[Event "8"]

[Site "Moscow Wch-m"]

[Date "1951/??/??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Bronstein David"]
[Black "Botvinnik Mikhail"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D49/01"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 c6 4.Nf3 Nf6

5.e3 Nbd7 6.Bd3 dxc4 7.Bxc4 b5 8.Bd3 a6
9.e4 c5 10.e5 cxd4 11.Nxb5 Nxe5 12.Nxe5 axb5
13.Qf3 Bb4+ 14.Ke2 Rb8 15.Nc6 Bb7 16.Bf4 Bd6
17.Nxd8 Bxf3+ 18.Kxf3 Rxd8 19.Bxb5+ Ke7 20.Bd2 Rb8
21.a4 Nd5 22.b3 f5 23.Rhc1 e5 24.Ke2 e4
25.Rc6 Rhc8 26.Rac1 Rxc6 27.Rxc6 Rb6 28.Rxb6 Nxb6
29.a5 Nd5 30.a6 Bc5 31.b4 Ba7 32.Bc6 Kd6
33.Bb7 h6 34.h4 g5 35.hxg5 hxg5 36.Bxg5 Nxb4
37.Bc8 Ke5 38.Bd2 Nd5 39.Bb7 Nc3+ 40.Bxc3 dxc3
41.g3 Bb6 1/2-1/2

[Event "1"]
[Site "Moscow ch-SU"]
[Date "1951/??/??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Botvinnik Mikhail"]
[Black "Moiseev Oleg"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E45/12"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 b6

5.Ne2 Ba6 6.a3 Be7 7.Nf4 O-O 8.b4 d5
9.b5 Bb7 10.cxd5 exd5 11.Bb2 c5 12.Be2 c4
13.O-O a6 14.a4 Bb4 15.Qc2 Qd7 16.Rfb1 Re8
17.Ba3 Bxa3 18.Rxa3 Qd6 19.Ra2 a5 20.Qc1 Nbd7
21.Qa3 Qxa3 22.Rxa3 Nf8 23.h4 Rad8 24.Bf3 Ne6
25.Nh5 Nxh5 26.Bxh5 g6 27.Bf3 f5 28.Ra2 Kg7
29.Kf1 h6 30.g3 Kf6 31.Kg2 Rh8 32.Rh1 Rhe8
33.Rd2 Re7 34.Re2 Ree8 35.Kf1 Rh8 36.Ke1 Rhe8
37.Kd2 Re7 38.Ree1 Ree8 39.Ne2 Rh8 40.g4 Rhg8
41.Reg1 fxg4 42.Bxg4 Rdf8 43.Bxe6 Kxe6 44.Nf4+ Kd6
45.Rh2 Rf6 46.Rhg2 Bc8 47.Rxg6 Rgxg6 48.Rxg6 Rxg6
49.Nxg6 Bf5 50.Ne5 Bb1 51.Kc3 Ba2 52.e4 dxe4
53.Nxc4+ Bxc4 54.Kxc4 h5 55.d5 Ke5 56.d6 Kxd6
57.Kd4 1-0

[Event "10"]
[Site "Moscow ch-SU"]
[Date "1951/??/??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Botvinnik Mikhail"]
[Black "Keres Paul"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E26/07"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 c5

5.Bd3 Nc6 6.a3 Bxc3+ 7.bxc3 b6 8.e4 d6
9.Ne2 e5 10.O-O Nd7 11.Qa4 Qc7 12.d5 Na5
13.Ng3 O-O 14.Qd1 Re8 15.Nf5 Nf8 16.Ne3 Ng6
17.g3 Qe7 18.Ra2 Bh3 19.Re1 Bd7 20.f3 a6

21.a4 Reb8 22.Bf1 Qe8 23.Nf5 Qf8 24.Rb2 f6

25.f4 Nh8 26.Qg4 Bxf5 27.Qxf5 Nf7 28.Qh5 Rb7
29.Qe2 Qe8 30.Qd1 Rab8 31.Bd3 b5 32.axb5 axb5
33.cxb5 c4 34.Bc2 Qc8 35.Ba4 Nb3 36.Be3 Ra8
37.Ra2 Rxb5 38.Bxb3 cxb3 39.Rxa8 Qxa8 40.c4 Rb4
41.Bd2 Qa7+ 42.Kh1 Rb8 43.Qf3 Qd4 44.Qc3 Qf2
45.Qe3 Qxe3 46.Bxe3 b2 47.Rb1 Rb3 48.c5 Rxe3
49.Rxb2 g6 50.c6 Rc3 51.Rb7 Kg7 52.c7 Rc2
53.Kg1 h5 54.h4 Rc4 55.Kg2 Rc2+ 56.Kf1 Rc4
57.Kg2 Rc2+ 58.Kf1 Rc4 1/2-1/2

[Event "11"]
[Site "Moscow ch-SU"]
[Date "1951/??/??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Terpugov Evgeni"]
[Black "Botvinnik Mikhail"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A45/06"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.Bg5 h6 4.Bxf6 Qxf6

5.e4 d6 6.Nc3 a6 7.e5 Qd8 8.Bd3 d5
9.Ne2 c5 10.c3 Nc6 11.O-O Bd7 12.Qd2 Qb6
13.Rad1 cxd4 14.cxd4 Be7 15.Nf4 g5 16.Ne2 g4
17.Ne1 Nxd4 18.Bxa6 Nc6 19.Bc4 Bg5 0-1

[Event "13"]
[Site "Moscow ch-SU"]
[Date "1951/??/??"]
[Round "?"]

[White "Aronin Lev"]

[Black "Botvinnik Mikhail"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C03/04"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 a6 4.e5 c5

5.c3 Nc6 6.Ndf3 Bd7 7.dxc5 Bxc5 8.Bd3 Nge7
9.Bf4 Bb6 10.Bg3 Bc7 11.Qe2 Qb8 12.Kf1 Nf5
13.Bf4 Nfe7 14.Bg3 h6 15.h4 f6 16.Re1 O-O
17.exf6 Rxf6 18.Bxc7 Qxc7 19.g4 Raf8 20.g5 R6f7
21.gxh6 gxh6 22.Rh2 Rg7 23.Ne5 Nxe5 24.Qxe5 Qxe5
25.Rxe5 Nc6 26.Re3 e5 27.Rg2 Rf4 28.Rgg3 Rxg3
29.Rxg3+ Kf7 30.Bg6+ Kf6 31.h5 e4 32.Ke2 Ne5
33.Ke3 Rg4 34.Kd4 Rxg3 35.fxg3 Nxg6 36.hxg6 Bg4
37.c4 dxc4 38.Kxe4 Kxg6 39.Kf4 h5 40.Ke4 Kf6
41.Kd4 b5 0-1

[Event "14"]
[Site "Moscow ch-SU"]
[Date "1951/??/??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Botvinnik Mikhail"]
[Black "Geller Efim"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A45/02"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.g3 d5 3.c4 dxc4 4.Nf3 Nc6

5.Nc3 e5 6.Nxe5 Nxe5 7.dxe5 Qxd1+ 8.Nxd1 Ne4
9.Bg2 Bb4+ 10.Kf1 Nc5 11.Be3 Be6 12.Nc3 O-O-O
13.f4 Bxc3 14.bxc3 Na4 15.Rc1 Bd5 16.Bh3+ Kb8

17.Rg1 Rhe8 18.Kf2 Be4 19.Rgd1 Rxd1 20.Rxd1 Nxc3

21.Rc1 Nxa2 22.Ra1 Nb4 23.Bxa7+ Ka8 24.Bb6 Kb8
25.Ba7+ Ka8 26.Be3 Na6 27.Ra4 Bd5 28.Bd7 Rd8
29.Bb5 Be6 30.Bxa6 bxa6 31.Rxa6+ Kb7 32.Ra5 Rd1
33.Rc5 Rh1 34.Kg2 Ra1 35.Rb5+ Kc6 36.Rc5+ Kd7
37.f5 Bxf5 38.Rxc4 Ra2 39.g4 Be6 40.Rd4+ Kc8
41.Kf3 Ra5 42.g5 c5 43.Rh4 c4 44.Rxh7 g6
45.Rh8+ Kc7 46.Rd8 Bd5+ 47.Kf2 c3 48.Rd6 c2
49.h4 Bc4 50.Rd4 Ba6 51.Rf4 Rxe5 52.Rxf7+ Kc6
53.Rf6+ Kd5 54.Rxa6 Rxe3 55.Ra1 Rc3 56.Rc1 Kc4
57.Ke1 Kb3 58.Kd2 Kb2 59.Rxc2+ Rxc2+ 60.Kd3 Kb3
61.e4 Rc4 62.e5 Kb4 0-1

[Event "15"]
[Site "Moscow ch-SU"]
[Date "1951/??/??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Bondarevsky Igor"]
[Black "Botvinnik Mikhail"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B63/01"]

1.e4 c5 2.Ne2 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6

5.Nc3 d6 6.Bg5 e6 7.Qd2 h6 8.Bxf6 gxf6
9.O-O-O a6 10.Be2 Bd7 11.f4 Qb6 12.Bh5 Nxd4
13.Qxd4 Qxd4 14.Rxd4 Rg8 15.g3 Be7 16.Rf1 Bc6
17.f5 Rg5 18.Be2 Bd8 19.Rxd6 Ke7 20.Rdd1 Bc7
21.Bf3 Be5 22.Ne2 Bb5 23.Rfe1 Rgg8 24.Nd4 Bd7
25.Bg2 Bc7 26.Nf3 Rad8 27.Rd2 Bc8 28.Rxd8 Rxd8
29.Rd1 Rg8 30.Bh3 Bd7 31.Nh4 Bc6 32.Bg2 Be5

33.Bf3 Rg5 34.c3 Rg8 35.Re1 b5 36.Bd1 Bc7

37.Nf3 Bb7 38.Nd4 e5 39.Nc2 Bd6 40.Bf3 Rc8
41.a3 a5 42.Kb1 Bb8 43.Ne3 Ba7 44.Nd5+ Bxd5
45.exd5 b4 46.axb4 axb4 47.cxb4 Bd4 48.Rc1 Rxc1+
49.Kxc1 Bg1 50.h3 Bf2 51.g4 Be1 52.b5 Ba5
53.Kc2 Kd6 54.Kd3 Kc5 55.d6+ Kxd6 56.Kc4 Bb6
57.b4 Bf2 58.Be4 Bb6 59.Bc2 Bf2 60.Bb1 Bb6
61.Be4 Bf2 62.Bf3 Bb6 63.Kd3 Bf2 64.Be4 Bb6
65.Ke2 Bd4 66.Kf3 Bc3 67.b6 Bxb4 68.b7 Kc7
69.Ke2 Bc5 70.Kd3 Bf2 71.Kc4 Be1 72.Kb5 Bf2
73.Ka6 Kb8 74.Bd5 Bd4 75.Bxf7 e4 76.Bd5 e3
77.Bf3 Be5 78.h4 Bg3 79.g5 fxg5 80.hxg5 1/2-1/2

[Event "16"]
[Site "Moscow ch-SU"]
[Date "1951/??/??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Botvinnik Mikhail"]
[Black "Kotov Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A53/12"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 d6 3.Nc3 e5 4.d5 Bf5

5.g3 Be7 6.Nf3 Ne4 7.Nxe4 Bxe4 8.Bh3 c6
9.O-O cxd5 10.Nd2 Bg6 11.Qa4+ Nd7 12.cxd5 f5
13.e4 O-O 14.exf5 Bxf5 15.Bxf5 Rxf5 16.Ne4 Nc5
17.Qc2 Nxe4 18.Qxe4 Rf7 19.h4 Qb6 20.b3 Bd8
21.Be3 1/2-1/2

[Event "17"]

[Site "Moscow ch-SU"]

[Date "1951/??/??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Averbakh Yuri"]
[Black "Botvinnik Mikhail"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C09/05"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 c5 4.exd5 exd5

5.Bb5+ Nc6 6.Ngf3 Bd6 7.O-O cxd4 8.Nb3 Ne7
9.Bxc6+ Nxc6 10.Re1+ Be7 11.Nfxd4 O-O 12.Bf4 Nxd4
13.Qxd4 Bf5 14.c3 Qd7 15.Rad1 Rfd8 16.Qd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "2"]
[Site "Moscow ch-SU"]
[Date "1951/??/??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Flohr Salo"]
[Black "Botvinnik Mikhail"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D14/03"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.cxd5 cxd5 4.Nf3 Nc6

5.Nc3 Nf6 6.Bf4 Bf5 7.e3 e6 8.Bd3 Bxd3
9.Qxd3 Be7 10.Ne5 O-O 11.h3 Rc8 12.O-O Nd7
13.Nxd7 Qxd7 14.Rac1 Rfd8 15.Rfd1 Na5 16.Qb5 Qxb5
17.Nxb5 Rxc1 18.Rxc1 Nc6 19.Kf1 Kf8 20.Ke2 Ke8
21.Nc3 Rc8 22.Kd1 Kd7 23.Bg3 h5 24.Ne2 h4
25.Bh2 g5 26.Rc2 Rg8 27.Nc1 Bd6 28.Bxd6 Kxd6
29.Ke2 f6 30.Nd3 b6 31.f3 Re8 32.Rc1 Re7

33.Kd2 Rc7 34.b3 Re7 35.Ke2 Re8 36.Kd2 Rh8

37.Ke2 Rg8 38.Kd2 Rg7 39.Ke2 Rh7 40.Kd2 Rb7
41.Ke2 Rh7 42.Kd2 Rh8 43.Nf2 e5 44.dxe5+ fxe5
45.Nd1 Rc8 46.Nc3 Ke6 47.Ne2 Kd7 48.Nc3 Ne7
49.Rg1 Ke6 50.Re1 Nc6 51.Rc1 Nb4 52.a3 Nc6
53.b4 Ne7 54.Re1 Kd7 55.Kd3 Rc6 56.Rg1 Rf6
57.Rc1 Rf8 58.Rd1 Rd8 59.Rc1 Rc8 60.Rg1 Ke6
61.Re1 Nf5 62.e4 Ne7 63.Nxd5 Nxd5 64.exd5 Kxd5
65.Re4 Ke6 66.b5 Rc5 67.a4 Kf5 68.Rg4 Rd5+
69.Ke3 Rd1 70.Ke2 Rc1 71.Kd2 Rc5 72.Kd3 Rd5+
73.Ke3 Rd7 74.Ke2 Rd4 75.Ke3 Rd1 76.Ke2 Ra1
77.Ke3 Ra3+ 78.Ke2 Kf6 79.Kd2 Ra2+ 80.Ke3 Kg6
81.Kd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "3"]
[Site "Moscow ch-SU"]
[Date "1951/??/??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Botvinnik Mikhail"]
[Black "Taimanov Mark"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E40/08"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 Nc6

5.Ne2 d5 6.a3 Be7 7.Ng3 h5 8.cxd5 exd5
9.Bd3 h4 10.Nf1 h3 11.g3 O-O 12.Nd2 Bg4
13.f3 Bc8 14.b4 a5 15.b5 Nb8 16.O-O c5
17.bxc6 bxc6 18.Na4 Ba6 19.Nb3 Bb5 20.Nbc5 Na6
21.Nxa6 Bxa6 22.Rb1 Qc7 23.Bxa6 Rxa6 24.Qd3 Ra7
25.Bd2 Bd6 26.e4 dxe4 27.fxe4 Rd8 28.Qf3 Bf8

29.Bc3 Re8 30.e5 Nd5 31.Bd2 Qd7 32.Rb3 Rb7

33.Rxb7 Qxb7 34.Nc3 Nxc3 35.Bxc3 Bxa3 36.Bxa5 Bb2
37.Bb6 Qd7 1/2-1/2