[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1973.10.02"]
[EventDate "1973.10.02"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Efim Geller"]
[Black "Mikhail Tal"]
[ECO "B46"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "83"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 e6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be2 Qc7 7.O-O
Nf6 8.Be3 Bb4 9.Na4 O-O 10.Nxc6 bxc6 11.f4 Rb8 12.Bd3 Be7
13.c4 d6 14.Rc1 c5 15.b3 Bb7 16.Nc3 Rbd8 17.Bb1 Rfe8 18.Qf3
Bc6 19.Qh3 h6 20.f5 exf5 21.Qxf5 Qd7 22.Qf3 Qg4 23.Rcd1 Bf8
24.h3 Qh4 25.Nd5 Bxd5 26.exd5 Re7 27.Bf4 Qh5 28.Qxh5 Nxh5
29.Bh2 Re2 30.Rfe1 Rb2 31.g4 Nf6 32.Bf4 Re8 33.Rxe8 Nxe8
34.Bd2 Be7 35.Bc3 Re2 36.Re1 Rxe1+ 37.Bxe1 Bd8 38.a3 a5 39.Bf5
Nf6 40.Kg2 Kf8 41.Kf3 Ke7 42.Bc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1973.10.02"]
[EventDate "1973.10.02"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Anatoly Karpov"]
[Black "Vladimir Savon"]
[ECO "A15"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 b6 3. g3 Bb7 4. Bg2 c5 5. O-O g6 6. d3 Bg7
7. e4 O-O 8. Nc3 Nc6 9. Rb1 Ne8 10. Be3 Nd4 11. Ne2 e5 12. b4
d6 13. bxc5 dxc5 14. Nexd4 cxd4 15. Bd2 Nc7 16. Ne1 Ne6
17. Bb4 Re8 18. f4 exf4 19. gxf4 Qc7 20. Qg4 Nc5 21. Bxc5 bxc5
22. Rb2 Rab8 23. Rbf2 Bc8 24. Qg3 Rb1 25. h4 h5 26. Nf3 Rxf1+
27. Bxf1 Bh6 28. Nd2 Kh7 29. Kh2 Bg4 30. e5 f5 31. Qg2 Rb8
32. Kg3 Rd8 33. Nf3 Rd7 34. Rb2 Qa5 35. Qd2 Qc3 36. Bg2 Rd8
37. Rb3 Qa1 38. Rb7+ Kh8 39. Qe1 Qc3 40. e6 Qxe1+ 41. Nxe1 1-0

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1973.10.02"]
[EventDate "1973.10.02"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Paul Keres"]
[Black "Mark Taimanov"]
[ECO "A48"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "70"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.Bg5 Bg7 4.e3 O-O 5.Be2 d6 6.O-O Nbd7 7.h3
b6 8.c4 Ne4 9.Bh4 Bb7 10.Nfd2 Ndf6 11.Nxe4 Nxe4 12.f3 Nf6
13.Nc3 d5 14.Rc1 c6 15.Qb3 Qd7 16.f4 e6 17.Rfd1 Ba6 18.Rc2
Bxc4 19.Bxc4 dxc4 20.Qxc4 Rac8 21.Rdc1 b5 22.Qb3 Nd5 23.Ne4 h6
24.Bf2 a5 25.a3 a4 26.Qd3 f5 27.Nc5 Qd6 28.Qd2 Rf7 29.Nd3 Kh7
30.Ne5 Rfc7 31.Qe2 Bxe5 32.fxe5 Qe7 33.e4 fxe4 34.Qxe4 Qg5
35.Kh1 Qf5 1/2-1/2

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1973.10.02"]
[EventDate "1973.10.02"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Orest Averkin"]
[Black "Viktor Korchnoi"]
[ECO "A15"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "60"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3
Bg7 7. Ba3 O-O 8. d4 Nd7 9. Bd3 c5 10. O-O b6 11. Qe2 Bb7
12. Bb2 cxd4 13. cxd4 Nc5 14. Rad1 Nxd3 15. Qxd3 Rc8 16. Rfe1
Qd7 17. Qb3 Ba6 18. d5 Bc4 19. Qa3 Qd6 20. Qxd6 exd6 21. Bxg7
Kxg7 22. Nd4 Rc5 23. a4 Ra8 24. f3 Kf8 25. Kf2 Ba6 26. Rc1 Ke8
27. Rxc5 dxc5 28. Nb5 Kd7 29. e5 Bxb5 30. axb5 a5 1/2-1/2

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1973.10.02"]
[EventDate "1973.10.02"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Tigran Vartanovich Petrosian"]
[Black "Karen Ashotovich Grigorian"]
[ECO "A14"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "98"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 c5 3. g3 e6 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. Bg2 d5 6. cxd5 Nxd5
7. O-O Be7 8. d4 O-O 9. Nxd5 exd5 10. Be3 Qb6 11. dxc5 Bxc5
12. Bxc5 Qxc5 13. a3 Bg4 14. Qd3 Qc4 15. Rfd1 Rac8 16. h3 Qxd3
17. Rxd3 Be6 18. Ng5 Rfd8 19. f4 Ne7 20. g4 g6 21. Rad1 Rc2
22. R1d2 Rxd2 23. Rxd2 Rc8 24. Kf2 Rc4 25. e4 dxe4 26. Nxe4 b6
27. Kg3 Kg7 28. Ng5 Bc8 29. Bf3 Rc7 30. Ne4 h6 31. Nd6 Bd7
32. Bd1 Nc8 33. Ne4 Be6 34. Nc3 Ne7 35. Kf3 a6 36. Rd6 Nc8
37. Rd8 b5 38. Be2 h5 39. Ke3 hxg4 40. hxg4 Kf6 41. Bd3 Ke7
42. Rh8 Nb6 43. f5 gxf5 44. gxf5 Bc4 45. Rb8 Nd5+ 46. Nxd5+
Bxd5 47. Kf4 f6 48. Ke3 Rd7 49. Be4 Kd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1973.10.02"]
[EventDate "1973.10.02"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Lev Polugaevsky"]
[Black "Evgeni Ellinovich Sveshnikov"]
[ECO "D47"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "71"]

1. c4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. e3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. d4 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4
7. Bxc4 b5 8. Bd3 b4 9. Ne4 Nxe4 10. Bxe4 Bb7 11. Nd2 Be7
12. O-O O-O 13. b3 Nf6 14. Bf3 Nd5 15. Bb2 c5 16. dxc5 Bxc5
17. Nc4 Qe7 18. Rc1 Rac8 19. Rc2 Rfd8 20. Qa1 f6 21. Rfc1 Nb6
22. Bxb7 Qxb7 23. h3 Bf8 24. Na5 Qe4 25. Nc6 Rd5 26. Ne7+ Bxe7
27. Rxc8+ Nxc8 28. Rxc8+ Kf7 29. Rc7 Rd2 30. Qc1 Qd3 31. Qc5
Qd8 32. Bd4 Rd1+ 33. Kh2 Kf8 34. Rc8 Bxc5 35. Rxd8+ Kf7
36. Ra8 1/2-1/2

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1973.10.02"]
[EventDate "1973.10.02"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Nukhim Rashkovsky"]
[Black "Vasily Smyslov"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "116"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3
b6 7. Bb5+ c6 8. Bc4 b5 9. Bb3 Bb7 10. Nf3 e6 11. O-O Bg7
12. Ba3 Na6 13. Qe2 Qb6 14. Bd6 c5 15. e5 c4 16. Bc2 Nc7
17. Ng5 Rd8 18. a4 a6 19. axb5 Nxb5 20. Bc5 Qc7 21. Qxc4 Bf8
22. Ne4 Bxe4 23. Bxe4 Bxc5 24. Qxc5 Qxc5 25. dxc5 Nxc3 26. Bb7
Ke7 27. Rxa6 Rd7 28. Bf3 Rc7 29. c6 Rb8 30. Rc1 Rb3 31. h4 f6
32. exf6+ Kxf6 33. Rca1 Nd5 34. Ra7 Rxc6 35. Rxh7 Rbc3
36. Raa7 Rc7 37. Bxd5 Rxh7 38. Rxh7 exd5 39. h5 Rc1+ 40. Kh2
gxh5 41. Rxh5 Ke6 42. Kg3 d4 43. Rh8 Kd5 44. f3 Rf1 45. Kf4
Re1 46. g4 d3 47. Rd8+ Kc4 48. g5 Rg1 49. Ke4 Re1+ 50. Kf5 Kc3
51. g6 Rg1 52. Rc8+ Kd4 53. Kf6 Ke3 54. Rd8 Rf1 55. g7 Rxf3+
56. Ke5 Rg3 57. g8=Q Rxg8 58. Rxg8 d2 1/2-1/2

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1973.10.02"]
[EventDate "1973.10.02"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Gennadi Kuzmin"]
[Black "Boris Spassky"]
[ECO "C95"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "82"]

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 Nb8 10. d4 Nbd7 11. Nbd2 Bb7 12. Bc2
Re8 13. Nf1 Bf8 14. Ng3 g6 15. a4 c5 16. d5 c4 17. Bg5 Bg7
18. Qd2 Nc5 19. Nh2 h5 20. Nf3 Qc7 21. Ra3 Rab8 22. Bh6 Bh8
23. Rea1 Bc8 24. axb5 axb5 25. Qe1 Bd7 26. R1a2 Rec8 27. Kh1
Nh7 28. Ra7 Qd8 29. Be3 Be8 30. Qa1 Bf6 31. R2a5 Bd7 32. Qe1
Qe8 33. Ra1 Bd8 34. Nd2 Bb6 35. R7a2 Qe7 36. Qe2 Qf6 37. Ra3
Qh4 38. Nf3 Qe7 39. Nd2 Kg7 40. Re1 Ra8 41. Raa1 h4 1/2-1/2

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1973.10.02"]
[EventDate "1973.10.02"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Vladimir Borisovich Tukmakov"]
[Black "Alexander Beliavsky"]
[ECO "B83"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Be2 Nf6
7. Be3 Be7 8. f4 Bd7 9. Nb3 O-O 10. O-O Qc7 11. Qe1 a6 12. a4
Nb4 13. Bd1 d5 14. e5 Ne4 15. a5 Rac8 16. Bb6 Qc4 17. Rf3 f5
18. Kh1 Rce8 19. Nxe4 dxe4 20. Rc3 Qd5 21. Bc5 b6 22. axb6 Qb7
23. Na5 Qb8 24. Bxe7 Rxe7 25. Rb3 Nd5 26. g3 Ree8 27. Nc4 g5
28. Nd6 gxf4 29. c4 f3 30. cxd5 exd5 31. Qc3 Bb5 32. Qd4 Re7
33. Rxb5 axb5 34. Bb3 Kh8 35. Bxd5 Rg7 36. Ra7 f4 37. e6 Qxa7
38. bxa7 fxg3 39. hxg3 f2 40. Nf7+ Kg8 41. Qxf2 1-0

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1973.10.03"]
[EventDate "1973.10.02"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Viktor Korchnoi"]
[Black "Efim Geller"]
[ECO "E97"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "108"]

1.c4 g6 2.e4 Bg7 3.d4 d6 4.Nc3 Nf6 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Be2 e5 7.O-O
Nc6 8.d5 Ne7 9.Bd2 Nh5 10.g3 f5 11.exf5 Nxf5 12.Ne4 Nf6 13.Bg5
h6 14.Bxf6 Bxf6 15.Bd3 Bg7 16.Kg2 b6 17.h4 Bd7 18.Rh1 Qe7
19.h5 g5 20.Bc2 Rf7 21.Qd3 g4 22.Nh2 Nd4 23.Bd1 Raf8 24.Bxg4
Bxg4 25.Nxg4 Rf3 26.Qd2 Qf7 27.Rh4 Kh7 28.Rf1 b5 29.b3 bxc4
30.bxc4 Ra3 31.Nh2 Qd7 32.Nc3 Qf5 33.Nb5 Rd3 34.Nxd4 Rxd2
35.Nxf5 Rxf5 36.a4 Ra2 37.Nf3 Rxa4 38.Rb1 Rf7 39.Re4 Ra2
40.Rb7 Bf8 41.c5 dxc5 42.Rxe5 c4 43.Re6 Rg7 44.Ne5 c3 45.Rc6
Bd6 46.Ng4 Rxg4 47.Rxd6 Rg7 48.Rc6 Rf7 49.Rbxc7 Rxf2+ 50.Kh3
Rxc7 51.Rxc7+ Kg8 52.Rxc3 Rf5 53.Rc8+ Kf7 54.Rc7+ Kf8 1/2-1/2

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1973.10.03"]
[EventDate "1973.10.02"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Mark Taimanov"]
[Black "Anatoly Karpov"]
[ECO "E57"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "39"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Bd3 d5
7. O-O dxc4 8. Bxc4 Nc6 9. a3 Ba5 10. Ba2 a6 11. Ne2 cxd4
12. Nexd4 Nxd4 13. Nxd4 Bc7 14. Bd2 Bd6 15. Rc1 Bd7 16. Bb1
Rc8 17. Qb3 Rxc1 18. Rxc1 Qb8 19. h3 Rc8 20. Rxc8+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1973.10.03"]
[EventDate "1973.10.02"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Evgeni Ellinovich Sveshnikov"]
[Black "Paul Keres"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "149"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.d4 exd4 5.e5 d5 6.Bb5 Ne4 7.Nxd4
Bd7 8.Bxc6 bxc6 9.O-O Bc5 10.f3 Ng5 11.Be3 O-O 12.f4 Ne4
13.Nd2 f6 14.Nxe4 dxe4 15.Qe2 Bg4 16.Qf2 Qd5 17.Nxc6 Ba3
18.exf6 Rxf6 19.Ne5 Qxe5 20.fxe5 Rxf2 21.Bxf2 Bxb2 22.Rae1 Bf5
23.Bc5 g6 24.e6 Bxe6 25.Rxe4 Bxa2 26.Ra4 Bd5 27.Rxa7 Rc8
28.Re1 Bf6 29.Ra4 Rb8 30.Rf4 Bg5 31.Rb4 Rd8 32.Rd4 Bf6 33.Rd3
c6 34.Ra3 Rd7 35.Ra7 Rxa7 36.Bxa7 Kf7 37.Kf2 h5 38.Rd1 Be5
39.h3 h4 40.Be3 Ke6 41.Kg1 Bf6 42.Bd4 Be7 43.Re1+ Kf7 44.Ra1
Be4 45.c4 Ke6 46.Ra6 Kd6 47.Ra5 Kd7 48.Be3 Bd8 49.Re5 Bf5
50.Bf2 Bf6 51.Re1 Be6 52.Rc1 Kd6 53.Ba7 Bg5 54.Rc3 Ke5 55.Kf2
Ke4 56.Ke2 Bf4 57.Be3 Be5 58.Rc1 Bb2 59.Rc2 Bf6 60.Kd2 Bd8
61.Bf2 g5 62.Kc3 Ba5+ 63.Kb3 Kd3 64.Bc5 Bd2 65.Ba3 g4 66.Bc1
Be1 67.Bg5 gxh3 68.gxh3 Bxh3 69.Rc1 Ke2 70.Bxh4 Bd2 71.Rg1 Bf5
72.Bg5 Be1 73.Bf6 Be4 74.Bc3 Bf2 75.Rg7 1/2-1/2

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1973.10.03"]
[EventDate "1973.10.02"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Tigran Vartanovich Petrosian"]
[Black "Gennadi Kuzmin"]
[ECO "E54"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "65"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. d4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Bd3 O-O 6. Nf3 d5
7. O-O dxc4 8. Bxc4 a6 9. a3 Ba5 10. dxc5 Bxc3 11. bxc3 Qa5
12. a4 Nbd7 13. c6 bxc6 14. Qc2 c5 15. e4 Qc7 16. Re1 Ng4
17. Kh1 Re8 18. h3 Ngf6 19. e5 Nd5 20. Ng5 Nf8 21. f4 Bb7
22. Ne4 Ng6 23. Qf2 Nb6 24. Bf1 Bxe4 25. Rxe4 Qc6 26. Qc2 Nd5
27. a5 Red8 28. Kh2 Rab8 29. Rea4 Nge7 30. Bd3 Nf5 31. Bxf5
exf5 32. Qxf5 Nxc3 33. Rc4 1/2-1/2

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1973.10.03"]
[EventDate "1973.10.02"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Alexander Beliavsky"]
[Black "Lev Polugaevsky"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "70"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. a4 e6
7. Be2 Nc6 8. Be3 Be7 9. O-O Bd7 10. Nb3 Na5 11. f4 Nxb3
12. cxb3 Bc6 13. Qc2 Rc8 14. Bf3 Qa5 15. Rfd1 O-O 16. Qf2 d5
17. exd5 exd5 18. Qd2 Bb4 19. Bd4 Ne4 20. Qe3 Rfe8 21. Nxe4
dxe4 22. Bg4 Rcd8 23. Kh1 Rd5 24. f5 Bc5 25. Bxc5 Qxc5
26. Qxc5 Rxc5 27. Rac1 Rxc1 28. Rxc1 Re5 29. Kg1 Kf8 30. Kf2
e3+ 31. Kg3 Ke7 32. Re1 Kf6 33. Kf4 h5 34. Bh3 Re4+ 35. Kf3
Rb4+ 0-1

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1973.10.03"]
[EventDate "1973.10.02"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Karen Ashotovich Grigorian"]
[Black "Vasily Smyslov"]
[ECO "E38"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "102"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 c5 5. dxc5 Nc6 6. Nf3 O-O
7. a3 Bxc5 8. b4 Be7 9. Bb2 b6 10. e3 Bb7 11. Be2 Rc8 12. O-O
a5 13. b5 Nb8 14. Nd2 d6 15. Rad1 Qc7 16. e4 Nbd7 17. f4 Rfd8
18. Kh1 Nc5 19. Bf3 Nfd7 20. Ne2 e5 21. g3 Bf6 22. Nc3 exf4
23. gxf4 Ne6 24. Bg2 Nd4 25. Qd3 Nc5 26. Qe3 Re8 27. Nd5 Bxd5
28. Bxd4 Bxd4 29. Qxd4 Bb7 30. Rde1 Re7 31. Re3 f6 32. h4 Rce8
33. f5 Re5 34. Rf4 Qe7 35. Rg4 Rxf5 36. Reg3 Ne6 37. Qxb6 Rf4
38. Qe3 Rxg4 39. Rxg4 Nc5 40. Qg3 Bc8 41. Rf4 Qe5 42. Kh2 a4
43. Nb1 Be6 44. Nc3 Nd3 45. Rf3 Bxc4 46. Nxa4 Bxb5 47. Nb6 Ne1
48. Rf5 Qxg3+ 49. Kxg3 Bc6 50. Bh1 Nd3 51. Nc4 Ne5 0-1

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1973.10.03"]
[EventDate "1973.10.02"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Boris Spassky"]
[Black "Orest Averkin"]
[ECO "B44"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "69"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e6 5. Nb5 d6 6. c4 Nf6
7. N1c3 a6 8. Na3 Be7 9. Be2 O-O 10. O-O Bd7 11. Be3 Rb8
12. Rc1 Qa5 13. f4 Rfd8 14. Qd2 Be8 15. Rfd1 Nb4 16. Qe1 b5
17. Kh1 Rdc8 18. cxb5 axb5 19. e5 dxe5 20. fxe5 Nd7 21. Naxb5
Nxe5 22. Bf4 Ned3 23. Bxd3 Nxd3 24. Rxd3 Bxb5 25. Rg3 Rb6
26. Bc7 Rxc7 27. Qe5 g6 28. Qxc7 Bh4 29. Rf3 Be8 30. Rxf7 Bxf7
31. Rf1 Be8 32. Qc8 Kg7 33. Qxe8 Bf6 34. Ne4 e5 35. Nxf6 1-0

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1973.10.03"]
[EventDate "1973.10.02"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Vladimir Borisovich Tukmakov"]
[ECO "C95"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "76"]

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 Nb8 10.d4 Nbd7 11.Nbd2 Bb7 12.Bc2 Re8 13.b4
Bf8 14.a4 a5 15.bxa5 Rxa5 16.Rb1 Ba6 17.axb5 Rxb5 18.Ra1 Rb6
19.Bb3 h6 20.Ba3 c5 21.dxc5 Nxc5 22.Bxc5 dxc5 23.Bc4 Bb7
24.Qc2 Qc7 25.Ra7 Re7 26.Qa2 Qb8 27.Ra1 Rd7 28.Bb3 g6 29.Bxf7+
Rxf7 30.Nc4 Re6 31.Ncxe5 Rxe5 32.Nxe5 Bd5 33.exd5 Rxa7 34.Qxa7
Qxe5 35.Rd1 Ne4 36.Qb6 Bd6 37.Qd8+ Kf7 38.Qd7+ Kf8 1/2-1/2

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1973.10.03"]
[EventDate "1973.10.02"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Vladimir Savon"]
[Black "Nukhim Rashkovsky"]
[ECO "B96"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "113"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6
7. f4 Qc7 8. Bd3 Nbd7 9. Qe2 b5 10. O-O-O Bb7 11. Rhe1 Be7
12. Kb1 Nc5 13. e5 dxe5 14. fxe5 Nd5 15. Nxd5 Bxd5 16. Bxe7
Qxe7 17. Qg4 O-O-O 18. Nb3 Nxd3 19. Rxd3 Kb8 20. Qxg7 Rhg8
21. Qh6 Rxg2 22. Qxh7 Qb4 23. Rc1 Rc8 24. Rd4 Qe7 25. Rf4 Rc7
26. Qh8+ Ka7 27. Qh3 Qg5 28. Qe3+ Ka8 29. Qb6 Rc6 30. Qe3 Rc4
31. Nd4 Rxh2 32. c3 Qg6+ 33. Ka1 Ra4 34. c4 Bxc4 35. a3 Bd5
36. Rf2 Rxf2 37. Qxf2 Qg5 38. Re1 Qe7 39. Nc2 Re4 40. Nb4 Bb7
41. Qd2 Rc4 42. Rf1 Qc7 43. Qe3 Qc5 44. Qxc5 Rxc5 45. Rxf7
Rxe5 46. b3 Re3 47. Kb2 a5 48. Nc2 Rd3 49. Rc7 Be4 50. b4 Rd2
51. bxa5 Kb8 52. Kc1 Rxc2+ 53. Rxc2 Bxc2 54. Kxc2 Kb7 55. Kb3
Ka6 56. Kb4 e5 57. a4 1/2-1/2

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1973.10.04"]
[EventDate "1973.10.02"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Anatoly Karpov"]
[Black "Evgeni Ellinovich Sveshnikov"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "88"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nb5 Nf6 6. N1c3
d6 7. Bf4 e5 8. Bg5 a6 9. Na3 b5 10. Nd5 Be7 11. Bxf6 Bxf6
12. c3 O-O 13. Nc2 Bg5 14. a4 bxa4 15. Rxa4 a5 16. Bc4 Rb8
17. b3 Be6 18. Qa1 g6 19. O-O Qd7 20. Rd1 f5 21. exf5 gxf5
22. b4 axb4 23. cxb4 Kh8 24. b5 Bxd5 25. Rxd5 Ne7 26. Qxe5+
dxe5 27. Rxd7 Nc8 28. Rc7 Bd8 29. Rc6 Nb6 30. Rb4 Nxc4
31. Rcxc4 Bb6 32. Kf1 Rfd8 33. Ke2 Ba5 34. Rb3 Rd2+ 35. Ke3
f4+ 36. Ke4 Rxf2 37. Kxe5 Rxg2 38. Nd4 Rxh2 39. Rc6 Bb6
40. Ne6 f3 41. Rxf3 Rh5+ 42. Kf6 Rxb5 43. Rd6 Rb2 44. Ke7 Ba5
1/2-1/2

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1973.10.04"]
[EventDate "1973.10.02"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Paul Keres"]
[Black "Alexander Beliavsky"]
[ECO "E14"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "80"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.e3 Bb7 5.Bd3 Bb4+ 6.Nbd2 O-O 7.O-O
d5 8.a3 Be7 9.b4 c5 10.bxc5 bxc5 11.cxd5 cxd4 12.e4 exd5 13.e5
Ne4 14.Nxd4 Nd7 15.N2f3 Re8 16.e6 fxe6 17.Nxe6 Qb6 18.Nfg5
Bxg5 19.Nxg5 Ndc5 20.Rb1 Qc7 21.Nxe4 Nxe4 22.Bb2 Rad8 23.Bd4
Bc8 24.Re1 Qa5 25.Re3 Ba6 26.Qg4 Re7 27.Bxg7 Rxg7 28.Qe6+ Rf7
29.Bxa6 Qd2 30.Be2 Rd6 31.Qe5 Rb6 32.Rd1 Qa2 33.Qxd5 Qxd5
34.Rxd5 Nxf2 35.Bf3 Rb2 36.h3 Rc7 37.Kh2 Rb1 38.Rd2 Rf1
39.Ree2 Nh1 40.Bd5+ Kg7 1-0

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1973.10.04"]
[EventDate "1973.10.02"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Vladimir Borisovich Tukmakov"]
[Black "Viktor Korchnoi"]
[ECO "C81"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "78"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5
7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5 Be6 9. Qe2 Be7 10. Rd1 O-O 11. c4 bxc4
12. Bxc4 Bc5 13. Be3 Bxe3 14. Qxe3 Qb8 15. Bb3 Qb6 16. Qxb6
cxb6 17. Na3 Rfd8 18. Nc2 Na5 19. Nb4 Nc4 20. Bxc4 dxc4
21. Nxa6 Rxd1+ 22. Rxd1 h6 23. Nb4 Ra4 24. a3 c3 25. bxc3 Rxa3
26. h3 Rxc3 27. Rd8+ Kh7 28. Rb8 Bxh3 29. Rxb6 Be6 30. Nd4
Rc1+ 31. Kh2 Nxf2 32. Nxe6 fxe6 33. Rxe6 h5 34. g3 Rb1 35. Nd5
Rb2 36. Rb6 Re2 37. Nf4 Ng4+ 38. Kg1 Rxe5 39. Kg2 Nf6 0-1

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1973.10.04"]
[EventDate "1973.10.02"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Orest Averkin"]
[Black "Tigran Vartanovich Petrosian"]
[ECO "A06"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "50"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. e3 Nf6 3. c4 dxc4 4. Na3 g6 5. Nxc4 Bg7 6. b3 O-O
7. Bb2 c5 8. Be2 Nc6 9. O-O Bf5 10. a3 Bd3 11. Rc1 Rc8
12. Bxd3 Qxd3 13. Nce5 Nxe5 14. Nxe5 Qd5 15. Qc2 Ne4 16. Nc4
Bxb2 17. Nxb2 Rc6 18. d3 Nf6 19. Rfd1 Rfc8 20. h3 Qe6 21. Qc4
Qe5 22. Rd2 Ne8 23. Qh4 Qe6 24. Qc4 Qe5 25. Qh4 Qe6 1/2-1/2

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1973.10.04"]
[EventDate "1973.10.02"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Lev Polugaevsky"]
[Black "Mikhail Tal"]
[ECO "A10"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "69"]

1. c4 g6 2. e4 e5 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nf3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Bxd2+ 6. Nbxd2
d6 7. dxe5 dxe5 8. Nxe5 Qe7 9. f4 Nbd7 10. Nxd7 Bxd7 11. e5
O-O-O 12. Be2 Bc6 13. exf6 Qe3 14. Rf1 Bxg2 15. Rf2 Bh3
16. Qc1 Rhe8 17. Nf1 Qe6 18. Qc3 Bg4 19. Ng3 h5 20. Rd1 h4
21. Rxd8+ Kxd8 22. f5 gxf5 23. Qd3+ Kc8 24. Nxf5 Qxf6 25. Ne3
Bxe2 26. Rxe2 Qg7 27. Nd5 Qg1+ 28. Kd2 Qg5+ 29. Kc2 Re6
30. Qf3 b5 31. Rg2 Qe5 32. Rg8+ Kb7 33. Nc3+ c6 34. cxb5 Qxh2+
35. Kb3 1-0

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1973.10.04"]
[EventDate "1973.10.02"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Vasily Smyslov"]
[Black "Vladimir Savon"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "80"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5
7. Nb3 Be7 8. O-O O-O 9. Be3 Be6 10. f4 Qc7 11. f5 Bc4 12. a4
Nbd7 13. a5 b5 14. axb6 Nxb6 15. Kh1 Rfc8 16. Ra2 Rab8 17. Bg5
Bxe2 18. Qxe2 Qc4 19. Qf3 Nbd7 20. Rfa1 d5 21. exd5 Bb4
22. Nd2 Qd4 23. Be3 Qh4 24. Bf2 Qh6 25. Nde4 Bxc3 26. bxc3
Nxe4 27. Qxe4 Qd2 28. Be1 Nf6 29. Qxe5 Qxd5 30. Qxd5 Nxd5
31. Rxa6 Nxc3 32. Bg3 Rb1+ 33. Rxb1 Nxb1 34. Rb6 Na3 35. c3
Nc4 36. Rb5 f6 37. Bf4 Ne5 38. Bxe5 fxe5 39. Rxe5 Rxc3 40. h3
Kf7 1/2-1/2

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1973.10.04"]
[EventDate "1973.10.02"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Nukhim Rashkovsky"]
[Black "Mark Taimanov"]
[ECO "D38"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 Bb4 5.cxd5 exd5 6.Bg5 h6 7.Bh4
c5 8.e3 g5 9.Bg3 Ne4 10.Nd2 Nxg3 11.hxg3 cxd4 12.exd4 Nc6
13.Bb5 Kf8 14.Bxc6 Qe7+ 15.Kf1 bxc6 16.Kg1 Rb8 17.Qc2 Bg4
18.Nf3 Bxf3 19.gxf3 Qf6 20.Qd3 Ba5 21.b3 Bb6 22.Rd1 Kg7 23.Kg2
Rhe8 24.Rd2 Ba5 25.Rc1 Re6 26.Rdc2 Rb4 27.Ne2 Rb8 28.Qa6 Bb6
29.g4 Kg8 30.Ng3 Qxd4 31.Nf5 Qf6 32.Rxc6 Rbe8 33.Rc8 h5 34.Qb5
Qe5 35.Qd7 Bxf2 36.Rxe8+ Rxe8 37.Nh6+ Kg7 38.Qxf7+ Kh8 39.Nf5
Bh4 40.Qxh5+ Kg8 41.Kh3 1-0

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1973.10.04"]
[EventDate "1973.10.02"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Gennadi Kuzmin"]
[Black "Karen Ashotovich Grigorian"]
[ECO "D94"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "82"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. e3 O-O 6. cxd5 Nxd5
7. Bc4 Nb6 8. Bb3 c5 9. O-O cxd4 10. exd4 Nc6 11. Re1 Bg4
12. Be3 Na5 13. h3 Nxb3 14. axb3 Be6 15. Bf4 Nd5 16. Be5 Bh6
17. Ne4 f6 18. Nc5 Bf7 19. Bg3 b6 20. Ne6 Bxe6 21. Rxe6 Qd7
22. Re1 Rfc8 23. Nh2 Rc6 24. Ng4 Bf8 25. Ne3 Rd8 26. Nxd5 Qxd5
27. Rxa7 Qxd4 28. Qf3 Qd5 29. Rc7 Qxf3 30. gxf3 Rxc7 31. Bxc7
Rd2 32. Bxb6 Rxb2 33. Bc5 e5 34. b4 Bxc5 35. bxc5 Rc2 36. Ra1
Rxc5 37. Kg2 Rc7 38. Ra6 Kf7 39. Kg3 g5 40. Kg2 Kg6 41. Kg3
Kf5 1/2-1/2

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1973.10.04"]
[EventDate "1973.10.02"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Efim Geller"]
[Black "Boris Spassky"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "48"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Bg5 Be7 5. Nc3 O-O 6. Rc1 h6
7. Bh4 b6 8. cxd5 Nxd5 9. Bxe7 Qxe7 10. e3 Bb7 11. Bc4 Nd7
12. O-O Nxc3 13. Rxc3 c5 14. Qe2 Bxf3 15. Qxf3 cxd4 16. exd4
Nf6 17. Re1 Qd6 18. Rd1 Rad8 19. Bb3 Rd7 20. g3 Rfd8 21. Ba4
Rc7 22. Bb3 Rcd7 23. Ba4 Rc7 24. Bb3 Rcd7 1/2-1/2

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1973.10.06"]
[EventDate "1973.10.02"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Tigran Vartanovich Petrosian"]
[Black "Efim Geller"]
[ECO "E86"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "60"]

1.c4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e4 d6 5.f3 O-O 6.Be3 e5 7.Nge2 c6
8.Qd2 Nbd7 9.d5 cxd5 10.cxd5 a6 11.Ng3 b5 12.Be2 h5 13.Bg5 Qb6
14.Nf1 Nh7 15.Be7 Re8 16.Bh4 f5 17.Bf2 Qd8 18.exf5 gxf5 19.Ne3
Qf6 20.O-O Qg6 21.Kh1 Ndf6 22.a4 f4 23.Nc2 Bf5 24.Nb4 bxa4
25.Rxa4 Ng5 26.Rxa6 Rxa6 27.Nxa6 e4 28.Qxf4 exf3 29.gxf3 Rxe2
30.Nxe2 Bd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1973.10.06"]
[EventDate "1973.10.02"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Alexander Beliavsky"]
[Black "Anatoly Karpov"]
[ECO "E54"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "144"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Bd3 O-O 6. Nf3 d5
7. O-O dxc4 8. Bxc4 cxd4 9. exd4 b6 10. Bg5 Bb7 11. Qe2 Nbd7
12. Rac1 Rc8 13. Ne5 Qc7 14. Bb5 Qd6 15. Rfd1 Bxc3 16. bxc3
Qd5 17. f4 Qd6 18. c4 Qc7 19. Ba4 a6 20. Bc2 g6 21. Qe1 Kg7
22. Ba4 h6 23. Bh4 b5 24. cxb5 Qd6 25. bxa6 Bxa6 26. d5 Rxc1
27. Rxc1 Bc8 28. Bxd7 Nxd7 29. dxe6 Qxe6 30. Nc4 Ba6 31. Qxe6
fxe6 32. Bg3 Rc8 33. Rd1 Bxc4 34. Rxd7+ Kf6 35. a3 Bd5 36. h3
Rc1+ 37. Kf2 Rc2+ 38. Ke3 Rc3+ 39. Kf2 Rxa3 40. Bh4+ g5
41. fxg5+ hxg5 42. Bg3 Ra2+ 43. Ke3 Rxg2 44. Bc7 Ra2 45. Rh7
Ra8 46. Kf2 Kg6 47. Rd7 Ra3 48. Rd8 Rf3+ 49. Kg1 Rxh3 50. Rf8
Rc3 51. Bd6 Rc2 52. Rf2 Rc6 53. Be5 g4 54. Rf6+ Kg5 55. Rf8
Bf3 56. Bf4+ Kg6 57. Kf2 Rc2+ 58. Kg3 Rg2+ 59. Kh4 Re2 60. Bg3
e5 61. Rb8 e4 62. Rb5 Re3 63. Rb6+ Kf7 64. Kg5 Rd3 65. Kf5 e3
66. Rd6 Rb3 67. Rd7+ Ke8 68. Ke6 e2 69. Re7+ Kf8 70. Kf6 Bd5
71. Bh4 Rf3+ 72. Kg6 Bf7+ 0-1

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1973.10.06"]
[EventDate "1973.10.02"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Paul Keres"]
[ECO "C75"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "83"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 d6 5.c3 Bd7 6.d4 Nge7 7.Bb3
h6 8.Nh4 Na5 9.Bc2 c5 10.dxc5 dxc5 11.Qf3 Ng6 12.Nf5 Qf6
13.Nd2 Ne7 14.O-O g6 15.Nxe7 Bxe7 16.Qe3 Rd8 17.b3 Qg5 18.Qe2
Bb5 19.c4 Bd7 20.Nb1 Qh5 21.Qxh5 gxh5 22.Nc3 Nc6 23.Nd5 Nd4
24.Bd1 h4 25.f4 Bd6 26.Bh5 Be6 27.fxe5 Bxe5 28.Bf4 Bg7 29.Nc7+
Kd7 30.Rad1 Rhg8 31.h3 Kc6 32.Nd5 Rgf8 33.Be3 Rd7 34.Bf2 f5
35.Bxh4 fxe4 36.Rxf8 Bxf8 37.Be8 b5 38.Re1 Kb7 39.Bxd7 Bxd7
40.Rxe4 Nf5 41.Bf2 Kc6 42.Nf6 1-0

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1973.10.06"]
[EventDate "1973.10.02"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Viktor Korchnoi"]
[Black "Lev Polugaevsky"]
[ECO "E57"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "34"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 c5 6. Nf3 d5
7. O-O dxc4 8. Bxc4 Nc6 9. a3 Ba5 10. Qd3 a6 11. Rd1 b5
12. Ba2 Bb6 13. h3 Bb7 14. dxc5 Qxd3 15. Rxd3 Bxc5 16. b4 Be7
17. Rb1 Rfd8 1/2-1/2

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1973.10.06"]
[EventDate "1973.10.02"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Mark Taimanov"]
[Black "Vasily Smyslov"]
[ECO "E41"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "89"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Bd3 b6 6. Nge2 Nc6
7. O-O cxd4 8. exd4 O-O 9. a3 Bxc3 10. Nxc3 d5 11. cxd5 Nxd5
12. Be4 Ba6 13. Re1 Qd6 14. Nxd5 exd5 15. Bc2 Rac8 16. Be3 Na5
17. Bd2 Nc6 18. Bc3 Rfe8 19. Qg4 Rcd8 20. h3 Bc4 21. Qf5 g6
22. Qf3 a5 23. Re3 b5 24. b3 b4 25. axb4 axb4 26. Rxe8+ Rxe8
27. bxc4 bxc3 28. c5 Qb8 29. Qxc3 Qf4 30. Re1 Rxe1+ 31. Qxe1
Nxd4 32. Qe3 Qxe3 33. fxe3 Ne6 34. Bb3 Nxc5 35. Bxd5 Nd3
36. Kf1 Kg7 37. Ke2 Ne5 38. h4 Kf6 39. Bb7 Nc4 40. g3 Nd6
41. Bc6 Ke5 42. Kf3 h6 43. Ba4 f5 44. Bc6 Ne4 45. Be8 1/2-1/2

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1973.10.06"]
[EventDate "1973.10.02"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Boris Spassky"]
[Black "Vladimir Borisovich Tukmakov"]
[ECO "B96"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "69"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6
7. f4 Nbd7 8. Qf3 Qc7 9. O-O-O b5 10. Bd3 Bb7 11. Rhe1 Qb6
12. Nb3 b4 13. Na4 Qc7 14. Nd4 Be7 15. Qh3 Nc5 16. Nxc5 dxc5
17. Nxe6 fxe6 18. Bc4 Rd8 19. Qxe6 Rxd1+ 20. Rxd1 Rf8 21. Bxf6
Rxf6 22. Qg8+ Bf8 23. g3 Bc8 24. e5 Rb6 25. Qxh7 Be6 26. Qg6+
Qf7 27. Qe4 Qc7 28. h4 Bxc4 29. Qxc4 Qc6 30. b3 g6 31. Qe2 Qe6
32. h5 Rb7 33. Qe4 Rg7 34. hxg6 Qxg6 35. f5 1-0

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1973.10.06"]
[EventDate "1973.10.02"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Gennadi Kuzmin"]
[Black "Orest Averkin"]
[ECO "B47"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "87"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. g3 a6
7. Bg2 Nf6 8. O-O Bc5 9. Nxc6 dxc6 10. Na4 Ba7 11. c4 b5
12. e5 Nd7 13. cxb5 axb5 14. Nc3 Ba6 15. Ne4 O-O 16. Bf4 Nxe5
17. Qc2 f6 18. Nc5 Bc8 19. b4 Rd8 20. Rad1 Bxc5 21. Bxe5 Bd6
22. Bxd6 Rxd6 23. Rxd6 Qxd6 24. Rd1 Qe7 25. Bxc6 Rb8 26. Bxb5
Bb7 27. Qc5 Qxc5 28. bxc5 Bf3 29. Rb1 Kf8 30. a4 g5 31. Kf1
Ke7 32. Ke1 Rd8 33. a5 f5 34. Rc1 Rb8 35. Bd3 Kd8 36. Kd2 Rb3
37. Bc4 Rb2+ 38. Rc2 Rxc2+ 39. Kxc2 e5 40. Kc3 Kc7 41. Bd3 e4
42. Bc4 f4 43. gxf4 gxf4 44. Bd5 1-0

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1973.10.06"]
[EventDate "1973.10.02"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Evgeni Ellinovich Sveshnikov"]
[Black "Nukhim Rashkovsky"]
[ECO "B50"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "71"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Nc3 e5 4. Bc4 Nc6 5. d3 Be7 6. O-O Nf6
7. Ng5 O-O 8. f4 a6 9. a4 Rb8 10. Qe1 Nd4 11. fxe5 dxe5
12. Qf2 b5 13. axb5 axb5 14. Bxf7+ Rxf7 15. Nxf7 Kxf7 16. Nd5
Bb7 17. Nxe7 Qxe7 18. Bg5 Rf8 19. Qh4 Kg8 20. Rf2 Ne6 21. Bxf6
gxf6 22. Raf1 Nf4 23. g3 Qg7 24. Kh1 Ng6 25. Qh5 c4 26. Qe2
cxd3 27. cxd3 Qe7 28. h4 Qe6 29. h5 Ne7 30. g4 h6 31. Rg2 Rf7
32. Qf2 Nc6 33. Qf5 Qxf5 34. gxf5+ Kf8 35. Kg1 Nb4 36. Rf3
1/2-1/2

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1973.10.06"]
[EventDate "1973.10.02"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Karen Ashotovich Grigorian"]
[Black "Vladimir Savon"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "1"]

1. h4 1-0

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1973.10.07"]
[EventDate "1973.10.02"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Efim Geller"]
[Black "Gennadi Kuzmin"]
[ECO "B39"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "66"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 g6 5.c4 Bg7 6.Be3 Nf6 7.Nc3
Ng4 8.Qxg4 Nxd4 9.Qd1 Ne6 10.Qd2 Qa5 11.Rc1 b6 12.Be2 Bb7
13.f3 Be5 14.b3 Bd6 15.Nd5 Qxd2+ 16.Kxd2 f5 17.Bd3 f4 18.Bf2
O-O 19.e5 Bxe5 20.Nxe7+ Kg7 21.Nd5 Nc5 22.Rhe1 Rae8 23.Rxe5
Rxe5 24.Bd4 d6 25.Re1 Bxd5 26.cxd5 Rd8 27.b4 Nd7 28.Rc1 Nf6
29.Bxe5 dxe5 30.Rc7+ Kh6 31.Rxa7 Nxd5 32.a3 Ne3 33.Ke2 Nd5
1/2-1/2

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1973.10.07"]
[EventDate "1973.10.02"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Anatoly Karpov"]
[Black "Mikhail Tal"]
[ECO "D46"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "42"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 c6 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 Bb4
7. O-O O-O 8. a3 Bd6 9. Qc2 dxc4 10. Bxc4 Qe7 11. h3 e5
12. Ba2 a5 13. a4 Bb4 14. Rd1 b6 15. dxe5 Nxe5 16. Nd4 Bd7
17. Bd2 Rad8 18. Be1 Ng6 19. Nf3 Ne5 20. Nd4 Ng6 21. Nf3 Ne5
1/2-1/2

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1973.10.07"]
[EventDate "1973.10.02"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Paul Keres"]
[Black "Viktor Korchnoi"]
[ECO "C80"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "42"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Nxe4 6.d4 b5 7.Bb3
d5 8.Nxe5 Nxe5 9.dxe5 c6 10.c3 Bc5 11.Qe2 O-O 12.Be3 Bf5
13.Nd2 Qb6 14.Nxe4 Bxe4 15.Rfe1 Rad8 16.f3 Bf5 17.Rad1 Bxe3+
18.Qxe3 Qxe3+ 19.Rxe3 Rd7 20.Kf2 Rfd8 21.Re2 c5 1/2-1/2

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1973.10.07"]
[EventDate "1973.10.02"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Vladimir Borisovich Tukmakov"]
[Black "Tigran Vartanovich Petrosian"]
[ECO "C03"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "46"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 a6 4. Ngf3 c5 5. exd5 exd5 6. Be2 Nc6
7. O-O c4 8. Re1 Be7 9. c3 Nf6 10. Ne5 O-O 11. Nxc6 bxc6
12. b3 cxb3 13. axb3 c5 14. dxc5 Bxc5 15. Ba3 Bxa3 16. Rxa3 d4
17. cxd4 Qxd4 18. Nc4 Qa7 19. Bf3 Rb8 20. Qd6 Re8 21. Rxe8+
Nxe8 22. Qe5 Be6 23. h3 Qc7 1/2-1/2

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1973.10.07"]
[EventDate "1973.10.02"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Lev Polugaevsky"]
[Black "Boris Spassky"]
[ECO "A13"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "94"]

1. c4 e6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 Nf6 4. Nf3 dxc4 5. Qa4+ Nbd7 6. Qxc4
a6 7. Qc2 c5 8. Nc3 Qc7 9. d4 b5 10. Bf4 Bd6 11. Bxd6 Qxd6
12. dxc5 Qxc5 13. Nd2 Rb8 14. Rc1 Bb7 15. Bxb7 Rxb7 16. Nb3
Qc6 17. Ne4 Qxc2 18. Rxc2 O-O 19. Nxf6+ gxf6 20. O-O Ne5
21. Rd1 f5 22. Rd6 Ra8 23. Na5 Rd7 24. Rxd7 Nxd7 25. Rc7 Nf6
26. Nc6 Nd5 27. Rb7 Rc8 28. Rb8 Rxb8 29. Nxb8 a5 30. Nc6 a4
31. Kf1 Kf8 32. Ke1 Ke8 33. Kd2 Kd7 34. Ne5+ Ke7 35. a3 f6
36. Nc6+ Kd6 37. Nd4 Nc7 38. Kc3 Kc5 39. b4+ Kd6 40. Kd3 Kd5
41. f4 Kd6 42. e4 fxe4+ 43. Kxe4 f5+ 44. Kd3 Kd5 45. Ne2 Ne8
46. Nc3+ Kc6 47. h3 h5 1/2-1/2

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1973.10.07"]
[EventDate "1973.10.02"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Vasily Smyslov"]
[Black "Evgeni Ellinovich Sveshnikov"]
[ECO "A12"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "55"]

1. c4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. b3 Bg4 4. e3 e5 5. cxd5 cxd5 6. Bb5+ Bd7
7. Bxd7+ Nxd7 8. O-O Ngf6 9. Nc3 a6 10. d3 Bb4 11. Bb2 O-O
12. a3 Bd6 13. e4 dxe4 14. Nxe4 Nxe4 15. dxe4 Qe7 16. Nd2 b5
17. Re1 Nc5 18. Re3 Rac8 19. Rc1 Ne6 20. Rxc8 Rxc8 21. b4 Bb8
22. g3 Rd8 23. Qc2 Qd7 24. Nf3 Ba7 25. Re2 Qd1+ 26. Kg2 f6
27. Qxd1 Rxd1 28. Rc2 1/2-1/2

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1973.10.07"]
[EventDate "1973.10.02"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Vladimir Savon"]
[Black "Mark Taimanov"]
[ECO "B44"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "43"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 e6 5.Nb5 d6 6.c4 Nf6 7.N1c3
a6 8.Nd4 Bd7 9.Be2 Be7 10.O-O O-O 11.Nb3 Rc8 12.Bf4 Ne5 13.Nd2
Bc6 14.Re1 Ng6 15.Bg3 Qb6 16.Qb3 Qa7 17.Rad1 Rfd8 18.h3 h6
19.a3 b6 20.Bf1 Qb7 21.Bh2 Nf8 22.Rc1 1/2-1/2

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1973.10.07"]
[EventDate "1973.10.02"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Orest Averkin"]
[Black "Karen Ashotovich Grigorian"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "119"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nc3 O-O 6. O-O cxd4
7. Nxd4 Nc6 8. Nb3 b6 9. e4 Bb7 10. Re1 d6 11. a4 Nd7 12. a5
bxa5 13. Nd5 Nb6 14. c3 e6 15. Ne3 a4 16. Nd2 Ne5 17. Nf3
Nxf3+ 18. Bxf3 Qe7 19. Bg2 Rac8 20. h4 h5 21. Nc2 Rfd8 22. Qe2
Bc6 23. Bg5 Bf6 24. f4 Bxg5 25. hxg5 e5 26. Qf2 Re8 27. Nb4 f6
28. gxf6 Qxf6 29. Rad1 Rf8 30. Re2 Bb7 31. Bh3 Rcd8 32. f5 Kg7
33. Kh2 gxf5 34. Bxf5 Bxe4 35. Rxe4 Qxf5 36. Qg2 Qf2 37. Rd2
Qxg2+ 38. Rxg2 a5 39. Nc6 Rc8 40. Nxa5 a3 41. bxa3 Rxc3
42. Rd2 Rf6 43. Nb7 Nc8 44. a4 Rc7 45. Rb4 Kf7 46. a5 Ke7
47. a6 Rc6 48. Ra4 Na7 49. Kh3 Kd7 50. Rb4 Re6 51. Rd5 e4
52. Rxh5 Rxa6 53. Rh7+ Kc6 54. Nd8+ Kc5 55. Rb1 Re8 56. Rc7+
Kd4 57. Rxa7 Rxa7 58. Nc6+ Kd3 59. Nxa7 e3 60. Nb5 1/2-1/2

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1973.10.07"]
[EventDate "1973.10.02"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Nukhim Rashkovsky"]
[Black "Alexander Beliavsky"]
[ECO "E10"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "63"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. g3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 d5 6. Bg2 e5
7. Nf3 d4 8. O-O Nc6 9. e3 Be7 10. exd4 exd4 11. Bf4 O-O
12. Ne5 Qb6 13. Qb3 Qxb3 14. axb3 Bd7 15. Rd1 Rfd8 16. Na3 Nh5
17. Nxd7 Bxa3 18. Rxa3 Nxf4 19. Bxc6 bxc6 20. Ne5 Ne6 21. Nxc6
Rd7 22. b4 Rc8 23. b5 Nd8 24. Rxa7 Rxa7 25. Nxa7 Rxc4 26. b3
Rc7 27. Rxd4 Ne6 28. b6 Rb7 29. Rb4 Nd8 30. Rc4 Kf8 31. Rc8
Ke7 32. Nc6+ 1-0

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1973.10.08"]
[EventDate "1973.10.02"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Orest Averkin"]
[Black "Efim Geller"]
[ECO "D55"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "60"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 Be7 5.Bg5 O-O 6.e3 h6 7.Bxf6
Bxf6 8.Rc1 c6 9.Bd3 Nd7 10.O-O dxc4 11.Bxc4 e5 12.Ne4 exd4
13.Nxf6+ Nxf6 14.Qxd4 Qe7 15.Qe5 Re8 16.Qxe7 Rxe7 17.Rfd1 Bg4
18.b4 Kf8 19.h3 Bxf3 20.gxf3 Rd7 21.Rxd7 Nxd7 22.Be2 a5 23.b5
c5 24.f4 b6 25.Rd1 Ke7 26.f3 Rc8 27.h4 Nf8 28.Kf2 Rd8 29.Rxd8
Kxd8 30.Kg3 Ke7 1/2-1/2

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1973.10.08"]
[EventDate "1973.10.02"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Viktor Korchnoi"]
[Black "Anatoly Karpov"]
[ECO "A05"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 b5 3. c3 Bb7 4. a4 a6 5. e3 Nc6 6. d4 e6
7. b4 Be7 8. Nbd2 Na7 9. Bd3 O-O 10. e4 d6 11. O-O c5 12. bxc5
dxc5 13. Bb2 Nc6 14. e5 Nd5 15. axb5 axb5 16. Qb1 cxd4
17. cxd4 h6 18. Bxb5 Qb6 19. Be2 Rxa1 20. Bxa1 Qa7 21. Nc4 Rb8
22. Bb2 Ba6 23. Qc2 Qb7 24. Ba1 Ncb4 25. Qd2 Rc8 26. Ne3 Nxe3
27. Qxe3 Bxe2 28. Qxe2 Rc2 29. Qd1 Qc6 30. h3 Nd5 31. Qd3 Qa4
32. Nd2 Ra2 33. Nb3 Nb4 34. Qb1 Nd5 35. Rc1 Qa8 36. Rc8+ Qxc8
37. Qxa2 Qc4 38. Qb1 Qe2 39. Qc1 Bg5 40. Qf1 Qf3 41. h4 0-1

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1973.10.08"]
[EventDate "1973.10.02"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Boris Spassky"]
[Black "Paul Keres"]
[ECO "C73"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "50"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 d6 5.Bxc6+ bxc6 6.d4 exd4
7.Nxd4 c5 8.Nf3 Nf6 9.O-O Be7 10.Nc3 O-O 11.Re1 Bb7 12.h3 Nd7
13.Nd5 Bf6 14.Rb1 Rb8 15.b3 Re8 16.Bf4 h6 17.Qd2 Be5 18.Nxe5
Nxe5 19.Bg3 Qd7 20.Rbd1 Bxd5 21.Qxd5 Qe6 22.Bxe5 Qxe5 23.Qc6
Qe7 24.Re3 Rb6 25.Qa4 f6 1/2-1/2

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1973.10.08"]
[EventDate "1973.10.02"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Tigran Vartanovich Petrosian"]
[Black "Lev Polugaevsky"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "54"]

1. g3 d5 2. Bg2 e5 3. d3 Nf6 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. O-O Be7 6. c3 a5
7. Nbd2 O-O 8. Qc2 b6 9. b3 Bb7 10. a3 Re8 11. Rd1 Bc5 12. Nf1
e4 13. Ne1 Qe7 14. d4 Bd6 15. a4 Qe6 16. Ne3 Ne7 17. Qd2 c5
18. N1c2 Rad8 19. b4 cxb4 20. cxb4 Nc6 21. Ba3 axb4 22. Nxb4
Na5 23. Rdb1 Rc8 24. Nbc2 Bc7 25. Bb4 Bc6 26. Qe1 Ra8 27. Qf1
Bd7 1/2-1/2

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1973.10.08"]
[EventDate "1973.10.02"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Alexander Beliavsky"]
[Black "Vasily Smyslov"]
[ECO "B42"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "93"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Nf6 6. O-O Qc7
7. c4 Bd6 8. Kh1 Nc6 9. Nxc6 dxc6 10. Be3 e5 11. c5 Be7 12. f3
O-O 13. Nd2 a5 14. Qc2 Nd7 15. Rfd1 Rd8 16. Bf1 Nf8 17. Nc4
Be6 18. Qc3 Bxc4 19. Bxc4 h6 20. g3 Rxd1+ 21. Rxd1 Rd8
22. Rxd8 Bxd8 23. a3 Bg5 24. Bf2 Ng6 25. h4 Bf6 26. Qd2 Be7
27. b4 axb4 28. axb4 Nf8 29. Kg2 Qd7 30. Qxd7 Nxd7 31. Kf1 Kf8
32. Ke2 Bd8 33. Kd2 b6 34. Kc3 bxc5 35. bxc5 Ba5+ 36. Kb3 Ke7
37. Bf1 Bd2 38. Kc4 h5 39. Be2 g6 40. Bd1 Nf8 41. Kd3 Bc1
42. Ba4 Kd7 43. Bb3 Ne6 44. Be3 Bb2 45. Kc2 Ba1 46. Kd3 Ke7
47. Ba4 1/2-1/2

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1973.10.08"]
[EventDate "1973.10.02"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Karen Ashotovich Grigorian"]
[Black "Mark Taimanov"]
[ECO "A15"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "75"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.b3 Bg7 4.Bb2 O-O 5.e3 c5 6.Be2 Nc6 7.O-O
d5 8.cxd5 Qxd5 9.Nc3 Qf5 10.d3 b6 11.Rc1 Bb7 12.a3 Rfd8 13.Qc2
Rac8 14.Ne4 Na5 15.Ned2 Nd7 16.Bxg7 Kxg7 17.b4 Nc6 18.Qb2+ Kg8
19.Nc4 cxb4 20.axb4 b5 21.Ncd2 Nce5 22.Nd4 Qf6 23.Ne4 Bxe4
24.dxe4 a6 25.f4 Nc4 26.Bxc4 bxc4 27.e5 Qb6 28.Qa2 Qxb4 29.e6
Nf6 30.Qxa6 Qd6 31.Qa2 fxe6 32.Rxc4 Qd5 33.Ra4 Qxa2 34.Rxa2
Ng4 35.Nxe6 Rd6 36.Ng5 Nxe3 37.Re1 Nd5 38.g3 1/2-1/2

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1973.10.08"]
[EventDate "1973.10.02"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Nukhim Rashkovsky"]
[ECO "B39"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "84"]

1.c4 g6 2.e4 Bg7 3.d4 c5 4.Nf3 cxd4 5.Nxd4 Nc6 6.Be3 Nf6 7.Nc3
Ng4 8.Qxg4 Nxd4 9.Qd1 Ne6 10.Qd2 Qa5 11.Rc1 b6 12.Bd3 Bb7
13.Bb1 Rc8 14.b3 f5 15.exf5 gxf5 16.Nd5 Qxd2+ 17.Kxd2 Nc5
18.Rhe1 e6 19.Nc3 Ne4+ 20.Bxe4 Bxc3+ 21.Rxc3 Bxe4 22.Bd4 Rf8
23.g4 h6 24.h4 Rg8 25.Rg3 Kf7 26.g5 hxg5 27.hxg5 f4 28.Rgg1
Bf5 29.Be5 b5 30.Rc1 bxc4 31.Rxc4 Rxc4 32.bxc4 Rc8 33.Rc1 Rc5
34.Bxf4 Ra5 35.Ra1 Ra4 36.Be3 Rxc4 37.Bxa7 Ra4 38.Bb8 Kg6
39.f4 d6 40.Ke3 Ra3+ 41.Kf2 Ra6 42.a4 e5 1/2-1/2

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1973.10.08"]
[EventDate "1973.10.02"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Gennadi Kuzmin"]
[Black "Vladimir Borisovich Tukmakov"]
[ECO "C95"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "89"]

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 Nb8 10. d4 Nbd7 11. Nbd2 Bb7 12. Bc2
Re8 13. a4 Bf8 14. b4 a5 15. bxa5 Rxa5 16. Rb1 Ba6 17. axb5
Rxb5 18. Ra1 Rb6 19. Bb3 h6 20. Qc2 Bb7 21. Ra5 exd4 22. cxd4
Bxe4 23. Nxe4 Nxe4 24. Rxe4 Rxe4 25. Bxf7+ Kxf7 26. Qxe4 Nf6
27. Qc2 Qd7 28. Qc4+ Kg6 29. Be3 Rb8 30. d5 Qe7 31. Ra7 Rc8
32. Ra4 Qe8 33. Bd4 Qe4 34. Qa6 Rb8 35. Bxf6 Qb1+ 36. Kh2 Kxf6
37. Qc6 Kg6 38. Qxc7 Rb7 39. Qc8 Be7 40. Nd2 Qb5 41. Qe6+ Bf6
42. Rg4+ Kh7 43. Ne4 Be5+ 44. f4 Bd4 45. Qf5+ 1-0

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1973.10.08"]
[EventDate "1973.10.02"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Evgeni Ellinovich Sveshnikov"]
[Black "Vladimir Savon"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "59"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 Nf6 3. e5 Nd5 4. d4 cxd4 5. cxd4 d6 6. Nf3 Nc6
7. Bc4 Nb6 8. Bb5 d5 9. Nc3 Bf5 10. O-O e6 11. Bg5 Be7
12. Bxe7 Qxe7 13. Na4 O-O 14. Bxc6 bxc6 15. Nc5 a5 16. a4 Rfb8
17. Rc1 Bg4 18. b3 Nd7 19. h3 Bxf3 20. Qxf3 Rb4 21. Rfd1 h6
22. Nxd7 Qxd7 23. Rd3 Qb7 24. Qe3 Rb8 25. Rcc3 Qb6 26. Kh2 Qc7
27. Qc1 R8b6 28. Qe3 Qe7 29. g3 Qb7 30. h4 1/2-1/2

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1973.10.11"]
[EventDate "1973.10.02"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Efim Geller"]
[Black "Karen Ashotovich Grigorian"]
[ECO "B99"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "82"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bg5 e6 7.f4
Be7 8.Qf3 Qc7 9.O-O-O Nbd7 10.Bd3 b5 11.Rhe1 Bb7 12.Qg3 b4
13.Nd5 exd5 14.exd5 Kd8 15.Qe3 Re8 16.Nf5 Nxd5 17.Qe2 N7b6
18.Qh5 Bxg5 19.Qxg5+ f6 20.Rxe8+ Kxe8 21.Nxg7+ Kf7 22.Qh6 Rg8
23.Re1 Nxf4 24.Nf5 Nxd3+ 25.Kb1 Nxe1 26.Qxh7+ Ke6 27.Nd4+ Ke5
28.Qxc7 Be4 29.Qxb6 Rxg2 30.Kc1 Rxh2 31.Qxb4 Nxc2 32.Nxc2
Rxc2+ 33.Kd1 f5 34.Qa5+ d5 35.b4 Bd3 36.a4 f4 37.Qd8 f3
38.Qh8+ Ke4 39.Qh4+ Ke3 40.Qg5+ Kd4 41.Qf6+ Ke3 1/2-1/2

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1973.10.11"]
[EventDate "1973.10.02"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Anatoly Karpov"]
[Black "Boris Spassky"]
[ECO "C98"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "113"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5
7. Bb3 d6 8. c3 O-O 9. h3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. d4 Qc7 12. Nbd2
Nc6 13. d5 Nd8 14. a4 Rb8 15. axb5 axb5 16. b4 c4 17. Nf1 Ne8
18. N3h2 f6 19. f4 Nf7 20. Nf3 g6 21. f5 Ng7 22. g4 Bd7
23. Be3 Ra8 24. Qd2 Qb7 25. Rac1 Ra2 26. Ng3 Rfa8 27. h4 Bd8
28. Kh1 Bb6 29. Rg1 Bxe3 30. Qxe3 Qa7 31. Qd2 Be8 32. g5 Qe7
33. Rcf1 fxg5 34. hxg5 Qd7 35. Nh2 Qd8 36. f6 Bd7 37. fxg7
Qxg5 38. Qg2 Rb2 39. Rb1 Rba2 40. Qe2 Qh4 41. Rbf1 Bh3 42. Rf2
Ng5 43. Qe3 Bg4 44. Rgf1 Kxg7 45. Bd1 Bxd1 46. Rxd1 Ra1
47. Rdf1 Rxf1+ 48. Rxf1 Ra2 49. Rf2 Ra1+ 50. Rf1 Rxf1+
51. Ngxf1 Qxe4+ 52. Kg1 Qxe3+ 53. Nxe3 Ne4 54. Nd1 Nf6 55. Ne3
h5 56. Nf3 Ne4 57. Nd1 1/2-1/2

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1973.10.11"]
[EventDate "1973.10.02"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Paul Keres"]
[Black "Tigran Vartanovich Petrosian"]
[ECO "D59"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "45"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Be7 4.Nf3 Nf6 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bh4 O-O 7.e3 b6
8.cxd5 Nxd5 9.Bxe7 Qxe7 10.Rc1 Bb7 11.Bd3 c5 12.dxc5 bxc5
13.O-O Nd7 14.Qe2 Rab8 15.b3 Nb4 16.Bc4 Nb6 17.Nd2 Rfd8
18.Rfd1 Nxc4 19.Nxc4 Ba6 20.h3 Rxd1+ 21.Rxd1 Rd8 22.Rxd8+ Qxd8
23.Qd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1973.10.11"]
[EventDate "1973.10.02"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Nukhim Rashkovsky"]
[Black "Viktor Korchnoi"]
[ECO "D87"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "128"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3
c5 7. Bc4 Bg7 8. Ne2 O-O 9. O-O Nc6 10. Be3 Qc7 11. Rc1 Rd8
12. f4 Na5 13. Bd3 Bg4 14. f5 cxd4 15. cxd4 Qb6 16. Rb1 Bxd4
17. Rxb6 Bxe3+ 18. Kh1 axb6 19. Qb1 Rac8 20. e5 Nc4 21. e6 f6
22. fxg6 Ne5 23. gxh7+ Kh8 24. Bb5 Rd2 25. Qb4 Bxe2 26. Bxe2
Rxe2 27. Qxe7 Rf2 28. Rd1 Bc5 29. Qxb7 Re8 30. h3 Rxa2 31. Rf1
Rf2 32. Ra1 Re2 33. Ra7 Re7 34. Qb8+ Kxh7 35. Rxe7+ Bxe7
36. Qxb6 Ng6 37. Kh2 Nf4 38. Kg3 Nxe6 39. Kf3 Re5 40. h4 Bc5
41. Qb7+ Kh6 42. Qc8 Nd4+ 43. Kf4 Kg7 44. Kg4 Be7 45. Kf4 Ne6+
46. Kf3 f5 47. Qd7 Nf8 48. Qc7 Ng6 49. g3 Rc5 50. Qa7 Ne5+
51. Kf4 Kf6 52. Qa8 Rc4+ 53. Ke3 Re4+ 54. Kf2 Nf7 55. Qa1+ Kg6
56. Qa5 Nh6 57. Kf3 Bd6 58. Qd5 Nf7 59. Qa2 Kf6 60. Qa1+ Be5
61. Qa6+ Nd6 62. Qa8 Rg4 63. Qh8+ Ke6 64. Qh6+ Ke7 0-1

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1973.10.11"]
[EventDate "1973.10.02"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Lev Polugaevsky"]
[Black "Gennadi Kuzmin"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "35"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 Bb4 5. Bg2 O-O 6. Nd5
Nxd5 7. cxd5 Nd4 8. Nxd4 exd4 9. b3 Be7 10. Bb2 c5 11. O-O d6
12. e3 dxe3 13. fxe3 f5 14. e4 Bf6 15. d4 Bxd4+ 16. Bxd4 cxd4
17. Qxd4 Qb6 18. Qxb6 1/2-1/2

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1973.10.11"]
[EventDate "1973.10.02"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Vasily Smyslov"]
[Black "Mikhail Tal"]
[ECO "A10"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "80"]

1. c4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 O-O 5. Bg5 c5 6. e3 d6
7. Be2 h6 8. Bh4 g5 9. Bg3 Nh5 10. Qc2 g4 11. Nh4 cxd4
12. exd4 Nc6 13. d5 Nd4 14. Qd2 e5 15. dxe6 Bxe6 16. Rd1 Qg5
17. f4 gxf3 18. Nxf3 Qxd2+ 19. Rxd2 Nxe2 20. Nxe2 Bxc4
21. Bxd6 Rfe8 22. b3 Ba6 23. Kd1 Nf6 24. Ng3 Ng4 25. Nf5 Bc3
26. Rc2 Rac8 27. Re1 Bxe1 28. Ne7+ Kh7 29. Rxc8 Rxc8 30. Nxc8
Bf2 31. Bb8 b6 32. Nd6 Ne3+ 33. Kd2 Nxg2 34. Bxa7 Kg7 35. a4
Bc5 36. Nc4 Bb4+ 37. Ke2 b5 38. axb5 Bxb5 39. Nd4 Ba6 40. Nc2
Be7 1/2-1/2

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1973.10.11"]
[EventDate "1973.10.02"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Mark Taimanov"]
[Black "Evgeni Ellinovich Sveshnikov"]
[ECO "D10"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "110"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 dxc4 5.a4 Qa5 6.Bd2 Qb6 7.Nf3
Bf5 8.e3 Qxb2 9.Bxc4 Bc2 10.Qc1 Qxc1+ 11.Rxc1 Bg6 12.d5 Nbd7
13.a5 Rb8 14.e4 cxd5 15.exd5 Rc8 16.Bb5 e6 17.Ne5 exd5 18.O-O
Kd8 19.Nxd7 Nxd7 20.Nxd5 Ba3 21.Rxc8+ Kxc8 22.Be3 a6 23.Ba4
Bf5 24.Rd1 Ne5 25.Bf4 f6 26.Nb6+ Kb8 27.Nc4 Bb4 28.Nxe5 fxe5
29.Bxe5+ Ka8 30.Bc7 Rc8 31.Bd8 Ba3 32.h3 Rc1 33.Rxc1 Bxc1
34.Bb6 Kb8 35.f3 Bf4 36.g4 Be6 37.Bc2 Bg8 38.Kf2 Bc7 39.Ke3 h6
40.f4 Bxb6+ 41.axb6 Bd5 42.h4 Kc8 43.Kd4 Bf3 44.g5 hxg5
45.fxg5 Kd7 46.Ke5 a5 47.Ba4+ Ke7 48.Bb5 Kf7 49.Kf5 Ke7 50.Kg6
Kf8 51.Kh7 Kf7 52.Bc4+ Kf8 53.Bb5 Kf7 54.Bc4+ Kf8 55.Bb5 Kf7
1/2-1/2

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1973.10.11"]
[EventDate "1973.10.02"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Vladimir Borisovich Tukmakov"]
[Black "Orest Averkin"]
[ECO "B96"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "82"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6
7. f4 Qc7 8. Qe2 Nbd7 9. O-O-O b5 10. f5 b4 11. fxe6 bxc3
12. exd7+ Bxd7 13. Bxf6 gxf6 14. Qc4 Qxc4 15. Bxc4 Bh6+
16. Kb1 Bf4 17. b3 Ke7 18. Rd3 Rhg8 19. g3 Be5 20. Rhd1 Rac8
21. Bxa6 Rc7 22. Bc4 Rg4 23. Bd5 h5 24. a4 h4 25. a5 hxg3
26. hxg3 f5 27. exf5 Rc5 28. Bf3 Rxg3 29. a6 Ra5 30. Bb7 Rxd3
31. Rxd3 Kd8 32. Nf3 Kc7 33. b4 Ra3 34. Nxe5 dxe5 35. Rd5 f6
36. b5 Bxf5 37. Rc5+ Kb6 38. Rc6+ Kxb5 39. Rxf6 Bh7 40. Re6
Bg8 41. Rxe5+ Kb6 1/2-1/2

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1973.10.11"]
[EventDate "1973.10.02"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Vladimir Savon"]
[Black "Alexander Beliavsky"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "85"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 g6 3. d4 Bg7 4. d5 d6 5. e4 Nf6 6. Nc3 O-O
7. Be2 e6 8. O-O Re8 9. Nd2 Na6 10. Kh1 Nc7 11. a4 b6 12. f4
exd5 13. cxd5 Ba6 14. Re1 Bxe2 15. Rxe2 Ng4 16. h3 Qh4 17. Qf1
f5 18. Nf3 Qh5 19. e5 dxe5 20. fxe5 Nxe5 21. d6 Nxf3 22. dxc7
Nd4 23. Rxe8+ Rxe8 24. Qc4+ Kh8 25. Bf4 Qh4 26. Rf1 Qe7
27. Nb5 Nxb5 28. Qxb5 Qe6 29. Rd1 Bd4 30. b4 Kg7 31. bxc5 bxc5
32. Qb7 Rc8 33. Bg3 g5 34. Re1 Qd7 35. Bd6 Kg6 36. Qd5 Rxc7
37. Re6+ Kg7 38. Qxf5 Qd8 39. Bxc7 Qxc7 40. Qxg5+ Kf7 41. Qf5+
Kg7 42. Re4 Bf6 43. Rg4+ 1-0

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1973.10.12"]
[EventDate "1973.10.02"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Efim Geller"]
[Black "Vladimir Borisovich Tukmakov"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "90"]

1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 g6 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.Be2 O-O 6.O-O c6 7.h3
Qc7 8.Bf4 Nh5 9.Be3 e5 10.a4 a5 11.Qd2 Nd7 12.Rad1 Nhf6
13.dxe5 dxe5 14.Bc4 b6 15.Qd6 Ra7 16.Qa3 Ba6 17.Nd2 Rb8 18.Qa2
Nf8 19.Bxa6 Rxa6 20.Qc4 Ra7 21.Nf3 h6 22.Rd2 Ne6 23.Rfd1 Bf8
24.Ne2 Kg7 25.Ng3 Rab7 26.b3 Re8 27.Rd3 Bb4 28.c3 Bf8 29.b4
axb4 30.cxb4 b5 31.axb5 Rxb5 32.Bd2 Reb8 33.Rc1 Nf4 34.Bxf4
exf4 35.e5 fxg3 36.exf6 Kg8 37.fxg3 Rxb4 38.Qxc6 Qxg3 39.Rd2
Rb1 40.Qc2 Rxc1+ 41.Qxc1 Bc5+ 42.Kh1 Be3 43.Qd1 Bxd2 44.Qxd2
Rb1+ 45.Ng1 Qe1 0-1

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1973.10.12"]
[EventDate "1973.10.02"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Tigran Vartanovich Petrosian"]
[Black "Anatoly Karpov"]
[ECO "E14"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "129"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 b6 4. e3 Bb7 5. Nc3 Be7 6. Bd3 d5
7. O-O O-O 8. Qe2 c5 9. dxc5 dxc4 10. Bxc4 Bxc5 11. e4 Nbd7
12. e5 Bxf3 13. gxf3 Nh5 14. Rd1 Qe7 15. f4 g6 16. f5 exf5
17. e6 Ndf6 18. exf7+ Kg7 19. Qxe7 Bxe7 20. Nb5 Rac8 21. Bb3
a6 22. Nd4 Rxf7 23. Be3 Ng4 24. Bxf7 Kxf7 25. Rac1 Rc5 26. Kg2
Nhf6 27. Bd2 Rd5 28. Be1 a5 29. Nf3 Rxd1 30. Rxd1 Ne4 31. Nd2
Nd6 32. b3 Ne5 33. Nb1 Ke6 34. Nc3 Nef7 35. f3 Bd8 36. Bf2 Nc8
37. Nb5 Ncd6 38. Nd4+ Kd7 39. Bg3 Be7 40. Kf1 Bf6 41. Nb5 Be7
42. h4 Ke6 43. Nd4+ Kd7 44. Kg2 Bf6 45. Nb5 Be7 46. a4 h6
47. h5 gxh5 48. Bf2 Bd8 49. Nd4 f4 50. Ne2 Kc6 51. Nxf4 h4
52. Ng6 Nb7 53. f4 Bf6 54. Rc1+ Nc5 55. Kh3 Nd6 56. Bxc5 bxc5
57. Nxh4 h5 58. Nf3 Kd5 59. Rd1+ Bd4 60. Nd2 Ke6 61. Kg3 Nf5+
62. Kf3 h4 63. Nc4 Bc3 64. Kg4 Bb4 65. Rd3 1-0

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1973.10.12"]
[EventDate "1973.10.02"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Gennadi Kuzmin"]
[Black "Paul Keres"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "65"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.O-O Nxe4 5.d4 Nd6 6.Bxc6 dxc6
7.dxe5 Nf5 8.Qxd8+ Kxd8 9.Nc3 Ke8 10.Ne2 Ne7 11.h3 Ng6 12.Ned4
Be7 13.Re1 Nh4 14.Nxh4 Bxh4 15.g4 Be7 16.Nf5 Bxf5 17.gxf5 f6
18.exf6 gxf6 19.Bf4 Rg8+ 20.Kf1 Rd8 21.Rad1 Rd7 22.c4 Rg7
23.Rxd7 Kxd7 24.Rd1+ Ke8 25.Ke2 Bf8 26.Kf3 Rd7 27.Rxd7 Kxd7
28.Kg4 c5 29.Kh5 c6 30.Bd2 Ke8 31.Bc3 Kf7 32.a4 a6 33.b3
1/2-1/2

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1973.10.12"]
[EventDate "1973.10.02"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Viktor Korchnoi"]
[Black "Vasily Smyslov"]
[ECO "C97"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "101"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5
7. Bb3 O-O 8. c3 d6 9. h3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. d4 Qc7 12. Nbd2
Re8 13. b3 Bf8 14. Nf1 g6 15. Bg5 Bg7 16. Qd2 cxd4 17. cxd4
exd4 18. Nxd4 Nc6 19. Nxc6 Qxc6 20. Ng3 Bb7 21. Rac1 Rac8
22. Bb1 Qb6 23. Be3 Qd8 24. Rxc8 Qxc8 25. Qxd6 Nxe4 26. Bxe4
Bxe4 27. Rc1 Qa8 28. Nxe4 Rxe4 29. Qd7 Re8 30. Rc7 Rf8 31. Ra7
Qe4 32. Rxa6 Be5 33. Rc6 Qb1+ 34. Rc1 Qxa2 35. Qxb5 Qb2
36. Qd3 Ra8 37. Qb1 Qa3 38. b4 Qa4 39. b5 Bd4 40. Bxd4 Qxd4
41. b6 Rb8 42. Rc6 Rb7 43. Qb3 Kg7 44. g3 Re7 45. Qf3 Re1+
46. Kg2 Re5 47.Qf6+ Kh6 48.b7 Qd5+ 49.Qf3 Qb5 50.Qf4+ Kg7
51.Rb6 1-0

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1973.10.12"]
[EventDate "1973.10.02"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Orest Averkin"]
[Black "Lev Polugaevsky"]
[ECO "A15"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "44"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 d5 4. e3 e6 5. b3 Nbd7 6. Bb2 Bd6
7. Be2 O-O 8. O-O a6 9. Re1 b5 10. Qc2 Bb7 11. d4 bxc4
12. bxc4 c5 13. cxd5 cxd4 14. Nxd4 Nxd5 15. Nxd5 Bxd5 16. Rac1
Nb6 17. Bf3 Rc8 18. Qb1 Qd7 19. Bxd5 Nxd5 20. Rxc8 Rxc8
21. Rc1 Rxc1+ 22. Qxc1 Qc7 1/2-1/2

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1973.10.12"]
[EventDate "1973.10.02"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Boris Spassky"]
[Black "Nukhim Rashkovsky"]
[ECO "B96"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "41"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6
7. f4 Qc7 8. Bd3 Nbd7 9. Qe2 b5 10. O-O-O Bb7 11. Rhe1 Be7
12. e5 dxe5 13. fxe5 Nd5 14. Bxe7 Nxc3 15. Qg4 Nxd1 16. Nxe6
Qc6 17. Nxg7+ Kxe7 18. Qg5+ f6 19. exf6+ Kd8 20. f7+ Kc7
21. Qf4+ 1-0

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1973.10.12"]
[EventDate "1973.10.02"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Alexander Beliavsky"]
[Black "Mark Taimanov"]
[ECO "B44"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "70"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 e6 5.Nb5 d6 6.c4 Nf6 7.N1c3
a6 8.Na3 Be7 9.Be2 O-O 10.O-O b6 11.Be3 Bd7 12.f4 Qb8 13.Bf3
Ra7 14.Qe2 Rc8 15.Rac1 Be8 16.Kh1 Nd7 17.Rfd1 Rac7 18.Bg4 Nf8
19.Qf2 Rb7 20.Qf1 Nb4 21.Nab1 Nc6 22.Be2 Rbc7 23.Nd2 Nd7 24.a3
Na7 25.Nf3 Nc5 26.b4 Na4 27.Nxa4 Bxa4 28.Re1 b5 29.Nd2 h6
30.Qg1 bxc4 31.Nxc4 Bb5 32.Bb6 Rb7 33.Be3 Rbc7 34.Bb6 Rb7
35.Be3 Rbc7 1/2-1/2

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1973.10.12"]
[EventDate "1973.10.02"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Vladimir Savon"]
[ECO "A15"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "39"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 b6 3.g3 c5 4.Bg2 Bb7 5.O-O g6 6.b3 Bg7 7.Bb2
O-O 8.Nc3 d5 9.Nxd5 Nxd5 10.Bxg7 Kxg7 11.cxd5 Qxd5 12.d4 cxd4
13.Qxd4+ Qxd4 14.Nxd4 Bxg2 15.Kxg2 Rc8 16.Rac1 Nd7 17.Rfd1 Nf6
18.e3 a6 19.a4 Ne4 20.Nc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1973.10.12"]
[EventDate "1973.10.02"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Karen Ashotovich Grigorian"]
[Black "Evgeni Ellinovich Sveshnikov"]
[ECO "D78"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "54"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 g6 5. Bg2 Bg7 6. O-O O-O
7. Qa4 Nfd7 8. Na3 Nb6 9. Qc2 Bf5 10. Qc3 Be4 11. c5 N6d7
12. Bf4 b6 13. cxb6 Qxb6 14. Be3 c5 15. dxc5 Qxb2 16. Qa5 Qxe2
17. Rac1 Nc6 18. Qc7 Nde5 19. Nxe5 Nxe5 20. Bxe4 dxe4 21. Qxe7
Qh5 22. h4 Rae8 23. Qb7 Nf3+ 24. Kg2 Nxh4+ 25. gxh4 Qg4+
26. Kh1 Qxh4+ 27. Kg2 Qg4+ 0-1

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1973.10.13"]
[EventDate "1973.10.02"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Lev Polugaevsky"]
[Black "Efim Geller"]
[ECO "E88"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "62"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.f3 O-O 6.Be3 e5 7.d5 c6
8.Bd3 cxd5 9.cxd5 Ne8 10.Qd2 f5 11.Nge2 f4 12.Bf2 Na6 13.O-O-O
Bd7 14.Kb1 Nec7 15.Nc1 b6 16.Bc2 Rf7 17.Nd3 Qe8 18.Rc1 Rc8
19.b4 Nb5 20.Nxb5 Bxb5 21.Nb2 Rfc7 22.a4 Bd7 23.Bd3 b5 24.a5
Bf6 25.Rxc7 Rxc7 26.Rc1 Rxc1+ 27.Kxc1 Qc8+ 28.Kb1 Qb7 29.Qc1
Kf7 30.Bf1 Be7 31.Ka2 Nc7 1/2-1/2

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1973.10.13"]
[EventDate "1973.10.02"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Anatoly Karpov"]
[Black "Gennadi Kuzmin"]
[ECO "B93"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "75"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. f4 Qc7
7. a4 g6 8. Nf3 Bg4 9. Bd3 Nc6 10. h3 Bxf3 11. Qxf3 Bg7
12. O-O O-O 13. Bd2 e6 14. Ne2 Rac8 15. Kh1 e5 16. Nc3 exf4
17. Bxf4 Nb4 18. Bd2 Nd7 19. Qg3 Qc6 20. Bg5 Rce8 21. Rad1 Ne5
22. Qh4 Nexd3 23. cxd3 Qd7 24. Bf6 a5 25. d4 Re6 26. e5 d5
27. Bxg7 Kxg7 28. Rf6 h6 29. Rdf1 Rxf6 30. Rxf6 Re8 31. Ne2
Nc6 32. Rd6 Qf5 33. Ng3 Qd3 34. Rxd5 Re6 35. Qf4 Re7 36. Kh2
Kg8 37. Qxh6 Qc4 38. Ne4 1-0

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1973.10.13"]
[EventDate "1973.10.02"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Paul Keres"]
[Black "Orest Averkin"]
[ECO "E07"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "42"]

1.c4 e6 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 d5 4.Nf3 Be7 5.O-O O-O 6.d4 Nbd7 7.b3
c6 8.Ba3 b6 9.Bxe7 Qxe7 10.Nc3 Ba6 11.Rc1 Rac8 12.cxd5 cxd5
13.Qd2 Rc7 14.Qb2 Rfc8 15.Rfd1 Ne4 16.Nxe4 Rxc1 17.Rxc1 Rxc1+
18.Qxc1 dxe4 19.Ne5 Nxe5 20.dxe5 Bxe2 21.Bxe4 g6 1/2-1/2

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1973.10.13"]
[EventDate "1973.10.02"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Vladimir Savon"]
[Black "Viktor Korchnoi"]
[ECO "B09"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "86"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. f4 Bg7 5. Nf3 c5 6. Bb5+ Bd7
7. Bxd7+ Nfxd7 8. d5 Na6 9. O-O O-O 10. Qe2 Nc7 11. Rd1 b5
12. Nxb5 Nxb5 13. Qxb5 Rb8 14. Qe2 Bxb2 15. Bxb2 Rxb2 16. e5
Nb6 17. Ng5 dxe5 18. fxe5 Nxd5 19. e6 f6 20. Nxh7 Kxh7 21. Qc4
Kg7 22. Rxd5 Rxc2 23. Rxd8 Rxc4 24. Rd7 Re8 25. Rxa7 f5
26. Re1 Rc2 27. Kf1 Kf6 28. Re2 Rxe2 29. Kxe2 Kxe6 30. Ra6+
Kd5 31. Rxg6 Ra8 32. h4 Rxa2+ 33. Kf3 e5 34. Rg8 Ra3+ 35. Kf2
c4 36. h5 Ra6 37. Rd8+ Ke4 38. Rc8 Kd3 39. g4 fxg4 40. Kg3 Rd6
41. Kxg4 c3 42. Kg5 c2 43. h6 Rd7 0-1

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1973.10.13"]
[EventDate "1973.10.02"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Nukhim Rashkovsky"]
[Black "Tigran Vartanovich Petrosian"]
[ECO "E91"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "52"]

1. d4 g6 2. c4 Bg7 3. e4 d6 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 c6
7. O-O a6 8. Re1 b5 9. e5 Ne8 10. Bg5 Ra7 11. h3 Rb7 12. cxb5
axb5 13. Rc1 Qa5 14. d5 c5 15. Bxb5 Rxb5 16. Nxb5 Qxb5
17. Bxe7 Nd7 18. e6 Ndf6 19. Bxf8 Kxf8 20. Ng5 fxe6 21. Nxe6+
Kg8 22. Qf3 Bh6 23. Nc7 Nxc7 24. Qxf6 Bf8 25. Rcd1 Qd7 26. Re3
Bb7 1/2-1/2

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1973.10.13"]
[EventDate "1973.10.02"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Vasily Smyslov"]
[Black "Boris Spassky"]
[ECO "B40"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "66"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Bd3 Nc6 6. Nxc6
dxc6 7. Bf4 Nd7 8. Nd2 e5 9. Bg3 Bd6 10. Nc4 Bc7 11. Qf3 O-O
12. O-O Qe7 13. c3 Nc5 14. Bc2 a5 15. Rfd1 f6 16. Ne3 g6
17. h4 Be6 18. h5 a4 19. Bh4 Qg7 20. Ng4 gxh5 21. Nxf6+ Kh8
22. Qe3 Bb6 23. Nxh5 Qg6 24. Qg5 Qxg5 25. Bxg5 Bg4 26. Nf6
Bxd1 27. Rxd1 h6 28. Bh4 Bd8 29. Rxd8 Raxd8 30. b4 Rd2
31. bxc5 Rxc2 32. Nd7 Rf4 33. Bf6+ Rxf6 0-1

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1973.10.13"]
[EventDate "1973.10.02"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mark Taimanov"]
[Black "Mikhail Tal"]
[ECO "A31"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 c5 3.c4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 b6 5.Nc3 Bb7 6.f3 Nc6 7.e4
e6 8.Be3 Qb8 9.Qd2 Bc5 10.Be2 O-O 11.Rd1 Ne5 12.Ndb5 a6 13.Nd6
Bc6 14.a3 Ne8 15.Nxe8 Rxe8 16.b4 Bxe3 17.Qxe3 Qc7 18.O-O Rac8
19.Rc1 d6 20.Nd5 exd5 21.cxd5 b5 22.f4 Nc4 23.Bxc4 bxc4
24.Rxc4 Qd7 25.Rxc6 Rxc6 26.dxc6 Qxc6 27.Rc1 Qb7 28.Qd4 h6
29.Rc4 Qb5 30.h3 a5 31.bxa5 Qxa5 32.Qxd6 Rd8 33.Qb4 Qa7+
34.Kh2 Qe3 35.e5 Rd3 36.Qb1 Rd8 37.a4 h5 38.Qe4 Qb6 39.Rc6 Qd4
40.Rc4 Qb6 41.Rb4 1-0

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1973.10.13"]
[EventDate "1973.10.02"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Vladimir Borisovich Tukmakov"]
[Black "Karen Ashotovich Grigorian"]
[ECO "B04"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "82"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 Nb6 5. exd6 cxd6 6. d5
N8d7 7. Bg5 Nf6 8. Nc3 g6 9. a4 a5 10. Bb5+ Bd7 11. Bxf6 exf6
12. Bxd7+ Nxd7 13. O-O Be7 14. Nb5 O-O 15. c3 f5 16. Re1 Nc5
17. Nd2 Bf6 18. Nc4 Ra6 19. Qc2 Qd7 20. f4 Rc8 21. Re3 Kg7
22. Kh1 Bd8 23. Rae1 Ne4 24. b3 Rc5 25. Rd3 Rxb5 26. axb5 Qxb5
27. Nb2 Nc5 28. c4 Qb4 29. Rde3 Bf6 30. Rb1 Ne4 31. Rd1 Qc5
32. Re2 b5 33. cxb5 Qxb5 34. Na4 Ra8 35. g3 Rb8 36. Rd3 Rc8
37. Qxc8 Qxd3 38. Qc4 Qd1+ 39. Kg2 Bd4 40. Qc2 Qg1+ 41. Kh3
Qf1+ 0-1

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1973.10.13"]
[EventDate "1973.10.02"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Evgeni Ellinovich Sveshnikov"]
[Black "Alexander Beliavsky"]
[ECO "B36"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "70"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 g6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. e4 Nf6 6. Nc3
Nxd4 7. Qxd4 d6 8. Be3 Bg7 9. f3 O-O 10. Qd2 Be6 11. Rc1 Qa5
12. Nd5 Qxa2 13. Nxe7+ Kh8 14. Bd4 Rae8 15. Qc3 Nh5 16. Bxg7+
Nxg7 17. b3 Qa6 18. Nd5 Bxd5 19. cxd5 Qb6 20. Kd1 f5 21. Bd3
Kg8 22. Rc2 fxe4 23. fxe4 Nh5 24. Re1 Nf6 25. e5 Ng4 26. e6
Ne3+ 27. Kc1 Nxc2 28. Bxc2 Rc8 29. Qd3 Qa5 30. Kd1 Rf5 31. b4
Qa1+ 32. Kd2 Rxc2+ 33. Qxc2 Rxd5+ 34. Ke2 Re5+ 35. Kf3 Qxe1
0-1

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1973.10.15"]
[EventDate "1973.10.02"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Efim Geller"]
[Black "Paul Keres"]
[ECO "C87"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "57"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 d6 7.c3
O-O 8.d4 Nd7 9.Be3 Bf6 10.Nbd2 Re8 11.d5 Ne7 12.b4 g6 13.c4 c6
14.Rc1 Bg7 15.c5 dxc5 16.bxc5 cxd5 17.exd5 Nxd5 18.Bg5 Ne7
19.Ne4 h6 20.Nd6 hxg5 21.Nxf7 Qa5 22.N7xg5 Rf8 23.Bxd7 Qxa2
24.Re2 Qa3 25.Re3 Qb4 26.Bxc8 Raxc8 27.Qd7 Nf5 28.Qe6+ Kh8
29.Qxg6 1-0

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1973.10.15"]
[EventDate "1973.10.02"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Orest Averkin"]
[Black "Anatoly Karpov"]
[ECO "A15"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "57"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 b6 3. b3 Bb7 4. Bb2 e6 5. e3 Be7 6. Be2 O-O
7. O-O d5 8. Nc3 c5 9. cxd5 Nxd5 10. d4 Nxc3 11. Bxc3 Nc6
12. Rc1 Rc8 13. dxc5 Bxc5 14. Qxd8 Rfxd8 15. Bb2 Nb4 16. Rfd1
Nxa2 17. Rxd8+ Rxd8 18. Ra1 Nb4 19. Rxa7 Bd5 20. Nd4 h6
21. Rc7 Ra8 22. Bf1 Bd6 23. Rc1 Be5 24. Ra1 Rxa1 25. Bxa1 Bf6
26. Bc4 Bxc4 27. bxc4 Kf8 28. Kf1 Ke7 29. Bc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1973.10.15"]
[EventDate "1973.10.02"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Viktor Korchnoi"]
[Black "Mark Taimanov"]
[ECO "A16"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[PlyCount "51"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 c6 3. e4 e5 4. Nf3 Bb4 5. Nxe5 O-O 6. Nd3
Bxc3 7. dxc3 Nxe4 8. Be2 d5 9. cxd5 Qxd5 10. Be3 Nd7 11. Qb3
Ndf6 12. O-O Re8 13. Rfe1 Qf5 14. Bf1 b6 15. Qa4 Bd7 16. f3 c5
17. Qd1 Ng5 18. Qd2 h6 19. h4 Ne6 20. Qf2 Bc6 21. Qg3 Bb5
22. Nf2 Bxf1 23. Kxf1 Rad8 24. Ng4 Nxg4 25. Qxg4 Qxg4 26. fxg4
1/2-1/2

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1973.10.15"]
[EventDate "1973.10.02"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Vladimir Borisovich Tukmakov"]
[Black "Lev Polugaevsky"]
[ECO "B96"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "82"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6
7. f4 Nbd7 8. Qe2 Qc7 9. O-O-O b5 10. f5 b4 11. fxe6 bxc3
12. exd7+ Nxd7 13. Qc4 cxb2+ 14. Kb1 Qxc4 15. Bxc4 Ne5 16. Bd5
Rb8 17. Bf4 f6 18. Rhe1 Be7 19. Re3 Bd8 20. h3 Bd7 21. Rb3 Bb6
22. Nf5 Bxf5 23. exf5 Ke7 24. Kxb2 Bc5 25. Re1 a5 26. Re4 Rb4
27. a3 Rxb3+ 28. cxb3 Rc8 29. b4 axb4 30. axb4 Bb6 31. Kb3 Rc7
32. Ka4 Rc2 33. Kb5 Bf2 34. Ka6 Kd7 35. Bxe5 dxe5 36. Rg4 Kd6
37. Bb7 Rc7 38. b5 Rc3 39. Bf3 Ra3+ 40. Kb7 Ra7+ 41. Kb8 Re7
1/2-1/2

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1973.10.15"]
[EventDate "1973.10.02"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Boris Spassky"]
[Black "Vladimir Savon"]
[ECO "B39"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "124"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. c4 Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6
7. Nc3 Ng4 8. Qxg4 Nxd4 9. Qd1 Ne6 10. Qd2 d6 11. Be2 Bd7
12. O-O O-O 13. f4 Bc6 14. f5 Nc5 15. Bf3 a5 16. Bh6 Qb6
17. Bxg7 Kxg7 18. Kh1 f6 19. Nd5 Bxd5 20. exd5 Nd7 21. a4 Ne5
22. Qc3 Qb4 23. Qxb4 axb4 24. b3 b6 25. Rae1 Rh8 26. Re3 Rag8
27. Bd1 Kf7 28. Rh3 Kf8 29. Kg1 gxf5 30. Rxf5 Rg5 31. Rf2 h5
32. Rh4 Kg7 33. Re4 h4 34. Kf1 h3 35. g4 Rh4 36. Rff4 Ng6
37. Rf3 f5 38. Re6 Rhxg4 39. Ke1 Rg1+ 40. Kd2 R1g2+ 41. Re2
Kf6 42. Kc1 Rxe2 43. Bxe2 Rg2 44. Bd3 Ne5 45. Rxh3 Nxd3+
46. Rxd3 Rxh2 47. Re3 f4 48. Re6+ Kg5 49. Rxe7 f3 50. Kd1 Rb2
51. Ke1 Rxb3 52. Re6 Rb1+ 53. Kf2 b3 54. Rxd6 b2 55. Rxb6 Rh1
56. Kxf3 b1=Q 57. Rxb1 Rxb1 58. Ke4 Kf6 59. Kd4 Ra1 60. Kc5
Rxa4 61. Kb5 Ra1 62. Kc6 Ke7 0-1

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1973.10.15"]
[EventDate "1973.10.02"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Evgeni Ellinovich Sveshnikov"]
[ECO "B40"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "67"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d3 d5 4.Qe2 dxe4 5.dxe4 b6 6.Nc3 Bb7 7.Bf4
a6 8.Rd1 Nd7 9.g3 Be7 10.Bh3 h5 11.Ne5 Ngf6 12.Nxf7 Kxf7
13.Bxe6+ Kf8 14.O-O Qc8 15.Rxd7 Nxd7 16.Rd1 Bc6 17.Nd5 Qb7
18.e5 Ke8 19.Bf7+ Kxf7 20.e6 Kf8 21.Nxe7 Nf6 22.Bd6 Ke8 23.Nf5
Be4 24.Nh4 Rd8 25.f3 Qc6 26.fxe4 Rxd6 27.Rxd6 Qxd6 28.Nf5 Qc6
29.Qxa6 Kd8 30.Qa7 Qxe6 31.Qb8+ Qc8 32.Qd6+ Qd7 33.Qb8+ Qc8
34.Qd6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1973.10.15"]
[EventDate "1973.10.02"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Gennadi Kuzmin"]
[Black "Nukhim Rashkovsky"]
[ECO "B93"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "90"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. f4 Qc7
7. a4 g6 8. Nf3 Nbd7 9. Bd3 Bg7 10. O-O O-O 11. Qe1 b6 12. Kh1
Bb7 13. Qh4 e5 14. f5 Nc5 15. Bg5 Ncd7 16. Nd2 Nh5 17. Bc4 Kh8
18. f6 Ndxf6 19. Bxf6 Bxf6 20. Rxf6 b5 21. g4 Nxf6 22. Qxf6+
Kg8 23. Nd5 Bxd5 24. Bxd5 Qxc2 25. Nf3 Qf2 26. axb5 Rac8
27. Bc6 axb5 28. Bd5 b4 29. b3 Rc7 30. g5 Rfc8 31. Ng1 Qxf6
32. gxf6 h6 33. Bc4 Rxc4 34. bxc4 Rxc4 35. Ra8+ Kh7 36. Rf8 g5
37. Rxf7+ Kg6 38. Rd7 Rxe4 39. Rxd6 Kf7 40. Nf3 b3 41. Rb6 g4
42. Nh4 b2 43. Kg2 b1=Q 44. Rxb1 Kxf6 45. Kg3 Kg5 1/2-1/2

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1973.10.15"]
[EventDate "1973.10.02"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Karen Ashotovich Grigorian"]
[Black "Alexander Beliavsky"]
[ECO "E17"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "90"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Be7 6. O-O c5
7. d5 exd5 8. Nh4 O-O 9. Nc3 Re8 10. Nf5 Na6 11. Bg5 Rb8
12. Nxe7+ Qxe7 13. Bxd5 Bc6 14. Bxc6 dxc6 15. Qa4 Nb4 16. a3
b5 17. cxb5 cxb5 18. Nxb5 Nbd5 19. Nc3 Qe5 20. Bxf6 Nxf6
21. Qc2 h5 22. Rad1 c4 23. e3 Red8 24. Rxd8+ Rxd8 25. Rd1
Rxd1+ 26. Qxd1 Qf5 27. f3 h4 28. g4 Qc8 29. Qd4 Qb7 30. g5 Nh7
31. Ne4 Nf8 32. Qxc4 Qxb2 33. Nd6 Ne6 34. Qc8+ Nf8 35. Qc4 Ne6
36. Qc8+ Nf8 37. Nf5 Qe5 38. f4 Qe4 39. Kf2 h3 40. Nh4 g6
41. Nf3 Qd3 42. Qxh3 Qc2+ 43. Kg3 Qc1 44. a4 Qxe3 45. f5 Qc5
1/2-1/2

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1973.10.15"]
[EventDate "1973.10.02"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Tigran Vartanovich Petrosian"]
[Black "Vasily Smyslov"]
[ECO "E41"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[PlyCount "62"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Bd3 b6 6. Nge2 Nc6
7. O-O cxd4 8. exd4 Bb7 9. d5 Ne5 10. Bf4 Nxd3 11. Qxd3 exd5
12. cxd5 O-O 13. a3 Bxc3 14. Nxc3 Re8 15. Bd6 Ng4 16. Qg3 Nh6
17. Rfe1 Nf5 18. Qf4 Qf6 19. Be5 Qg6 20. Qa4 a6 21. Bf4 b5
22. Qb4 Rec8 23. Qe4 h5 24. Qd3 Rc4 25. Re4 Nh4 26. Bg3 Rxe4
27. Nxe4 Nxg2 28. Kxg2 h4 29. Rd1 hxg3 30. hxg3 Rc8 31. f3 f5
1/2-1/2

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1973.10.16"]
[EventDate "1973.10.02"]
[Round "11"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Anatoly Karpov"]
[Black "Efim Geller"]
[ECO "C84"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "60"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3
O-O 8.a4 Bb7 9.d3 d6 10.Nc3 Na5 11.Ba2 b4 12.Ne2 c5 13.c3 c4
14.Ng3 cxd3 15.Bg5 h6 16.Bxf6 Bxf6 17.Re3 bxc3 18.bxc3 Qc7
19.Rxd3 Rad8 20.Ne1 g6 21.Nc2 Bg7 22.Ne3 Kh8 23.Rb1 Bc8 24.Rb2
Nb7 25.Nd5 Qd7 26.Nb6 Qc7 27.Nxc8 Rxc8 28.h4 Nc5 29.Rd5 h5
30.Rbd2 Qe7 1/2-1/2

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1973.10.16"]
[EventDate "1973.10.02"]
[Round "11"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Paul Keres"]
[Black "Vladimir Borisovich Tukmakov"]
[ECO "B40"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.b3 d6 4.Bb2 e5 5.Bc4 Be7 6.O-O Nc6 7.Nc3
Bg4 8.Nd5 Nf6 9.Re1 Nxd5 10.Bxd5 O-O 11.c3 Bf6 12.h3 Bh5
13.Qe2 Qd7 14.Nxe5 Nxe5 15.Qxh5 Nd3 16.Re3 Nf4 17.Qg4 Qxg4
18.hxg4 Nxd5 19.exd5 b5 20.Rb1 Rfb8 21.d3 a5 22.c4 Bxb2
23.Rxb2 bxc4 24.dxc4 Re8 25.Rxe8+ Rxe8 26.Kf1 h6 27.Re2 Ra8
28.Re7 a4 29.Rd7 axb3 30.axb3 Ra6 31.Ke2 Kf8 32.Rb7 Ra2+
33.Ke3 Rb2 34.g3 Ke8 35.f4 Rg2 36.Kf3 Rc2 37.f5 Rc1 38.Ke3 Rg1
39.Kf2 Rc1 40.Kf3 Rf1+ 41.Kg2 1/2-1/2

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1973.10.16"]
[EventDate "1973.10.02"]
[Round "11"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Evgeni Ellinovich Sveshnikov"]
[Black "Viktor Korchnoi"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "109"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Be3 Qf6 6. c3
Nge7 7. Nc2 Bxe3 8. Nxe3 Qe5 9. Nd2 d5 10. exd5 Nxd5 11. Ndc4
Nxe3 12. Nxe3 Be6 13. Qa4 O-O 14. Bc4 Rad8 15. O-O Qe4 16. Bb5
Qxa4 17. Bxa4 Ne5 18. Bc2 Nc4 19. Rfd1 Nxe3 20. fxe3 g6 21. a3
Kg7 22. Rd4 c5 23. Rxd8 Rxd8 24. Rd1 Rb8 25. Be4 Kf6 26. Kf2
Ke5 27. Bf3 b5 28. Rd2 b4 29. cxb4 cxb4 30. Rd4 bxa3 31. bxa3
Rb5 32. Rd3 Rb2+ 33. Kg3 Ra2 34. Rc3 Kf6 35. Kf4 g5+ 36. Kg3
a5 37. h4 gxh4+ 38. Kxh4 a4 39. Bd1 Rxg2 40. Rd3 Ke5 41. Rd4
Bb3 42. Bxb3 axb3 43. Rb4 Rb2 44. a4 Rb1 45. Kg3 Kd5 46. a5
Kc5 47. Rb7 Kc4 48. a6 Ra1 49. a7 Ra4 50. Rxf7 b2 51. Rb7 Kc3
52. e4 Kc2 53. Rc7+ Kb3 54. Rb7+ Ka2 55. Kf2 0-1

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1973.10.16"]
[EventDate "1973.10.02"]
[Round "11"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Vladimir Savon"]
[Black "Tigran Vartanovich Petrosian"]
[ECO "C07"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "49"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. Ngf3 Nf6 5. exd5 Nxd5 6. Nb3
cxd4 7. Nbxd4 Be7 8. Be2 O-O 9. O-O a6 10. c4 Nb4 11. Be3 Qc7
12. a3 N4c6 13. Qc2 Nxd4 14. Nxd4 Bd7 15. b4 Nc6 16. Nb3 Rfd8
17. Rad1 Be8 18. Rxd8 Rxd8 19. Rd1 Rxd1+ 20. Qxd1 h6 21. g3
Nb8 22. Qd4 Nc6 23. Qd1 Nb8 24. Qd4 Nc6 25. Qd1 1/2-1/2

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1973.10.16"]
[EventDate "1973.10.02"]
[Round "11"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Lev Polugaevsky"]
[Black "Karen Ashotovich Grigorian"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "95"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nf6 3. g3 e6 4. Bg2 Nc6 5. O-O d5 6. cxd5 Nxd5
7. d4 Be7 8. dxc5 Bxc5 9. Qc2 Qe7 10. a3 Bb6 11. Nbd2 Nf6
12. Nc4 Bc7 13. b4 O-O 14. b5 Na5 15. Nce5 Bd6 16. Bd2 b6
17. Ng5 Bb7 18. Bxb7 Nxb7 19. Nc6 Qe8 20. Bc3 h6 21. Bxf6 hxg5
22. Bxg5 f6 23. Be3 Qh5 24. Qc4 Kf7 25. Kg2 Rh8 26. h4 Qf5
27. Rad1 Rhc8 28. a4 Na5 29. Qd3 Qxd3 30. Rxd3 Nxc6 31. Rxd6
Ne5 32. Bf4 Rc2 33. Rc1 Rxc1 34. Bxc1 Ke7 35. Rd4 Rc8 36. Ba3+
Kf7 37. Bd6 Nc4 38. Bb4 Rc7 39. h5 e5 40. Rd8 Nb2 41. Bd6 Rb7
42. e4 Nxa4 43. f4 exf4 44. gxf4 g5 45. e5 gxf4 46. h6 Ke6
47. Re8+ Kf5 48. e6 1-0

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1973.10.16"]
[EventDate "1973.10.02"]
[Round "11"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Vasily Smyslov"]
[Black "Gennadi Kuzmin"]
[ECO "A28"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "152"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. e3 Bb4 5. Qc2 O-O 6. d3 Re8
7. Bd2 Bxc3 8. Bxc3 d5 9. cxd5 Nxd5 10. Be2 Qd6 11. O-O Ncb4
12. Qb1 c5 13. Nd2 Nc6 14. Rd1 Be6 15. a3 Rac8 16. Bf3 Qe7
17. Ne4 Red8 18. Bd2 f5 19. Ng3 a5 20. Qc2 g6 21. Qa4 Qc7
22. Rac1 Qb6 23. Qh4 Nde7 24. Bc3 Bb3 25. Re1 Rd6 26. Qg5 Qd8
27. e4 h6 28. Qxh6 f4 29. Ne2 Qf8 30. Qg5 Qf6 31. Qxf6 Rxf6
32. Bd2 b6 33. Rc3 Be6 34. h3 Rd8 35. Bc1 Bf7 36. Bg4 Rfd6
37. g3 fxg3 38. fxg3 Rxd3 39. Rxd3 Rxd3 40. Kf2 Bb3 41. Bg5
Rd8 42. Ke3 Kg7 43. Nc3 Rf8 44. Be2 Nc8 45. Rf1 Rxf1 46. Bxf1
Nd6 47. Nd5 b5 48. h4 Bc2 49. Nc7 Nd4 50. Bd3 Bxd3 51. Kxd3
Kf7 52. Bd2 b4 53. axb4 axb4 54. Nd5 c4+ 55. Ke3 Nc2+ 56. Ke2
Nxe4 57. Nxb4 Nxb4 58. Bxb4 Nxg3+ 59. Kf3 Nf5 60. Bc3 Ke6
61. Kg4 Kf6 62. Bd2 Nd6 63. Bb4 Nf7 64. Ba5 Nh6+ 65. Kf3 Kf5
66. Ke3 Ng4+ 67. Kd2 Ke4 68. Kc3 Kd5 69. b3 cxb3 70. Kxb3 Ke4
71. Kc4 Ne3+ 72. Kc5 Ng2 73. Bd8 Kf3 74. Kd5 e4 75. Ke5 e3
76. Kf6 Nf4 0-1

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1973.10.16"]
[EventDate "1973.10.02"]
[Round "11"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Mark Taimanov"]
[Black "Boris Spassky"]
[ECO "E97"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "83"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5
7. O-O Nc6 8. d5 Ne7 9. Bd2 Nh5 10. Rc1 f5 11. exf5 Nxf5
12. Ne4 Nf4 13. Re1 Nxe2+ 14. Qxe2 b6 15. b4 h6 16. Bc3 Bd7
17. Qd3 g5 18. Nfd2 g4 19. Nf1 Qe7 20. c5 Qf7 21. cxd6 cxd6
22. b5 Nd4 23. Bxd4 exd4 24. Qg3 Qxd5 25. Nxd6 Rad8 26. a4 Rf6
27. Ne4 Rf7 28. Nd6 Rf6 29. Ne4 Rff8 30. Nd6 h5 31. Ne4 Rc8
32. Rcd1 Rce8 33. Qc7 Bxb5 34. Nc3 Qf5 35. Rxe8 Qxf2+ 36. Kh1
Bxe8 37. Qc4+ Qf7 38. Nd5 Bxa4 39. Nf6+ Bxf6 40. Qxa4 Bg7
41. Nd2 Bh6 42. Qxd4 0-1

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1973.10.16"]
[EventDate "1973.10.02"]
[Round "11"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Alexander Beliavsky"]
[Black "Mikhail Tal"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "86"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.a4 Nc6 7.Be2
e5 8.Nb3 Be7 9.O-O O-O 10.f4 Nb4 11.Kh1 Be6 12.f5 Bd7 13.Bg5
Bc6 14.Bxf6 Bxf6 15.Bc4 Rc8 16.Qe2 Qc7 17.Rfd1 Rfd8 18.Nd2
Nxc2 19.Rac1 Nd4 20.Qg4 Qe7 21.Nf3 b5 22.axb5 axb5 23.Nd5 Bxd5
24.Bxd5 Nc2 25.h4 Ne3 26.Qh5 Rxc1 27.Rxc1 Nxd5 28.exd5 e4
29.Re1 Re8 30.Qg4 Bxb2 31.Re3 h6 32.Nd2 Qa7 33.Rxe4 Qa1+
34.Kh2 Rxe4 35.Nxe4 Be5+ 36.g3 Qa2+ 37.Kh3 Qxd5 38.Qf3 Kf8
39.Qe3 Bd4 40.Qf4 Qe5 41.Qf3 d5 42.Nd2 b4 43.Nb3 Bc3 0-1

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1973.10.16"]
[EventDate "1973.10.02"]
[Round "11"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Nukhim Rashkovsky"]
[Black "Orest Averkin"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "60"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Bxd2+ 6. Qxd2
Ba6 7. b3 d5 8. Bg2 c5 9. cxd5 Nxd5 10. Nc3 O-O 11. dxc5 Nc6
12. Rc1 Nxc3 13. Rxc3 bxc5 14. Qxd8 Rfxd8 15. Rxc5 Rac8
16. O-O Nd4 17. Rxc8 Nxe2+ 18. Kh1 Rxc8 19. Re1 Nc3 20. a3 Bb7
21. Nd2 Bxg2+ 22. Kxg2 Nd5 23. Nc4 Kf8 24. Ne3 Nxe3+ 25. Rxe3
Ke7 26. b4 a5 27. bxa5 Rc1 28. a6 Rc6 29. Rb3 Rxa6 30. h4 h5
1/2-1/2

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1973.10.17"]
[EventDate "1973.10.02"]
[Round "12"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Efim Geller"]
[Black "Nukhim Rashkovsky"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "49"]

1.e4 g6 2.d4 c6 3.Nf3 Bg7 4.c3 d6 5.Be2 Nf6 6.Nbd2 O-O 7.O-O
c5 8.dxc5 dxc5 9.Qc2 b6 10.Re1 Bb7 11.a4 Qc7 12.Bf1 Nc6 13.Nc4
Ng4 14.h3 Nge5 15.Nfxe5 Nxe5 16.Bg5 h6 17.Nxe5 Qxe5 18.Bh4 Qc7
19.Bg3 Be5 20.Bxe5 Qxe5 21.Qd2 Kg7 22.Qd7 Rab8 23.Rad1 Rfc8
24.Qd2 Qc7 25.Qe3 1/2-1/2

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1973.10.17"]
[EventDate "1973.10.02"]
[Round "12"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Vladimir Borisovich Tukmakov"]
[Black "Anatoly Karpov"]
[ECO "B42"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "85"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Nf6 6. O-O Qc7
7. Nd2 Nc6 8. Nxc6 bxc6 9. f4 d5 10. b3 Be7 11. Bb2 a5 12. c4
O-O 13. Qc2 h6 14. Kh1 Qb6 15. Rae1 Ng4 16. exd5 cxd5 17. cxd5
Nf2+ 18. Rxf2 Qxf2 19. Re2 Qxf4 20. Re4 Qd6 21. Nc4 Qxd5
22. Rg4 e5 23. Rg3 Ra6 24. Nxe5 Bf6 25. Bc4 Qd6 26. Nxf7 Rxf7
27. Bxf6 Be6 28. Rd3 Qc7 29. Rd8+ Qxd8 30. Bxd8 Bxc4 31. h3
Bf1 32. Qe4 a4 33. bxa4 Rd6 34. Ba5 Rdf6 35. Be1 Ba6 36. Kh2
Bb7 37. Qc4 Rc6 38. Qb3 Rg6 39. Bg3 Rg5 40. Qc4 Bd5 41. Qc8+
Rf8 42. Qc2 h5 43. a5 1/2-1/2

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1973.10.17"]
[EventDate "1973.10.02"]
[Round "12"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Viktor Korchnoi"]
[Black "Alexander Beliavsky"]
[ECO "E34"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "60"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 h6
7. Bxf6 Qxf6 8. a3 Bxc3+ 9. Qxc3 O-O 10. e3 Bf5 11. Ne2 Rc8
12. Nf4 c5 13. dxc5 Qxc3+ 14. bxc3 Rxc5 15. Rd1 Nd7 16. Nxd5
Kf8 17. Rd4 Nb6 18. Nxb6 axb6 19. a4 Rxc3 20. Bb5 Rc1+ 21. Rd1
Rxd1+ 22. Kxd1 Be4 23. Rg1 Bc6 24. Ke2 Bxb5+ 25. axb5 Ra2+
26. Kf3 Rb2 27. Rc1 Rxb5 28. Rc7 g6 29. Rxb7 Kg7 30. g4 h5
1/2-1/2

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1973.10.17"]
[EventDate "1973.10.02"]
[Round "12"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Orest Averkin"]
[Black "Vasily Smyslov"]
[ECO "D32"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "77"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. e3 e6 5. d4 d5 6. cxd5 exd5
7. Be2 a6 8. O-O Bd6 9. dxc5 Bxc5 10. b3 O-O 11. Bb2 Ba7
12. Na4 Ne4 13. Rc1 Qd6 14. Nc3 Nf6 15. Qd3 Bg4 16. Rfd1 Rad8
17. Ng5 Ne5 18. Qc2 g6 19. h3 Bxe2 20. Nxe2 h6 21. Qc7 Bb8
22. Qxd6 Bxd6 23. Nf3 Nxf3+ 24. gxf3 Ne8 25. Kg2 Nc7 26. Ba3
Ne6 27. Bb2 Be7 28. Rc2 Rc8 29. Rdc1 Rxc2 30. Rxc2 Rd8 31. Nd4
Bd6 32. Nxe6 fxe6 33. f4 Kf7 34. Be5 Ke7 35. Kf3 Bxe5 36. fxe5
Rf8+ 37. Kg4 Kd7 38. f4 g5 39. h4 1/2-1/2

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1973.10.17"]
[EventDate "1973.10.02"]
[Round "12"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Boris Spassky"]
[Black "Evgeni Ellinovich Sveshnikov"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "45"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5
d6 7. Bg5 a6 8. Na3 b5 9. Bxf6 gxf6 10. Nd5 f5 11. Bd3 Be6
12. Qh5 Bg7 13. O-O h6 14. c3 O-O 15. Nc2 fxe4 16. Bxe4 f5
17. Nf4 Bd7 18. Bd5+ Kh7 19. Qg6+ Kh8 20. Nh5 Qe7 21. Nb4 Nxb4
22. Bxa8 Rg8 23. cxb4 1-0

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1973.10.17"]
[EventDate "1973.10.02"]
[Round "12"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Tigran Vartanovich Petrosian"]
[Black "Mark Taimanov"]
[ECO "D45"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "49"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nf3 c6 3.d4 d5 4.Nc3 e6 5.e3 Nbd7 6.b3 Bd6 7.Bb2
O-O 8.Be2 dxc4 9.bxc4 e5 10.O-O exd4 11.exd4 Re8 12.a4 Nf8
13.Re1 Bf5 14.g3 Bb4 15.Qb3 a5 16.Ba3 Bxa3 17.Qxa3 Bg4 18.d5
cxd5 19.cxd5 Nxd5 20.Rad1 Qe7 21.Qxe7 Nxe7 22.Nb5 Ne6 23.Nd6
Red8 24.Nxb7 Rxd1 25.Bxd1 1/2-1/2

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1973.10.17"]
[EventDate "1973.10.02"]
[Round "12"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Karen Ashotovich Grigorian"]
[Black "Mikhail Tal"]
[ECO "E80"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "135"]

1.d4 g6 2.c4 Bg7 3.Nc3 d6 4.e4 Nf6 5.f3 c6 6.Be3 O-O 7.Qd2 e5
8.Nge2 Nbd7 9.O-O-O a6 10.Kb1 Re8 11.Nc1 b5 12.d5 cxd5 13.Nxd5
Rb8 14.cxb5 axb5 15.Nxf6+ Bxf6 16.Qxd6 Qa5 17.Be2 Re6 18.Nb3
Qa4 19.Qa3 Qxa3 20.bxa3 Be7 21.Rd5 Nb6 22.Rxb5 Ba6 23.a4 Bxb5
24.axb5 Na4 25.Rc1 Ba3 26.Rc7 Re7 27.Rc4 Ra8 28.b6 Rb7 29.Rc6
Rab8 30.Kc2 Kg7 31.Na5 Rxb6 32.Bxb6 Nxb6 33.Bc4 Nc8 34.Rc7 Nd6
35.Bb3 Rb5 36.Ra7 Bc5 37.Ra6 Bb4 38.Nc6 Rc5+ 39.Kd1 Bc3 40.Nd8
Nb5 41.Nxf7 Bb4 42.Nd8 Nc3+ 43.Ke1 Nb5 44.Kf2 Nd4 45.Ne6+ Nxe6
46.Rxe6 Bc3 47.Re7+ Kh8 48.Kg3 Bd2 49.Bd5 Bf4+ 50.Kh3 Rc3
51.g3 Bd2 52.Rxe5 Rxf3 53.Re7 Rd3 54.Rb7 Re3 55.a4 h5 56.Kg2
Bc3 57.Rb3 Re2+ 58.Kf3 Rc2 59.Rb8+ Kg7 60.Rc8 g5 61.h3 h4
62.gxh4 gxh4 63.a5 Rh2 64.a6 Bd4 65.a7 Bxa7 66.Rc7+ Kh8
67.Rxa7 Rf2+ 68.Ke3 1-0

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1973.10.17"]
[EventDate "1973.10.02"]
[Round "12"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Gennadi Kuzmin"]
[Black "Vladimir Savon"]
[ECO "C96"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "56"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5
7. Bb3 d6 8. c3 O-O 9. h3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. d4 Nd7 12. Nbd2
Bf6 13. Nf1 cxd4 14. cxd4 Nc6 15. Be3 exd4 16. Nxd4 Nde5
17. Bb3 Bd7 18. Ng3 g6 19. Rc1 Rc8 20. Qd2 Qa5 21. Nxc6 Qxd2
22. Bxd2 Nxc6 23. Bc3 Bxc3 24. Rxc3 Nd4 25. Rec1 b4 26. Rxc8
Rxc8 27. Rxc8+ Bxc8 28. Bc4 Be6 1/2-1/2

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1973.10.17"]
[EventDate "1973.10.02"]
[Round "12"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Lev Polugaevsky"]
[Black "Paul Keres"]
[ECO "A13"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2580"]
[PlyCount "39"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 dxc4 5. Qa4+ Nbd7 6. Qxc4
c5 7. Qc2 b6 8. O-O Bb7 9. Nc3 Be7 10. d4 cxd4 11. Nxd4 Bxg2
12. Kxg2 Qc8 13. e4 O-O 14. f3 Qb7 15. Be3 Rac8 16. Rac1 Rc4
17. Qe2 Rfc8 18. Ncb5 Rxc1 19. Rxc1 Rxc1 20. Bxc1 1/2-1/2

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1973.10.20"]
[EventDate "1973.10.02"]
[Round "13"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Vasily Smyslov"]
[Black "Efim Geller"]
[ECO "C69"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "76"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Bxc6 dxc6 5.O-O f6 6.d4 Bg4 7.c3
Bd6 8.Be3 Qe7 9.Nbd2 O-O-O 10.Qc2 exd4 11.cxd4 Re8 12.e5 Bb4
13.h3 Be6 14.Ne4 Qf7 15.a3 Bb3 16.Qb1 Bf8 17.Ned2 Bd5 18.b4
Qg6 19.Qb2 Ne7 20.a4 Nf5 21.Rfe1 fxe5 22.dxe5 Be7 23.Re2 Rhf8
24.Bc5 Bxc5 25.bxc5 Nd4 26.Qxd4 Rxf3 27.Ne4 Rxh3 28.Ng3 Rh5
29.Rae1 Rg5 30.Rb2 Rg4 31.Qc3 h5 32.Reb1 h4 33.Rxb7 hxg3 34.f3
Qh6 35.Rxc7+ Kxc7 36.Qa5+ Kd7 37.e6+ Kxe6 38.Qe1+ Kf6 0-1

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1973.10.20"]
[EventDate "1973.10.02"]
[Round "13"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Paul Keres"]
[Black "Karen Ashotovich Grigorian"]
[ECO "B52"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "58"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bb5+ Bd7 4.Bxd7+ Qxd7 5.c4 e5 6.Nc3 Ne7
7.d3 Nbc6 8.a3 h6 9.Rb1 a5 10.O-O g6 11.b4 axb4 12.Nd5 Nxd5
13.cxd5 Nd4 14.Nxd4 exd4 15.axb4 b5 16.Qb3 c4 17.dxc4 Rc8
18.c5 dxc5 19.bxc5 Rxc5 20.Bf4 Bd6 21.Bxd6 Qxd6 22.Qd3 O-O
23.Qxd4 Rc4 24.Qe3 Re8 25.Rxb5 Rcxe4 26.Qd3 Qf4 27.g3 Rd4
28.Qb3 Qf5 29.Kg2 Rd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1973.10.20"]
[EventDate "1973.10.02"]
[Round "13"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Viktor Korchnoi"]
[ECO "C09"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "127"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. exd5 exd5 5. Ngf3 Nc6 6. Bb5
Bd6 7. dxc5 Qe7+ 8. Qe2 Qxe2+ 9. Kxe2 Bxc5 10. Nb3 Bb6 11. Be3
Bg4 12. h3 Bh5 13. Bxb6 axb6 14. Nbd4 Nge7 15. Rhe1 O-O
16. Kf1 Rfc8 17. c3 Rc7 18. a4 Kf8 19. Ne5 Rd8 20. g4 Bg6
21. Rad1 Nxd4 22. Rxd4 Nc6 23. Rd2 f6 24. Nxg6+ hxg6 25. Red1
Rcd7 26. Bc4 d4 27. cxd4 Rxd4 28. Rxd4 Nxd4 29. f4 g5 30. fxg5
fxg5 31. Kf2 Ke7 32. Rd2 Kf6 33. Ke3 Ke5 34. Bf1 Rd6 35. Bg2
b5 36. axb5 b6 37. Bf1 Rd8 38. Rf2 Rd6 39. Rd2 Rd8 40. Rf2 Rd6
41. Rf7 Nc2+ 42. Ke2 Nd4+ 43. Ke3 Nc2+ 44. Ke2 Nd4+ 45. Kd3
Nf5+ 46. Kc3 Ne3 47. Bc4 g6 48. Rc7 Ng2 49. Re7+ Kf4 50. Bf1
Ne3 51. Rf7+ Kg3 52. Bd3 Nd5+ 53. Kc4 Nf4 54. Be4 Kxh3 55. Bc6
Kxg4 56. Rb7 Kf5 57. Rxb6 g4 58. Ra6 g3 59. Ra3 g2 60. Rg3 Rd2
61. b3 Rc2+ 62. Kb4 Ke5 63. Rg5+ Kd6 64. Rg4 1/2-1/2

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1973.10.20"]
[EventDate "1973.10.02"]
[Round "13"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Evgeni Ellinovich Sveshnikov"]
[Black "Tigran Vartanovich Petrosian"]
[ECO "B40"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Bd3 a6 6. O-O d6
7. c4 Be7 8. b3 O-O 9. Bb2 Nc6 10. Nxc6 bxc6 11. Qc2 Nd7
12. e5 dxe5 13. Bxh7+ Kh8 14. f4 f5 15. Bg6 Rf6 16. Bh5 Rh6
17. g4 g6 18. Nd2 gxh5 19. g5 Rh7 20. Nf3 Kg8 21. Nxe5 Nxe5
22. Bxe5 Qb6+ 23. Kg2 c5 24. Kh3 Qc6 25. Rad1 Bb7 26. Rd3 Rd8
27. Rfd1 Rxd3+ 28. Rxd3 Qh1 29. Qe2 Be4 30. Rd1 Bf3 31. Rxh1
Bxe2 32. Re1 Bf3 33. Rf1 Bc6 34. Rg1 Bd8 35. Bd6 Rd7 36. Bxc5
Kg7 37. b4 Bc7 38. Re1 Be4 39. Be3 e5 40. fxe5 Bxe5 41. b5 0-1

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1973.10.20"]
[EventDate "1973.10.02"]
[Round "13"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Anatoly Karpov"]
[Black "Lev Polugaevsky"]
[ECO "D47"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "69"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4
7. Bxc4 b5 8. Bd3 Bb7 9. e4 b4 10. Na4 c5 11. e5 Nd5 12. dxc5
Nxc5 13. Nxc5 Bxc5 14. O-O h6 15. Qe2 Qb6 16. Bd2 Kf8 17. Rac1
Rd8 18. Rc2 g6 19. Rfc1 Be7 20. Bc4 Rc8 21. Bxd5 Rxc2 22. Rxc2
Bxd5 23. Rc8+ Kg7 24. Rxh8 Kxh8 25. Bxh6 Qc7 26. b3 Qc3 27. h4
a5 28. Bg5 Bxf3 29. Qxf3 Bxg5 30. hxg5 Qa1+ 31. Kh2 Qxe5+
32. Qg3 Qb2 33. Qb8+ Kg7 34. f4 Qxa2 35. Qe5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1973.10.20"]
[EventDate "1973.10.02"]
[Round "13"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Alexander Beliavsky"]
[Black "Boris Spassky"]
[ECO "B68"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "92"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bg5 e6
7. Qd2 a6 8. O-O-O Bd7 9. f4 Be7 10. Nf3 b5 11. e5 b4 12. exf6
bxc3 13. Qxc3 gxf6 14. f5 d5 15. fxe6 fxe6 16. Nd4 Qa5
17. Qxa5 Nxa5 18. Bh4 e5 19. Nb3 Nxb3+ 20. axb3 Be6 21. Be2
O-O 22. Rhf1 a5 23. Bb5 Rac8 24. Bd3 Rc6 25. Bf5 Bxf5 26. Rxf5
Rfc8 27. Rd2 d4 28. Kd1 Rb8 29. g4 h6 30. Rdf2 Rbb6 31. Kd2 a4
32. bxa4 Rxb2 33. Kd3 Kg7 34. Rxe5 fxe5 35. Bxe7 Rc3+ 36. Ke4
d3 37. Bf6+ Kg8 38. Bxe5 Rb4+ 39. Kd5 Rxc2 40. Rf1 d2 41. Rd1
Rxg4 42. a5 Ra4 43. a6 Kh7 44. Bb8 Ra1 45. a7 Rxd1 46. a8=Q
Re1 0-1

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1973.10.20"]
[EventDate "1973.10.02"]
[Round "13"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Mark Taimanov"]
[Black "Gennadi Kuzmin"]
[ECO "E55"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "166"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 c5 5.Bd3 O-O 6.Nf3 d5 7.O-O
dxc4 8.Bxc4 Nbd7 9.Qe2 a6 10.a3 Ba5 11.Bd3 b5 12.b4 cxb4
13.axb4 Bxb4 14.Nxb5 Bb7 15.Ba3 Bxa3 16.Nxa3 Bxf3 17.Qxf3 e5
18.Nc2 a5 19.Rfb1 Qe7 20.Bf5 Rfc8 21.dxe5 Nxe5 22.Qe2 Rcb8
23.Nd4 Rxb1+ 24.Bxb1 g6 25.h3 Rc8 26.Bc2 Ra8 27.Qb5 Qc7 28.Ra3
Kg7 29.f4 Ned7 30.Nc6 Qd6 31.Rd3 Qc5 32.Qxc5 Nxc5 33.Rc3 Nfd7
34.Ne5 a4 35.Nc4 Rb8 36.Kf2 Nf6 37.Nd2 Rb5 38.Ke2 Nd5 39.Ra3
Rb4 40.g3 f5 41.g4 fxg4 42.hxg4 h6 43.g5 h5 44.f5 gxf5 45.Bxf5
Rb2 46.Ke1 h4 47.e4 Nf4 48.Kd1 Nfd3 49.e5 Nxe5 50.Rc3 Rb5
51.Rh3 Rb4 52.Rc3 Rf4 53.Bc2 Ned7 54.Ke2 Rg4 55.Kf2 Rxg5
56.Nf3 Rg4 57.Bf5 Rb4 58.Kg2 Kf6 59.Bc2 Ne6 60.Kh3 Nf4+ 61.Kh2
Ne5 62.Nxe5 Kxe5 63.Rc5+ Kd6 64.Ra5 Rb2 65.Ra6+ Kc5 66.Ra5+
Kb6 67.Rxa4 Rxc2+ 68.Kh1 Rf2 69.Ra3 Kc5 70.Kg1 Rg2+ 71.Kh1 Rg3
72.Ra4 Rf3 73.Re4 Kd5 74.Re8 Kd4 75.Ra8 Ke3 76.Kg1 Rg3+ 77.Kh1
Kf3 78.Ra3+ Kf2 79.Ra2+ Kf3 80.Ra3+ Kg4 81.Ra4 Rd3 82.Ra1 Kg3
83.Rg1+ Kf3 0-1

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1973.10.20"]
[EventDate "1973.10.02"]
[Round "13"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Vladimir Savon"]
[Black "Orest Averkin"]
[ECO "B44"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "60"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e6 5. Nb5 d6 6. c4 Nf6
7. N5c3 a6 8. Na3 Be7 9. Be2 O-O 10. O-O Bd7 11. Be3 Rb8
12. Rc1 Qa5 13. Qc2 Rfc8 14. Qb1 Ne5 15. Bd2 Ng6 16. Nc2 b5
17. b4 Qb6 18. cxb5 axb5 19. Be3 Qb7 20. Nd4 d5 21. exd5 Nxd5
22. Nxd5 Qxd5 23. Bf3 Qd6 24. a3 Ne5 25. Be2 Nc4 26. Bxc4 bxc4
27. Ne2 Qa6 28. Qb2 Ra8 29. Ra1 Bc6 30. Nc3 Bf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1973.10.20"]
[EventDate "1973.10.02"]
[Round "13"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Nukhim Rashkovsky"]
[Black "Vladimir Borisovich Tukmakov"]
[ECO "E96"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "47"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. d4 O-O 6. Be2 e5
7. O-O Nbd7 8. Re1 c6 9. Bf1 a5 10. h3 Re8 11. dxe5 dxe5
12. Na4 Bf8 13. Bg5 h6 14. Bh4 Qc7 15. Bxf6 Nxf6 16. c5 Be6
17. Qc2 Rad8 18. Bc4 Bxc4 19. Qxc4 Rd7 20. Nb6 Rdd8 21. Na4
Rd7 22. Nb6 Rdd8 23. Na4 Rd7 24. Nb6 1/2-1/2

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1973.10.21"]
[EventDate "1973.10.02"]
[Round "14"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Efim Geller"]
[Black "Vladimir Savon"]
[ECO "B39"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "49"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 g6 5.c4 Bg7 6.Be3 Nf6 7.Nc3
Ng4 8.Qxg4 Nxd4 9.Qd1 Ne6 10.Rc1 d6 11.Bd3 O-O 12.O-O a5 13.a3
Bd7 14.b4 axb4 15.axb4 Nd4 16.Ra1 Nf3+ 17.Qxf3 Rxa1 18.Rxa1
Bxc3 19.Rb1 Qc7 20.Bf1 Bg7 21.Qd1 Ra8 22.Bd4 Bxd4 23.Qxd4 b6
24.Ra1 Rxa1 25.Qxa1 1/2-1/2

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1973.10.21"]
[EventDate "1973.10.02"]
[Round "14"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Paul Keres"]
[Black "Anatoly Karpov"]
[ECO "E19"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "45"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Be7 6. O-O O-O
7. Nc3 Ne4 8. Qc2 Nxc3 9. Qxc3 c5 10. Rd1 d6 11. Qc2 Nc6
12. dxc5 bxc5 13. b3 a5 14. Bb2 Qc7 15. Qc3 Bf6 16. Qd2 Bxb2
17. Qxb2 a4 18. e3 h6 19. Rd2 axb3 20. axb3 Rxa1+ 21. Qxa1 Ra8
22. Ra2 Rxa2 23. Qxa2 1/2-1/2

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1973.10.21"]
[EventDate "1973.10.02"]
[Round "14"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Karen Ashotovich Grigorian"]
[Black "Viktor Korchnoi"]
[ECO "E37"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "74"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3
Ne4 7. Qc2 e5 8. cxd5 Qxd5 9. f3 Nd6 10. dxe5 Qxe5 11. e4 Nc6
12. Bd3 Be6 13. Ne2 Qa5+ 14. Kf2 O-O-O 15. Nf4 Nd4 16. Qc3
Qxc3 17. bxc3 Nb3 18. Nxe6 fxe6 19. Rb1 Nxc1 20. Rhxc1 Rd7
21. e5 Nf7 22. Be4 c6 23. f4 g5 24. g3 gxf4 25. gxf4 Rd2+
26. Ke3 Rxh2 27. Rh1 Ra2 28. Ra1 Rxa1 29. Rxa1 h5 30. Rg1 h4
31. Rg6 Nd8 32. f5 exf5 33. Bxf5+ Kc7 34. Rg7+ Kb6 35. Bh3 Kc5
36. Ke4 a5 37. e6 Nxe6 1/2-1/2

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1973.10.21"]
[EventDate "1973.10.02"]
[Round "14"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Tigran Vartanovich Petrosian"]
[Black "Alexander Beliavsky"]
[ECO "A30"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "85"]

1. c4 c5 2. b3 Nc6 3. Bb2 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Nf3 d5 6. cxd5 exd5
7. Be2 a6 8. d4 cxd4 9. Nxd4 Bb4+ 10. Bc3 Bd6 11. Nd2 O-O
12. O-O Bc7 13. Nxc6 bxc6 14. Qc2 Re8 15. Bd4 Qd6 16. g3 Bg4
17. Bxg4 Nxg4 18. Nf3 Qh6 19. Qf5 Qe6 20. Qxe6 Rxe6 21. Rac1
f6 22. Rc2 Ne5 23. Bxe5 Bxe5 24. Rfc1 Rc8 25. Rc5 Rd6 26. R1c2
Kf7 27. Kf1 Ke6 28. Ne1 d4 29. f4 d3 30. Rd2 Bb2 31. Rxd3 Ra8
32. Rxd6+ Kxd6 33. Nd3 a5 34. Rc4 Ba3 35. Ra4 Bc5 36. Nxc5
Kxc5 37. b4+ Kc4 38. Rxa5 Rb8 39. a3 Kd3 40. Kf2 Rb7 41. Rc5
Ra7 42. Rxc6 Rxa3 43. Kf3 1-0

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1973.10.21"]
[EventDate "1973.10.02"]
[Round "14"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Lev Polugaevsky"]
[Black "Nukhim Rashkovsky"]
[ECO "D56"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "69"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nf3 d5 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 O-O
7. e3 Ne4 8. Bxe7 Qxe7 9. Rc1 Nxc3 10. Rxc3 c6 11. Bd3 dxc4
12. Bxc4 Nd7 13. O-O b6 14. Bd3 c5 15. Bb5 Rd8 16. Bc6 Rb8
17. Qc2 Bb7 18. Bxb7 Rxb7 19. dxc5 Nxc5 20. b4 Na6 21. a3 Rc7
22. h3 Rxc3 23. Qxc3 Nc7 24. Nd4 Nd5 25. Qc4 Qb7 26. Rc1 a6
27. Qc6 Qxc6 28. Rxc6 Kf8 29. a4 Rb8 30. b5 axb5 31. axb5 Rb7
32. Rc8+ Ke7 33. e4 Nc7 34. e5 f6 35. Nc6+ 1-0

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1973.10.21"]
[EventDate "1973.10.02"]
[Round "14"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Vladimir Borisovich Tukmakov"]
[Black "Vasily Smyslov"]
[ECO "C97"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "73"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5
7. Bb3 O-O 8. c3 d6 9. h3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. d4 Qc7 12. Nbd2
Re8 13. Nf1 g6 14. Ne3 Bf8 15. b4 cxb4 16. cxb4 Nc6 17. Bb2
Bb7 18. Rc1 Qb6 19. Bb3 Bg7 20. Ng5 Nd8 21. dxe5 dxe5 22. Nd5
Bxd5 23. exd5 Qd6 24. Ne6 fxe6 25. Bxe5 Qxb4 26. dxe6 Nxe6
27. Bd6 Qh4 28. Rxe6 Rxe6 29. Bxe6+ Kh8 30. Qf3 Rd8 31. Be5
Nh5 32. Bxg7+ Nxg7 33. Bc8 a5 34. Rc6 Qe7 35. g3 b4 36. Qf4
Rf8 37. Qd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1973.10.21"]
[EventDate "1973.10.02"]
[Round "14"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Boris Spassky"]
[Black "Mikhail Tal"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "43"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Qe7 5. e3 b6 6. Bxb4
Qxb4+ 7. Qd2 Qxd2+ 8. Nfxd2 c5 9. dxc5 bxc5 10. Nc3 Ke7
11. Be2 Bb7 12. Bf3 Bxf3 13. Nxf3 Nc6 14. Ke2 Rhd8 15. Rhd1 d6
16. b3 Rd7 17. Nd2 Nb4 18. Nde4 Nxe4 19. Nxe4 Rc8 20. Nc3 Rcd8
21. Rac1 Nc6 22. f4 1/2-1/2

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1973.10.21"]
[EventDate "1973.10.02"]
[Round "14"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Orest Averkin"]
[Black "Mark Taimanov"]
[ECO "A09"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "85"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.c4 d4 3.g3 g6 4.Bg2 Bg7 5.d3 a5 6.Na3 Nf6 7.Bf4
Nfd7 8.Qc1 O-O 9.Bh6 e5 10.O-O Re8 11.Bxg7 Kxg7 12.e3 Nc5
13.exd4 exd4 14.Nb5 Nc6 15.Qf4 Nxd3 16.Qxc7 Nxb2 17.c5 Qf6
18.Rab1 Na4 19.Qd6 Rd8 20.Qxf6+ Kxf6 21.Rbc1 Rb8 22.Rfd1 Bg4
23.h3 Bxf3 24.Bxf3 d3 25.Rc4 Ne5 26.Rxa4 Nxf3+ 27.Kg2 Ne5
28.Nd6 b6 29.f4 Nc6 30.Rxd3 bxc5 31.Ne4+ Ke7 32.Rxd8 Rxd8
33.Nxc5 Rd2+ 34.Kf3 f5 35.Nb3 Rd3+ 36.Kf2 Rd5 37.Ke3 Kd6
38.Rc4 Rb5 39.Nd4 Nxd4 40.Rxd4+ Kc6 41.g4 Rb2 42.Rc4+ Kb6
43.gxf5 1/2-1/2

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1973.10.21"]
[EventDate "1973.10.02"]
[Round "14"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Gennadi Kuzmin"]
[Black "Evgeni Ellinovich Sveshnikov"]
[ECO "B47"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "41"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be2 a6
7. O-O Nf6 8. Be3 Bb4 9. Nxc6 bxc6 10. Na4 O-O 11. c4 Bd6
12. f4 Nxe4 13. Bd3 Nf6 14. c5 Be7 15. Bd4 Nd5 16. Nb6 Nxb6
17. Bxh7+ Kxh7 18. Qh5+ Kg8 19. Bxg7 Kxg7 20. Qg4+ Kh7 21. Rf3
1-0

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1973.10.23"]
[EventDate "1973.10.02"]
[Round "15"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mark Taimanov"]
[Black "Efim Geller"]
[ECO "E97"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "89"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Be2 O-O 6.Nf3 e5 7.O-O
Nc6 8.d5 Ne7 9.Bd2 Nd7 10.Ne1 f5 11.Nd3 Nf6 12.f3 Kh8 13.Rc1
c5 14.g4 Bd7 15.a3 a5 16.b3 Nc8 17.Kh1 Nb6 18.Nf2 Rf7 19.gxf5
gxf5 20.f4 exf4 21.Bxf4 Qe7 22.Bg5 Qf8 23.exf5 Bxf5 24.Bd3
Bxd3 25.Nxd3 Bh6 26.Bxh6 Qxh6 27.Nb5 Rd8 28.Qf3 Nc8 29.Nf4 Rg8
30.Qc3 Rfg7 31.Rce1 Qh4 32.Qb2 h5 33.Ne6 Rg6 34.Re2 Kh7 35.Qc2
Kh8 36.Nbc7 Ne7 37.Qb2 Kh7 38.Nf8+ Rxf8 39.Rxe7+ Kg8 40.Qe2
Ng4 41.Ref7 Rc8 42.Ne8 Ne5 43.Rf8+ Kh7 44.Nf6+ Rxf6 45.R8xf6
1-0

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1973.10.23"]
[EventDate "1973.10.02"]
[Round "15"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Anatoly Karpov"]
[Black "Karen Ashotovich Grigorian"]
[ECO "D41"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "84"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. d4 e6 6. e4 Nxc3
7. bxc3 cxd4 8. cxd4 Nc6 9. Bc4 Bb4+ 10. Bd2 Qa5 11. d5 Bxd2+
12. Nxd2 Ne7 13. O-O exd5 14. exd5 O-O 15. Re1 Nf5 16. Bb3 Nd6
17. Ne4 Qb4 18. Qf3 Re8 19. a3 Qa5 20. Re3 Nxe4 21. Rxe4 Rxe4
22. Qxe4 Bd7 23. h3 Qc3 24. Qb1 Qc5 25. Bc2 Qxd5 26. Bxh7+ Kh8
27. Be4 Qd4 28. Ra2 Re8 29. Bxb7 Rb8 30. Qe4 Qd1+ 31. Kh2 Be6
32. Rb2 Qd6+ 33. g3 Qxa3 34. Qe5 Rd8 35. Be4 Kg8 36. Rb8 Qe7
37. h4 a5 38. Qh5 f5 39. Rxd8+ Qxd8 40. Bxf5 Bxf5 41. Qxf5 a4
42. Qc2 Qa5 1/2-1/2

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1973.10.23"]
[EventDate "1973.10.02"]
[Round "15"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Nukhim Rashkovsky"]
[Black "Paul Keres"]
[ECO "E04"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "58"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.g3 dxc4 5.Bg2 Nbd7 6.O-O Rb8 7.a4
a6 8.a5 Ne4 9.Qc2 Nd6 10.Ne5 Be7 11.Rd1 O-O 12.Na3 Nf6
13.Naxc4 Nxc4 14.Qxc4 Bd7 15.Nxd7 Qxd7 16.Bf4 Bd6 17.Bg5 Be7
18.Bf4 Bd6 19.Be5 Ne8 20.h4 c6 21.h5 h6 22.Be4 f6 23.Bf3 Rd8
24.Bxd6 Nxd6 25.Qb3 Qf7 26.Rac1 Rd7 27.e3 Rfd8 28.Rc5 Kh8
29.Qc2 f5 1/2-1/2

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1973.10.23"]
[EventDate "1973.10.02"]
[Round "15"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Viktor Korchnoi"]
[Black "Boris Spassky"]
[ECO "E42"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "2660"]
[PlyCount "63"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. d4 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Nge2 cxd4 6. exd4 d5
7. c5 Ne4 8. Bd2 Nxd2 9. Qxd2 Nc6 10. a3 Ba5 11. b4 Bc7 12. g3
b6 13. Bg2 bxc5 14. dxc5 Rb8 15. Rb1 O-O 16. O-O Be5 17. Rfd1
Qc7 18. Qd3 a6 19. Na4 Rd8 20. Nb6 Bb7 21. Qd2 Bf6 22. Nf4 g6
23. Nd3 Bg7 24. a4 Nd4 25. b5 axb5 26. axb5 e5 27. Rdc1 Ne6
28. Nb4 e4 29. Qa2 Nxc5 30. Na4 Ra8 31. Rxc5 Qa5 32. Na6
1/2-1/2

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1973.10.23"]
[EventDate "1973.10.02"]
[Round "15"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Tigran Vartanovich Petrosian"]
[ECO "B17"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "54"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Bc4 Ngf6 6. Ng5
e6 7. Qe2 Nb6 8. Bb3 a5 9. a4 h6 10. N5f3 c5 11. Bf4 Bd6
12. Be5 O-O 13. O-O-O c4 14. Bxc4 Nxa4 15. Nh3 Nb6 16. g4 a4
17. g5 hxg5 18. Nhxg5 a3 19. b3 Bb4 20. Rdg1 a2 21. Kb2 Nxc4+
22. Qxc4 Nd5 23. Ne4 f6 24. Bf4 Ba3+ 25. Ka1 Nxf4 26. h4 Rf7
27. Rg4 Qa5 0-1

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1973.10.23"]
[EventDate "1973.10.02"]
[Round "15"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Vasily Smyslov"]
[Black "Lev Polugaevsky"]
[ECO "B23"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "51"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 d6 3. f4 Nc6 4. Nf3 g6 5. Bb5 Bd7 6. O-O Bg7
7. d3 Nf6 8. Bxc6 Bxc6 9. Qe1 e6 10. f5 Qb6 11. fxe6 fxe6
12. e5 dxe5 13. Nxe5 O-O 14. Nc4 Qd8 15. Qxe6+ Kh8 16. Bg5
Qd4+ 17. Be3 Qh4 18. Rf4 Qh5 19. Qe5 g5 20. Rf5 Ne4 21. Rxf8+
Rxf8 22. Qc7 Rf7 23. Qb8+ Rf8 24. Qc7 Rf7 25. Qb8+ Rf8 26. Qc7
1/2-1/2

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1973.10.23"]
[EventDate "1973.10.02"]
[Round "15"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Evgeni Ellinovich Sveshnikov"]
[Black "Orest Averkin"]
[ECO "B40"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "121"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. c3 d5 4. exd5 Qxd5 5. d4 Nf6 6. Bd3 Nc6
7. O-O Be7 8. c4 Qd8 9. dxc5 Nd7 10. a3 Nxc5 11. Bc2 Qxd1
12. Rxd1 Bf6 13. Be3 b6 14. Ra2 Bb7 15. Ng5 Ne5 16. b4 Ncd7
17. Ba4 h6 18. Bxd7+ Ke7 19. Nxf7 Kxf7 20. Ba4 Rhd8 21. Rad2
Rxd2 22. Rxd2 a5 23. bxa5 Rxa5 24. Bb5 Be4 25. Bxb6 Ra8
26. Rd1 Bd3 27. Bc5 Bxc4 28. Bxc4 Nxc4 29. g3 Bb2 30. Rd3 e5
31. Kg2 Ke6 32. h4 g5 33. h5 e4 34. Rb3 Kd5 35. Bb4 Bd4
36. Nc3+ Ke6 37. Nb5 Bb6 38. Nd6 Nxd6 39. Bxd6 Kxd6 40. Rxb6+
Ke5 41. Rxh6 Rxa3 42. Rh8 Kf6 43. Rg8 Ra2 44. h6 Ra7 45. Kh3
Rh7 46. Kg4 Rxh6 47. Rxg5 Rh1 48. Rf5+ Kg6 49. Ra5 Re1
50. Ra6+ Kf7 51. Ra2 Ke6 52. Kf4 Kd5 53. Rd2+ Kc4 54. g4 Kc3
55. Rd8 Re2 56. g5 Rxf2+ 57. Kxe4 Rg2 58. Kf5 Rf2+ 59. Ke6
Re2+ 60. Kf6 Rf2+ 61. Kg7 1-0

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1973.10.23"]
[EventDate "1973.10.02"]
[Round "15"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Vladimir Savon"]
[Black "Vladimir Borisovich Tukmakov"]
[ECO "B36"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "82"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 g6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. e4 Nf6 6. Nc3
Nxd4 7. Qxd4 d6 8. Be2 Bg7 9. O-O O-O 10. Qe3 Be6 11. Bd2 Qb6
12. b3 Rfc8 13. Rac1 Qxe3 14. Bxe3 Nd7 15. Nd5 Kf8 16. Nf4 Nc5
17. Nxe6+ fxe6 18. f3 a5 19. Rb1 Bc3 20. Rfd1 e5 21. Bxc5 Rxc5
22. g3 Bd4+ 23. Kg2 e6 24. Bd3 Ke7 25. h4 Rc7 26. h5 g5
27. Kh3 h6 28. Kg4 Kd7 29. a3 Kc6 30. Rd2 Rf7 31. Ra2 b6
32. Rd1 Kb7 33. Rdd2 Raf8 34. Be2 Rc7 35. Rdc2 Rfc8 36. Bd3
Rc6 37. Kh3 Rg8 38. Kg4 Rc7 39. Be2 Bc5 40. Bd3 Rf8 41. Be2
Rfc8 1/2-1/2

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1973.10.23"]
[EventDate "1973.10.02"]
[Round "15"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Alexander Beliavsky"]
[Black "Gennadi Kuzmin"]
[ECO "E44"]
[WhiteElo "2450"]
[BlackElo "2575"]
[PlyCount "132"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 b6 5. Nge2 Bb7 6. a3 Be7
7. d5 O-O 8. Ng3 Re8 9. Be2 Bf8 10. O-O exd5 11. cxd5 c6
12. Bf3 Na6 13. b4 Nc7 14. e4 Bd6 15. Bb2 Be5 16. d6 Ne6
17. Na4 Ng5 18. Bxe5 Rxe5 19. Nb2 Ngxe4 20. Nxe4 Nxe4 21. Qd4
Qe8 22. Nd3 Re6 23. Nf4 Rxd6 24. Qxe4 Qxe4 25. Bxe4 Rd4 26. f3
d5 27. Rad1 Rxd1 28. Rxd1 dxe4 29. Rd7 Ba6 30. fxe4 g6 31. e5
Re8 32. Rxa7 Bc4 33. Rb7 b5 34. Rc7 Rxe5 35. Rxc6 Re4 36. g3
Re1+ 37. Kf2 Ra1 38. Ra6 Ra2+ 39. Kg1 Kg7 40. h4 h6 41. Kh1
Bb3 42. Kg1 Bc4 43. Ng2 g5 44. Ne3 Be6 45. hxg5 hxg5 46. Kf1
Kf6 47. Ng4+ Kf5 48. Nf2 Ke5 49. Kg1 Bd5 50. Ng4+ Kd4 51. Nh6
Ke3 52. Rf6 Ra1+ 53. Rf1 Rxf1+ 54. Kxf1 Kf3 55. Nf5 Be4
56. Nd6 f5 57. Kg1 Kxg3 58. Nxb5 f4 59. Nc3 Bd3 60. a4 f3
61. Nd1 Kf4 62. Nf2 Bc2 63. b5 Bxa4 64. Nh1 Ke3 65. Kh2 Kf4
66. Kg1 Bxb5 1/2-1/2

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1973.10.24"]
[EventDate "1973.10.02"]
[Round "16"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Efim Geller"]
[Black "Evgeni Ellinovich Sveshnikov"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "57"]

1.e4 g6 2.d4 c6 3.Nf3 Bg7 4.Bd3 d5 5.e5 c5 6.c3 Bg4 7.Nbd2 Nc6
8.h3 Bd7 9.O-O e6 10.Re1 Nge7 11.dxc5 Qc7 12.Qe2 a5 13.a4 Nb8
14.Nb3 Na6 15.Be3 O-O 16.Bg5 Rfe8 17.Nh2 h6 18.Bf6 Nxc5
19.Nxc5 Qxc5 20.Ng4 Kf8 21.Qd2 Ng8 22.Qf4 g5 23.Qf3 Bc6
24.Bxg7+ Kxg7 25.Nxh6 f5 26.exf6 Nxf6 27.Re5 Rf8 28.Rxg5+ Kh8
29.Qg3 1-0

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1973.10.24"]
[EventDate "1973.10.02"]
[Round "16"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Anatoly Karpov"]
[Black "Nukhim Rashkovsky"]
[ECO "E61"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "107"]

1. c4 g6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 c5 4. d5 d6 5. Nf3 Bg7 6. e4 O-O
7. Be2 e6 8. O-O Re8 9. h3 exd5 10. exd5 Ne4 11. Nxe4 Rxe4
12. Bd3 Re8 13. Bg5 Qb6 14. Rb1 Bd7 15. a3 a5 16. b3 Qc7
17. Qd2 a4 18. Bh6 axb3 19. Bxg7 Kxg7 20. Rxb3 Bc8 21. Qb2+
Kg8 22. Nd2 f5 23. Nf3 Nd7 24. Ng5 Nf8 25. Qd2 Qe7 26. f4 Qe3+
27. Qxe3 Rxe3 28. Kf2 Re7 29. Ra1 Nd7 30. Nf3 Kf8 31. Nd2 Nf6
32. a4 Ra5 33. Bc2 Ke8 34. Kf3 Kd8 35. Rbb1 Ra6 36. a5 Ra7
37. Rg1 Ra6 38. Nb3 Bd7 39. Rgb1 Ra7 40. Nd2 Bc8 41. Nf1 Ra6
42. Rb6 h6 43. Rxa6 bxa6 44. Rb1 g5 45. Ng3 g4+ 46. hxg4 fxg4+
47. Kf2 Ne8 48. Bg6 Rg7 49. Bxe8 Kxe8 50. Ne4 Ke7 51. Rb8 Bd7
52. Kg3 Rg6 53. Rb7 Kd8 54. Rb6 1-0

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1973.10.24"]
[EventDate "1973.10.02"]
[Round "16"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Paul Keres"]
[Black "Vasily Smyslov"]
[ECO "C93"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "61"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3
O-O 8.c3 d6 9.h3 h6 10.d4 Re8 11.Nbd2 Bf8 12.Nf1 Bd7 13.dxe5
Nxe5 14.Nxe5 dxe5 15.Qf3 Be6 16.Rd1 Qe7 17.Ne3 Rad8 18.Rxd8
Rxd8 19.Nf5 Bxf5 20.Qxf5 Qd7 21.Qxd7 Nxd7 22.Kf1 Nc5 23.Bc2
Be7 24.Ke2 Bg5 25.Be3 Bxe3 26.Kxe3 Kf8 27.g3 Ke7 28.h4 a5
29.a3 Rd6 30.Rd1 Rxd1 31.Bxd1 1/2-1/2

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1973.10.24"]
[EventDate "1973.10.02"]
[Round "16"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Tigran Vartanovich Petrosian"]
[Black "Viktor Korchnoi"]
[ECO "D91"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "69"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Bg5 Ne4 6. cxd5
Nxg5 7. Nxg5 c6 8. Nf3 cxd5 9. e3 O-O 10. Be2 Nc6 11. O-O e6
12. Rc1 Qe7 13. Na4 Rd8 14. a3 e5 15. Bb5 e4 16. Nd2 Bd7
17. Rc5 a6 18. Be2 Nxd4 19. exd4 Bxd4 20. Rc7 Qg5 21. Nxe4 Qe5
22. Ng5 Qxc7 23. Qxd4 Bxa4 24. Qxa4 Qe7 25. Qh4 f6 26. Nxh7
Qxh7 27. Qxf6 Qg7 28. Qe6+ Qf7 29. Qg4 Rd6 30. Bd3 Rf8 31. g3
Qf3 32. Qb4 Re6 33. Qd2 Rfe8 34. h4 Kg7 35. Rc1 1/2-1/2

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1973.10.24"]
[EventDate "1973.10.02"]
[Round "16"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Lev Polugaevsky"]
[Black "Vladimir Savon"]
[ECO "A15"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "39"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. g3 b6 4. Bg2 Bb7 5. O-O g6 6. b3 Bg7
7. Bb2 O-O 8. Nc3 Na6 9. Rc1 Rc8 10. d4 d5 11. dxc5 Nxc5
12. Nxd5 Nxd5 13. Bxg7 Kxg7 14. cxd5 Qxd5 15. Qxd5 Bxd5
16. Rfd1 e6 17. Nd4 Bxg2 18. Kxg2 Rfd8 19. Nb5 Rxd1 20. Rxd1
1/2-1/2

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1973.10.24"]
[EventDate "1973.10.02"]
[Round "16"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Karen Ashotovich Grigorian"]
[Black "Boris Spassky"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "69"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 c5 5. dxc5 Nc6 6. Nf3
Bxc5 7. Bf4 O-O 8. e3 d5 9. Rd1 Qa5 10. a3 Be7 11. Nd2 e5
12. Nb3 Qc7 13. Bg3 dxc4 14. Bxc4 Nb4 15. Qe2 Nc2+ 16. Qxc2
Qxc4 17. Bxe5 b6 18. Nd4 Rd8 19. b3 Qc5 20. Bxf6 Bxf6 21. Ne4
Qxa3 22. Nxf6+ gxf6 23. O-O Qc5 24. Qe4 Bd7 25. Rc1 Qe5
26. Qb7 Qb8 27. Rc7 Qxb7 28. Rxb7 Bc8 29. Rc7 Bd7 30. f3 a5
31. Rfc1 b5 32. Ra1 a4 33. bxa4 bxa4 34. Ra3 Rac8 35. Rxd7
1/2-1/2

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1973.10.24"]
[EventDate "1973.10.02"]
[Round "16"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Vladimir Borisovich Tukmakov"]
[Black "Mark Taimanov"]
[ECO "B46"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "69"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 e6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be2 Nge7
7.Nb3 b5 8.Be3 Ng6 9.f4 Be7 10.g3 O-O 11.h4 Re8 12.Qd2 Na5
13.h5 Nf8 14.h6 g6 15.Qd4 f6 16.Nd5 Nxb3 17.axb3 Bb7 18.Nxe7+
Qxe7 19.Bf3 e5 20.fxe5 Qxe5 21.Qxe5 Rxe5 22.Bd4 Re6 23.O-O
Bxe4 24.Bxf6 Bxf3 25.Rxf3 Rae8 26.Bc3 g5 27.Rf5 Rg6 28.Bb4 g4
29.Raf1 Ne6 30.Rf6 Rxf6 31.Rxf6 Nd4 32.c3 Nf3+ 33.Kf2 Ne5+
34.Bd6 Nd3+ 35.Kf1 1/2-1/2

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1973.10.24"]
[EventDate "1973.10.02"]
[Round "16"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Gennadi Kuzmin"]
[Black "Mikhail Tal"]
[ECO "B67"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "40"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Bg5 e6 7.Qd2
a6 8.O-O-O Bd7 9.f3 Be7 10.h4 Nxd4 11.Qxd4 Bc6 12.Bxf6 Bxf6
13.Qxd6 Qb6 14.Qf4 Qb4 15.Qe3 Qa5 16.Nd5 Bxd5 17.exd5 Qxa2
18.Qa3 Qxa3 19.bxa3 O-O-O 20.Bc4 exd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1973.10.24"]
[EventDate "1973.10.02"]
[Round "16"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Orest Averkin"]
[Black "Alexander Beliavsky"]
[ECO "A47"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "83"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 b6 3. c4 Bb7 4. e3 e6 5. Bd3 c5 6. O-O cxd4
7. exd4 Be7 8. Nbd2 O-O 9. b3 d5 10. Bb2 Nc6 11. Rc1 Rc8
12. Qe2 Rc7 13. Rfd1 Qa8 14. a3 a5 15. Rc2 Rfc8 16. Rdc1 Nb8
17. Ne5 Nbd7 18. Ndf3 dxc4 19. bxc4 Nxe5 20. Nxe5 Bxg2 21. d5
exd5 22. Kxg2 dxc4+ 23. Qf3 Qxf3+ 24. Nxf3 b5 25. a4 Rc5
26. Bf1 Nd5 27. Bd4 Nf4+ 28. Kh1 Rf5 29. Bb2 bxa4 30. Rxc4
Rxc4 31. Rxc4 Ne6 32. Rc8+ Nf8 33. Kg2 a3 34. Ba1 Rd5 35. Bc4
Rd1 36. Bd4 h5 37. Bb3 Rb1 38. Ba2 Rb7 39. Ne5 Bf6 40. f4 Bxe5
41. fxe5 Rd7 42. e6 1-0

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1973.10.26"]
[EventDate "1973.10.02"]
[Round "17"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexander Beliavsky"]
[Black "Efim Geller"]
[ECO "C93"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "123"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3
O-O 8.c3 d6 9.h3 h6 10.d4 Re8 11.Nbd2 Bf8 12.Nf1 Bd7 13.Ng3
Na5 14.Bc2 Nc4 15.Bd3 Nb6 16.Nh2 c5 17.d5 a5 18.Rf1 Rb8 19.Be3
Na4 20.Rb1 c4 21.Bc2 Nc5 22.Bxc5 dxc5 23.a4 b4 24.Ra1 b3
25.Bb1 Bc8 26.Nf3 Nd7 27.Nf5 Nb6 28.Ne3 Ba6 29.Qe2 g6 30.Nd2
Qg5 31.Ra3 Qh5 32.f3 Qg5 33.Ndxc4 Nxc4 34.Nxc4 Bxc4 35.Qxc4
Qe3+ 36.Kh1 Bd6 37.Rxb3 Rxb3 38.Qxb3 Rb8 39.Qc2 h5 40.Ba2 Kg7
41.Bc4 h4 42.Qf2 Qxf2 43.Rxf2 f5 44.Kh2 f4 45.Kg1 Kf6 46.Kf1
Ke7 47.Rc2 Kd8 48.Ke2 Kc7 49.Kd3 g5 50.Bb5 Kb6 51.Rc1 Rc8
52.Ra1 Rb8 53.Kc4 Rc8 54.Ra3 Rb8 55.Rb3 Kc7 56.Bc6 Rxb3
57.Kxb3 Kb6 58.Kc4 Bf8 59.Bd7 Bd6 60.Bc8 Bf8 61.d6 Kc6 62.Bb7+
1-0

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1973.10.26"]
[EventDate "1973.10.02"]
[Round "17"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Vasily Smyslov"]
[Black "Anatoly Karpov"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "57"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5
7. Nf3 Be7 8. O-O O-O 9. Re1 Nbd7 10. a4 Qc7 11. Nd2 Nc5
12. Bf3 Rb8 13. a5 Ne6 14. Nb3 b5 15. axb6 Rxb6 16. Be3 Rb4
17. Be2 Bb7 18. f3 d5 19. Nxd5 Nxd5 20. exd5 Nd4 21. Nxd4 exd4
22. c3 dxc3 23. bxc3 Qxc3 24. Bxa6 Bc5 25. Bxc5 Qxc5+ 26. Kh1
Bxa6 27. Rxa6 Rd4 28. Qa1 Qxd5 29. Ra5 1/2-1/2

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1973.10.26"]
[EventDate "1973.10.02"]
[Round "17"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Vladimir Savon"]
[Black "Paul Keres"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "61"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.d4 Be7 5.e3 O-O 6.Bd3 dxc4 7.Bxc4
c5 8.O-O a6 9.Qe2 b5 10.Bb3 Bb7 11.Rd1 Qc7 12.Bd2 Nbd7 13.Rac1
Rac8 14.e4 b4 15.Na4 Nxe4 16.Bxb4 Qf4 17.dxc5 Ndxc5 18.Nxc5
Bxc5 19.Bxc5 Rxc5 20.Rxc5 Nxc5 21.Bc2 g6 22.Qd2 Qxd2 23.Rxd2
Rb8 24.b3 Kf8 25.Ne5 Bd5 26.f3 Rb7 27.Kf2 Ke7 28.Ke3 a5 29.Nd3
Nxd3 30.Rxd3 Rc7 31.Kd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1973.10.26"]
[EventDate "1973.10.02"]
[Round "17"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Viktor Korchnoi"]
[Black "Gennadi Kuzmin"]
[ECO "A22"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "76"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. g3 Bb4 4. Bg2 O-O 5. e4 Bxc3 6. dxc3 d6
7. Qe2 a6 8. Nf3 b5 9. c5 Bb7 10. cxd6 cxd6 11. Nh4 d5 12. Bg5
h6 13. Bxf6 Qxf6 14. exd5 Nd7 15. O-O Rfe8 16. a4 bxa4
17. Rxa4 Nb6 18. Ra5 e4 19. d6 Rad8 20. Nf5 Nc8 21. Qe3 Nxd6
22. Qb6 Nxf5 23. Qxb7 Rb8 24. Qd5 g6 25. Bxe4 Rbd8 26. Qc6 Re6
27. Qa4 Nd4 28. Bg2 Ne2+ 29. Kh1 Rd2 30. Qa1 Rb6 31. Ra2 h5
32. c4 Rbxb2 33. Rxb2 Rxb2 34. c5 Kg7 35. c6 Rc2 36. Be4 Rc5
37. Qxa6 Nd4 38. Qa3 Qe5 1/2-1/2

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1973.10.26"]
[EventDate "1973.10.02"]
[Round "17"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Boris Spassky"]
[Black "Tigran Vartanovich Petrosian"]
[ECO "B83"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "49"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Be2 Be7
7. O-O O-O 8. f4 Nc6 9. Be3 Bd7 10. Nb3 a6 11. a4 b6 12. Bf3
Qc7 13. Qe2 Be8 14. g4 Nd7 15. g5 Nc5 16. Bg2 f6 17. h4 Bf7
18. f5 Kh8 19. Rad1 Rae8 20. fxe6 Bxe6 21. Nd5 Qd8 22. Nxe7
Rxe7 23. Nd4 Nxd4 24. Bxd4 fxg5 25. hxg5 1/2-1/2

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1973.10.26"]
[EventDate "1973.10.02"]
[Round "17"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Mark Taimanov"]
[Black "Lev Polugaevsky"]
[ECO "E17"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "47"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Be7 6. Nc3 Ne4
7. Bd2 d6 8. d5 Nxd2 9. Nxd2 O-O 10. O-O Kh8 11. Qc2 Nd7
12. b4 Bf6 13. Nde4 Bxc3 14. Nxc3 Qe7 15. a3 Nf6 16. Rfd1 e5
17. e4 c6 18. Qd3 cxd5 19. Nxd5 Nxd5 20. cxd5 Qd7 21. Rac1
Rac8 22. Bf1 Rxc1 23. Rxc1 Rc8 24. Rxc8+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1973.10.26"]
[EventDate "1973.10.02"]
[Round "17"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Orest Averkin"]
[ECO "B18"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "139"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Bf5 5.Ng3 Bg6 6.Bc4 Nf6
7.Nf3 Nbd7 8.O-O e6 9.Ng5 h6 10.Nh3 Bd6 11.Nf4 Bxf4 12.Bxf4
O-O 13.Bb3 a5 14.c4 Re8 15.Re1 Qb6 16.c5 Qb5 17.Bc2 Bxc2
18.Qxc2 b6 19.Bd6 a4 20.Rac1 Qb4 21.Red1 bxc5 22.a3 Qb7
23.dxc5 Ra5 24.Rd4 Rb5 25.Rb1 Ra8 26.Rc4 Qa6 27.Ne2 Nd5 28.Nd4
Rb7 29.Rc1 N7f6 30.Qe2 Re8 31.Be5 Nd7 32.Bg3 N7f6 33.R4c2 Qxe2
34.Rxe2 Ne7 35.Bd6 Nfd5 36.Kf1 Ra8 37.Rc4 Ra6 38.Ke1 Nc8
39.Bg3 Na7 40.Kd1 Nb5 41.Nf3 Ndc7 42.Kc1 f6 43.Rce4 Rba7
44.Bxc7 Nxc7 45.Rd2 e5 46.Rd8+ Kh7 47.Rc4 Ne6 48.Rd6 Re7
49.Ne1 Nd4 50.Nc2 Nb3+ 51.Kd1 Ra5 52.Rxc6 Rd7+ 53.Ke1 Rd5
54.Nb4 Rdxc5 55.R4xc5 Nxc5 56.Kd2 Kg6 57.Ke3 Rb5 58.f3 Kf5
59.Rc7 Kg6 60.Re7 h5 61.h4 Rb8 62.Ra7 Rb5 63.Ra8 Kf5 64.Rh8 g6
65.Rc8 g5 66.g3 gxh4 67.gxh4 Ne6 68.Ra8 Rc5 69.Rxa4 Rc4 70.Nd5
1-0

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1973.10.26"]
[EventDate "1973.10.02"]
[Round "17"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Evgeni Ellinovich Sveshnikov"]
[Black "Vladimir Borisovich Tukmakov"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "95"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. Be3 c6 5. g3 Nf6 6. h3 Nbd7
7. Bg2 e5 8. Nge2 b5 9. O-O O-O 10. dxe5 Nxe5 11. b3 Qe7
12. a3 a5 13. Qc1 Re8 14. Rd1 Ba6 15. Nd4 b4 16. axb4 axb4
17. f4 bxc3 18. fxe5 dxe5 19. Nxc6 Qb7 20. Rd6 Bb5 21. Na7 Bd7
22. Rb6 Qc7 23. Nb5 Bxb5 24. Rxb5 Bf8 25. Qf1 Nh5 26. Kh2 Ng7
27. Rxa8 Rxa8 28. Qc4 Qxc4 29. bxc4 Ra2 30. c5 Rxc2 31. c6 Ne6
32. Rxe5 Bd6 33. Rd5 Bc7 34. Rd3 Be5 35. Rd5 f6 36. Bd4 Bxd4
37. Rxd4 Kf8 38. Rc4 Nc7 39. g4 g5 40. Kg3 Ke7 41. e5 fxe5
42. Be4 Rc1 43. Bxh7 Kd6 44. Kh2 Kd5 45. Bg8+ Kd6 46. Bh7 Kd5
47. Bg8+ Kd6 48. Bh7 1/2-1/2

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1973.10.26"]
[EventDate "1973.10.02"]
[Round "17"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Nukhim Rashkovsky"]
[Black "Karen Ashotovich Grigorian"]
[ECO "D20"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "48"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e4 c5 4. d5 Nf6 5. Nc3 b5 6. e5 b4
7. exf6 bxc3 8. bxc3 Nd7 9. Qa4 exf6 10. Bf4 Qb6 11. Bxc4 Bd6
12. Ne2 O-O 13. O-O Bxf4 14. Nxf4 Qd6 15. Bd3 Nb6 16. Qe4 f5
17. Qf3 c4 18. Bc2 g6 19. Rfd1 Bb7 20. Qg3 Rfd8 21. Bxf5 Nxd5
22. Nxd5 Bxd5 23. Qxd6 Rxd6 24. Bc2 Rad8 1/2-1/2

