR Championship (1945) <14th USSR Championship> In Moscow (1 June - 1 July) Shared 10th with Chekhover, behind Botvinnik, Boleslavsky, Konstantinopolsky, and Bronstein, with +6 -6 =5. [Cafferty and Taimanov, p.56; http://al20102007.narod.ru/ch_urs/1... Winter, p.149 ] USSR - USA Radio Match (1945) (1-4 Sept) 2d board vs. Reshevsky, with +2 -0 =0. The USSR won 15.5 - 4.5. [Winter, p. 152; http://al20102007.narod.ru/matches/... Soltis, p.158 ] <25th Moscow Championship 1946> Game Collection: Smyslov at the 25th Moscow Championship (25 Jan - 17 Feb) Shared 3d with Alatortsev, Kotov, and Panov, behind Bronstein and Simagin, with +7 -5 =3. [http://al20102007.narod.ru/ch_repub... Winter, p.149 ] <Bratislava-Moscow Match 1946> In Bratislava (March) This was the first event Smyslov played outside of the Soviet Union. He played 3d board vs. Ujtelky, with +1 -0 =1. Moscow won 13 - 3. There appears to be no surviving Smyslov game score from this event. [Di Felice, "Chess Results 1941-1946", p.312, from Ceskolovensky Sach 1946 ] <Brno-Moscow Match 1946> In Brno (March) 1st board vs. Florian, with +1 -0 =1. Moscow won 12.5 - 3.5. There appears to be no surviving Smyslov game score from this event. [Di Felice, "Chess Results 1941-1946", p.312, from Ceskolovensky Sach 1946 ] <Linz-Moscow Match 1946> In Linz (21 March) 3d board vs. Siourac, with +1 -0 =0. Moscow won 7 - 1. There appears to be no surviving Smyslov game score from this event. [Di Felice, "Chess Results 1941-1946", p.313, from Shakhmaty v SSSR 1946 ] <Prague-Moscow Match 1946> In Prague (2-20 March) and Moscow (2-15 May) Smyslov 3d board, scoring +3 -1 =2 in the first leg and +4 -0 =2 in the second leg for a total of +7 -1 =4. Moscow won 51.5-20.5 (23-13, 28.5-7.5). [http://al20102007.narod.ru/matches/... Winter, p.152; http://www.olimpbase.org/other/resu... Di Felice, "Chess Results 1941-1946", p.315, from Shakhmaty v SSSR, 1946 ] <USSR-Great Britain Radio Match 1946> Game Collection: 1946. USSR vs GB (Radio match) (19-22 June) 3d board vs. I. Konig, with +2 -0 =0. The USSR won 18 - 6. [http://al20102007.narod.ru/matches/... Evening Telegraph - Wednesday 19 June 1946, p.5; http://amici.iccf.com/issues/Issue_... ] Groningen (1946) (13 Aug - 7 Sept) 3d, behind Botvinnik and Euwe, ahead of Najdorf, Szabó, Boleslavsky and Flohr, with +7 -1 =11. [http://thechesslibrary.com/files/19... Winter, p.149 ] <USSR-USA Match 1946> Game Collection: 0 In Moscow (12-15 Sept) 3d board vs. Denker, with +2 -0 =0. The USSR won 12.5 - 7.5. [http://al20102007.narod.ru/matches/... Winter, p.152 ] USSR Championship (1947) <15th USSR Championship> In Leningrad (2 Feb - 8 March) Shared 3d with Bondarevsky, behind Keres and Boleslavsky, ahead of Tolush, Bronstein, Lilienthal and Flohr, with +7 -2 =10. [Cafferty and Taimanov, p.59; http://al20102007.narod.ru/ch_urs/1... Winter, p.149 ] <Warsaw 1947> Game Collection: Smyslov at Warsaw 1947 (16-27 April) Shared 2d with Boleslavsky, Pachman, and Sajtar, behind Gligoric, with +4 -1 =4. [http://thechesslibrary.com/files/19... Winter, p.149; http://polbase.w.interia.pl/warszaw... ] <Parnu National Training Tournament 1947> (14 July - 4 Aug) Shared 4th with Boleslavsky and Bronstein, behind Keres, Kotov, and Lilienthal, with +4 -1 =8. [http://al20102007.narod.ru/nat_tour... Winter, p.149 ] <USSR-Great Britain Match 1947> In London (21-23 Sept) 2d board vs. Golombek, with +1 -0 =1. The USSR won 15 - 5. [Harry Golombek, "Golombek's Encyclopedia of Chess" (Crown Publishers, Inc. 1977), p.45; NY Times 22, 23 Sept 1947; Winter, p.152 ] Moscow (1947) <2d Chigorin Memorial International 1947> (25 Nov - 23 Dec) Shared 3d with Boleslavsky, behind Botvinnik and Ragozin, ahead of Kotov and Keres, with +6 -1 =8. [http://al20102007.narod.ru/it/1947/... Winter, p.149 ] FIDE World Championship Tournament (1948) In the Hague and Moscow (2 March - 17 May) 2d behind Botvinnik, ahead of Reshevsky, Keres and Euwe. [http://thechesslibrary.com/files/19... Winter, p.149; Harry Golombek, "The World Chess Championship 1948" (Hardinge Simpole 1949), pp. 39-219 ] <1st USSR Republics Team Championship 1948> In Leningrad (12-22 Sept) Played 2 rounds for Moscow on board 1, with +1 -1 =0. Moscow 1st, over Leningrad, RSFSR, Ukraine, Lithuania, Georgia and Uzbekistan. [http://al20102007.narod.ru/team_ch/... Winter, p.149 ] <Moscow-Budapest Match 1949> Game Collection: Smyslov at the Moscow-Budapest 1949 Match In Budapest (5-17 March) and Moscow (2-15 April) Smyslov 2d board, scoring +2 -1 =5 in the first leg and +8 -0 =0 in the second leg for a total of +10 -1 =5. Moscow won 86.5-41.5 (38-26; 48.5-15.5). [Di Felice, "Chess Results 1947-1950", pp.308,310; http://www.olimpbase.org/other/resu... Winter, p.152 ] USSR Championship (1949) <17th USSR Championship> In Moscow (16 Oct - 20 Nov) Shared 1st with Bronstein, ahead of Geller, Taimanov, Furman, Boleslavsky and Keres, with +9 -2 =8. [Cafferty and Taimanov, p.67; http://al20102007.narod.ru/ch_urs/1... Winter, p.149 ] Budapest Candidates (1950) (9 April - 16 May) 3d behind Bronstein and Boleslavsky, ahead of Keres, Najdorf, Kotov, and Stahlberg, with +5 -3 =10. [http://thechesslibrary.com/files/19... Winter, p.149 ] <Venice 1950> Game Collection: Smyslov at Venice 1950 (28 Sept - 14 Oct) 2d behind Kotov, ahead of Rossolimo, Pachman, and Letelier, with +9 -0 =6. [http://thechesslibrary.com/files/19... Winter, p.149; http://www.torneionline.com/loto/lo... ] USSR Championship (1950) <18th USSR Championship> In Moscow (11 Nov - 11 Dec) Shared 5th with Konstantinopolsky, behind Keres, Lipnitsky, Tolush, and Aronin, with +6 -3 =8. [Cafferty and Taimanov, p.71; http://al20102007.narod.ru/ch_urs/1... Winter, p.149 ] <3d Chigorin Memorial All Russian Tournament 1951> In Leningrad (16 Jan - ? Feb) 1st over Aronin, Taimanov, Simagin and Tolush, with +8 -1 =4. [Di Felice, "Chess Results 1951-1955," p.44; http://al20102007.narod.ru/nat_tour... Winter, p.149. ] <USSR Clubs Team Championship 1951> In Leningrad (Feb - March) 1st board for Nauka. Smyslov 3d in individual competition behind Lutikov and Kotov. Team Nauka 1st, over Iskra, Zenit, Medik, Lokomotiv, Trud, Burevstnik and Avangard. There appears to be no surviving Smyslov game score from this event. [Di Felice, "Chess Results 1951-1955," p.93; http://al20102007.narod.ru/nat_tour... ] <USSR Championship Semifinal 1951> In Leningrad (25 May - 25 June) 1st over Terpugov, Moiseev, Kopylov and Bondarevsky, with +9 -0 =9. [Di Felice, "Chess Results 1951-1955," p.44; http://al20102007.narod.ru/ch_urs/1... Winter, p.149 ] USSR Championship (1951) <19th USSR Championship> In Moscow (11 Nov - 14 Dec) 4th behind Keres, Petrosian, and Geller, ahead of Botvinnik, Averbakh, Bronstein and Taimanov, with +9 -4 =4. [Cafferty and Taimanov, p.74; http://al20102007.narod.ru/ch_urs/1... Winter, p.149; Di Felice, "Chess Results 1951-1955," p.53 ] <Maroczy Memorial 1952> Game Collection: Budapest 1952 (3 March - 2 April) Shared 3d with Botvinnik and Stahlberg behind Keres and Geller, ahead of Szabo, Petrosian and Pilnik, with +8 -3 =6. [Winter, p.149; http://thechesslibrary.com/files/19... Di Felice, "Chess Results 1951-1955," p.121 ] <Training Team Tournament 1952> In Gagra/Voronovo (Date ???) 2d behind Bronstein in individual competition with +3 -2 =3. Team 2 (Bronstein, Geller, Boleslavsky, Petrosian) beat Team 1 (Smyslov, Botvinnik, Keres, Kotov) 16 - 15. [http://al20102007.narod.ru/nat_tour... Di Felice, "Chess Results 1951-1955," p.180 ] <Helsinki Olympiad 1952> (9-31 Aug) Gold medal on 2d board, with +8 -0 =5. The USSR 1st over Argentina, Yugoslavia, Czechoslovakia, USA and Hungary. [http://www.olimpbase.org/1952/1952i... http://www.olimpbase.org/1952/1952f... http://www.olimpbase.org/1952/1952u... Winter, p.150; Árpád Földeák, "Chess Olympiads 1927–1968" (Dover 1979), p.?????? ] USSR Championship (1952) <20th USSR Championship> In Moscow (29 Nov - 29 Dec) Shared 7th with Bronstein and Moiseev, behind Botvinnik, Taimanov, Geller, Boleslavsky, Tolush and Korchnoi, with +6 -4 =9. [Cafferty and Taimanov, p.78; http://al20102007.narod.ru/ch_urs/1... Winter, p.150 ] <Bucharest 1953> 25 Jan - 26 Feb) 3d behind Tolush and Petrosian, ahead of Boleslavsky, Spassky, Szabo and Barcza, with +7 -1 =11. [Winter, p.150; Di Felice, "Chess Results 1951-1955," p.218 ] <Training Tournament 1953> In Gagra (May) 1st over Petrosian, Boleslavsky, Averbakh, Kotov, Taimanov, Geller, Keres, Tolush, and Ragozin with +6 -1 =3 (this score includes a win over Bondarevsky, who only played 3 games in the event) [Di Felice, "Chess Results 1951-1955," p.240; http://al20102007.narod.ru/nat_tour... ] Zuerich Candidates (1953) In Neuhausen am Rhein and Zürich (28 Aug - 24 Oct) 1st over Bronstein, Reshevsky, Keres, Petrosian, Najdorf, Geller and Kotov, with +9 -1 =18. [Winter, p.150; Di Felice "Chess Results 1951-1955," p.268; Miguel Najdorf, "Zürich 1953" Taylor Kingsford transl. (Russell Enterprises 2012), p.42 ] Botvinnik - Smyslov World Championship Match (1954) <19th World Chess Championship> In Moscow (16 March - 13 May) Smyslov scored +7 -7 =10. Botvinnik remained champion on draw odds. [Winter, p.152; Di Felice "Chess Results 1951-1955," p.408; Harry Golombek, "World Chess Championship 1954" (Macgibbon & Kee 1954), p.xvi; "Tidskrift för schack" nr. 7-8 (July-Aug 1949), pp.153-157 http://www.schack.se/tfs/history/19... ] <USSR-USA Match 1954> In New York (19-23 June) 1st board vs. Reshevsky, with +0 -0 =4 . The USSR won 20 - 12. [Winter, p.152; Di Felice, "Chess Results 1951-1955," p.422 ] 53. <USSR-Great Britain Match 1954> In London (3-5 July) 1st board vs. C.H.O.D. Alexander, with +1 -0 =1 . The USSR won 18.5 - 1.5. [Winter, p.152; Di Felice, "Chess Results 1951-1955," pp.420-21 ] <USSR-Sweden Match 1954> In Stockholm (9-12 July) 1st board vs. Stahlberg, with +1 -0 =1 . The USSR won 13 - 3. [ Winter, p.152; Di Felice, "Chess Results 1951-1955," p.423 ] <Amsterdam Olympiad 1954> (4-25 Sept) Bronze medal on 2d board, with +6 -0 =6. The USSR 1st over Argentina, Yugoslavia, Czechoslovakia, West Germany, Hungary, Israel and the Netherlands. [Di Felice, "Chess Results 1951-1955," pp.409-413; http://www.olimpbase.org/1954/1954i... http://www.olimpbase.org/1954/1954f... http://www.olimpbase.org/1954/1954u... Winter, p.150; Földeák, p.???? ] Hastings (1954/55) (29 Dec 1954 - 7 Jan 1955) Shared 1st with Keres, ahead of Fuderer, Pachman, Szabó, and Unzicker, with +5 -0 =4. [Winter, p.150; Di Felice, "Chess Results 1951-1955," p.426; Chess Life 1955, Jan 20th, p.3; BCM 1955, pp. 61-68 ] USSR Championship (1955) <22d USSR Championship 1955> (11 Feb - 15 March) 2d to Geller after a 7 game playoff, ahead of Botvinnik, Spassky, Petrosian and Keres, with +7 -2 =10. [Cafferty and Taimanov, p.84; http://al20102007.narod.ru/ch_urs/1..., Winter, p.150; Di Felice, "Chess Results 1951-1955," p.480 ] <USSR-USA Match 1955> In Moscow (29 June - 6 July) 2d board vs. Bisguier, with +4 -0 =0 . The USSR won 25 - 7. [http://al20102007.narod.ru/matches/... Di Felice, "Chess Results 1951-1955," pp.522-23 ] <1st European Team Championship Semifinal 1955> In Lodz (23–24 July) USSR vs. Poland. Smyslov 1st board vs. Sliwa, with +2 -0 =0. The USSR won 17 - 3. [Winter, p.152; Di Felice, "Chess Results 1951-1955," p.522; Olimbase "European Team Championship 1957 Preliminaries" http://www.olimpbase.org/ ] <Zagreb 1955> (1-25 Nov) 1st over Matanovic, Ivkov, Gligoric and Geller, with +10 -0 =9. [Winter, p.150; Di Felice, "Chess Results 1951-1955," p.509 ] Amsterdam Candidates (1956) In Amsterdam and Leeuwarden (27 March - 30 April) 1st over Keres, Szabo, Spassky, Petrosian, and Bronstein, with +6 -1 =11. [Winter, p.150; Di Felice, "Chess Results 1956-1960," p.7 ] <USSR-Yugoslavia Match 1956> In Belgrade (17-28 June) 1st in individual competition with +3 -0 =5. The USSR won the team competition 38 -26. [Winter, p.152; Di Felice, "Chess Results 1956-1960," p.93 ] <Moscow Olympiad 1956> (31 Aug - 24 Sept) 2d board, with +5 -1 =7. The USSR 1st over Yugoslavia, Hungary, Argentina, West Germany, Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia and England. [Winter, p.150; http://www.olimpbase.org/1956/1956i... http://www.olimpbase.org/1956/1956f... http://www.olimpbase.org/1956/1956u... Di Felice, "Chess Results 1956-1960," pp.83-88; Földeák, p.???? ] Alekhine Memorial (1956) In Moscow (9 Oct - 2 Nov) Shared 1st with Botvinnik over Taimanov, Gligoric, Bronstein, Najdorf and Keres, with +7 -0 =8. [Winter, p.150; Di Felice, "Chess Results 1956-1960," p.48; http://al20102007.narod.ru/it/1956/... De Waarheid 10 Oct 1956; De Tijd 11 Oct and 3 Nov 1956 ] Botvinnik - Smyslov World Championship Match (1957) In Moscow (5 March - 27 April) Smyslov scored +6 -3 =13 to become the 7th world chess champion. [Harry Golombek, "The World Chess Championships of 1957 and 1958" (Hardinge Simpole, 1958), pp.1-127; Winter, p.152; Di Felice, "Chess Results 1956-1960," p.181 ] <1st European Team Championship Final 1957> In Baden bei Wien (22-28 Aug) Gold medal on 1st board for the USSR with +2 -1 =3. The USSR finished 1st over Yugoslavia, Czechoslovakia, and West Germany. [Winter, p.157; Di Felice, "Chess Results 1956-1960," pp.185-186; http://www.olimpbase.org/1957e/1957... http://www.olimpbase.org/playerse/4... ] Smyslov - Botvinnik World Championship Rematch (1958) In Moscow (4 March - 8 May) Smyslov scored +5 -7 =11, losing the world championship title to Botvinnik. [Winter, p.152, Di Felice, "Chess Results 1956-1960," p.279; Harry Golombek, "World Championship Match 1958," pp. 85-106, in "The World Chess Championships of 1957 and 1958" (originally published in the BCM) ] <Munich Olympiad 1958> (30 Sept - 23 Oct) Silver medal on 2d board, with +7 -0 =5. The USSR 1st over Yugoslavia, Argentina, USA, Czechoslovakia, East Germany, West Germany and Switzerland. [Winter, p.150, http://www.olimpbase.org/1958/1958i... http://www.olimpbase.org/1958/1958f... http://www.olimpbase.org/1958/1958u... Di Felice, "Chess Results 1956-1960," pp.281-286; Földeák, p.???? ] <Leningrad-Moscow Match 1958> In Moscow (5-7 Dec) 1st board for Moscow vs. Spassky, with +0 -0 =2 . Match drawn 40 - 40. [Winter, p.150; http://al20102007.narod.ru/matches/... Di Felice "Chess Results 1956-1960," p.295 ] <Moscow Central Chess Club International 1959> Game Collection: Moscow 1959 (6-20 April). There is some indication that this may also have been an <Alekhine Memorial>. Smyslov shared 1st with Bronstein and Spassky, over Filip, Vasiukov and Portisch, with +3 -0 =8. [Winter, p.150; http://al20102007.narod.ru/it/1959/... Di Felice, "Chess Results 1956-1960," p.342; Tidskrift för schack (June/July 1959), p.132; "Russian Bulletins" (Moscow 1959) http://www.chesslund.com/detail.asp... ] <10th Leningrad-Moscow Match 1959> In Leningrad (9-11 May) 1st board for Moscow vs. Spassky, with +1 -0 =1 . Match drawn 10 - 10. [Winter, p.152; http://al20102007.narod.ru/matches/... Di Felice, "Chess Results 1956-1960," pp.383-84 ] <Moscow-Belarus Match 1959> In Moscow (18-20 May) 1st board vs. Boleslavsky, with +0 -1 =1. Moscow won 10.5 - 7.5. [http://al20102007.narod.ru/matches/... Di Felice, "Chess Results 1956-1960," p.384 ] <USSR-Yugoslavia Match 1959> In Kiev (1-9 July) 1st board vs. Gligoric, with +1 -1 =2 . The USSR won 24.5 - 15.5. [Winter, p.152; Di Felice, "Chess Results 1956-1960," p.383, http://al20102007.narod.ru/matches/... ] <Moscow 2d Spartakiad 1959> (Final played 6-15 Aug) Gold medal on 2d board for Moscow, with +5 -0 =2. Moscow won Group 1 final. [http://al20102007.narod.ru/team_ch/... Di Felice, "Chess Results 1956-1960," p. 377-378; http://www.olimpbase.org/1959st/195... Winter, p.150 ] Bled-Zagreb-Belgrade Candidates (1959) (7 Sept - 29 Oct) 4th behind Tal, Keres and Petrosian, ahead of Fischer and Gligoric, with +9 -7 =12. [Winter, p.150; Di Felice, "Chess Results 1956-1960," p.310; Harry Golombek, "4th Candidates' Tournament, 1959- Bled-Zagreb-Belgrade- September 7th - October 29th" (Hardinge Simpole 2009), pp.1-272 (originally published in the BCM Quarterly No.3, 1960) ] <11th Moscow-Leningrad Match 1960> In Leningrad (16–17 Jan) 1st board for Moscow vs. Spassky, with +0 -1 =1 . Leningrad won 46 - 34. [http://al20102007.narod.ru/matches/... Di Felice, "Chess Results 1956-1960," p.499 ] USSR Championship (1960) <27th USSR Championship> In Leningrad (26 Jan - 26 Feb) Shared 7th with Taimanov, behind Korchnoi, Geller, Petrosian, Bagirov, Polugaevsky and Averbakh, with +3 -1 =15. [Winter, p.150; http://al20102007.narod.ru/ch_urs/1... Di Felice, "Chess Results 1956-1960," p.426; Cafferty and Taimanov, p.103 ] <Moscow Central Chess Club International 1960> (24 May - 7 June) Shared 1st with Kholmov, ahead of Korchnoi, Bagirov, Antoshin and Polugaevsky, with +6 -0 =5. [Winter, p.150; http://al20102007.narod.ru/it/1960/... Di Felice, "Chess Results 1956-1960," p.432 ] <USSR Republics Team Championship 1960> In Moscow (1-15 Oct) 1st board for Moscow, with 3.5/5. Moscow 2d behind Leningrad, ahead of RSFSR, Latvia, Ukraine, and Estonia. [http://al20102007.narod.ru/team_ch/... Di Felice, "Chess Results 1956-1960," p.492 ] <Leipzig Olympiad 1960> (16 Oct - 9 Nov) Gold medal on 1st reserve board with +10 -0 =3. The USSR 1st over USA, Yugoslavia, Hungary, Czechoslovakia, Argentina, West Germany and East Germany. [Winter, p.150; http://www.olimpbase.org/1960/1960i... http://www.olimpbase.org/1960/1960f... http://www.olimpbase.org/1960/1960u... Di Felice, "Chess Results 1956-1960," pp.484-490; Földeák, p.???? ] <12th Moscow-Leningrad Match 1960> In Moscow (3–5 Dec) 2d board for Moscow vs Spassky, with +1 -0 =1. Leningrad won 40.5 - 39.5. [http://al20102007.narod.ru/matches/... Di Felice, "Chess Results 1956-1960," p.499 ] <28th USSR Championship> Game Collection: USSR Championship 1961a In Moscow (11 Jan - 11 Feb) Shared 5th with Spassky, behind Petrosian, Korchnoi, Stein and Geller, with +5 -2 =12. [Winter, p.150; http://al20102007.narod.ru/ch_urs/1... Cafferty and Taimanov, p.107 ] <Moscow Central Chess Club International 1961> (29 May - 12 June) Shared 1st with Vasiukov, ahead of Olafsson, Aronin, Bisguier, Portisch and Bronstein, with +4 -0 =7. [Di Felice, "Chess Results 1961-1963," pp.74-75; http://al20102007.narod.ru/it/1961/... Winter, p.150 ] <2nd European Team Championship Final 1961> In Oberhausen (20 June - 2 July) Gold medal on 5th board with +7 -0 =2. USSR 1st over Yugoslavia, Hungary, Czechoslovakia, West Germany and Spain. [Di Felice, "Chess Results 1961-1963," pp.132-134; http://www.olimpbase.org/1961e/1961... http://www.olimpbase.org/playerse/4... Winter, p.150 ] <Dortmund 1961> (4-16 July) Shared 2d with Udovic behind Taimanov, ahead of Bilek, Larsen, Trifunovic, and Teschner, with +4 -1 =6. [Winter, p.150; http://www.365chess.com/tournaments... Di Felice, "Chess Results 1961-1963," p.39 ] USSR Championship 1961b (1961) <29th USSR Championship> In Baku (16 Nov - 20 Dec) Shared 8th with Gipsilis, Keres, and Kholmov, behind Spassky, Polugaevsky, Bronstein, Vasiukov, Tal, Averbakh, and Taimanov, with +6 -4 =10. [Winter, p.150; http://al20102007.narod.ru/ch_urs/1... Cafferty and Taimanov, p.112 ] <USSR Clubs Team Championship 1961> In Moscow (22-28 Dec) 1st board for Burevestnik, shared 1st with Geller (Soviet Army) and Korchnoi (Trud), with +2 -1 =2. Burevestnik finished 1st over Avangard, Trud, Spartak, Daugava and Soviet Army. [Di Felice, "Chess Results 1961-1963," p.130; http://al20102007.narod.ru/team_ch/... Winter, p.150 ] <Mar del Plata 1962> (21 March - 12 April) Shared 2d with Szabo behind Polugaevsky, ahead of Byrne, Najdorf, Sanguineti, Pachman and Panno, with +5 -1 =9. [Di Felice, "Chess Results 1961-1963," pp.193-194; http://thechesslibrary.com/files/19... Winter, p.150 ] <Capablanca Memorial 1962> In Havana (29 April - 30 May) Shared 4th with Gligoric behind Najdorf, Spassky and Polugaevsky, ahead of Ivkov, Pietzsch, Ciocaltea, Guimard,and Pachman, with +10 -0 =11. [Di Felice, "Chess Results 1961-1963," p.189; Winter, p.150; American Chess Bulletin (July/August 1962), p.49 ] <USSR Republics Team Championship 1962> In Leningrad (20 Oct - 2 Nov) 1st board for Moscow, with +2 -0 =6. Moscow finished 3d behind Leningrad and the RSFSR, ahead of Latvia, Belarus, Ukraine, Estonia, Lithuania and Moldavia. [Di Felice, "Chess Results 1961-1963," pp.243-244; http://al20102007.narod.ru/team_ch/... ] <13th Leningrad-Moscow Match 1962> In Leningrad (3-5 Nov) 1st board for Moscow vs. Spassky, with +0 -0 =2 . Leningrad won 40.5 - 39.5. [Di Felice, "Chess Results 1961-1963," pp.259-260; http://al20102007.narod.ru/matches/... Winter, p.153 ] Hastings (1962/63) (27 Dec 1962 - 5 Jan 1963) 3d behind Kotov and Gligoric, ahead of Marovic, Littlewood and Tan, with +3 -0 =6. [Di Felice, "Chess Results 1961-1963," p.267; http://storiascacchi.altervista.org... Winter, p.150; The Times (Dec 28 1962), p.8; The Times (Jan 7 1963), p.10 ] <Chigorin Memorial International 1963> In Sochi (1-14 June) 2d behind Polugaevsky, ahead of Krogius, Kholmov, Antoshin and Ciocaltea, with +4 -1 =6. [Di Felice, "Chess Results 1961-1963," p.344; http://al20102007.narod.ru/it/1963/... Winter, p.150 ] <Moscow 3d Spartakiad 1963> (7-16 Aug) 3d board for Moscow, with +2 -0 =3. Moscow finished 2d to RSFSR in Group 1 final, ahead of Belarus, Leningrad, Ukraine and Georgia. [Di Felice, "Chess Results 1961-1963," pp.370-372; http://al20102007.narod.ru/team_ch/... Winter, p.150 ] Moscow (1963) <Moscow Central Chess Club International> (29 Oct - 20 Nov) 1st over Tal, Gligoric, Antoshin, Vladimirov, Liberzon, Keres, Simagin, Szabo, Hort and Matanovic, with +8 -0 =7. [Hilary Thomas, "Complete games of Mikhail Tal 1960-66" Batsford, 1979; http://al20102007.narod.ru/it/1963/... Di Felice, "Chess Results 1961-1963," pp.329-330; Winter, p.150 ] <Stockholm 1963-1964> (26 Dec 1963 - 4 Jan 1964) 1st over Boleslavsky, Arnlind, Laurine and Soderborg, with +7 -0 =1. [Winter, p.150; Di Felice, "Chess Results 1964-1967," p.4 ] Amsterdam Interzonal (1964) (19 May - 24 June) Shared 1st with Larsen, Spassky and Tal, with +11 -0 =12 [Edward Winter, p.150; Di Felice, "Chess Results 1964-1967," pp.5-6 ] <Capablanca Memorial 1964> In Havana (25 Aug - 26 Sept) Shared 1st with Uhlmann over Taimanov, Evans and Portisch, with +11 -0 =10. [ Di Felice, "Chess Results 1964-1967," pp.46-47; Winter, p.150 ] <USSR Clubs Team Championship 1964> In Moscow (11-21 Nov) 1st board for Burevestnik, finished shared 5th with Stein (Avangard), behind Botvinnik (Trud), Tal (Daugava), Geller (Soviet Army), and Petrosian (Spartak), with +1 -3 =2. Burevestnik finished 2d behind Trud, ahead of Soviet Army, Spartak, Avangard, Daugava and Lokomotiv. [http://al20102007.narod.ru/team_ch/... Winter, p.150; Di Felice, "Chess Results 1964-1967," pp. 96-97 ] <Tel Aviv Olympiad 1964> (2 - 25 Nov) Gold medal on 3d board with +10 -1 =2. The USSR 1st over Yugoslavia, West Germany, Hungary, Czechoslovakia, USA, Bulgaria, Romania and Argentina. [Di Felice, "Chess Results 1964-1967," pp.101-109; http://www.olimpbase.org/1964/1964i... http://www.olimpbase.org/1964/1964f... http://www.olimpbase.org/1964/1964u... Winter, p.150; Földeák, p.???? ] Geller - Smyslov Candidates Quarterfinal (1965) In Moscow (17-28 April) Smyslov was eliminated +0 -3 =5. [Winter, p.153; Di Felice, "Chess Results 1964-1967," p.205; De Tijd de Maasbode (29 April), p.7 ] <Moscow Championship of Trade Union Teams 1965> In Moscow (5-16 May) 1st board for Burevestnik. Placed 1st in individual competition over Botvinnik, Aronin, Flohr and Molchadsky, with +2 -0 =2. Burevestnik tied Trud for 1st in team competition, over Lokomotiv, Spartak and Vodnik. [http://www.pic-upload.de/view-22761... "Смыслов - В поисках гармонии" 1979, p.145; "Смыслов - Летопись шахматного творчества" 1993 p.484; Vasily Smyslov, "Endgame Virtuoso" Ken Neat transl. (Everyman Chess 1997), p.17; Sergei Soloviov, "Mikhail Botvinnik Games II 1951 - 1970" (Chess Stars 2001), pp.366-367 ] <3d European Team Championship Final 1965> In Hamburg (6-16 June) Gold medal on 4th board with +3 -0 =6. USSR won over Yugoslavia, Hungary, West Germany, Romania, and the Netherlands. [Di Felice, "Chess Results 1964-1967," pp.208-209; http://www.olimpbase.org/1965e/1965... http://www.olimpbase.org/1965e/1965... Winter, p.150 ] <8th Spartakiad of Trade Unions 1965> In Moscow (3-12 Aug) 2d board for Moscow, with 4.5/6. In Final Group B, Moscow 1st over Leningrad and Belarus. There may be no surviving Smyslov game score from this event. [http://al20102007.narod.ru/nat_tour... Sergei Soloviov, "Mikhail Botvinnik Games II 1951 - 1970" (Chess Stars 2001), pp.366-367 ] <Capablanca Memorial 1965> Game Collection: Havana 1965 (25 Aug - 26 Sept) 1st over Fischer, Ivkov, Geller, Kholmov and Pachman, with +13 -3 =5. [Di Felice, "Chess Results 1964-1967," p.157; Winter, p.150; Plisetsky & Voronkov, pp. 127–128 ] <Santiago 1965> (13 Oct - 3 Nov) 1st over Geller, Foguelman, Quinones and Bielicki, with +9 -0 =4. [Edward Winter, p.150; Di Felice, "Chess Results 1964-1967," p.184 ] <Mar del Plata 1966> (12-31 March) 1st over Stein, Portisch, Reshevsky and Bolbochan, with +7 -0 =8. [Winter, p.150; Di Felice, "Chess Results 1964-1967," p.273 ] <4th Rubinstein Memorial 1966> In Polanica Zdrój (7-27 Aug) 1st over Liebert, Lengyel, Smederevac and Damjanovic, with +8 -0 =6. [http://polbase.w.interia.pl/rub66.h... Di Felice, "Chess Results 1964-1967," p.293; Winter, p.151 ] <USSR Clubs Team Championship 1966> In Moscow (24 Sept - 6 Oct) 1st board for Burevestnik. Placed 5th in individual competition behind Botvinnik, Geller, Petrosian and Tal, with +2 -1 =7. Burevestnik finished 4th in team competition, behind Soviet Army, Trud and Spartak, ahead of Avangard, Daugava and Lokomotiv. [Di Felice, "Chess Results 1964-1967," p.333; http://al20102007.narod.ru/team_ch/... Winter, p.151 ] <Prague-Moscow 1966> In Prague (8-11 Dec) 1st board vs. Hort, with +1 -0 =1. Moscow won 11 - 7. [Winter, p.153; Di Felice, "Chess Results 1964-1967," p.342 ] GAME TO BE ADDED No.??? Smyslov vs Hort, 1966 === USSR Championship (1966/67) In Tbilisi (28 Dec - 2 Feb) Shared 10th with Savon and Kholmov, behind Stein, Geller, Gipslis, Korchonoi, Taimanov, Lein, Krogius, Bronstein and Polugaevsky, with +4 -4 =12. [Cafferty and Taimanov, pp.132-136; http://al20102007.narod.ru/ch_urs/1... Winter, p.151 ] Monte Carlo (1967) (24 March - 4 April) 2d behind Fischer, ahead of Larsen, Geller, Matanovic, Gligoric and Lombardy, with +4 -0 =5. [ Di Felice, "Chess Results 1964-1967," pp.396-397; Winter, p.151 ] <Moscow-Leningrad Match 1967> In Leningrad (7-9 May) 1st board for Moscow, +2 -0 =0 vs. Korchnoi. Moscow won 25.5 - 10.5. [Di Felice, "Chess Results 1964-1967," pp.472-473; http://al20102007.narod.ru/matches/... Winter, p.153 ] Moscow (1967) <50th Jubilee International> (21 May - 16 June) Shared 2d with Gipslis, Bobotsov and Tal, behind Stein, ahead of Portisch, Bronstein, Spassky, Geller and Najdorf, with +4 -1 =12. ["Chess Results 1964-1967," p.398; http://al20102007.narod.ru/it/1967/... Winter, p.151 ] <USSR Republics Team Championship 1967> In Moscow (23 July -3 Aug) 3d board for Moscow, with +4 -0 =1 (semifinal) +1 -1 =3 (final). Moscow won over RSFSR, Ukraine, Belarus, Leningrad and Georgia. [Di Felice, "Chess Results 1964-1967," pp.453-462; http://al20102007.narod.ru/team_ch/... Winter, p.151 ] <Capablanca Memorial 1967> In Havana (25 Aug - 20 Sept) 3d behind Larsen and Taimanov, ahead of Polugaevsky, Filip, and Gligoric, with +8 -1 =10. [Di Felice, "Chess Results 1964-1967," p.390; Winter, p.151 ] <Moscow 50th Jubilee National 1967> (21 Oct - 4 Nov) Shared 1st with Polugaevsky, over Bronstein and Zaitsev, with +5 -0 =6 (his win against Liberzon was by default). [Di Felice, "Chess Results 1964-1967," p.397; http://al20102007.narod.ru/nat_tour... Winter, p.151 ] Palma de Mallorca (1967) (27 Nov - 17 Dec) Shared 2d with Botvinnik, behind Larsen and ahead of Portisch, Gligoric and Ivkov, with +9 -1 =7. [Winter, p.151; Di Felice, "Chess Results 1964-1967," p.408 ] Monte Carlo (1968) (3-17 April) Shared 3d with Hort, behind Larsen and Botvinnik, ahead of Byrne, Benko, Gheorghiu and Portisch with +4 -0 =9. [http://thechesslibrary.com/files/19... Winter, p.151; Di Felice, "Chess Results 1968-1970," P.53 ] <6th Rubinstein Memorial 1968> In Polanica Zdroj (3-25 Aug) 1st over Kavalek, Doda, Padevsky and Simagin, with +9 -1 =5. [http://polbase.w.interia.pl/rub68.h... Winter, p.151; Di Felice, "Chess Results 1968-1970," p.63 ] <Lugano Olympiad 1968> (17 Oct - 7 Nov) Gold medal on 2d reserve board, with +10 -0 =2. [http://www.olimpbase.org/1968/1968i... http://www.olimpbase.org/1968/1968u... Di Felice, "Chess Results 1968-1970," pp.98-107; Winter, p.151 ] <Moscow-Leningrad Match 1968> In Moscow (22-24 Nov) 1st board, +1 -1 =0 vs. Taimanov. Match drawn 40 - 40. [http://al20102007.narod.ru/matches/... Winter, p.153; Di Felice, "Chess Results 1968-1970," pp.123-124 ] <6th USSR Clubs Team Championship 1968> In Riga (10-24 Dec) 3d board for Burevestnik with +3 -1 =3. Burevestnik 1st over Soviet Army, Spartak and Trud. [http://al20102007.narod.ru/team_ch/... Winter, p.151; Di Felice, "Chess Results 1968-1970," pp.111-114 ] Hastings (1968/69) (28 Dec - 8 Jan) 1st over Gligoric, Tukmakov, Keene and Smejkal, with +7 -1 =3. [Winter, p.151; Di Felice, "Chess Results 1968-1970," p.130 ] <Monte Carlo 1969> (31 March - 11 April) Shared 1st with Portisch, over Hort, Lombardy, Schmid and Gheorghiu, with +5 -0 =6. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monte_... Winter, p.151; Di Felice, "Chess Results 1968-1970," p.178 ] <Skopje-Kruševo-Ohrid 1969> (26 July - 19 Aug) Shared 3d with Uhlmann, and Kholmov, behind Hort and Matalovic, with +5 -0 =10. [Di Felice, "Chess Results 1968-1970," p.202; Winter, p.151 ] <Moscow-Bucharest Match 1969> In Moscow (6-9 July) 1st board, +1 -0 = 1 vs. Gheorgiu. Moscow won 11.5 - 8.5. [Winter, p.153, http://al20102007.narod.ru/matches/... Di Felice, "Chess Results 1968-1970," pp.244-245 ] USSR Championship (1969) <37th USSR Championship> In Moscow (6 Sept - 12 Oct). This was also a FIDE zonal tournament. Shared 3d with Taimanov and Geller, behind Polugaevsky and Petrosian, ahead of Stein, Balashov and Kholmov, with +6 -1 =15. [Winter, p.151; http://al20102007.narod.ru/ch_urs/1... Cafferty and Taimanov, pp.144-149 ] Hastings (1969/70) (29 Dec 1979 - 7 Jan 1980) 4th behind Portisch, Unzicker and Gligoric, ahead of Timman and Drimer, with +3 -1 =5. [Winter, p.151; Di Felice, "Chess Results 1968-1970," p.251; "Chess Magazine," Vol.35, nos. 597-8, Feb 1970 ] USSR vs. Rest of the World (1970) In Belgrade (29 March - 4 April) 5th board, +2 -1 =1 vs. Reshevsky. The USSR won 20.5. - 19.5. [Winter, p.153; Chess Life & Review, June 1970, pp. 297–301; Di Felice, "Chess Results 1968-1970," p.374 ] <Herceg Novi Blitz Championship 1970> (8-9 April) 8th behind Fischer, Tal, Korchnoi, Petrosian, Bronstein, Hort and Matulovic, with +8 -11 =3. [Di Felice, "Chess Results 1968-1970," p.295 ] Rovinj / Zagreb (1970) (12 April - 8 May) Shared 2d with Gligoric, Hort and Korchnoi behind Fischer, ahead of Petrosian, Ivkov and Minic, with +6 -1 =10. [Winter, p.151; Di Felice, "Chess Results 1968-1970," p.332 ] <4th European Team Championship 1970> In Kapfenberg (10-17 May) Gold medal on 5th board with +4 -0 =2. USSR finished 1st over Hungary, East Germany, Yugoslavia, and Czechoslovakia. [Winter, p.151, http://www.olimpbase.org/1970e/1970... http://www.olimpbase.org/1970e/1970... http://www.olimpbase.org/1970e/1970... Di Felice, "Chess Results 1968-1970," pp.360-362 ] Buenos Aires (1970) (19 July - 15 Aug) 7th behind Fischer, Tukmakov, Panno, Gheorghiu, Najdorf and Reshevsky with +1 -0 =16. [Winter, p.151; Di Felice, "Chess Results 1968-1970," pp.276-277 ] <Siegen Olympiad 1970> (5-27 Sept) Gold medal on 1st reserve board with +5 -0 =6. USSR 1st over Hungary, Yugoslavia, Hungary, USA and Czechoslovakia. [Winter, p.151; http://www.olimpbase.org/1970/1970i... Di Felice, "Chess Results 1968-1970," pp.364-373 ] Palma de Mallorca Interzonal (1970) (9 Nov - 12 Dec) Shared 7th with Portisch, behind Fischer, Larsen, Geller, Huebner, Taimanov and Uhlmann, with +7 -3 =13. [Winter, p.151; Di Felice, "Chess Results 1968-1970," pp.320-321 ] <Smyslov-Portisch Match (For Official Reserve, Candidates) 1971> In Portoroz (30 March - 7 April) +1 -1 =4. Portisch was declared the winner on previous tie breaks from their shared 7th place finish at the <Palma de Mallorca 1970 Interzonal>, but subsequently, no reserve was required in the cycle. [Winter, p.153; http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lajos_... GDR chess magazine "Schach" 5/1971, p.143; Egon Varnuzs "Selected Games of Lajos Portisch" (B.T. Batsford 1979), p.125, "CHESS" June 1971, p.269; Larousse "Journal de année" 1971 http://www.larousse.fr/archives/jou... ] <Amsterdam IBM 1971> (July) 1st over Portisch, Keres, Browne, Gligoric and Ivkov with +5 -0 =10. [Winter, p.151; http://www.365chess.com/tournaments... ] USSR Championship (1971) <39th USSR Championship> In Leningrad (15 Sept - 18 Oct) Shared 2d with Tal, behind Savon, ahead of Karpov, Balashov, Stein, Bronstein, Polugaevsky and Taimanov, with +6 -0 =15. [Winter, p.151, http://al20102007.narod.ru/ch_urs/1... Cafferty and Taimanov, pp.154-156 ] Moscow (1971) <Alekhine Memorial International> (24 Nov - 18 Dec) 3d behind Karpov and Stein, ahead of Tukmakov, Petrosian, Spassky, Tal, Byrne and Hort with +4 -0 =13. [Winter, p.151; http://al20102007.narod.ru/it/1971/... ] <Wijk aan Zee (34th Hoogoven) 1972> (January) Shared 5th with Savon, behind Portisch, Hort, Pomar and Browne, with +3 -2 =10 [Winter, p.151; http://www.tatasteelchess.com/histo... http://www.tatasteelchess.com/histo... ] <USSR Republics Team Championship 1972> In Moscow (1-13 March) 2d board for Moscow with +2 -2 =4. Moscow 1st over RSFSR, Ukraine, Leningrad, Georgia and Latvia. [http://www.olimpbase.org/1972st/197... Winter, p.151; http://al20102007.narod.ru/team_ch/... ] Las Palmas (1972) ( 29 May - 17 June ) Shared 2d with Larsen, behind Portisch, ahead of Bronstein, Benko, Tatai, Gheorghiu and Andersson, with +8 -1 =6. [Winter, p.151; La Vanguardia 20 June 1972, p.44; Revista 64, 11 July 2011 ] <Skopje Olympiad 1972> (18 Sept - 13 Oct) Silver medal on 3d board with +8 -0 =6. USSR 1st over Hungary, Yugoslavia, Czechoslovakia and West Germany. [Winter, p.151; http://www.olimpbase.org/1972/1972i... http://www.olimpbase.org/1972/1972u... ] <Hastings 1972-73> (27 Dec 1972 - Jan 1973) 9th, with +3 -3 =9. [Winter, p.151; http://www.365chess.com/tournaments... ] ############################## 1973-1974 Fact checking Marker ############################## <Capablanca Memorial 1973> In Cienfuegos ( ) 1st over Kuzmin, Uhlmann and Martinez, with +12 -0 =9. [http://mychess.blogspot.kr/2008/05/..., Winter, p.151, http://chessmetrics.com/cm/CM2/Sing... ] Dating Clue: <Capablanca Memorial 1972> in Ceinfuegos (20 Feb - 17 March) http://thechesslibrary.com/files/19... === <5th European Team Championship 1973> In Bath (6-14 July) 6th board (4th board in round 3) with +3 -0 =2. The USSR first, over Yugoslavia, Hungary, Poland and West Germany. [Winter, p.151, http://www.olimpbase.org/1973e/1973... http://www.olimpbase.org/1973e/1973... ] Petropolis Interzonal (1973) (23 July - 17 Aug) 5th behind Mecking, Geller, Polugaevsky and Portisch, with +7 -2 =8 [Winter, p.151, http://www.365chess.com/tournaments... ] USSR Championship (1973) <41st USSR Championship 1973> In Moscow (2-26 Oct) 15th behind Spassky, Karpov, Petrosian, Polugaevsky, Korchnoi, Kuzmin, Geller and others, with +4 -2 =3. [Winter, p.151, http://al20102007.narod.ru/ch_urs/1... ] <Reykjavik 1974> (???) 1st over Forintos, Velimirovic and Bronstein, with +10 -0 =4 [Winter, p.151, http://chessmetrics.com/cm/CM2/Sing... ] "Catch of the Day"- Smyslov vs F Olafsson, 1974 <USSR Clubs Team Championship 1974> In Moscow (20 Aug - 2 Sept) 1st board for Burevestnik, with +4 -2 =3. Burevestnik 1st, over Soviet Army, Trud, Spartak and Dinamo. [Winter, p.151, http://al20102007.narod.ru/team_ch/... ] <Chigorin Memorial International 1974> In Sochi (5-26 Sept) Shared 4th with Kholmov and Cseshkovsky, behind Polugaevsky, Suetin and Espig, with +4 -2 =9. [Winter, p.151, http://al20102007.narod.ru/it/1973/..., "Schach" Dec 1974, p.364 ] <USSR Championship 1st League 1974> In Odessa (4-27 Oct) Shared 5th with Balashov, behind Romanishin, Dvorietzky, Kupreichik and Cseshkovsky, with +6 -3 =8. [Winter, p.151, http://al20102007.narod.ru/ch_urs/1... ] <Venice 1974> (9-24 Nov) 2d to Liberzon, ahead of Suttles, Andersson, Timman, Benko and Savon, with +5 -0 =8. [Winter, p.151, http://www.torneionline.com/loto/lo... ] ############################ 1975-1977 Fact checking Marker ############################### <USSR Republics Team Championship 1975> In Riga (14-27 July) 2d board for Moscow with +1 -2 =4. Moscow finished 5th behind RSFSR, Ukraine, Leningrad and Georgia. [Winter, p. 151, http://al20102007.narod.ru/team_ch/... ] <Teesside Alexander Memorial 1975> In Teesside (UK) (???) 2d to Geller, ahead of Bronstein, Hort, Huebner and Sax with +4 -1 =9 [http://www.clevelandchessassociatio..., Winter, p.152, http://chessmetrics.com/cm/CM2/Sing... ] <Szolnok 1975> Game Collection: Smyslov at Szolnok 1975 (14-28 October) 1st over Barczay, Westerinen, Zaitsev, Bilek and Benko, with +5 -0 =9. Smyslov revived the <Ruy Lopez Fianchetto Defense (C60)> in this event. [Winter, p.152, http://chessmetrics.com/cm/CM2/Sing..., http://www.365chess.com/tournaments... ] JFQ's "Catch of the Day" E Mednis vs Smyslov, 1975 <European Club Championship Semifinal 1976> In Lund (20-22 Feb) 1st board for Burevestnik vs. Wahlbom (Lund ASK) with +2 -0 =0. Burevestnik beat Lund ASK 9.5 - 2.5. [Winter, p.152, http://www.olimpbase.org/1976c/1976... ] <Lone Pine 1976> (7-14 March) Shared 2d behind Petrosian, with Panno, Christiansen, Quinteros, Miles, Najdorf, Rogoff, Browne, Forintos and others with +3 -0 =4. [http://chessmetrics.com/cm/CM2/Sing..., Winter, p.152, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lone_P... ] <USSR Clubs Team Championship 1976> In Tbilisi (14-26 April) 1st board for Burevestnik with +0 -0 =7. Burevestnik first over Trud, County Societies, Soviet Army and Avangard. [Winter, p.152, http://al20102007.narod.ru/team_ch/... ] <European Chess Club Championship Final 1976> In Solingen (8-10 May) 1st board for Burevestnik vs. Huebner (SG Solingen) +0 -0 =3. Burevestnik and SG Solingen drew 9-9. [http://www.olimpbase.org/1976c/1976..., Winter, p.152, http://chessmetrics.com/cm/CM2/Sing... ] Biel Interzonal (1976) (11 July - 6 Aug) Shared 5th with Byrne and Huebner, behind Larsen, Petrosian, Portisch and Tal, ahead of Andersson, Csom, Geller and Smejkal with +5 -0 =13. [Winter p.152, http://www.worldchesslinks.net/ezdo... ] October Revolution 60th Anniversary (1977) In Leningrad (24 June - 19 July) 3d, behind Romanishin and Tal, ahead of Vaganian, Karpov, Taimanov and Ribli, with +4 -0 =13 [Winter p.152, http://al20102007.narod.ru/it/1977/... ] Tilburg Interpolis (1977) (23 Sept - 6 Oct) 10th, behind Karpov, Miles, Hort, Huebner and Timman, with +0 -2 =9 [Winter p.152, http://www.365chess.com/tournaments... ] <45th USSR Championship 1977> In Leningrad (28 Nov - 22 Dec) Shared 12th, behind Gulko, Dorfman, Polugaevsky, Petrosian, Geller, Tal and others, with +2 -4 =9 [Winter p.152, http://al20102007.narod.ru/ch_urs/1... ] ############################# 1978-1979 Fact checking Marker ############################## <4th USSR Championship Zonal 1978> In Lvov (4-28 April) Shared 7th with Beliavsky, behind Balashov, Vaganian, Tseshkovsky, Romanishin, Kuzmin and Tukmakov, with +4 -4 =6. Smyslov failed to qualify for the <Riga Interzonal 1979> tournament. [Winter p.152, http://al20102007.narod.ru/zont/197... ] <European Club Cup Round of Sixteen 1978> In Budapest (Some time between September and early November) 1st board for Burevestnik, with +0 -1 =1 vs. Portisch. Burevestnik beat MTK Vörös Meteor Budapest to advance to the quarterfinals. [http://www.olimpbase.org/1979c/1979... ] GAME TO BE ADDED No.??? Smyslov vs Portisch, 1978 === <Sao Paulo 1978> (Some time between September and early November) 1st over Dorfman, Ivkov, Quinteros and Sosonko, with +6 -0 =7 [Winter p.152, http://thechesslibrary.com/files/19... ] <Buenos Aires 1978> (November) Shared 2d with Vaganian and Panno behind Andersson, ahead of Browne, Gheorgiu and Najdorf, with +4 -0 =9 [Winter p.152, http://chessmetrics.com/cm/CM2/Sing... ] DATING CLUE: The Buenos Aires Olympiad was played 25th October - 12th November 1978. None of the players in the <Sao Paulo> event played in the Olympiad. <Vaganian> and <Browne> played in both the <Buenos Aires> event *and* the Olympiad, so they cannot have been concurrent. Chessmetrics lists the date of the Buenos Aires tournament as November, so it may have been contested shortly after 12 Nov, when the Olympiad ended. Di Felice's list of Brazilian Chess periodicals: http://books.google.co.kr/books?id=... <European Club Championship Quarterfinal 1979> In Moscow (Some time before March) 1st board for Burevestnik, with +0 -1 =1 vs. Gligoric. Burevestnik beat ŠK Partizan Belgrade to advance to the semifinals. [Winter, p.152, http://www.olimpbase.org/1979c/1979... ] <European Club Championship Semifinal 1979> In Solingen (Some time before March) 1st board for Burevestnik, with +0 -2 =0 vs. Kavalek. Burevestnik beat SG Solingen to advance to the finals. [Winter, p.152, http://www.olimpbase.org/1979c/1979... ] <Republics Team Match-Tournament 1979> In Tbilisi (24-31 March) Smyslov 8th board for Moscow. Moscow finished 1st over Georgia, Leningrad and Latvia. [http://al20102007.narod.ru/match_tm... ] <7th Spartakiad 1979> In Moscow (July) Smyslov played for Moscow, with +2 -1 =6. Karpov won the gold medal in the individual competition; Ukraine won the team competition. [Winter, p.152, http://www.itnsource.com/shotlist//... ] <Berlin DSV Turnier 1979> In East Berlin (Start day- 11 Sept) Shared 1st with Csom, over Bagirov, Suba, Vogt and others, with +5 -0 =9 [Winter, p.152, http://www.365chess.com/tournaments..., http://chessmetrics.com/cm/CM2/Sing..., http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Istv%C... ] <Tilburg Interopolis 1979> Game Collection: Tilburg Interpolis 1979 (October) 12th, behind Karpov, Romanishin, Portisch, Sax and others, with +1 -7 =3 [Winter, p.152, User: suenteus po 147 ] <European Club Championship Final 1979> In Bad Lauterberg (23-27 Nov) Shared 2d board with Georgadze for Burevestnik, with +0 -0 =2 vs. Timman. Burevestnik beat Volmac Rotterdam to win the overall championship, over SG Solingen, Spartacus Budapest, ŠK Partizan Belgrade and others. [Winter, p.152, http://www.olimpbase.org/1979c/1979... ] ######################################## <SOURCES> <Books> [Averbakh, Yuri "Centre-Stage and Behind the Scenes" Steve Giddins transl. 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Russell Enterprises, 2012 Plisetsky & Voronkov "Russians v. Fischer" Everyman Chess, 2005 Revista 64 Romanovsky, P.A. "Vassily Vassilievitch Smyslov" Published in Vasily Smyslov, "My Best Games of Chess (1935-1957)" P.H. Clarke ed., transl. Routledge and Kegan Paul, 1958 "Russian Bulletins" (Moscow 1959) http://www.chesslund.com/detail.asp... Smyslov, Vasily "Smyslov's 125 Selected Games" Ken Neat transl. Cadogen, 1983 Smyslov, Vasily "Endgame Virtuoso" Ken Neat transl. Everyman Chess, 1997 Soloviov, Sergei "Mikhail Botvinnik Games II 1951 - 1970" Chess Stars, 2001 Soltis, Andrew "Soviet Chess 1917-1991" McFarland, 1997 Sosonko, Genna "The World Champions I Knew" New in Chess, 2013 Thomas, Hilary "Complete games of Mikhail Tal 1960-66" Batsford, 1979 Varnuzs, Egon "Selected Games of Lajos Portisch" B.T. Batsford, 1979. Winter, Edward ed. "World Chess Champions" Pergamon Press, 1981 ] <Journals and Newspapers> [American Chess Bulletin British Chess Magazine Ceskolovensky Sach 1946 CHESS Chess Life Chess Life & Review Chess Magazine De Tijd De Tijd de Maasbode De Waarheid Evening Telegraph La Vanguardia NY Times Schach (GDR) Shakhmatny Bulletin Shakhmatny v SSSR The Times Tidskrift för schack ] <Databases and Websites> [ <Britbase> http://www.saund.co.uk/britbase/has... <Chess> http://mychess.blogspot.kr/2008/05/... <Chess365> http://www.365chess.com/ <Chessgames> Chessgames Home Page> <Chessmetrics> http://www.chessmetrics.com/cm/CM2/... <Chessnotes> (Edward Winter) http://www.chesshistory.com/winter/... <Chesstempo> http://chesstempo.com/game-database... <Cleveland (UK) Chess Association> http://www.clevelandchessassociatio... <ICCF AMICI> http://amici.iccf.com/ <ITN Source> http://www.itnsource.com/en/ <Jan Van Reek> http://www.endgame.nl/index.html <Larousse "Journal de année"> (archive) http://www.larousse.fr/archives/jou... <NovaMakedonija> http://www.novamakedonija.com <Olimbase> http://www.olimpbase.org/ <picupload> http://www.pic-upload.de/view-22761... <Polbase> http://polbase.w.interia.pl/ <Rusbase> http://al20102007.narod.ru/ <Storia Scacchi> http://storiascacchi.altervista.org... <Tata Steel Archive> http://www.tatasteelchess.com/histo... <Torneio online> http://www.torneionline.com/ <Tournament Crosstables> http://thechesslibrary.com/crosstab... <worldchesslinks> http://www.worldchesslinks.net/ ] 102 games, 1935-1966 Smyslov's Tournaments and Matches 1935-1979 This collection lists in chronological order all known tournaments and matches played by Vasily Smyslov between 1935-1979. The collection features many blue web-links to <Smyslov> tournaments and matches. These web pages provide a full crosstable, all games, and a historical introduction for each event. There are also many links to tournament and match games collections that feature <Smyslov>. One of <Smylov's> best games from each event is featured as a representative sample. For some events, there may be no surviving game score. In anyone finds a missing event or game, or finds any errors in this list, please let me know about it by leaving a message in my forum: http://www.chessgames.com/perl/ches... ################################################################### <Moskvoretsky House of Pioneers Championship 1935> (Fall) 1st, with +11 -0 =0. Smyslov was later awarded the 1st category rank in the fall of 1936. [Romanovsky, p.xi. In Vasily Smyslov, "My Best Games of Chess (1935-1957)" P.H. Clarke ed., transl. Routledge and Kegan Paul, 1958 ; Genna Sosonko, "The World Champions I Knew" (New in Chess 2013), pp.126-27 ] <???> Di Felice's "Chess Results 1936-1940," p.118 lists Smyslov playing in a <"Masters vs. Candidate Masters 1937"> event in Moscow, scoring +4 -0 =2. However, Di Felice does not list a primary source, and I cannot confirm this event. Given the fact that Smyslov wasn't awarded the <candidate master> title until *after* 1937, and that neither Smyslov nor Pyotr Romanovsky's biography of Smyslov mentions such an event, I think this is probably a mistaken entry by Di Felice. [Gino Di Felice, "Chess Results 1936-1940" (McFarland 2007), p.118; Romanovsky, pp. xi-xii ] <3d USSR Junior Championship 1938> In Leningrad (January) 1st, over Zanozdra, Steinsapir, Batygin, Sorin and Lapidus. [Di Felice "Chess Results 1936-1940," p.184; Vasily Smyslov, "Smyslov's 125 Selected Games" Ken Neat transl. (Cadogen 1983), p.9; http://al20102007.narod.ru/ch_urs/1... Yuri Averbakh, "Centre-Stage and Behind the Scenes" Steve Giddins transl. (New in Chess 2011), p.34 ] <All-Union 1st Category Tournament 1938> In Gorky (August) In the "Group Two" section, Smyslov shared 1st with Ufmitsev and Stolberg. Awarded the candidate master title. [Romanovsky, pp. xi-xii; http://al20102007.narod.ru/nat_tour... Edward Winter, ed. "World Chess Champions" (Pergamon Press 1981), p.149; Di Felice, "Chess Results 1936-1940," p.174 ] <18th Moscow Championship 1938> (October) Shared 1st with Belevenets, with +10 -2 =5. Awarded the Soviet master title. [Smyslov, "125 Games," p.9; http://al20102007.narod.ru/ch_repub... Winter, p.149; Di Felice, "Chess Results, 1936-1940," p.191 ] <Leningrad-Moscow International Training Tournament 1939> Game Collection: 1939 Leningrad/Moscow (3 Jan - 1 Feb) Shared 12th with Keres, behind Flohr, Reshevsky, and Lilienthal, with +4 -5 =8. [http://al20102007.narod.ru/it/1939/... Winter, p.149 ] <19th Moscow Championship 1939-1940> (30 Dec 1939 - 25 Jan 1940) Shared 2d with Panov, behind Lilienthal, with +7 -2 =4. [Di Felice, "Chess Results 1936-1940," p. 253, http://al20102007.narod.ru/ch_repub... Winter, p.149 ] USSR Championship (1940) <12th USSR Championship> In Moscow (5 Sept - 3 Oct) 3d behind Lilienthal and Bondarevsky, ahead of Keres, Boleslavsky and Botvinnik, with +8 -1 =10. [Bernard Cafferty and Mark Taimanov, "The Soviet Championships" (Cadogen 1998), p.48; http://al20102007.narod.ru/ch_urs/1... Winter, pp.149 ] <Moscow-Leningrad Telephone Match 1941> (12 Jan) 3d board for Moscow vs. I. Rabinovich, with +1 -0 =0. Leningrad won 7-3. [http://al20102007.narod.ru/matches/... Winter, p.152 ] USSR Absolute Championship (1941) In Leningrad and Moscow (23 March - 29 April). 3d behind Botvinnik and Keres, ahead of Boleslavsky, Lilienthal, and Bondarevsky, with +4 -4 =12. Awarded the Soviet grandmaster title based on 3d place finishes in both the <12th USSR Championship> and the <USSR Absolute Championship>. [Smyslov, "125 Games" pp.9-10; http://al20102007.narod.ru/ch_urs/1... Winter, p.149 ] <Kuibyshev 1942> Game Collection: Smyslov at Kuibyshev (27 July - 19 Aug). 2d behind Boleslavsky, ahead of Lilienthal and Mikenas, with +7 -2 =2. [http://al20102007.narod.ru/nat_tour... Winter, p.149 ] <22d Moscow Championship 1942> Game Collection: Smyslov at the 22d Moscow Championship (5 Nov - 4 Dec). 1st over Boleslavsky, Kotov, and Lilienthal, with +10 -1 =4. [Di Felice "Chess Results 1941-1946," p.72 http://al20102007.narod.ru/ch_repub... Winter, p.149; Botwinnik, "Schach in Russland 1941-45 mit sämtlichen Partien Swerdlowsk 1943," p.18 ] Sverdlovsk (1943) (21 April - 15 May). Shared 3d behind Botvinnik and Makogonov, ahead of Boleslavsky and Konstantinopolsky, with +5 -3 =6. [http://al20102007.narod.ru/nat_tour... Winter, p.149; Botwinnik, "Schach in Russland 1941-45 mit sämtlichen Partien Swerdlowsk 1943" ] <23d Moscow Championship 1943-1944?> (5 Dec 1943 - 12 Jan 1944?) Botvinnik dates this event as occurring only in Dec 1943. Smyslov 2d behind Botvinnik, ahead of Alatortsev, Lisitsin, Yudovich, and Averbakh, with +7 -0 =9 (1 win was a default). Because Botvinnik was from Leningrad, Smyslov was actually declared Moscow champion. [Winter, p.149; http://al20102007.narod.ru/ch_repub..., Di Felice, "Chess Results 1941-1946," p.131; Andrew Soltis, "Soviet Chess 1917-1991" (McFarland 1997), p.148; Botwinnik, "Schach in Russland 1941-45 mit sämtlichen Partien Swerdlowsk 1943," p.20 ] USSR Championship (1944) <13th USSR Championship> In Moscow (21 May - 17 June) 2d behind Botvinnik, ahead of Boleslavsky, Flohr, Makogonov, Mikenas and Tolush, with +8 -3 =5. [Cafferty and Taimanov, p.52; phttp://al20102007.narod.ru/ch_urs/1... Winter, p.149 ] <24th Moscow Championship 1944-1945> Game Collection: Smyslov at the 24th Moscow Championship (10 Dec 1944 - 10 Jan 1945) 1st over Ragozin, Lilienthal, Flohr and Bondarevsky, with +10 -0 =6. [Botwinnik, "Schach in Russland 1941-45 mit sämtlichen Partien Swerdlowsk 1943," p. 28, http://al20102007.narod.ru/ch_repub... Winter, p.149; Di Felice, "Chess Results 1941-1946," p.175 ] <6th Trade Unions Team Championship Final 1945> In Moscow (Dates-???) 1st board for Krylia Sovetov vs Ratner (Bolshevik II), with +0 -0 =1. Krylia Sovetov drew Bolshevik II, 5.0 -5.0 to share 5th/6th places in the overall team placings. There appears to be no surviving Smyslov game score from this event. [http://al20102007.narod.ru/nat_tour... Di Felice, "Chess Results 1941-1945," p.227 ] USSR Championship (1945) <14th USSR Championship> In Moscow (1 June - 1 July) Shared 10th with Chekhover, behind Botvinnik, Boleslavsky, Konstantinopolsky, and Bronstein, with +6 -6 =5. [Cafferty and Taimanov, p.56; http://al20102007.narod.ru/ch_urs/1... Winter, p.149 ] USSR - USA Radio Match (1945) (1-4 Sept) 2d board vs. Reshevsky, with +2 -0 =0. The USSR won 15.5 - 4.5. [Winter, p. 152; http://al20102007.narod.ru/matches/... Soltis, p.158 ] <25th Moscow Championship 1946> Game Collection: Smyslov at the 25th Moscow Championship (25 Jan - 17 Feb) Shared 3d with Alatortsev, Kotov, and Panov, behind Bronstein and Simagin, with +7 -5 =3. [http://al20102007.narod.ru/ch_repub... Winter, p.149 ] <Bratislava-Moscow Match 1946> In Bratislava (March) This was the first event Smyslov played outside of the Soviet Union. He played 3d board vs. Ujtelky, with +1 -0 =1. Moscow won 13 - 3. There appears to be no surviving Smyslov game score from this event. [Di Felice, "Chess Results 1941-1946", p.312, from Ceskolovensky Sach 1946 ] <Brno-Moscow Match 1946> In Brno (March) 1st board vs. Florian, with +1 -0 =1. Moscow won 12.5 - 3.5. There appears to be no surviving Smyslov game score from this event. [Di Felice, "Chess Results 1941-1946", p.312, from Ceskolovensky Sach 1946 ] <Linz-Moscow Match 1946> In Linz (21 March) 3d board vs. Siourac, with +1 -0 =0. Moscow won 7 - 1. There appears to be no surviving Smyslov game score from this event. [Di Felice, "Chess Results 1941-1946", p.313, from Shakhmaty v SSSR 1946 ] <Prague-Moscow Match 1946> In Prague (2-20 March) and Moscow (2-15 May) Smyslov 3d board, scoring +3 -1 =2 in the first leg and +4 -0 =2 in the second leg for a total of +7 -1 =4. Moscow won 51.5-20.5 (23-13, 28.5-7.5). [http://al20102007.narod.ru/matches/... Winter, p.152; http://www.olimpbase.org/other/resu... Di Felice, "Chess Results 1941-1946", p.315, from Shakhmaty v SSSR, 1946 ] <USSR-Great Britain Radio Match 1946> Game Collection: 1946. USSR vs GB (Radio match) (19-22 June) 3d board vs. I. Konig, with +2 -0 =0. The USSR won 18 - 6. [http://al20102007.narod.ru/matches/... Evening Telegraph - Wednesday 19 June 1946, p.5; http://amici.iccf.com/issues/Issue_... ] Groningen (1946) (13 Aug - 7 Sept) 3d, behind Botvinnik and Euwe, ahead of Najdorf, Szabó, Boleslavsky and Flohr, with +7 -1 =11. [http://thechesslibrary.com/files/19... Winter, p.149 ] <USSR-USA Match 1946> Game Collection: 0 In Moscow (12-15 Sept) 3d board vs. Denker, with +2 -0 =0. The USSR won 12.5 - 7.5. [http://al20102007.narod.ru/matches/... Winter, p.152 ] USSR Championship (1947) <15th USSR Championship> In Leningrad (2 Feb - 8 March) Shared 3d with Bondarevsky, behind Keres and Boleslavsky, ahead of Tolush, Bronstein, Lilienthal and Flohr, with +7 -2 =10. [Cafferty and Taimanov, p.59; http://al20102007.narod.ru/ch_urs/1... Winter, p.149 ] <Warsaw 1947> Game Collection: Smyslov at Warsaw 1947 (16-27 April) Shared 2d with Boleslavsky, Pachman, and Sajtar, behind Gligoric, with +4 -1 =4. [http://thechesslibrary.com/files/19... Winter, p.149; http://polbase.w.interia.pl/warszaw... ] <Parnu National Training Tournament 1947> (14 July - 4 Aug) Shared 4th with Boleslavsky and Bronstein, behind Keres, Kotov, and Lilienthal, with +4 -1 =8. [http://al20102007.narod.ru/nat_tour... Winter, p.149 ] <USSR-Great Britain Match 1947> In London (21-23 Sept) 2d board vs. Golombek, with +1 -0 =1. The USSR won 15 - 5. [Harry Golombek, "Golombek's Encyclopedia of Chess" (Crown Publishers, Inc. 1977), p.45; NY Times 22, 23 Sept 1947; Winter, p.152 ] Moscow (1947) <2d Chigorin Memorial International 1947> (25 Nov - 23 Dec) Shared 3d with Boleslavsky, behind Botvinnik and Ragozin, ahead of Kotov and Keres, with +6 -1 =8. [http://al20102007.narod.ru/it/1947/... Winter, p.149 ] FIDE World Championship Tournament (1948) In the Hague and Moscow (2 March - 17 May) 2d behind Botvinnik, ahead of Reshevsky, Keres and Euwe. [http://thechesslibrary.com/files/19... Winter, p.149; Harry Golombek, "The World Chess Championship 1948" (Hardinge Simpole 1949), pp. 39-219 ] <1st USSR Republics Team Championship 1948> In Leningrad (12-22 Sept) Played 2 rounds for Moscow on board 1, with +1 -1 =0. Moscow 1st, over Leningrad, RSFSR, Ukraine, Lithuania, Georgia and Uzbekistan. [http://al20102007.narod.ru/team_ch/... Winter, p.149 ] <Moscow-Budapest Match 1949> Game Collection: Smyslov at the Moscow-Budapest 1949 Match In Budapest (5-17 March) and Moscow (2-15 April) Smyslov 2d board, scoring +2 -1 =5 in the first leg and +8 -0 =0 in the second leg for a total of +10 -1 =5. Moscow won 86.5-41.5 (38-26; 48.5-15.5). [Di Felice, "Chess Results 1947-1950", pp.308,310; http://www.olimpbase.org/other/resu... Winter, p.152 ] USSR Championship (1949) <17th USSR Championship> In Moscow (16 Oct - 20 Nov) Shared 1st with Bronstein, ahead of Geller, Taimanov, Furman, Boleslavsky and Keres, with +9 -2 =8. [Cafferty and Taimanov, p.67; http://al20102007.narod.ru/ch_urs/1... Winter, p.149 ] Budapest Candidates (1950) (9 April - 16 May) 3d behind Bronstein and Boleslavsky, ahead of Keres, Najdorf, Kotov, and Stahlberg, with +5 -3 =10. [http://thechesslibrary.com/files/19... Winter, p.149 ] <Venice 1950> Game Collection: Smyslov at Venice 1950 (28 Sept - 14 Oct) 2d behind Kotov, ahead of Rossolimo, Pachman, and Letelier, with +9 -0 =6. [http://thechesslibrary.com/files/19... Winter, p.149; http://www.torneionline.com/loto/lo... ] USSR Championship (1950) <18th USSR Championship> In Moscow (11 Nov - 11 Dec) Shared 5th with Konstantinopolsky, behind Keres, Lipnitsky, Tolush, and Aronin, with +6 -3 =8. [Cafferty and Taimanov, p.71; http://al20102007.narod.ru/ch_urs/1... Winter, p.149 ] <3d Chigorin Memorial All Russian Tournament 1951> In Leningrad (16 Jan - ? Feb) 1st over Aronin, Taimanov, Simagin and Tolush, with +8 -1 =4. [Di Felice, "Chess Results 1951-1955," p.44; http://al20102007.narod.ru/nat_tour... Winter, p.149. ] <USSR Clubs Team Championship 1951> In Leningrad (Feb - March) 1st board for Nauka. Smyslov 3d in individual competition behind Lutikov and Kotov. Team Nauka 1st, over Iskra, Zenit, Medik, Lokomotiv, Trud, Burevstnik and Avangard. There appears to be no surviving Smyslov game score from this event. [Di Felice, "Chess Results 1951-1955," p.93; http://al20102007.narod.ru/nat_tour... ] <USSR Championship Semifinal 1951> In Leningrad (25 May - 25 June) 1st over Terpugov, Moiseev, Kopylov and Bondarevsky, with +9 -0 =9. [Di Felice, "Chess Results 1951-1955," p.44; http://al20102007.narod.ru/ch_urs/1... Winter, p.149 ] USSR Championship (1951) <19th USSR Championship> In Moscow (11 Nov - 14 Dec) 4th behind Keres, Petrosian, and Geller, ahead of Botvinnik, Averbakh, Bronstein and Taimanov, with +9 -4 =4. [Cafferty and Taimanov, p.74; http://al20102007.narod.ru/ch_urs/1... Winter, p.149; Di Felice, "Chess Results 1951-1955," p.53 ] <Maroczy Memorial 1952> Game Collection: Budapest 1952 (3 March - 2 April) Shared 3d with Botvinnik and Stahlberg behind Keres and Geller, ahead of Szabo, Petrosian and Pilnik, with +8 -3 =6. [Winter, p.149; http://thechesslibrary.com/files/19... Di Felice, "Chess Results 1951-1955," p.121 ] <Training Team Tournament 1952> In Gagra/Voronovo (Date ???) 2d behind Bronstein in individual competition with +3 -2 =3. Team 2 (Bronstein, Geller, Boleslavsky, Petrosian) beat Team 1 (Smyslov, Botvinnik, Keres, Kotov) 16 - 15. [http://al20102007.narod.ru/nat_tour... Di Felice, "Chess Results 1951-1955," p.180 ] <Helsinki Olympiad 1952> (9-31 Aug) Gold medal on 2d board, with +8 -0 =5. The USSR 1st over Argentina, Yugoslavia, Czechoslovakia, USA and Hungary. [http://www.olimpbase.org/1952/1952i... http://www.olimpbase.org/1952/1952f... http://www.olimpbase.org/1952/1952u... Winter, p.150; Árpád Földeák, "Chess Olympiads 1927–1968" (Dover 1979), p.?????? ] USSR Championship (1952) <20th USSR Championship> In Moscow (29 Nov - 29 Dec) Shared 7th with Bronstein and Moiseev, behind Botvinnik, Taimanov, Geller, Boleslavsky, Tolush and Korchnoi, with +6 -4 =9. [Cafferty and Taimanov, p.78; http://al20102007.narod.ru/ch_urs/1... Winter, p.150 ] <Bucharest 1953> 25 Jan - 26 Feb) 3d behind Tolush and Petrosian, ahead of Boleslavsky, Spassky, Szabo and Barcza, with +7 -1 =11. [Winter, p.150; Di Felice, "Chess Results 1951-1955," p.218 ] <Training Tournament 1953> In Gagra (May) 1st over Petrosian, Boleslavsky, Averbakh, Kotov, Taimanov, Geller, Keres, Tolush, and Ragozin with +6 -1 =3 (this score includes a win over Bondarevsky, who only played 3 games in the event) [Di Felice, "Chess Results 1951-1955," p.240; http://al20102007.narod.ru/nat_tour... ] Zuerich Candidates (1953) In Neuhausen am Rhein and Zürich (28 Aug - 24 Oct) 1st over Bronstein, Reshevsky, Keres, Petrosian, Najdorf, Geller and Kotov, with +9 -1 =18. [Winter, p.150; Di Felice "Chess Results 1951-1955," p.268; Miguel Najdorf, "Zürich 1953" Taylor Kingsford transl. (Russell Enterprises 2012), p.42 ] Botvinnik - Smyslov World Championship Match (1954) <19th World Chess Championship> In Moscow (16 March - 13 May) Smyslov scored +7 -7 =10. Botvinnik remained champion on draw odds. [Winter, p.152; Di Felice "Chess Results 1951-1955," p.408; Harry Golombek, "World Chess Championship 1954" (Macgibbon & Kee 1954), p.xvi; "Tidskrift för schack" nr. 7-8 (July-Aug 1949), pp.153-157 http://www.schack.se/tfs/history/19... ] <USSR-USA Match 1954> In New York (19-23 June) 1st board vs. Reshevsky, with +0 -0 =4 . The USSR won 20 - 12. [Winter, p.152; Di Felice, "Chess Results 1951-1955," p.422 ] 53. <USSR-Great Britain Match 1954> In London (3-5 July) 1st board vs. C.H.O.D. Alexander, with +1 -0 =1 . The USSR won 18.5 - 1.5. [Winter, p.152; Di Felice, "Chess Results 1951-1955," pp.420-21 ] <USSR-Sweden Match 1954> In Stockholm (9-12 July) 1st board vs. Stahlberg, with +1 -0 =1 . The USSR won 13 - 3. [ Winter, p.152; Di Felice, "Chess Results 1951-1955," p.423 ] <Amsterdam Olympiad 1954> (4-25 Sept) Bronze medal on 2d board, with +6 -0 =6. The USSR 1st over Argentina, Yugoslavia, Czechoslovakia, West Germany, Hungary, Israel and the Netherlands. [Di Felice, "Chess Results 1951-1955," pp.409-413; http://www.olimpbase.org/1954/1954i... http://www.olimpbase.org/1954/1954f... http://www.olimpbase.org/1954/1954u... Winter, p.150; Földeák, p.???? ] Hastings (1954/55) (29 Dec 1954 - 7 Jan 1955) Shared 1st with Keres, ahead of Fuderer, Pachman, Szabó, and Unzicker, with +5 -0 =4. [Winter, p.150; Di Felice, "Chess Results 1951-1955," p.426; Chess Life 1955, Jan 20th, p.3; BCM 1955, pp. 61-68 ] USSR Championship (1955) <22d USSR Championship 1955> (11 Feb - 15 March) 2d to Geller after a 7 game playoff, ahead of Botvinnik, Spassky, Petrosian and Keres, with +7 -2 =10. [Cafferty and Taimanov, p.84; http://al20102007.narod.ru/ch_urs/1..., Winter, p.150; Di Felice, "Chess Results 1951-1955," p.480 ] <USSR-USA Match 1955> In Moscow (29 June - 6 July) 2d board vs. Bisguier, with +4 -0 =0 . The USSR won 25 - 7. [http://al20102007.narod.ru/matches/... Di Felice, "Chess Results 1951-1955," pp.522-23 ] <1st European Team Championship Semifinal 1955> In Lodz (23–24 July) USSR vs. Poland. Smyslov 1st board vs. Sliwa, with +2 -0 =0. The USSR won 17 - 3. [Winter, p.152; Di Felice, "Chess Results 1951-1955," p.522; Olimbase "European Team Championship 1957 Preliminaries" http://www.olimpbase.org/ ] <Zagreb 1955> (1-25 Nov) 1st over Matanovic, Ivkov, Gligoric and Geller, with +10 -0 =9. [Winter, p.150; Di Felice, "Chess Results 1951-1955," p.509 ] Amsterdam Candidates (1956) In Amsterdam and Leeuwarden (27 March - 30 April) 1st over Keres, Szabo, Spassky, Petrosian, and Bronstein, with +6 -1 =11. [Winter, p.150; Di Felice, "Chess Results 1956-1960," p.7 ] <USSR-Yugoslavia Match 1956> In Belgrade (17-28 June) 1st in individual competition with +3 -0 =5. The USSR won the team competition 38 -26. [Winter, p.152; Di Felice, "Chess Results 1956-1960," p.93 ] <Moscow Olympiad 1956> (31 Aug - 24 Sept) 2d board, with +5 -1 =7. The USSR 1st over Yugoslavia, Hungary, Argentina, West Germany, Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia and England. [Winter, p.150; http://www.olimpbase.org/1956/1956i... http://www.olimpbase.org/1956/1956f... http://www.olimpbase.org/1956/1956u... Di Felice, "Chess Results 1956-1960," pp.83-88; Földeák, p.???? ] Alekhine Memorial (1956) In Moscow (9 Oct - 2 Nov) Shared 1st with Botvinnik over Taimanov, Gligoric, Bronstein, Najdorf and Keres, with +7 -0 =8. [Winter, p.150; Di Felice, "Chess Results 1956-1960," p.48; http://al20102007.narod.ru/it/1956/... De Waarheid 10 Oct 1956; De Tijd 11 Oct and 3 Nov 1956 ] Botvinnik - Smyslov World Championship Match (1957) In Moscow (5 March - 27 April) Smyslov scored +6 -3 =13 to become the 7th world chess champion. [Harry Golombek, "The World Chess Championships of 1957 and 1958" (Hardinge Simpole, 1958), pp.1-127; Winter, p.152; Di Felice, "Chess Results 1956-1960," p.181 ] <1st European Team Championship Final 1957> In Baden bei Wien (22-28 Aug) Gold medal on 1st board for the USSR with +2 -1 =3. The USSR finished 1st over Yugoslavia, Czechoslovakia, and West Germany. [Winter, p.157; Di Felice, "Chess Results 1956-1960," pp.185-186; http://www.olimpbase.org/1957e/1957... http://www.olimpbase.org/playerse/4... ] Smyslov - Botvinnik World Championship Rematch (1958) In Moscow (4 March - 8 May) Smyslov scored +5 -7 =11, losing the world championship title to Botvinnik. [Winter, p.152, Di Felice, "Chess Results 1956-1960," p.279; Harry Golombek, "World Championship Match 1958," pp. 85-106, in "The World Chess Championships of 1957 and 1958" (originally published in the BCM) ] <Munich Olympiad 1958> (30 Sept - 23 Oct) Silver medal on 2d board, with +7 -0 =5. The USSR 1st over Yugoslavia, Argentina, USA, Czechoslovakia, East Germany, West Germany and Switzerland. [Winter, p.150, http://www.olimpbase.org/1958/1958i... http://www.olimpbase.org/1958/1958f... http://www.olimpbase.org/1958/1958u... Di Felice, "Chess Results 1956-1960," pp.281-286; Földeák, p.???? ] <Leningrad-Moscow Match 1958> In Moscow (5-7 Dec) 1st board for Moscow vs. Spassky, with +0 -0 =2 . Match drawn 40 - 40. [Winter, p.150; http://al20102007.narod.ru/matches/... Di Felice "Chess Results 1956-1960," p.295 ] <Moscow Central Chess Club International 1959> Game Collection: Moscow 1959 (6-20 April). There is some indication that this may also have been an <Alekhine Memorial>. Smyslov shared 1st with Bronstein and Spassky, over Filip, Vasiukov and Portisch, with +3 -0 =8. [Winter, p.150; http://al20102007.narod.ru/it/1959/... Di Felice, "Chess Results 1956-1960," p.342; Tidskrift för schack (June/July 1959), p.132; "Russian Bulletins" (Moscow 1959) http://www.chesslund.com/detail.asp... ] <10th Leningrad-Moscow Match 1959> In Leningrad (9-11 May) 1st board for Moscow vs. Spassky, with +1 -0 =1 . Match drawn 10 - 10. [Winter, p.152; http://al20102007.narod.ru/matches/... Di Felice, "Chess Results 1956-1960," pp.383-84 ] <Moscow-Belarus Match 1959> In Moscow (18-20 May) 1st board vs. Boleslavsky, with +0 -1 =1. Moscow won 10.5 - 7.5. [http://al20102007.narod.ru/matches/... Di Felice, "Chess Results 1956-1960," p.384 ] <USSR-Yugoslavia Match 1959> In Kiev (1-9 July) 1st board vs. Gligoric, with +1 -1 =2 . The USSR won 24.5 - 15.5. [Winter, p.152; Di Felice, "Chess Results 1956-1960," p.383, http://al20102007.narod.ru/matches/... ] <Moscow 2d Spartakiad 1959> (Final played 6-15 Aug) Gold medal on 2d board for Moscow, with +5 -0 =2. Moscow won Group 1 final. [http://al20102007.narod.ru/team_ch/... Di Felice, "Chess Results 1956-1960," p. 377-378; http://www.olimpbase.org/1959st/195... Winter, p.150 ] Bled-Zagreb-Belgrade Candidates (1959) (7 Sept - 29 Oct) 4th behind Tal, Keres and Petrosian, ahead of Fischer and Gligoric, with +9 -7 =12. [Winter, p.150; Di Felice, "Chess Results 1956-1960," p.310; Harry Golombek, "4th Candidates' Tournament, 1959- Bled-Zagreb-Belgrade- September 7th - October 29th" (Hardinge Simpole 2009), pp.1-272 (originally published in the BCM Quarterly No.3, 1960) ] <11th Moscow-Leningrad Match 1960> In Leningrad (16–17 Jan) 1st board for Moscow vs. Spassky, with +0 -1 =1 . Leningrad won 46 - 34. [http://al20102007.narod.ru/matches/... Di Felice, "Chess Results 1956-1960," p.499 ] USSR Championship (1960) <27th USSR Championship> In Leningrad (26 Jan - 26 Feb) Shared 7th with Taimanov, behind Korchnoi, Geller, Petrosian, Bagirov, Polugaevsky and Averbakh, with +3 -1 =15. [Winter, p.150; http://al20102007.narod.ru/ch_urs/1... Di Felice, "Chess Results 1956-1960," p.426; Cafferty and Taimanov, p.103 ] <Moscow Central Chess Club International 1960> (24 May - 7 June) Shared 1st with Kholmov, ahead of Korchnoi, Bagirov, Antoshin and Polugaevsky, with +6 -0 =5. [Winter, p.150; http://al20102007.narod.ru/it/1960/... Di Felice, "Chess Results 1956-1960," p.432 ] <USSR Republics Team Championship 1960> In Moscow (1-15 Oct) 1st board for Moscow, with 3.5/5. Moscow 2d behind Leningrad, ahead of RSFSR, Latvia, Ukraine, and Estonia. [http://al20102007.narod.ru/team_ch/... Di Felice, "Chess Results 1956-1960," p.492 ] <Leipzig Olympiad 1960> (16 Oct - 9 Nov) Gold medal on 1st reserve board with +10 -0 =3. The USSR 1st over USA, Yugoslavia, Hungary, Czechoslovakia, Argentina, West Germany and East Germany. [Winter, p.150; http://www.olimpbase.org/1960/1960i... http://www.olimpbase.org/1960/1960f... http://www.olimpbase.org/1960/1960u... Di Felice, "Chess Results 1956-1960," pp.484-490; Földeák, p.???? ] <12th Moscow-Leningrad Match 1960> In Moscow (3–5 Dec) 2d board for Moscow vs Spassky, with +1 -0 =1. Leningrad won 40.5 - 39.5. [http://al20102007.narod.ru/matches/... Di Felice, "Chess Results 1956-1960," p.499 ] <28th USSR Championship> Game Collection: USSR Championship 1961a In Moscow (11 Jan - 11 Feb) Shared 5th with Spassky, behind Petrosian, Korchnoi, Stein and Geller, with +5 -2 =12. [Winter, p.150; http://al20102007.narod.ru/ch_urs/1... Cafferty and Taimanov, p.107 ] <Moscow Central Chess Club International 1961> (29 May - 12 June) Shared 1st with Vasiukov, ahead of Olafsson, Aronin, Bisguier, Portisch and Bronstein, with +4 -0 =7. [Di Felice, "Chess Results 1961-1963," pp.74-75; http://al20102007.narod.ru/it/1961/... Winter, p.150 ] <2nd European Team Championship Final 1961> In Oberhausen (20 June - 2 July) Gold medal on 5th board with +7 -0 =2. USSR 1st over Yugoslavia, Hungary, Czechoslovakia, West Germany and Spain. [Di Felice, "Chess Results 1961-1963," pp.132-134; http://www.olimpbase.org/1961e/1961... http://www.olimpbase.org/playerse/4... Winter, p.150 ] <Dortmund 1961> (4-16 July) Shared 2d with Udovic behind Taimanov, ahead of Bilek, Larsen, Trifunovic, and Teschner, with +4 -1 =6. [Winter, p.150; http://www.365chess.com/tournaments... Di Felice, "Chess Results 1961-1963," p.39 ] USSR Championship 1961b (1961) <29th USSR Championship> In Baku (16 Nov - 20 Dec) Shared 8th with Gipsilis, Keres, and Kholmov, behind Spassky, Polugaevsky, Bronstein, Vasiukov, Tal, Averbakh, and Taimanov, with +6 -4 =10. [Winter, p.150; http://al20102007.narod.ru/ch_urs/1... Cafferty and Taimanov, p.112 ] <USSR Clubs Team Championship 1961> In Moscow (22-28 Dec) 1st board for Burevestnik, shared 1st with Geller (Soviet Army) and Korchnoi (Trud), with +2 -1 =2. Burevestnik finished 1st over Avangard, Trud, Spartak, Daugava and Soviet Army. [Di Felice, "Chess Results 1961-1963," p.130; http://al20102007.narod.ru/team_ch/... Winter, p.150 ] <Mar del Plata 1962> (21 March - 12 April) Shared 2d with Szabo behind Polugaevsky, ahead of Byrne, Najdorf, Sanguineti, Pachman and Panno, with +5 -1 =9. [Di Felice, "Chess Results 1961-1963," pp.193-194; http://thechesslibrary.com/files/19... Winter, p.150 ] <Capablanca Memorial 1962> In Havana (29 April - 30 May) Shared 4th with Gligoric behind Najdorf, Spassky and Polugaevsky, ahead of Ivkov, Pietzsch, Ciocaltea, Guimard,and Pachman, with +10 -0 =11. [Di Felice, "Chess Results 1961-1963," p.189; Winter, p.150; American Chess Bulletin (July/August 1962), p.49 ] <USSR Republics Team Championship 1962> In Leningrad (20 Oct - 2 Nov) 1st board for Moscow, with +2 -0 =6. Moscow finished 3d behind Leningrad and the RSFSR, ahead of Latvia, Belarus, Ukraine, Estonia, Lithuania and Moldavia. [Di Felice, "Chess Results 1961-1963," pp.243-244; http://al20102007.narod.ru/team_ch/... ] <13th Leningrad-Moscow Match 1962> In Leningrad (3-5 Nov) 1st board for Moscow vs. Spassky, with +0 -0 =2 . Leningrad won 40.5 - 39.5. [Di Felice, "Chess Results 1961-1963," pp.259-260; http://al20102007.narod.ru/matches/... Winter, p.153 ] Hastings (1962/63) (27 Dec 1962 - 5 Jan 1963) 3d behind Kotov and Gligoric, ahead of Marovic, Littlewood and Tan, with +3 -0 =6. [Di Felice, "Chess Results 1961-1963," p.267; http://storiascacchi.altervista.org... Winter, p.150; The Times (Dec 28 1962), p.8; The Times (Jan 7 1963), p.10 ] <Chigorin Memorial International 1963> In Sochi (1-14 June) 2d behind Polugaevsky, ahead of Krogius, Kholmov, Antoshin and Ciocaltea, with +4 -1 =6. [Di Felice, "Chess Results 1961-1963," p.344; http://al20102007.narod.ru/it/1963/... Winter, p.150 ] <Moscow 3d Spartakiad 1963> (7-16 Aug) 3d board for Moscow, with +2 -0 =3. Moscow finished 2d to RSFSR in Group 1 final, ahead of Belarus, Leningrad, Ukraine and Georgia. [Di Felice, "Chess Results 1961-1963," pp.370-372; http://al20102007.narod.ru/team_ch/... Winter, p.150 ] Moscow (1963) <Moscow Central Chess Club International> (29 Oct - 20 Nov) 1st over Tal, Gligoric, Antoshin, Vladimirov, Liberzon, Keres, Simagin, Szabo, Hort and Matanovic, with +8 -0 =7. [Hilary Thomas, "Complete games of Mikhail Tal 1960-66" Batsford, 1979; http://al20102007.narod.ru/it/1963/... Di Felice, "Chess Results 1961-1963," pp.329-330; Winter, p.150 ] <Stockholm 1963-1964> (26 Dec 1963 - 4 Jan 1964) 1st over Boleslavsky, Arnlind, Laurine and Soderborg, with +7 -0 =1. [Winter, p.150; Di Felice, "Chess Results 1964-1967," p.4 ] Amsterdam Interzonal (1964) (19 May - 24 June) Shared 1st with Larsen, Spassky and Tal, with +11 -0 =12 [Edward Winter, p.150; Di Felice, "Chess Results 1964-1967," pp.5-6 ] <Capablanca Memorial 1964> In Havana (25 Aug - 26 Sept) Shared 1st with Uhlmann over Taimanov, Evans and Portisch, with +11 -0 =10. [ Di Felice, "Chess Results 1964-1967," pp.46-47; Winter, p.150 ] <USSR Clubs Team Championship 1964> In Moscow (11-21 Nov) 1st board for Burevestnik, finished shared 5th with Stein (Avangard), behind Botvinnik (Trud), Tal (Daugava), Geller (Soviet Army), and Petrosian (Spartak), with +1 -3 =2. Burevestnik finished 2d behind Trud, ahead of Soviet Army, Spartak, Avangard, Daugava and Lokomotiv. [http://al20102007.narod.ru/team_ch/... Winter, p.150; Di Felice, "Chess Results 1964-1967," pp. 96-97 ] <Tel Aviv Olympiad 1964> (2 - 25 Nov) Gold medal on 3d board with +10 -1 =2. The USSR 1st over Yugoslavia, West Germany, Hungary, Czechoslovakia, USA, Bulgaria, Romania and Argentina. [Di Felice, "Chess Results 1964-1967," pp.101-109; http://www.olimpbase.org/1964/1964i... http://www.olimpbase.org/1964/1964f... http://www.olimpbase.org/1964/1964u... Winter, p.150; Földeák, p.???? ] Geller - Smyslov Candidates Quarterfinal (1965) In Moscow (17-28 April) Smyslov was eliminated +0 -3 =5. [Winter, p.153; Di Felice, "Chess Results 1964-1967," p.205; De Tijd de Maasbode (29 April), p.7 ] <Moscow Championship of Trade Union Teams 1965> In Moscow (5-16 May) 1st board for Burevestnik. Placed 1st in individual competition over Botvinnik, Aronin, Flohr and Molchadsky, with +2 -0 =2. Burevestnik tied Trud for 1st in team competition, over Lokomotiv, Spartak and Vodnik. [http://www.pic-upload.de/view-22761... "Смыслов - В поисках гармонии" 1979, p.145; "Смыслов - Летопись шахматного творчества" 1993 p.484; Vasily Smyslov, "Endgame Virtuoso" Ken Neat transl. (Everyman Chess 1997), p.17; Sergei Soloviov, "Mikhail Botvinnik Games II 1951 - 1970" (Chess Stars 2001), pp.366-367 ] <3d European Team Championship Final 1965> In Hamburg (6-16 June) Gold medal on 4th board with +3 -0 =6. USSR won over Yugoslavia, Hungary, West Germany, Romania, and the Netherlands. [Di Felice, "Chess Results 1964-1967," pp.208-209; http://www.olimpbase.org/1965e/1965... http://www.olimpbase.org/1965e/1965... Winter, p.150 ] <8th Spartakiad of Trade Unions 1965> In Moscow (3-12 Aug) 2d board for Moscow, with 4.5/6. In Final Group B, Moscow 1st over Leningrad and Belarus. There may be no surviving Smyslov game score from this event. [http://al20102007.narod.ru/nat_tour... Sergei Soloviov, "Mikhail Botvinnik Games II 1951 - 1970" (Chess Stars 2001), pp.366-367 ] <Capablanca Memorial 1965> Game Collection: Havana 1965 (25 Aug - 26 Sept) 1st over Fischer, Ivkov, Geller, Kholmov and Pachman, with +13 -3 =5. [Di Felice, "Chess Results 1964-1967," p.157; Winter, p.150; Plisetsky & Voronkov, pp. 127–128 ] <Santiago 1965> (13 Oct - 3 Nov) 1st over Geller, Foguelman, Quinones and Bielicki, with +9 -0 =4. [Edward Winter, p.150; Di Felice, "Chess Results 1964-1967," p.184 ] <Mar del Plata 1966> (12-31 March) 1st over Stein, Portisch, Reshevsky and Bolbochan, with +7 -0 =8. [Winter, p.150; Di Felice, "Chess Results 1964-1967," p.273 ] <4th Rubinstein Memorial 1966> In Polanica Zdrój (7-27 Aug) 1st over Liebert, Lengyel, Smederevac and Damjanovic, with +8 -0 =6. [http://polbase.w.interia.pl/rub66.h... Di Felice, "Chess Results 1964-1967," p.293; Winter, p.151 ] <USSR Clubs Team Championship 1966> In Moscow (24 Sept - 6 Oct) 1st board for Burevestnik. Placed 5th in individual competition behind Botvinnik, Geller, Petrosian and Tal, with +2 -1 =7. Burevestnik finished 4th in team competition, behind Soviet Army, Trud and Spartak, ahead of Avangard, Daugava and Lokomotiv. [Di Felice, "Chess Results 1964-1967," p.333; http://al20102007.narod.ru/team_ch/... Winter, p.151 ] <Prague-Moscow 1966> In Prague (8-11 Dec) 1st board vs. Hort, with +1 -0 =1. Moscow won 11 - 7. [Winter, p.153; Di Felice, "Chess Results 1964-1967," p.342 ] GAME TO BE ADDED No.??? Smyslov vs Hort, 1966 === USSR Championship (1966/67) In Tbilisi (28 Dec - 2 Feb) Shared 10th with Savon and Kholmov, behind Stein, Geller, Gipslis, Korchonoi, Taimanov, Lein, Krogius, Bronstein and Polugaevsky, with +4 -4 =12. [Cafferty and Taimanov, pp.132-136; http://al20102007.narod.ru/ch_urs/1... Winter, p.151 ] Monte Carlo (1967) (24 March - 4 April) 2d behind Fischer, ahead of Larsen, Geller, Matanovic, Gligoric and Lombardy, with +4 -0 =5. [ Di Felice, "Chess Results 1964-1967," pp.396-397; Winter, p.151 ] <Moscow-Leningrad Match 1967> In Leningrad (7-9 May) 1st board for Moscow, +2 -0 =0 vs. Korchnoi. Moscow won 25.5 - 10.5. [Di Felice, "Chess Results 1964-1967," pp.472-473; http://al20102007.narod.ru/matches/... Winter, p.153 ] Moscow (1967) <50th Jubilee International> (21 May - 16 June) Shared 2d with Gipslis, Bobotsov and Tal, behind Stein, ahead of Portisch, Bronstein, Spassky, Geller and Najdorf, with +4 -1 =12. ["Chess Results 1964-1967," p.398; http://al20102007.narod.ru/it/1967/... Winter, p.151 ] <USSR Republics Team Championship 1967> In Moscow (23 July -3 Aug) 3d board for Moscow, with +4 -0 =1 (semifinal) +1 -1 =3 (final). Moscow won over RSFSR, Ukraine, Belarus, Leningrad and Georgia. [Di Felice, "Chess Results 1964-1967," pp.453-462; http://al20102007.narod.ru/team_ch/... Winter, p.151 ] <Capablanca Memorial 1967> In Havana (25 Aug - 20 Sept) 3d behind Larsen and Taimanov, ahead of Polugaevsky, Filip, and Gligoric, with +8 -1 =10. [Di Felice, "Chess Results 1964-1967," p.390; Winter, p.151 ] <Moscow 50th Jubilee National 1967> (21 Oct - 4 Nov) Shared 1st with Polugaevsky, over Bronstein and Zaitsev, with +5 -0 =6 (his win against Liberzon was by default). [Di Felice, "Chess Results 1964-1967," p.397; http://al20102007.narod.ru/nat_tour... Winter, p.151 ] Palma de Mallorca (1967) (27 Nov - 17 Dec) Shared 2d with Botvinnik, behind Larsen and ahead of Portisch, Gligoric and Ivkov, with +9 -1 =7. [Winter, p.151; Di Felice, "Chess Results 1964-1967," p.408 ] Monte Carlo (1968) (3-17 April) Shared 3d with Hort, behind Larsen and Botvinnik, ahead of Byrne, Benko, Gheorghiu and Portisch with +4 -0 =9. [http://thechesslibrary.com/files/19... Winter, p.151; Di Felice, "Chess Results 1968-1970," P.53 ] <6th Rubinstein Memorial 1968> In Polanica Zdroj (3-25 Aug) 1st over Kavalek, Doda, Padevsky and Simagin, with +9 -1 =5. [http://polbase.w.interia.pl/rub68.h... Winter, p.151; Di Felice, "Chess Results 1968-1970," p.63 ] <Lugano Olympiad 1968> (17 Oct - 7 Nov) Gold medal on 2d reserve board, with +10 -0 =2. [http://www.olimpbase.org/1968/1968i... http://www.olimpbase.org/1968/1968u... Di Felice, "Chess Results 1968-1970," pp.98-107; Winter, p.151 ] <Moscow-Leningrad Match 1968> In Moscow (22-24 Nov) 1st board, +1 -1 =0 vs. Taimanov. Match drawn 40 - 40. [http://al20102007.narod.ru/matches/... Winter, p.153; Di Felice, "Chess Results 1968-1970," pp.123-124 ] <6th USSR Clubs Team Championship 1968> In Riga (10-24 Dec) 3d board for Burevestnik with +3 -1 =3. Burevestnik 1st over Soviet Army, Spartak and Trud. [http://al20102007.narod.ru/team_ch/... Winter, p.151; Di Felice, "Chess Results 1968-1970," pp.111-114 ] Hastings (1968/69) (28 Dec - 8 Jan) 1st over Gligoric, Tukmakov, Keene and Smejkal, with +7 -1 =3. [Winter, p.151; Di Felice, "Chess Results 1968-1970," p.130 ] <Monte Carlo 1969> (31 March - 11 April) Shared 1st with Portisch, over Hort, Lombardy, Schmid and Gheorghiu, with +5 -0 =6. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monte_... Winter, p.151; Di Felice, "Chess Results 1968-1970," p.178 ] <Skopje-Kruševo-Ohrid 1969> (26 July - 19 Aug) Shared 3d with Uhlmann, and Kholmov, behind Hort and Matalovic, with +5 -0 =10. [Di Felice, "Chess Results 1968-1970," p.202; Winter, p.151 ] <Moscow-Bucharest Match 1969> In Moscow (6-9 July) 1st board, +1 -0 = 1 vs. Gheorgiu. Moscow won 11.5 - 8.5. [Winter, p.153, http://al20102007.narod.ru/matches/... Di Felice, "Chess Results 1968-1970," pp.244-245 ] USSR Championship (1969) <37th USSR Championship> In Moscow (6 Sept - 12 Oct). This was also a FIDE zonal tournament. Shared 3d with Taimanov and Geller, behind Polugaevsky and Petrosian, ahead of Stein, Balashov and Kholmov, with +6 -1 =15. [Winter, p.151; http://al20102007.narod.ru/ch_urs/1... Cafferty and Taimanov, pp.144-149 ] Hastings (1969/70) (29 Dec 1979 - 7 Jan 1980) 4th behind Portisch, Unzicker and Gligoric, ahead of Timman and Drimer, with +3 -1 =5. [Winter, p.151; Di Felice, "Chess Results 1968-1970," p.251; "Chess Magazine," Vol.35, nos. 597-8, Feb 1970 ] USSR vs. Rest of the World (1970) In Belgrade (29 March - 4 April) 5th board, +2 -1 =1 vs. Reshevsky. The USSR won 20.5. - 19.5. [Winter, p.153; Chess Life & Review, June 1970, pp. 297–301; Di Felice, "Chess Results 1968-1970," p.374 ] <Herceg Novi Blitz Championship 1970> (8-9 April) 8th behind Fischer, Tal, Korchnoi, Petrosian, Bronstein, Hort and Matulovic, with +8 -11 =3. [Di Felice, "Chess Results 1968-1970," p.295 ] Rovinj / Zagreb (1970) (12 April - 8 May) Shared 2d with Gligoric, Hort and Korchnoi behind Fischer, ahead of Petrosian, Ivkov and Minic, with +6 -1 =10. [Winter, p.151; Di Felice, "Chess Results 1968-1970," p.332 ] <4th European Team Championship 1970> In Kapfenberg (10-17 May) Gold medal on 5th board with +4 -0 =2. USSR finished 1st over Hungary, East Germany, Yugoslavia, and Czechoslovakia. [Winter, p.151, http://www.olimpbase.org/1970e/1970... http://www.olimpbase.org/1970e/1970... http://www.olimpbase.org/1970e/1970... Di Felice, "Chess Results 1968-1970," pp.360-362 ] Buenos Aires (1970) (19 July - 15 Aug) 7th behind Fischer, Tukmakov, Panno, Gheorghiu, Najdorf and Reshevsky with +1 -0 =16. [Winter, p.151; Di Felice, "Chess Results 1968-1970," pp.276-277 ] <Siegen Olympiad 1970> (5-27 Sept) Gold medal on 1st reserve board with +5 -0 =6. USSR 1st over Hungary, Yugoslavia, Hungary, USA and Czechoslovakia. [Winter, p.151; http://www.olimpbase.org/1970/1970i... Di Felice, "Chess Results 1968-1970," pp.364-373 ] Palma de Mallorca Interzonal (1970) (9 Nov - 12 Dec) Shared 7th with Portisch, behind Fischer, Larsen, Geller, Huebner, Taimanov and Uhlmann, with +7 -3 =13. [Winter, p.151; Di Felice, "Chess Results 1968-1970," pp.320-321 ] <Smyslov-Portisch Match (For Official Reserve, Candidates) 1971> In Portoroz (30 March - 7 April) +1 -1 =4. Portisch was declared the winner on previous tie breaks from their shared 7th place finish at the <Palma de Mallorca 1970 Interzonal>, but subsequently, no reserve was required in the cycle. [Winter, p.153; http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lajos_... GDR chess magazine "Schach" 5/1971, p.143; Egon Varnuzs "Selected Games of Lajos Portisch" (B.T. Batsford 1979), p.125, "CHESS" June 1971, p.269; Larousse "Journal de année" 1971 http://www.larousse.fr/archives/jou... ] <Amsterdam IBM 1971> (July) 1st over Portisch, Keres, Browne, Gligoric and Ivkov with +5 -0 =10. [Winter, p.151; http://www.365chess.com/tournaments... ] USSR Championship (1971) <39th USSR Championship> In Leningrad (15 Sept - 18 Oct) Shared 2d with Tal, behind Savon, ahead of Karpov, Balashov, Stein, Bronstein, Polugaevsky and Taimanov, with +6 -0 =15. [Winter, p.151, http://al20102007.narod.ru/ch_urs/1... Cafferty and Taimanov, pp.154-156 ] Moscow (1971) <Alekhine Memorial International> (24 Nov - 18 Dec) 3d behind Karpov and Stein, ahead of Tukmakov, Petrosian, Spassky, Tal, Byrne and Hort with +4 -0 =13. [Winter, p.151; http://al20102007.narod.ru/it/1971/... ] <Wijk aan Zee (34th Hoogoven) 1972> (January) Shared 5th with Savon, behind Portisch, Hort, Pomar and Browne, with +3 -2 =10 [Winter, p.151; http://www.tatasteelchess.com/histo... http://www.tatasteelchess.com/histo... ] <USSR Republics Team Championship 1972> In Moscow (1-13 March) 2d board for Moscow with +2 -2 =4. Moscow 1st over RSFSR, Ukraine, Leningrad, Georgia and Latvia. [http://www.olimpbase.org/1972st/197... Winter, p.151; http://al20102007.narod.ru/team_ch/... ] Las Palmas (1972) ( 29 May - 17 June ) Shared 2d with Larsen, behind Portisch, ahead of Bronstein, Benko, Tatai, Gheorghiu and Andersson, with +8 -1 =6. [Winter, p.151; La Vanguardia 20 June 1972, p.44; Revista 64, 11 July 2011 ] <Skopje Olympiad 1972> (18 Sept - 13 Oct) Silver medal on 3d board with +8 -0 =6. USSR 1st over Hungary, Yugoslavia, Czechoslovakia and West Germany. [Winter, p.151; http://www.olimpbase.org/1972/1972i... http://www.olimpbase.org/1972/1972u... ] <Hastings 1972-73> (27 Dec 1972 - Jan 1973) 9th, with +3 -3 =9. [Winter, p.151; http://www.365chess.com/tournaments... ] ############################## 1973-1974 Fact checking Marker ############################## <Capablanca Memorial 1973> In Cienfuegos ( ) 1st over Kuzmin, Uhlmann and Martinez, with +12 -0 =9. [http://mychess.blogspot.kr/2008/05/..., Winter, p.151, http://chessmetrics.com/cm/CM2/Sing... ] Dating Clue: <Capablanca Memorial 1972> in Ceinfuegos (20 Feb - 17 March) http://thechesslibrary.com/files/19... === <5th European Team Championship 1973> In Bath (6-14 July) 6th board (4th board in round 3) with +3 -0 =2. The USSR first, over Yugoslavia, Hungary, Poland and West Germany. [Winter, p.151, http://www.olimpbase.org/1973e/1973... http://www.olimpbase.org/1973e/1973... ] Petropolis Interzonal (1973) (23 July - 17 Aug) 5th behind Mecking, Geller, Polugaevsky and Portisch, with +7 -2 =8 [Winter, p.151, http://www.365chess.com/tournaments... ] USSR Championship (1973) <41st USSR Championship 1973> In Moscow (2-26 Oct) 15th behind Spassky, Karpov, Petrosian, Polugaevsky, Korchnoi, Kuzmin, Geller and others, with +4 -2 =3. [Winter, p.151, http://al20102007.narod.ru/ch_urs/1... ] <Reykjavik 1974> (???) 1st over Forintos, Velimirovic and Bronstein, with +10 -0 =4 [Winter, p.151, http://chessmetrics.com/cm/CM2/Sing... ] "Catch of the Day"- Smyslov vs F Olafsson, 1974 <USSR Clubs Team Championship 1974> In Moscow (20 Aug - 2 Sept) 1st board for Burevestnik, with +4 -2 =3. Burevestnik 1st, over Soviet Army, Trud, Spartak and Dinamo. [Winter, p.151, http://al20102007.narod.ru/team_ch/... ] <Chigorin Memorial International 1974> In Sochi (5-26 Sept) Shared 4th with Kholmov and Cseshkovsky, behind Polugaevsky, Suetin and Espig, with +4 -2 =9. [Winter, p.151, http://al20102007.narod.ru/it/1973/..., "Schach" Dec 1974, p.364 ] <USSR Championship 1st League 1974> In Odessa (4-27 Oct) Shared 5th with Balashov, behind Romanishin, Dvorietzky, Kupreichik and Cseshkovsky, with +6 -3 =8. [Winter, p.151, http://al20102007.narod.ru/ch_urs/1... ] <Venice 1974> (9-24 Nov) 2d to Liberzon, ahead of Suttles, Andersson, Timman, Benko and Savon, with +5 -0 =8. [Winter, p.151, http://www.torneionline.com/loto/lo... ] ############################ 1975-1977 Fact checking Marker ############################### <USSR Republics Team Championship 1975> In Riga (14-27 July) 2d board for Moscow with +1 -2 =4. Moscow finished 5th behind RSFSR, Ukraine, Leningrad and Georgia. [Winter, p. 151, http://al20102007.narod.ru/team_ch/... ] <Teesside Alexander Memorial 1975> In Teesside (UK) (???) 2d to Geller, ahead of Bronstein, Hort, Huebner and Sax with +4 -1 =9 [http://www.clevelandchessassociatio..., Winter, p.152, http://chessmetrics.com/cm/CM2/Sing... ] <Szolnok 1975> Game Collection: Smyslov at Szolnok 1975 (14-28 October) 1st over Barczay, Westerinen, Zaitsev, Bilek and Benko, with +5 -0 =9. Smyslov revived the <Ruy Lopez Fianchetto Defense (C60)> in this event. [Winter, p.152, http://chessmetrics.com/cm/CM2/Sing..., http://www.365chess.com/tournaments... ] JFQ's "Catch of the Day" E Mednis vs Smyslov, 1975 <European Club Championship Semifinal 1976> In Lund (20-22 Feb) 1st board for Burevestnik vs. Wahlbom (Lund ASK) with +2 -0 =0. Burevestnik beat Lund ASK 9.5 - 2.5. [Winter, p.152, http://www.olimpbase.org/1976c/1976... ] <Lone Pine 1976> (7-14 March) Shared 2d behind Petrosian, with Panno, Christiansen, Quinteros, Miles, Najdorf, Rogoff, Browne, Forintos and others with +3 -0 =4. [http://chessmetrics.com/cm/CM2/Sing..., Winter, p.152, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lone_P... ] <USSR Clubs Team Championship 1976> In Tbilisi (14-26 April) 1st board for Burevestnik with +0 -0 =7. Burevestnik first over Trud, County Societies, Soviet Army and Avangard. [Winter, p.152, http://al20102007.narod.ru/team_ch/... ] <European Chess Club Championship Final 1976> In Solingen (8-10 May) 1st board for Burevestnik vs. Huebner (SG Solingen) +0 -0 =3. Burevestnik and SG Solingen drew 9-9. [http://www.olimpbase.org/1976c/1976..., Winter, p.152, http://chessmetrics.com/cm/CM2/Sing... ] Biel Interzonal (1976) (11 July - 6 Aug) Shared 5th with Byrne and Huebner, behind Larsen, Petrosian, Portisch and Tal, ahead of Andersson, Csom, Geller and Smejkal with +5 -0 =13. [Winter p.152, http://www.worldchesslinks.net/ezdo... ] October Revolution 60th Anniversary (1977) In Leningrad (24 June - 19 July) 3d, behind Romanishin and Tal, ahead of Vaganian, Karpov, Taimanov and Ribli, with +4 -0 =13 [Winter p.152, http://al20102007.narod.ru/it/1977/... ] Tilburg Interpolis (1977) (23 Sept - 6 Oct) 10th, behind Karpov, Miles, Hort, Huebner and Timman, with +0 -2 =9 [Winter p.152, http://www.365chess.com/tournaments... ] <45th USSR Championship 1977> In Leningrad (28 Nov - 22 Dec) Shared 12th, behind Gulko, Dorfman, Polugaevsky, Petrosian, Geller, Tal and others, with +2 -4 =9 [Winter p.152, http://al20102007.narod.ru/ch_urs/1... ] ############################# 1978-1979 Fact checking Marker ############################## <4th USSR Championship Zonal 1978> In Lvov (4-28 April) Shared 7th with Beliavsky, behind Balashov, Vaganian, Tseshkovsky, Romanishin, Kuzmin and Tukmakov, with +4 -4 =6. Smyslov failed to qualify for the <Riga Interzonal 1979> tournament. [Winter p.152, http://al20102007.narod.ru/zont/197... ] <European Club Cup Round of Sixteen 1978> In Budapest (Some time between September and early November) 1st board for Burevestnik, with +0 -1 =1 vs. Portisch. Burevestnik beat MTK Vörös Meteor Budapest to advance to the quarterfinals. [http://www.olimpbase.org/1979c/1979... ] GAME TO BE ADDED No.??? Smyslov vs Portisch, 1978 === <Sao Paulo 1978> (Some time between September and early November) 1st over Dorfman, Ivkov, Quinteros and Sosonko, with +6 -0 =7 [Winter p.152, http://thechesslibrary.com/files/19... ] <Buenos Aires 1978> (November) Shared 2d with Vaganian and Panno behind Andersson, ahead of Browne, Gheorgiu and Najdorf, with +4 -0 =9 [Winter p.152, http://chessmetrics.com/cm/CM2/Sing... ] DATING CLUE: The Buenos Aires Olympiad was played 25th October - 12th November 1978. None of the players in the <Sao Paulo> event played in the Olympiad. <Vaganian> and <Browne> played in both the <Buenos Aires> event *and* the Olympiad, so they cannot have been concurrent. Chessmetrics lists the date of the Buenos Aires tournament as November, so it may have been contested shortly after 12 Nov, when the Olympiad ended. Di Felice's list of Brazilian Chess periodicals: http://books.google.co.kr/books?id=... <European Club Championship Quarterfinal 1979> In Moscow (Some time before March) 1st board for Burevestnik, with +0 -1 =1 vs. Gligoric. Burevestnik beat ŠK Partizan Belgrade to advance to the semifinals. [Winter, p.152, http://www.olimpbase.org/1979c/1979... ] <European Club Championship Semifinal 1979> In Solingen (Some time before March) 1st board for Burevestnik, with +0 -2 =0 vs. Kavalek. Burevestnik beat SG Solingen to advance to the finals. [Winter, p.152, http://www.olimpbase.org/1979c/1979... ] <Republics Team Match-Tournament 1979> In Tbilisi (24-31 March) Smyslov 8th board for Moscow. Moscow finished 1st over Georgia, Leningrad and Latvia. [http://al20102007.narod.ru/match_tm... ] <7th Spartakiad 1979> In Moscow (July) Smyslov played for Moscow, with +2 -1 =6. Karpov won the gold medal in the individual competition; Ukraine won the team competition. [Winter, p.152, http://www.itnsource.com/shotlist//... ] <Berlin DSV Turnier 1979> In East Berlin (Start day- 11 Sept) Shared 1st with Csom, over Bagirov, Suba, Vogt and others, with +5 -0 =9 [Winter, p.152, http://www.365chess.com/tournaments..., http://chessmetrics.com/cm/CM2/Sing..., http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Istv%C... ] <Tilburg Interopolis 1979> Game Collection: Tilburg Interpolis 1979 (October) 12th, behind Karpov, Romanishin, Portisch, Sax and others, with +1 -7 =3 [Winter, p.152, User: suenteus po 147 ] <European Club Championship Final 1979> In Bad Lauterberg (23-27 Nov) Shared 2d board with Georgadze for Burevestnik, with +0 -0 =2 vs. Timman. Burevestnik beat Volmac Rotterdam to win the overall championship, over SG Solingen, Spartacus Budapest, ŠK Partizan Belgrade and others. [Winter, p.152, http://www.olimpbase.org/1979c/1979... ] ######################################## <SOURCES> <Books> [Averbakh, Yuri "Centre-Stage and Behind the Scenes" Steve Giddins transl. 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"World Chess Champions" Pergamon Press, 1981 ] <Journals and Newspapers> [American Chess Bulletin British Chess Magazine Ceskolovensky Sach 1946 CHESS Chess Life Chess Life & Review Chess Magazine De Tijd De Tijd de Maasbode De Waarheid Evening Telegraph La Vanguardia NY Times Schach (GDR) Shakhmatny Bulletin Shakhmatny v SSSR The Times Tidskrift för schack ] <Databases and Websites> [ <Britbase> http://www.saund.co.uk/britbase/has... <Chess> http://mychess.blogspot.kr/2008/05/... <Chess365> http://www.365chess.com/ <Chessgames> Chessgames Home Page> <Chessmetrics> http://www.chessmetrics.com/cm/CM2/... <Chessnotes> (Edward Winter) http://www.chesshistory.com/winter/... <Chesstempo> http://chesstempo.com/game-database... <Cleveland (UK) Chess Association> http://www.clevelandchessassociatio... <ICCF AMICI> http://amici.iccf.com/ <ITN Source> http://www.itnsource.com/en/ <Jan Van Reek> http://www.endgame.nl/index.html <Larousse "Journal de année"> (archive) http://www.larousse.fr/archives/jou... <NovaMakedonija> http://www.novamakedonija.com <Olimbase> http://www.olimpbase.org/ <picupload> http://www.pic-upload.de/view-22761... <Polbase> http://polbase.w.interia.pl/ <Rusbase> http://al20102007.narod.ru/ <Storia Scacchi> http://storiascacchi.altervista.org... <Tata Steel Archive> http://www.tatasteelchess.com/histo... <Torneio online> http://www.torneionline.com/ <Tournament Crosstables> http://thechesslibrary.com/crosstab... <worldchesslinks> http://www.worldchesslinks.net/ ] 102 games, 1935-1966 Super Nezh: Chess Assassin "Super Nezh: Chess Assassin", by Alex Pishkin (1999). Missing Games: Game 40: Kotkov vs. Super Nezh (Gorki 1963) Game 50: Super Nezh vs. Medvedev (Kazan 1934) Game 59: Super Nezh vs. Veltmander (Sochi 1958) Game 62: Super Nezh vs. Matsukevich (Riga 1955) Game 69: Super Nezh vs. Shcherbakov (Riga 1954) Game 77: Holmov vs. Super Nezh (Yaroslavl 1947) Game 83: Matsukevich vs. Super Nezh (Kharkov 1956) Game 85: Super Nezh vs. Slepoi (Frunze 1959) Game 87: Sergievsky vs. Super Nezh (Omsk 1961) Game 91: Lapin vs. Super Nezh (Gorki 1938) Game 100: Super Nezh vs. Stolyar (Sochi 1965) 89 games, 1931-1973 Syracuse 1934 The tournament, organized as part of the Golden Jubilee celebrations of the New York State Chess Association, was played at the Hotel Onondaga in Syracuse, New York from August 13-25. In general, the games were begun at 7:00 P.M. with adjournments scheduled for the next day. To fit 15 rounds into a 13 day schedule, extra afternoon rounds were added on August 15 and August 20. The time control was 36 moves in two hours, followed by 18 moves in one hour. Originally the tournament contained 16 players, but I.S. Turover withdrew after losing to Arthur Dake in round 1 and the game was cancelled. <Crosstable> table[ 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 1 Samuel Reshevsky X ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 1 1 ½ 1 1 1 1 1 1 12.0 2 Isaac Kashdan ½ X ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 1 ½ 1 ½ 1 1 1 10.5 3 Arthur Dake 0 ½ X ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 10.0 4 Reuben Fine ½ ½ ½ X ½ 0 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 10.0 5 Abraham Kupchik ½ ½ ½ ½ X 0 ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 1 1 1 1 9.5 6 Israel Albert Horowitz 0 0 0 1 1 X ½ 0 ½ 1 1 1 ½ 1 1 8.5 7 Herman Steiner 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ X ½ 1 1 0 1 ½ 1 1 8.0 8 Mario Monticelli 0 0 0 0 ½ 1 ½ X ½ 1 0 ½ ½ 1 1 6.5 9 Fred Reinfeld ½ 0 0 0 0 ½ 0 ½ X ½ 1 1 ½ ½ 1 6.0 10 Anthony Santasiere 0 ½ 0 0 ½ 0 0 0 ½ X 1 1 ½ 1 1 6.0 11 Arnold Denker 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 X 0 ½ 0 ½ 5.0 12 Jakob Adolf Seitz 0 ½ 0 0 0 0 0 ½ 0 0 1 X 1 1 1 5.0 13 Jose Joaquin Araiza Munoz 0 0 0 0 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 X ½ 1 4.5 14 Erving Tholfsen 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ½ 0 1 0 ½ X 1 3.0 15 Robert E Martin 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ½ 0 0 0 X 0.5 ]table Since only 46 of the 105 games from this tournament have been located, the following list of pairings and scores is provided to help in following the action. A game that is available will be indicated by an asterisk (*). If you know of any others, please leave a note on my forum. Round 1 (Monday, August 13): Monticelli 1/2 Steiner; Reinfeld 0 Kupchik*; Denker 0 Santasiere*; Tholfsen 0 Horowitz; Fine 1 Seitz*; Kashdan 1 Araiza*; Martin 0 Reshevsky*; Dake: Bye (win over Turover cancelled) Round 2 (Tuesday, August 14): Steiner 0 Reshevsky*; Araiza 1 Martin; Seitz 1/2 Kashdan*; Horowitz 1 Fine*; Santasiere 0 Dake*; Kupchik 1 Denker; Monticelli 1/2 Reinfeld; Tholfsen: Bye Round 3 (Wednesday, August 15): Reinfeld 0 Steiner; Denker 1 Monticelli*; Dake 1/2 Kupchik; Tholfsen 0 Santasiere*; Kashdan 1 Horowitz*; Martin 0 Seitz; Reshevsky 1 Araiza*; Fine: Bye Round 4 (Wednesday, August 15): Steiner 1/2 Araiza; Seitz 0 Reshevsky*; Horowitz 1 Martin; Santasiere 0 Fine*; Kupchik 1 Tholfsen*; Monticelli 0 Dake; Reinfeld 1 Denker*; Kashdan: Bye Round 5 (Thursday, August 16): Denker 1 Steiner*; Dake 1 Reinfeld; Tholfsen 0 Monticelli; Fine 1/2 Kupchik*; Kashdan 1/2 Santasiere; Reshevsky 1 Horowitz*; Araiza 0 Seitz; Martin: Bye Round 6 (Friday, August 17): Steiner 1 Seitz; Horowitz 1/2 Araiza; Santasiere 1 Martin; Kupchik 1/2 Kashdan; Monticelli 0 Fine*; Reinfeld 1/2 Tholfsen; Denker 1 Dake*; Reshevsky: Bye Submitted 10/8/2016 Herman Steiner - Jakob Adolf Seitz 1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.c4 c5 4.cxd5 cxd4 5.Qxd4 Qxd5 6.Nc3 Qxd4 7.Nxd4 a6 8.g3 Bd7 9.Bg2 e5 10.Nf3 Bc6 11.0-0 Nbd7 12.Bg5 Be7 13.Rfd1 h6 14.Bxf6 Bxf6 15.Nd5 0-0-0 16.Rac1 Kb8 17.Nxf6 gxf6 18.Nh4 Kc7 19.Bxc6 bxc6 20.Nf5 Nb6 21.Rxd8 Rxd8 22.Nxh6 Rd2 23.Nxf7 Rxe2 24.h4 Kd7 25.h5 Ke7 26.Rxc6 Rxb2 27.Rc7+ Nd7 28.Rxd7+ Kxd7 29.h6 e4 30.h7 e3 31.fxe3 Source: Los Angeles Times, October 7, 1934. 1-0 Round 7 (Saturday, August 18): Dake 1/2 Steiner; Tholfsen 1 Denker*; Fine 1 Reinfeld*; Kashdan 1 Monticelli*; Martin 0 Kupchik; Reshevsky 1 Santasiere*; Seitz 0 Horowitz; Araiza Munoz: Bye Round 8 (Saturday, August 18): Steiner 1/2 Horowitz ; Santasiere 1/2 Araiza; Kupchik 1/2 Reshevsky*; Monticelli 1 Martin; Reinfeld 0 Kashdan; Denker 1 Fine*; Dake 1 Tholfsen*; Seitz: Bye The first few moves of Reinfeld - Kashdan are available: 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.0-0 Be7 6.Qe2 b5 7.Bb3 d6 8.a4 Bg4 9.c3 0-0 10.axb5 axb5 11.Rxa8 Qxa8 12.Qxb5 Na5 13.Bc2 Nxe4 14.Bxe4 Qxe4 15.Qxa5 Qxb1 16.d3 Qxd3 17.Qxc7 Bxf3, and Blac eventually won. Sources Isaac Kashdan / Lahde, p. 167; Practical Chess Openings, p. 362. Sunday, August 19 reserved for adjournments Round 9 (Monday, August 20): Tholfsen 0 Steiner; Fine 1/2 Dake*; Kashdan 1 Denker*; Martin 0 Reinfeld; Reshevsky 1 Monticelli*; Araiza 0 Kupchik; Seitz 0 Santasiere; Horowitz: Bye Round 10 (Tuesday, August 21): Santasiere 0 Horowitz; Kupchik 1 Seitz*; Monticelli 1/2 Araiza; Reinfeld 1/2 Reshevsky*; Denker 1/2 Martin; Dake 1/2 Kashdan; Tholfsen 0 Fine*; Steiner: Bye Round 11 (Tuesday, August 21): Fine 1 Steiner*; Kashdan 1 Tholfsen*; Martin 0 Dake; Reshevsky 1 Denker*; Araiza 1/2 Reinfeld; Seitz 1/2 Monticelli; Horowitz 1 Kupchik*; Santasiere: Bye Round 12 (Wednesday, August 22): Steiner 1 Santasiere; Monticelli 1 Horowitz*; Reinfeld 1 Seitz; Denker 1/2 Araiza; Dake 0 Reshevsky*; Tholfsen 1 Martin; Fine 1/2 Kashdan*; Kupchik: Bye Round 13 (Thursday, August 23): Kashdan 1/2 Steiner; Martin 0 Fine; Reshevsky 1 Tholfsen*; Araiza 0 Dake; Seitz 1 Denker; Horowitz 1/2 Reinfeld; Santasiere 1/2 Kupchik; Monticelli: Bye Round 14 (Friday, August 24): Steiner 1/2 Kupchik; Monticelli 1 Santasiere; Denker 0 Horowitz; Dake 1 Seitz; Tholfsen 1/2 Araiza; Fine 1/2 Reshevsky*; Kashdan 1 Martin; Reinfeld: Bye Round 15 (Saturday, August 25): Martin 0 Steiner; Reshevsky 1/2 Kashdan*; Araiza 0 Fine; Seitz 1 Tholfsen*; Horowitz 0 Dake; Santasiere 1/2 Reinfeld; Kupchik 1/2 Monticelli; Denker: Bye The first few moves of Araiza - Fine are available: 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 c5 4.Qg4 cxd4 5.Nf3 Nc6 6.Bd3 Qc7 7.Qg3 f6 8.Bf4 g5 9.Bd2 Nxe5 10.Nxe5 Qxe5, and Black eventually won. Sources: Reuen Fine / Woodger, p. 61; Modern Chess Openings. Thanks to <Resignation Trap> and <Calli> for their help in finding these games. Although it's not complete, I hope this collection can serve as a starting point for further research. ----- <Sources> "Los Angeles Times", October 7, 1934. "New York Times", August 14-26, 1934. Daily reports. 47 games, 1934 The Mammoth Book of the World's Greatest Chess G 'The Mammoth Book of the World's Greatest Chess Games' by Graham Burgess, John Nunn and John Emms. New expanded edition-now with 125 games. 125 games, 1834-2010 Ulf Andersson (Grandmaster Chess Strategy) 27 games, 1968-2002 US Open 1900, Excelsior = Northwestern Champ <Northwestern Championship Excelsior, Minnesota September 3, 1900> It seemed like a good idea at the time. At the turn of the 20th century, there was no effective national chess organization in the United States. Not that it hadn't been tried. There had been six American Chess Congresses to that point and several has tried to set something up. However, none had survived for long. You can't always get what you want. There was plenty of local activity. New York was the hub, and major cities like Boston, Philadelphia and Chicago had established organizations as well. In addition, every Middlesex village and farm had their own group. Minnesota was no exception, but from its beginnings in the early 1890s, the Minnesota Chess Association had ambitions of being more than just a state organization. The chess column in the <Minneapolis Journal> for January 22, 1898, contained this statement: <“One of the new and pleasing features of this year’s tournament is, according to Secretary [Herman A] Hagemann, ‘That we make all outside players our guests while here, and extend the request to have them here the day before. This will give us ample time, and make it more pleasant all round. By getting here on the day of the tournament, some a little later than others, we have barely time to shake hands, and then get at play in all boards. This new arrangement will do away with all that.”> This was in reference to the State Championship, held on Washington's Birthday, February 22. The Association also held a summer tournament [Minneapolis Journal, April 30, 1898], which also served as an annual business meeting. In 1899 it was held in the resort town of Excelsior on Lake Minnetonka, and a good time was had by all. The chess column in the <Minneapolis Journal> of May 19, 1900, just before shutting down for a summer recess, stated: <“It is the opinion of a majority of the local players that the summer tournament should be held in Minnetonka. The meeting last year was such a great success that they do not hope to equal it at any other locality.”> But a funny thing happened to the summer meeting of the Minnesota Chess Association turned into the US Open. Not all at once, of course. George B. Spencer, President of the Minnesota Chess Association, became the first President of the Northwestern Chess Association. The tournament was truly regional, featuring twenty players from several states, and a regional organization was set up. A report in the <New York Clipper> of September 8, 1900 summarized what happened: <"A meeting of representative Northwestern players was held at St. Paul, 4th ult., at which a preliminary organisation of the N. W. Ch. Association was effected. Geo. B. Spencer, president, of the Minnesota State C. A., presided, and many prominent players of that section were present. The main object of the Ass'n will be to bring all the players of the Northwest into one organisation, especially those from Minnesota, N. and S. Dakota. Wisconsin, Iowa, Nebraska, Missouri, Kansas and Montana. The first annual tournament, major and minor, was called at Lake Minnetonka, Minn., 3d inst., under tbe special auspices of the M. S. C. A."> As might be expected, there are some differences between this and the account in the <Minneapolis Journal> for September 4, 1900, which states that the organizational work was done the previous day in Excelsior, and that the contest being held for the "...Championship of the Mississippi Valley." in fact the claimed jurisdiction of the new Association and its successors never seems to have been definitively defined. Players from Boston and Philadelphia came as early as 1904, though New York's participation was put off until the mid-1920s. Eventually the association would grow, split, and remerge into a national body, but we'll get to that. Thus was born the Northwestern Chess Association, and their first championship tournament on September 3, 1900 in the little resort town of Excelsior, Minnesota. Things did get out of hand after that, but you gotta start somewhere. Twenty players entered the Major Tournament, playing five games in a single day. The tournament seems to have been run on the "Pyramid System" [Minnesota Journal, January 30, 1897], which would seem to us today a modified Swiss System, players with like scores being paired together. One major difference was that there was no restriction on players meeting more than once. Indeed, if a game was drawn at the 1900 tournament, the two players would play again in the next round. This can be seen clearly in the following crosstable. The <Minnesota Journal> (Septebmer 4) and Louis Uedemann's colum in the <Chicago Daily Tribune> (September 9) both published a complete list of pairings, but these contain differences. In general I have followed the more local account. Differences between them, and with the crosstable published by Di Felice in <Chess Results, 1747-1900>, are summarized. table[ 1 2 3 4 5 1 Louis Uedemann W16 W 7 W17 W 3 W 2 5.0 2 Nicholas MacLeod W18 W19 W15 W 5 L 1 4.0 3 Guy M Thompson W19 W 9 W 5 L 1 W 6 4.0 4 Edward P Elliott D17 L17 W 9 W17 W10 3.5 5 James I Jellett W13 W 6 L 3 L 2 W13 3.0 6 William J Tierney W14 L 5 W 7 W10 L 3 3.0 7 William Oren Hillman W11 L 1 L 6 W 8 W17 3.0 8 George B Spencer L 9 W13 W14 L 7 D 9 2.5 9 F Arthur Hill W 8 L 3 L 4 W19 D 8 2.5 10 Herman A Hageman W12 L15 W19 L 6 L 4 2.0 11 Reuben W Hitchcock L 7 L12 W18 L13 W19 2.0 12 John W Clark L10 W11 L16 D14 D14 2.0 13 Ferdinand A Huxman L 5 L 8 W20 W11 L 5 2.0 14 Charles G Rosen L 6 W18 L 8 D12 D12 2.0 15 John Tunstall W20 W10 L 2 --- --- 2.0 16 H G Stevens L 1 W20 W12 --- --- 2.0 17 Francis Newton Stacy D 4 W 4 L 1 L 4 L 7 1.5 18 Nels H Nelson L 2 L14 L11 --- --- 0.0 19 T J Buford L 3 L 2 L10 L 9 L11 0.0 20 F E Hart L15 L16 L13 --- --- 0.0 ]table 1) Round 2: Hageman vs Tunstall. MJ gives this as a win for Tunstall, CDT as a win for Hageman. Di Felice has a win for Tunstall. Based on their next opponents, a Tunstall win is more probable. 2) Round 3: Hitchcock 1 Nelson is not given in MJ. 3) Round 4: MJ has Uedemann 1 Thompson, CDT Thompson 0 Uedemann. CDT more probable, since column is by Uedemanmn. Also, though colors were tossed for in every game, it's still unlike Uedemann would get four Whites in row. 4) Round 4: MJ does not list Macleod 1 Jellett. 5) Round 4: CDT does not mention Rosen 1/2 clark. 6) Round 4: Neither newspaper mentions a game won by Huxmann over Hitchcock, as given in Di Felice. However, both players appear in round five paired against opponents with an appropriate scores, so it seems probable the game took place. 7) Round 5 MJ has Hagemann 0 Elliott, CDT Stacy 0 Elliott and no game from Hageman. CDT seems to have repeated round 4 result. Followed MJ. 8) Round 5: MJ has Hillman 1/2 Stacy, giving them totals of 2.5 and 2.0 respectively. CDT gives Hillman 1 Spencer, again repeating a round four result. However, CDT also says explicitly that Hillman ended with 3.0, implying he won in round 5. Di Felice has Hillman defeating Stacy. Di Felice has a win for Hillman. Using MJ's pairing, but assuming result to be a typo and a win for Hillman. This is quite uncertain, though. 9) Round 5. MJ has Buford 0 Hitchcock, Rosen 1/2 Clark; Hill 1/2 Spencer; not mentioned in CDT Eight players entered a three-game Minor Section, which was apparently run on the same basis as the major. table[ 1 2 3 1 W D R MacLeod W3 W4 W2 3.0 2 A P Roper W6 W5 L1 2.0 3 W C Fitchett L1 W6 W7 2.0 4 T E Fitchett W8 L1 W5 2.0 5 N Cohen W7 L2 L4 1.0 6 G E Thompson L2 L3 W8 1.0 7 P H Tierney L5 W8 L3 1.0 8 D C McCallum L4 L7 L6 0.0 ]table This outcome was typical of the early years: though the tournament was centered in Minnesota and drew the majority of its players from there, it was the outsiders from Chicago and elsewhere who generally won. Eventually, the Windy City would come to dominated the organization of the association as well. ----- Louis Uedemann, the first US Open champion, was a strong player from Chicago who was a leading figure in this era of Western chess history. Nicholas MacLeod and Edward Elliott will show up as future champions, so stay tuned. From the New York Clipper of September 22, 1900: <Northwestern C. A. Tourney> "The first meeting of this, the newest, but by no means the least of Am. Ch. Associations, was held at Excelsior, Minn., on the shores of Lake Minnetooka, Sept. 3, 1900. Thls Ass'n owes its existence to the enterprise of the Minnesota and St. Paul players. As the name implies, it was at first designed to limit its area to those Northwestern states mentioned last week, but so pronounced and wide spread was the interest, and so enjoyable this first meeting that it w«s decided to enlarge its scope to embrace the whole country, so that the organization will require a new name. <"It was decided that future tournaments shall not be one day contests, but extend over a period of one week, commencing on the third Monday in August, to be held in different parts of the country and, if possible, at some Summer resort. That will give players everywhere the opportunity to arrange their vacations accordingly in advance...."> Prophetic words, for what would later become the US Open remains today a event which allows for summertime relaxation as much as for spirited competition against a variety of new faces. Unfortunately, very few games are available from the early years, since preserving the scores doesn't seem to have been a priority. They probably didn't realize what they were starting. ----- <Sources> <Chess Results 1747-1900> / Gino di Felice, p.205. <Brooklyn Daily Eagle>, September 13, 1900 <Chicago Daily Tribune>, September 9, 1900, column by Louis Uedemann: http://www.chessarch.com/excavation... <Minneapolis Journal>, September 4, 1900: http://www.chessarch.com/excavation... <New York Daily Clipper>, September 8, 1900; September 22, 1900 ----- <NEXT>: Game Collection: US Open 1901, Excelsior = 2nd Western Champ. <SEE ALSO>: Game Collection: US Open Tournament Index 3 games, 1900 US Open 1968, Aspen The 69th US Open went Vacation Resort again, being held in the West Village Confefence center at Snowmass-at-Aspen, Colorado, from August 11-25, 1968. George Koltanowski served as Tournament Director again, assisted by Col. Paul Webb. The "traditional" 12-round format was becoming established now: rounds 1-6 on Sunday-Friday, Saturday for Association business meeting and the all-important Speed Tournament, then rounds 7-12 from Sunday to Friday. Time control was 50 moves in 2 1/2 hours, followed by 20 moves per hour. [(1)] ----- <CROSSTABLE> The available crosstable is incomplete, listing all the players but giving results for only the first 72. If you know of a complete crosstable, please leave a note in my forum. Four asterisks in a row *<****>) indicate an unknown result. table[ 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 1 Bent Larsen W102 W 29 W 21 W 5 W 17 W 11 D 2 W 3 D 4 W 8 W 7 W 15 11.0 2 Pal Benko W 70 W 49 W 56 D 14 W 16 W 7 D 1 D 8 W 5 W 4 W 24 L 3 9.5 3 Walter Shawn Browne W 63 W 18 W 26 W 9 L 11 W 37 W 14 L 1 W 16 D 7 W 12 w 2 9.5 4 Robert Eugene Byrne W165 W116 W 41 D 24 W 92 D 12 W 11 W 13 D 1 L 2 D 15 W 14 9.0 5 Larry Kaufman W109 W 53 W 42 L 1 D 29 W 46 W 26 W 12 L 2 D 13 W 48 W 11 9.0 6 Anthony Saidy W 98 W 44 W 37 D 16 L 7 W 29 D 25 D 41 D 27 W 42 W 21 W 13 9.0 7 Gregory S De Fotis W 72 D 33 W 45 W 39 W 6 L 2 D 35 W 18 W 17 D 3 L 1 W 34 8.5 8 James T Sherwin W 52 W 20 W167 D 92 D 12 W 42 W 36 D 2 W 10 L 1 L 13 W 31 8.5 9 Norman Weinstein W121 W 54 W103 L 3 W 64 W 60 D 10 D 17 D 15 D 11 D 31 W 24 8.5 10 Edward W Formanek W101 D 45 W 28 D 43 W 38 W110 D 9 W 92 L 8 L 12 W 36 W 27 8.5 11 James Tarjan W 96 W 55 W 35 W 25 W 3 L 1 L 4 W 58 D 24 D 9 W 26 L 5 8.0 12 Paul Brandts W 66 W 65 W 74 D 15 D 8 D 4 W 19 L 5 W103 W 10 L 3 D 16 8.0 13 Louis Levy W 99 W151 W 38 L 17 W 44 W 39 W 15 L 4 D 14 D 5 W 8 L 6 8.0 14 Wesley Burgar W119 W 31 W 27 D 2 D110 W 18 L 3 W 42 D 13 D 48 W 49 L 4 8.0 15 William E Martz W 87 W 36 W 58 D 12 D 24 W 40 L 13 W 25 D 9 W 39 D 4 L 1 8.0 16 Herbert Avram W 78 W 34 W 40 D 6 L 2 D 28 W 38 W 36 L 3 W 35 D 27 D 12 8.0 17 Karl Burger W 97 W 64 W 30 W 13 L 1 D 35 W 20 D 9 L 7 L 27 W 45 W 38 8.0 18 John Hechtlinger W128 L 3 W121 W 68 W 21 L 14 D 56 L 7 W 63 W 20 D 19 W 50 8.0 19 Neil McKelvie W166 D 28 W 46 L110 W 80 W 48 L 12 W 45 W 41 L 24 D 18 W 49 8.0 20 Viestrus Seglins W 50 L 8 D 85 W138 W 96 W 30 L 17 W 56 D 26 L 18 W 57 W 37 8.0 21 Jude Frazer Acers W172 W 59 L 1 W 33 L 18 L 76 W101 W 81 W 64 W 40 L 6 W 44 8.0 22 Hyman David Wallach W129 W 61 L 92 W167 D 26 L 25 L 48 W 99 W 30 D 59 W 35 W 40 8.0 23 Erasmus Olins W156 L 58 W 86 L 35 W105 W161 D 61 L103 D 38 W 78 W 42 W 39 8.0 24 Ronald Joseph Gross W113 W112 W150 D 4 D 15 L 36 W 44 W 35 D 11 W 19 L 2 L 9 7.5 25 David J Kerman D118 W132 W 80 L 11 W 59 W 22 D 6 L 15 W 28 L 49 W 55 D 32 7.5 26 Dennis Fritzinger W 82 W 81 L 3 W 65 D 22 W 73 L 5 W 76 D 20 W 46 L 11 D 33 7.5 27 William A Bills W117 W 47 L 14 L 93 W113 D 98 W 32 W 60 D 6 W 17 D 16 L 10 7.5 28 Charles Bassin W107 D 19 L 10 W 97 W132 D 16 D 57 D110 L 25 W 93 D 44 W 48 7.5 29 Ron Snyder W143 L 1 W119 W 70 D 5 L 6 D 93 D112 D 74 W 60 D 47 W 58 7.5 30 Peter Lapiken W154 W 62 L 17 D151 W 51 L 20 L 59 W 97 L 22 W 87 W102 W 76 7.5 31 Edward Schuyler Jackson W123 L 14 L 73 L105 W141 W 71 W 82 W 52 W110 W 61 D 9 L 8 7.5 32 John Tomas W136 D 43 L 39 W 84 L 46 W123 L 27 D113 W 82 W 58 W 61 D 25 7.5 33 George Hulburd W169 D 7 D 57 L 21 W125 D111 L 73 W 96 W131 D 37 W 43 D 26 7.5 34 Edmund Nash W139 L 16 W 83 L 56 D152 W 68 W131 L 37 W108 W 94 w 41 L 7 7.5 35 Randy Mills W 71 W 93 L 11 W 23 W114 D 17 D 7 L 24 W 62 L 16 L 22 W 75 7.0 36 Norman Wood W124 L 15 W 66 W109 W 43 W 24 L 8 L 16 D 57 W 56 L 10 D 51 7.0 37 Subu Subramanian W 89 W 77 L 6 W 54 W 75 L 3 D 60 W 34 L 46 D 33 W 59 L 20 7.0 38 William Cornwall W108 W164 L 13 W 98 L 10 W 47 L 16 D 66 D 23 W 62 W 73 L 17 7.0 39 John T Westbrock D132 W170 W 32 L 7 W 67 L 13 D 51 W 65 W 93 L 15 W 77 L 23 7.0 40 Arthur R Spiller W122 W 86 L 16 W 47 W 63 L 15 L 92 W 67 W 78 L 21 W 74 L 22 7.0 41 Mitchell Saltzberg W 95 W 60 L 4 L 77 W109 W 75 W 62 D 6 L 19 W103 L 34 D 47 7.0 42 Giles A Koelsche W135 W111 L 5 W 74 W 93 L 8 W 95 L 14 W 73 L 6 L 23 W 81 7.0 43 Jack Gibson W 68 D 32 W 51 D 10 L 36 L151 W119 D 74 D 60 W 75 L 33 W 77 7.0 44 Max Wilkerson W131 L 6 W 78 W166 L 13 W108 L 24 D 63 W 85 W 92 D 28 L 21 7.0 45 Elliott C Winslow W115 D 10 L 7 W 52 D111 D116 W 98 L 19 W 66 D 57 L 17 W 73 7.0 46 Mark Wells D141 W138 L 19 W 69 W 32 L 5 W111 D 73 W 37 L 26 L 50 W 74 7.0 47 Marilyn Koput W 84 L 27 W 90 L 40 W120 L 38 L 50 W 88 W100 W 64 D 29 D 41 7.0 48 Bruce Haisfield D138 W141 D 97 W102 D 73 L 19 W 22 W 77 W 92 D 14 L 5 L 28 7.0 49 Michael Morris W127 L 2 L 96 W122 W 66 L 63 W 72 W 95 W 76 W 25 L 14 L 19 7.0 50 Peter Kerr L 20 L166 W149 W119 L 74 W154 W 47 L 62 W 81 W 67 W 46 L 18 7.0 51 Marshall Rohland W155 D110 L 43 W131 L 30 W132 D 39 D 53 L 56 W117 W 92 D 36 7.0 52 David Welsh L 8 D123 W137 L 45 W153 W112 D 80 L 31 W113 D 65 W 79 D 54 7.0 53 Robert Enders W140 L 5 W118 L 73 L 95 W 91 W 83 D 51 L 94 D 85 W 82 W 88 7.0 54 Jack F Shaw W142 L 9 W 89 L 37 D135 L131 L100 W104 W 68 W126 W 63 D 52 7.0 55 David Eisen W120 L 11 D 94 L132 D 89 W125 L 78 W152 W109 W 70 L 25 W 83 7.0 56 John Hall W 94 W 75 L 2 W 34 L 60 W 65 D 18 L 20 W 51 L 36 D 69 D 59 6.5 57 Elias Van Sweden W 73 D 67 D 33 D 59 D151 W 81 D 28 D 64 D 36 D 45 L 20 D 65 6.5 58 Robert Shean W168 W 23 L 15 L 75 W101 W 74 W 63 L 11 D 59 L 32 W 94 L 29 6.5 59 Gary Simms W146 L 21 W154 D 57 L 25 W104 W 30 D 61 D 58 D 22 L 37 D 56 6.5 60 Gary Robert Forman W153 L 41 W117 W161 W 56 L 9 D 37 L 27 D 43 L 29 D 71 W 97 6.5 61 D Peizer W125 L 22 W 87 W 81 D 77 D 62 D 23 D 59 W 75 L 31 L 32 D 69 6.5 62 Jim Fisher W144 L 30 D131 W 76 W150 D 61 L 41 W 50 L 35 L 38 W 90 D 64 6.5 63 Jerome Nolte L 3 W128 W164 W 79 L 40 W 49 L 58 D 44 L 18 W131 L 54 W 96 6.5 64 William N Bragg W126 L 17 W 99 W 96 L 9 D 93 W114 D 57 L 21 L 47 W 78 D 62 6.5 65 Lars N Enequist W158 L 12 W152 L 26 W143 L 56 W132 L 39 W 83 D 52 D 70 D 57 6.5 66 Kathyrn Slater L 12 W145 L 36 W156 L 49 W120 W116 D 38 L 45 L 79 W115 W 93 6.5 67 William T Adams W148 D 57 L110 W 94 L 39 D152 W117 L 40 W 95 L 50 D 72 W 99 6.5 68 Nicholas Stillwell L 43 W136 W112 L 18 D 79 L 34 D133 D 90 L 54 W132 W131 W102 6.5 69 Donald C Dodder W149 L167 D 84 L 46 W138 W133 L103 L108 W 89 W127 D 56 D 61 6.5 70 Kenneth R Jones L 2 W107 W162 L 29 L108 L117 W143 W122 W118 L 55 D 65 W 94 6.5 71 Robert M Gardner L 35 W149 L 75 D133 D 84 L 31 W142 L116 W147 W109 D 60 W101 6.5 72 John B Kelly L 7 W169 L 79 L143 W 90 W115 L 49 D133 W134 D 80 D 67 W 92 6.5 73 Stewart Schwartz L 57 **** W 31 W 53 D 48 L 26 W 33 D 46 L 42 **** L 38 L 45 6.0 74 Edward Sweetman **** W161 L 12 L 42 W 50 L 58 **** D 43 D 29 **** L 40 L 46 6.0 75 Robert Glen Harshbarger **** L 56 W 71 W 58 L 37 L 41 **** **** L 61 L 43 W122 L 35 6.0 76 Ron Klein W159 **** **** L 62 **** W 21 **** L 26 L 49 **** **** L 30 6.0 77 Abraham Tabash **** L 37 **** L 41 D 61 **** **** L 48 **** **** L 39 L 43 6.0 78 Fred Cramer L 16 **** L 44 **** **** **** W 55 **** L 40 L 23 L 64 **** 6.0 79 George N Pipiringos **** **** W 72 L 63 D 68 **** W109 **** **** W 66 L 52 **** 6.0 80 Richard Jourdan **** **** L 25 **** L 19 **** D 52 **** **** D 72 **** **** 6.0 81 Thoma A Jenkins **** L 26 **** L 61 **** L 57 **** L 21 L 50 **** **** L 42 6.0 82 John A Howell L 26 **** L151 **** **** W 84 L 31 **** L 32 **** L 53 **** 6.0 83 Don Arnow **** **** L 34 **** **** **** L 53 **** L 65 **** **** L 55 6.0 84 J Ballard L 47 **** D 69 L 32 D 71 L 82 **** **** **** **** **** **** 6.0 85 Ben Gross L 92 **** L 20 **** **** **** **** **** L 44 D 53 **** **** 6.0 86 Edward A Garner **** L 40 L 23 **** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** 6.0 87 Roman Golla L 15 **** L 61 **** **** **** **** **** **** L 30 **** **** 6.0 88 William Beattie **** **** **** L112 **** **** **** L 47 **** **** **** L 53 6.0 89 Alfred Hulmes L 37 **** L 54 **** D 55 **** **** **** L 69 **** **** **** 6.0 90 Ed Roche **** **** L 47 **** L 72 **** **** D 68 **** **** L 62 **** 6.0 91 Olin Chism L161 **** **** **** **** L 53 **** **** **** **** **** **** 6.0 92 Charles Henin W 85 **** W 22 D 8 L 4 **** W 40 L 10 L 48 L 44 L 51 L 72 5.5 93 Charles C Vuille **** L 35 W106 W 27 L 42 D 64 D 29 W150 L 39 L 28 **** L 66 5.5 94 Siegfried H Langer L 56 **** D 55 L 67 **** **** **** **** W 53 L 34 L 58 L 70 5.5 95 Kurt Witton L 41 **** **** **** W 53 **** L 42 L 49 L 67 **** **** **** 5.5 96 H Anthony Buczko L 11 **** W 49 L 64 L 20 **** **** L 33 **** **** **** L 63 5.5 97 Greta Olsson L 17 **** D 48 L 28 **** **** **** L 30 **** **** **** L 60 5.5 98 Michael Callinan L 6 **** **** L 38 **** D 27 L 45 **** L116 **** **** **** 5.5 99 A Tschetter L 13 W158 L 64 **** **** **** **** L 22 **** **** **** L 67 5.5 100 Sylvio Scorza **** **** **** **** **** **** W 54 **** L 47 **** **** **** 5.5 101 Joe Steffen L 10 **** **** W107 L 58 **** L 21 **** **** **** **** L 71 5.5 102 Charles Savery L 1 **** **** L 48 **** **** **** **** **** **** L 30 L 68 5.5 103 Robert Parmelee **** **** L 9 **** **** **** W 69 W 23 L 12 L 41 **** **** 5.5 104 Steven Steinshover **** **** **** **** **** L 59 **** L 54 **** **** **** W132 5.5 105 Phil Unell L116 **** W155 W 31 L 23 **** L121 **** **** **** **** **** 5.5 106 A Hauser **** **** L 93 **** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** 5.5 107 Jon Kolber L 28 W 70 **** L101 **** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** 5.5 108 Michael A McSorley L 38 **** **** **** W 70 L 44 **** W 69 L 34 **** **** **** 5.0 109 Donald McCrory L 5 **** **** L 36 L 41 **** L 79 **** L 55 L 71 **** **** 5.0 110 Anthony Deutsch **** D 51 W 67 W 19 D 14 L 10 **** D 28 L 31 **** **** **** 5.0 111 Mary Bain **** L 42 **** **** D 45 D 33 L 46 **** **** **** **** **** 5.0 112 John A Dunning **** L 24 L 68 W 88 **** L 52 **** D 29 **** **** **** **** 5.0 113 James Dukelow L 24 **** **** **** L 27 **** **** D 32 L 52 **** **** **** 5.0 114 Roger Evan Neustaedter **** **** **** **** L 35 **** L 64 **** **** **** **** **** 5.0 115 Walter V Karpuska L 45 **** **** **** **** L 72 **** **** **** **** L 66 **** 5.0 116 Harold Blajwas W105 L 4 **** **** **** D 45 L 66 W 71 W 98 **** **** **** 5.0 117 V Garcia L 27 **** L 60 **** **** W 70 L 67 **** **** L 51 **** **** 5.0 118 Vernon A Fagin D 25 **** L 53 **** **** **** **** **** L 70 **** **** **** 5.0 119 E H Mueller L 14 **** L 29 L 50 **** **** L 43 **** **** **** **** **** 5.0 120 Joseph Fusco L 55 **** **** **** L 47 L 66 **** **** **** **** **** **** 5.0 121 Stewart Levine L 9 **** L 18 **** **** **** W105 **** **** **** **** **** 5.0 122 Robert Tinkham L 40 **** **** L 49 **** **** **** L 70 **** **** L 75 **** 5.0 123 Stephen J Christopher L 31 D 52 **** **** **** L 32 **** **** **** **** **** **** 5.0 124 Dale L Gustafson L 36 **** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** 5.0 125 M Ohnmacht L 61 **** **** **** L 33 L 55 **** **** **** **** **** **** 5.0 126 Gregory E Bailey L 64 **** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** L 54 **** **** 5.0 127 Richard Shellenberger L 49 **** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** L 69 **** **** 5.0 128 W Ward L 18 L 63 **** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** 5.0 129 V Garcia L 22 **** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** 5.0 130 R Weeks **** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** 5.0 131 Don Stone L 44 **** D 62 L 51 W137 W 54 L 34 **** L 33 L 63 L 68 **** 4.5 132 L Gordon Brooks D 39 L 25 **** W 55 L 28 L 51 L 65 **** **** L 68 **** L104 4.5 133 John Gray **** **** **** D 71 **** L 69 D 68 D 72 **** **** **** **** 4.5 134 Allan Foord **** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** L 72 **** **** **** 4.5 135 A Max Gardner L 42 **** **** **** D 54 **** **** **** **** **** **** **** 4.5 136 Dwight Sehler L 32 L 68 **** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** 4.5 137 Lackland Bloom **** **** L 52 **** L131 **** **** **** **** **** **** **** 4.5 138 Emmett Bradbury D 48 L 46 **** L 20 L 69 **** **** **** **** **** **** **** 4.5 139 Richard E Anderson L 34 **** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** 4.5 140 S Dunham L 53 **** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** 4.5 141 Paul B Tomaino D 46 L 48 **** **** L 31 **** **** **** **** **** **** **** 4.0 142 Donna Bragg L 54 **** **** **** **** **** L 71 **** **** **** **** **** 4.0 143 Vern Zeigner L 29 **** **** W 72 L 65 **** L 70 **** **** **** **** **** 4.0 144 Bertha L Roberson L 62 **** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** 4.0 145 Victor J Masters **** L 66 **** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** 4.0 146 H Harvey L 59 **** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** 4.0 147 Rich Herr **** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** L 71 **** **** **** 4.0 148 D Nance L 67 **** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** 4.0 149 John A Harris L 69 L 71 L 50 **** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** 4.0 150 Floyd Cohen **** **** L 24 **** L 62 **** **** L 93 **** **** **** **** 4.0 151 Vitaley M Radaikin **** L 13 W 82 D 30 D 57 W 43 **** **** **** **** **** **** 4.0 152 Pat J Mahoney **** **** L 65 **** D 34 D 67 **** L 55 **** **** **** **** 3.5 153 James Barber L 60 **** **** **** L 52 **** **** **** **** **** **** **** 3.5 154 Frank Frilling L 30 **** L 59 **** **** L 50 **** **** **** **** **** **** 3.5 155 Charles R Judd L 51 **** L105 **** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** 3.5 156 R Garen L 23 **** **** L 66 **** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** 3.5 157 W Garcia **** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** 3.5 158 Mike Haskins L 65 L 99 **** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** 3.0 159 Elmer Mason L 76 **** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** 3.0 160 Norbert L Matthews **** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** 3.0 161 Paul Quillen W 91 L 74 **** L 60 **** L 23 **** **** **** **** **** **** 3.0 162 K Eisen **** **** L 70 **** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** 2.5 163 C McGrath **** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** 2.5 164 James Michael Shaw **** L 38 L 63 **** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** 2.0 165 Ted Broyles L 4 **** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** 2.0 166 Herb Thomas L 19 W 50 **** L 44 **** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** 2.0 167 Frank Metz **** W 69 L 8 L 22 **** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** 2.0 168 W Murray L 58 **** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** 2.0 169 Linda Giblert L 33 L 72 **** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** 1.5 170 J Tyler **** L 39 **** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** 1.5 171 J Ingham **** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** 1.0 172 William Slater L 21 **** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** 0.0 ]table [(2)] ----- <PRIZEWINNERS> 1st: Bent Larsen (11.0) 2nd-3rd: Pal Benko, Walter Browne (9.5) 4th-6th: Robert Byrne, Larry Kaufman, Anthony Saidy (9.0) 7th-10th: Gregory S DeFotis, James T Sherwin, Norman Weinstein, Edward W. Formanek (8.5) Expert: J. Hechtlinger, V. Seglins (8.0) Class A: h. Wallach, E. Olins (8.0) Class B: N. Stillwell,R. garnder (6.5) Class C: P. Kerr (7.0); E. Roche (6.0) Class D: V. Garcia III (5.0); A. Foord, D. Sehler (4.5) Class E: R. Weeks (5.0) Unrated: J. Ballard (6.0) Women's: M. Kopat (7.0); K. Slater (6.5) [(3)] Brillancy Prize ($50, awarded by Isador Turover D Welsh vs J Dunning, 1968 ----- <Additional game> The following game has been submitted, but is not yet in the database: Viesturs Seglins - Peter Lapiken (Round 7) :1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Bb4 6.Nxc6 bxc6 7.Qd4 Qe7 8.Bd3 d5 9.0-0 c5 10.Bb5+ Kf8 11.Qd1 Bxc3 12.bxc3 dxe4 13.Ba3 Rb8 14.Bxc5 Rxb5 15.Qd8+ Source: Tournament book, game no. 123. 1-0 ----- Larsen vs Ron Snyder, 1968, from Round 2, is from Larsen's scoresheet, furnished by User: Telemus from auction catalog of Klittich-Pfannkuch , Item #701: ----- <MILESTONES> [Base on incomplete information; subject to change] 10: Pal Benko, Peter Lapiken, Kathyrn Slater, Williaam Slater ----- <REFERENCES> [(1)] "Chess Life", June 1968, p.236. [(2)] "Chess Life", November 1968, p.417-418 [(3)] "Chess Life, October 1968, p.352 ------ <SOURCES> <The 69th Annual United States Open Chess Championshp> / edited by Jack Spence. The Chess Player, 1971 [TB] <Chess Life>, October 1968, p.352-354 [CL] ----- PREVIOUS: Game Collection: US Open 1967, Atlanta NEXT: Game Collection: US Open 1969, Lincoln SEE ALSO: Game Collection: US Open Tournament Index 243 games, 1968

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