[Event "4"]

[Site "Moscow ch-SU"]

[Date "1951/??/??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Botvinnik Mikhail"]
[Black "Lipnitsky Isaak"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E40/03"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 d5

5.a3 Be7 6.Nf3 O-O 7.b4 Nbd7 8.Bb2 c6
9.Qc2 Re8 10.Bd3 dxc4 11.Bxc4 a5 12.b5 Nb6
13.Bd3 cxb5 14.Nxb5 Bd7 15.Ne5 Rc8 16.Qe2 Na4
17.O-O Qb6 18.Rab1 Nxb2 19.Rxb2 Red8 20.Rfb1 Be8
21.Qd2 a4 22.Na7 Qxa7 23.Rxb7 Qa8 24.Rxe7 Rb8
25.Rc7 Rxb1+ 26.Bxb1 Nd5 27.Rc1 Qb8 28.Qc2 g6
29.Ba2 Ne7 30.h3 Kf8 31.Qc7 Rc8 32.Qxb8 Rxb8
33.Rc2 Nf5 34.Nc4 Rc8 35.Rb2 Ne7 36.e4 Rd8
37.Rd2 Bb5 38.Ne3 Nc6 39.d5 Ne5 40.Rb2 Bd3
41.Rb4 1-0

[Event "8"]
[Site "Moscow ch-SU"]
[Date "1951/??/??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Botvinnik Mikhail"]
[Black "Simagin Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D49/01"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 c6 4.e3 Nf6

5.Nf3 Nbd7 6.Bd3 dxc4 7.Bxc4 b5 8.Bd3 a6
9.e4 c5 10.e5 cxd4 11.Nxb5 axb5 12.exf6 Bb7
13.O-O gxf6 14.Bxb5 Rg8 15.Bf4 Ra5 16.a4 Rxb5
17.axb5 Ne5 18.Bxe5 fxe5 19.Ra7 Qd5 20.Rxb7 Qxb7
21.g3 Bd6 22.Re1 f6 23.Qb3 Kf7 24.Nxd4 Qd5
25.Qxd5 exd5 26.Nf5 Ke6 27.Nxd6 Kxd6 28.Rc1 d4
29.Rc6+ Kd5 30.Rxf6 Rc8 31.Kf1 Rc2 32.Rf7 Rxb2
33.Rxh7 Rb1+ 34.Ke2 Rb2+ 35.Kf1 Rb1+ 36.Kg2 e4
37.Rd7+ Kc4 38.h4 Rb2 39.Kf1 Rb1+ 40.Kg2 Rb2
41.Kf1 Rb1+ 42.Kg2 1/2-1/2

[Event "9"]
[Site "Moscow ch-SU"]
[Date "1951/??/??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Petrosian Tigran"]
[Black "Botvinnik Mikhail"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A46/08"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.Bg5 h6 4.Bh4 g5

5.Bg3 Ne4 6.Nbd2 Nxg3 7.hxg3 Bg7 8.c3 d6
9.e3 Nc6 10.Bd3 Bd7 11.Qc2 Qe7 12.O-O-O a5
13.e4 a4 14.a3 Na5 15.Rde1 O-O-O 16.Kb1 Kb8
17.e5 d5 18.g4 Rc8 19.Qd1 c5 20.Bc2 Qe8
21.dxc5 Rxc5 22.g3 Nc6 23.Re3 Ra5 24.Rhe1 Bf8
25.c4 Bc5 26.R3e2 Ne7 27.Ka1 Qd8 28.Rh1 Ba7
29.Qb1 Rc5 30.cxd5 exd5 31.Bf5 Nxf5 32.gxf5 Bb5
33.Ree1 Rc7 34.Rh2 g4 35.Nh4 Qg5 36.f4 gxf3

37.Nhxf3 Qxg3 38.e6 fxe6 39.fxe6 Rhc8 40.Rxh6 Bf2

41.Reh1 Qg4 42.Rg6 Qf4 43.Rg5 Qd6 44.Qf5 Be3
45.Qxd5 Qxd5 46.Rxd5 Bc6 47.Rhh5 Bxd5 48.Rxd5 Re7
49.Re5 Bh6 50.Re4 Rc6 51.Rxa4 Rexe6 52.Re4 Rf6
53.Ka2 Kc7 54.Re7+ Kc8 55.Re2 Rc2 56.Kb1 Rcc6
57.Nd4 Rcd6 58.N2b3 Bg7 59.Ka2 Rf1 60.Nc2 Rf5
61.Rg2 Bf6 62.Nb4 Kd7 63.Rh2 Kc7 64.Nc2 Rg5
65.Nd2 Re6 66.Nb4 Bg7 67.Kb3 Re3+ 68.Ka2 Re6
69.Kb3 Re3+ 70.Ka2 Re8 71.Kb3 Kb8 72.Nb1 Re3+
73.Nc3 Reg3 74.Rd2 Rg2 75.Rxg2 Rxg2 76.Nd3 Rh2
77.Kc4 Rd2 78.a4 Ka7 79.Nb5+ Kb6 80.b4 Rc2+
81.Kb3 Rg2 82.Nc3 Rg3 83.Kc4 Rg4+ 84.Kb3 Rg3
85.Kc4 Bxc3 86.a5 Kc7 87.Kxc3 Kc6 88.Kc4 Rg4+
89.Kc3 Kb5 90.Nc5 Rc4+ 91.Kd3 Rxb4 92.Nxb7 Kc6
93.a6 Kd5 94.Nd8 Rd4+ 95.Ke3 Re4+ 96.Kd3 Rf4
97.a7 Ra4 98.Nf7 Rxa7 99.Ng5 Ra3+ 100.Ke2 1/2-1/2

[Event "?"]
[Site "Moskva"]
[Date "1951/??/??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Botvinnik Mikhail"]
[Black "Geller Efim"]
[Result "1-0"]
[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 1-0

[Event "?"]
[Site "Moskva"]
[Date "1951/??/??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Bronstein David"]
[Black "Botvinnik Mikhail"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D44/07"]

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

5.Bg5 dxc4 6.e4 b5 7.e5 h6 8.Bh4 g5
9.exf6 gxh4 10.Ne5 Qxf6 11.g3 Nd7 12.Qe2 Nxe5
13.dxe5 Qe7 14.Bg2 Bb7 15.O-O-O Bg7 16.f4 O-O
17.Rd6 Rad8 18.Rhd1 Rxd6 19.exd6 Qd8 20.Ne4 Qa5
21.Kb1 Qb6 22.Qg4 f5 23.Qg6 c5 24.g4 Bxe4+
25.Bxe4 fxe4 26.g5 hxg5 27.fxg5 Qd8 28.Qxe6+ Kh8
29.Qg4 Qe8 30.g6 Bh6 31.Qxh4 Kg7 32.d7 Qd8

33.Qxe4 Bg5 34.a4 Qe7 35.Qg4 Qf6 36.Ka2 b4

37.Rg1 b3 38.Ka3 Be3 39.Qh5 Bh6 40.Qxc5 Rd8
41.Rd1 Kxg6 42.Qg1+ Kh7 43.Kb4 Rb8+ 44.Kc5 Be3+
45.Qxe3 Qb6+ 46.Kxc4 Qxe3 47.d8Q Rxd8 48.Rxd8 Qe6+
49.Rd5 a5 0-1

[Event "12"]
[Site "Moskva ch-SU"]
[Date "1951/??/??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Botvinnik M"]
[Black "Kopilov Nikolay"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A81/10"]

1.d4 f5 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 g6 4.Nc3 Bg7

5.Bg5 Nc6 6.Qd2 d5 7.Bxf6 Bxf6 8.Nxd5 Bxd4
9.Nxc7+ Kf7 10.Nf3 Bxb2 11.Rb1 Qxd2+ 12.Nxd2 Bc3
13.Rb3 Bxd2+ 14.Kxd2 Be6 15.Nxe6 Kxe6 16.Rxb7 Rhd8+
17.Kc1 Nd4 18.Re1 Rac8 19.Rb2 Rc5 20.e3 Nb5
21.Rd1 Rdc8 22.Rd5 Rxd5 23.Bxd5+ Kxd5 24.Rxb5+ Ke4
25.Rb7 Re8 26.Rxa7 Kf3 27.a4 Kxf2 28.a5 g5
29.a6 Kxe3 30.Rd7 e5 31.a7 Ra8 32.Rxh7 f4
33.gxf4+ gxf4 34.Kd1 f3 35.c4 Rd8+ 36.Kc2 f2
37.Rf7 Ra8 0-1

[Event "?"]
[Site "Nikolina Gora"]
[Date "1951/??/??"]
[Round "?"]

[White "Ragozin Viacheslav"]

[Black "Botvinnik Mikhail"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C17/08"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e5 c5

5.a3 Ba5 6.Qg4 Ne7 7.Qxg7 Rg8 8.Qxh7 cxd4
9.b4 dxc3 10.bxa5 Nd7 11.Nf3 Qc7 12.Bf4 Nf8
13.Bb5+ Bd7 14.Bxd7+ Qxd7 15.Qd3 Rg4 16.g3 Nfg6
17.Be3 Nc6 18.h3 Rc4 19.O-O Ncxe5 20.Nxe5 Nxe5
21.Qh7 O-O-O 22.Bxa7 Nf3+ 23.Kg2 Nd2 24.Rfe1 d4
25.f3 f5 26.Qxd7+ Kxd7 27.Re5 Ke7 28.Rae1 Rc6
29.Rb5 d3 30.Rc1 Nc4 31.Rxb7+ Kf6 32.cxd3 Rxd3
33.Rb3 Rd2+ 34.Bf2 c2 35.a6 Rxa6 36.Rc3 Nxa3
37.f4 Rd1 38.R1xc2 Nxc2 39.Rxc2 Ra4 40.Rb2 Rc4
41.Be3 Rd3 42.Kf2 Rcc3 43.Re2 Ke7 44.Kf3 Kd6
45.g4 Ke7 46.Re1 Kf7 47.Re2 Rb3 48.Re1 Rdc3
49.Re2 Rc4 50.gxf5 exf5 51.Ra2 Re4 52.Re2 Kg6
53.Re1 Kh5 54.h4 Ra4 55.Rg1 Raa3 56.Re1 Ra2
57.Rh1 Rc2 58.Rg1 Rh2 0-1

[Event "7"]
[Site "Soviet Championship"]
[Date "1951/??/??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Smyslov Vasily V"]
[Black "Botvinnik M"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C92/10"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6

5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 d6 8.c3 O-O
9.h3 Be6 10.d4 Bxb3 11.Qxb3 Qd7 12.Bg5 h6
13.Bxf6 Bxf6 14.d5 Na5 15.Qc2 c6 16.dxc6 Qxc6
17.Nbd2 Rac8 18.Rac1 Rfd8 19.Nf1 Nc4 20.b3 Nb6
21.Ne3 d5 22.Ng4 d4 23.Nxf6+ Qxf6 24.Qb2 dxc3
25.Rxc3 Nd7 26.Rec1 Rxc3 27.Qxc3 Qd6 28.Qc6 Nf6
29.Qxd6 Rxd6 30.Nxe5 Nxe4 31.f3 Ng5 32.f4 Ne6
33.f5 Nd8 34.Rc8 Kf8 35.Kf2 Ke7 36.Ke3 Rd1
37.Ra8 Kf6 38.Nd3 Nc6 39.Rxa6 1-0

[Event "?"]
[Site "Training"]
[Date "1951/??/??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Botvinnik Mikhail"]
[Black "Ragozin Viacheslav"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D74/04"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.g3 Bg7 4.Bg2 d5

5.cxd5 Nxd5 6.Nf3 O-O 7.O-O c5 8.e4 Nf6
9.e5 Nd5 10.dxc5 Nc6 11.Qe2 Qa5 12.Nbd2 Qxc5
13.Nb3 Qb6 14.Rd1 e6 15.h4 Qc7 16.Re1 b6
17.Bd2 a5 18.Rac1 Qd7 19.a3 Ba6 20.Qe4 Rac8
21.h5 Rfe8 22.hxg6 hxg6 23.Bg5 Nce7 24.Nbd4 Rxc1
25.Rxc1 Rc8 26.Rxc8+ Qxc8 27.Qh4 Nc6 28.Nxc6 Qxc6
29.Bh6 Bf8 30.Bxf8 Kxf8 31.Ng5 Qc1+ 32.Kh2 Ke8
33.Bxd5 exd5 34.Qh8+ Kd7 35.Nxf7 Qd1 36.Qd8+ Kc6
37.Qa8+ Kb5 38.Nd6+ 1-0

[Event "?"]
[Site "Training"]
[Date "1951/??/??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Botvinnik Mikhail"]
[Black "Smyslov Vasili"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D94/13"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e3 g6

5.Nf3 Bg7 6.Be2 O-O 7.O-O b6 8.b3 Bb7
9.Bb2 e6 10.Qc2 Nbd7 11.Rfd1 Qe7 12.e4 dxe4
13.Nxe4 c5 14.Nxf6+ Nxf6 15.dxc5 Qxc5 16.Bd4 Qe7
17.Ne5 Rfd8 18.Bf3 Ng4 19.Bxb7 Qxb7 20.Nf3 Bxd4
21.Nxd4 Qc7 22.Nf3 Rxd1+ 23.Rxd1 Rd8 24.Rxd8+ Qxd8
25.h3 Nf6 26.Kf1 Qd6 27.Ke2 e5 28.Qd2 Qc5
29.Qg5 Nd7 30.Qd8+ Nf8 31.Qf6 Nd7 32.Qd8+ Nf8
33.Ng5 Kg7 34.Ne4 Qa3 35.Qf6+ Kg8 36.Nd6 1-0

[Event "?"]
[Site "Training"]
[Date "1951/??/??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Ragozin Viacheslav"]
[Black "Botvinnik Mikhail"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B63/01"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6

5.Nc3 d6 6.Bg5 e6 7.Qd2 h6 8.Bxf6 gxf6

9.Nb3 a6 10.Be2 h5 11.O-O Bd7 12.Rad1 Be7
13.Qe3 Na5 14.Qg3 Kf8 15.f4 Nxb3 16.axb3 Qa5
17.Kh1 Rd8 18.Rd4 Bc6 19.b4 Qb6 20.Rfd1 f5
21.Bf3 h4 22.Qh3 Bf6 23.e5 dxe5 24.Rxd8+ Bxd8
25.Bxc6 bxc6 26.fxe5 Bc7 27.Qd3 Bxe5 28.Na4 Qc7
29.Nc5 Kg7 30.Nxa6 Qb6 31.c3 Qf2 32.Nc5 h3
33.Qf3 hxg2 34.Qxg2+ Qxg2+ 35.Kxg2 Rxh2+ 36.Kf3 Rh3+
37.Kf2 Rh2+ 38.Kf3 Rxb2 39.Rg1+ Kh6 40.Nd3 Bxc3
41.Nxb2 Bxb2 42.Ke3 Bc3 43.Rb1 Kg5 44.Kd3 Be5
45.Rg1+ Kf6 46.Kc4 f4 47.Rg8 f3 48.Kd3 Bf4
49.Rc8 e5 50.Rxc6+ Kg5 51.Rc4 f5 52.Rxf4 Kxf4
53.b5 e4 0-1