[Event "URS-ch16"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "1948.??.??"] [Round "1"] [White "Keres, Paul"] [Black "Kholmov, Ratmir D"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteElo ""] [BlackElo ""] [ECO "C08"] 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. exd5 exd5 5. Ngf3 Nf6 6. Bb5+ Bd7 7. Qe2+ Be7 8. dxc5 O-O 9. Nb3 Bxc5 10. Bxd7 Nbxd7 11. O-O Re8 12. Qd3 Bb6 13. Bd2 Qc7 14. Be3 Ne4 15. Bd4 Rac8 16. c3 Bxd4 17. Nbxd4 Nb6 18. Rfe1 Nc4 19. Re2 g6 20. Rae1 a6 21. Qb1 b5 22. Qc1 Re7 23. Nc2 Rce8 24. Nb4 Qd6 25. Qd1 Nf6 26. Rxe7 Rxe7 27. Rxe7 Qxe7 28. b3 Ne5 29. Nxd5 Nxf3+ 30. gxf3 Nxd5 31. Qxd5 Qe1+ 32. Kg2 Qxc3 33. Qa8+ Kg7 34. Qxa6 Qc5 35. Qa5 Qg5+ 36. Kf1 Qc1+ 37. Qe1 Qf4 38. Qc3+ f6 39. Qe3 Qd6 40. a4 bxa4 41. Qa7+ Kf8 42. bxa4 Qxh2 43. Qc5+ Kg7 44. Qe7+ Kh6 45. Qxf6 Qh3+ 46. Kg1 Qg4+ 47. Kh2 Qh5+ 48. Kg2 Qg4+ 49. Kf1 Qxa4 50. Qf8+ Kg5 51. Qe7+ Kh6 52. Qe3+ Kg7 53. Qe5+ Kf7 54. Kg2 Qe8 55. Qf4+ Kg8 56. Kg3 Qe7 57. Qc4+ Kg7 58. f4 Qd7 59. Qc3+ Kg8 60. Qe5 Kf7 61. Qh8 Qd3+ 62. Kh4 h5 63. Qc8 Qd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "URS-ch16"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "1948.??.??"] [Round "2"] [White "Tolush, Alexander V"] [Black "Keres, Paul"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteElo ""] [BlackElo ""] [ECO "E11"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Qe7 5. Bg2 Nc6 6. Nf3 Bxd2+ 7. Nbxd2 O-O 8. O-O d6 9. e4 e5 10. d5 Nb8 11. Ne1 a5 12. Nd3 Na6 13. f4 Nc5 14. Nxc5 dxc5 15. f5 Ne8 16. Rc1 Ra6 17. g4 Kh8 18. Rc3 Rg8 19. Rg3 g5 20. Kf2 Rh6 21. Rh1 Nd6 22. Bf1 Rh4 23. Bd3 h5 24. h3 hxg4 25. Rxg4 Rg7 26. Nf3 Rxg4 27. hxg4+ Kg8 28. Rh6 f6 29. Qh1 Rh7 1/2-1/2

[Event "URS-ch16"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "1948.??.??"] [Round "3"] [White "Keres, Paul"] [Black "Averbakh, Yuri L"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteElo ""] [BlackElo ""] [ECO "D30"] 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 d5 4. Bg5 Bb4+ 5. Nbd2 Nbd7 6. a3 Be7 7. e3 O-O 8. Qc2 h6 9. Bh4 Re8 10. Rc1 c6 11. Bd3 dxc4 12. Nxc4 c5 13. Ncd2 cxd4 14. exd4 Nb6 15. O-O Bd7 16. Ne5 Rc8 17. Qb1 Nbd5 18. Bg3 Rf8 19. Rxc8 Bxc8 20. Be2 Bd7 21. Rc1 Qb6 22. Nxd7 Nxd7 23. Nf3 N7f6 24. h3 Ne8 25. Rc2 Nd6 26. Bd3 Rc8 27. Be5 Rxc2 28. Qxc2 Qd8 29. Nd2 Qc8 30. Bh7+ Kh8 31. Qxc8+ Nxc8 32. Be4 f6 33. Bh2 Bd6 34. Nc4 Bxh2+ 35. Kxh2 Nce7 36. Ne3 b6 37. Kg3 Kg8 38. h4 Kf7 39. Bxd5 exd5 40. h5 f5 41. Kf4 Ke6 42. g3 1/2-1/2

[Event "URS-ch16"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "1948.??.??"] [Round "4"] [White "Flohr, Salo"] [Black "Keres, Paul"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteElo ""] [BlackElo ""] [ECO "E39"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. Nf3 c5 6. dxc5 Na6 7. Bd2 Nxc5 8. e3 b6 9. Be2 Bb7 10. O-O Nce4 11. Nxe4 Bxe4 12. Bd3 Bxd3 13. Qxd3 Qe7 14. e4 Bxd2 15. Nxd2 Rfd8 16. e5 Ne8 17. Ne4 d6 18. exd6 Nxd6 19. Rad1 Nf5 20. Qf3 Nd4 21. Qe3 Nf5 22. Qf3 h6 23. Ng3 Nxg3 24. hxg3 1/2-1/2

[Event "URS-ch16"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "1948.??.??"] [Round "6"] [White "Keres, Paul"] [Black "Bondarevsky, Igor"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteElo ""] [BlackElo ""] [ECO "C08"] 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. Ngf3 Nf6 5. exd5 exd5 6. Bb5+ Bd7 7. Qe2+ Be7 8. dxc5 O-O 9. Nb3 Re8 10. Be3 Bxc5 11. Bxd7 Nbxd7 12. Nxc5 Nxc5 13. Qb5 Ne6 14. O-O Qc7 15. c3 a6 16. Qb6 Qxb6 17. Bxb6 Nf4 18. Rfd1 Rac8 19. Kf1 Ne6 20. Be3 h6 21. h3 Red8 22. Nh4 d4 23. cxd4 Rc2 24. Rab1 Nd5 25. Nf3 f5 26. Rd3 Rdc8 27. Bd2 R8c6 28. Rb3 b5 29. g3 Rc8 30. Rd3 Nf6 31. Ne1 R2c4 32. Rd1 Rd8 33. Ba5 Rd5 34. Ng2 Ra4 35. Bc3 b4 36. b3 Rxa2 37. Bxb4 Rb5 38. Be1 Nd5 39. Ne3 f4 40. Nxd5 Rxd5 41. gxf4 1/2-1/2

[Event "URS-ch16"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "1948.??.??"] [Round "7"] [White "Furman, Semen Abramovich"] [Black "Keres, Paul"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo ""] [BlackElo ""] [ECO "E15"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. Qa4 c6 6. Nc3 d5 7. cxd5 exd5 8. Ne5 Bb7 9. Bg5 Be7 10. Bg2 O-O 11. O-O h6 12. Bxf6 Bxf6 13. f4 a5 14. Rad1 Qc8 15. e4 b5 16. Qc2 Na6 17. Rc1 Nc7 18. Rfd1 Qe6 19. Nxd5 Nxd5 20. exd5 cxd5 21. Qc7 Ra7 22. Qc5 Ra6 23. Qxb5 Rb6 24. Qe2 Be7 25. Rc2 Rd8 26. Qh5 Bd6 27. Bh3 Qf6 28. Ng4 Qe7 29. Re2 Qf8 30. Ne5 Ba6 31. Rf2 Bb5 32. Rc1 Bb8 33. Rfc2 g6 34. Qh4 Kg7 35. a3 Bxe5 36. fxe5 Bd3 37. Rc6 Rxb2 38. Qf6+ Kg8 39. e6 Rdb8 40. Rc8 Rxc8 41. Rxc8 Rb1+ 42. Kf2 Qxc8 43. exf7+ Kh7 44. f8=N+ Kg8 45. Be6+ Qxe6 46. Qxe6+ Kxf8 47. Qxd5 Bf5 48. Qxa5 Kf7 49. a4 Ke6 50. Qe5+ Kd7 51. g4 Rb2+ 52. Kg3 Rb3+ 53. Kf4 Be6 54. Qg7+ Kd6 55. Qf8+ Kd7 56. Qxh6 1-0

[Event "URS-ch16"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "1948.??.??"] [Round "8"] [White "Keres, Paul"] [Black "Taimanov, Mark E"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteElo ""] [BlackElo ""] [ECO "A34"] 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e3 Nc6 6. Bb5 Nxc3 7. bxc3 Bd7 8. O-O e6 9. d4 Be7 10. e4 O-O 11. Qe2 cxd4 12. cxd4 Rc8 13. Bb2 Nb4 14. Bc4 Bb5 15. Bxb5 Rc2 16. Qe3 Rxb2 17. Qa3 Rc2 18. Qxa7 Qc7 19. a3 Na2 20. Bd3 Rc3 21. Rxa2 Rxd3 22. Rb2 Rxa3 23. Qxb7 Qc3 24. Rbb1 Bf6 25. Rbc1 Qa5 26. Rc5 Qa4 27. e5 Bd8 28. Rc8 Rb3 29. Qe4 h6 30. h3 Be7 31. Rfc1 Rb8 32. Rxf8+ Bxf8 33. Rc7 Qa5 34. Qc6 Qa2 35. Qe4 Qa5 36. Rc2 Qa4 37. Kh2 Qa5 38. Qc6 Qd8 39. Qc7 Qxc7 40. Rxc7 Rd8 41. Kg3 Ra8 42. h4 Bb4 43. Rb7 Bc3 44. Rb3 Rc8 45. Kf4 Kf8 46. Ke3 Ke8 47. Ng1 Ba5 48. Ne2 Rc2 49. Rb8+ Bd8 50. g3 Ke7 51. Ra8 g5 52. hxg5 hxg5 53. Ra7+ Ke8 54. g4 Bb6 55. Ra6 Rb2 56. Kd3 Kd7 57. Nc3 Rb4 58. Ra4 Rxa4 59. Nxa4 Bd8 60. Nc5+ Ke7 61. d5 exd5 62. Kd4 Kf8 63. Kxd5 Kg7 64. Nb3 Kg6 65. Kc6 Be7 66. Nc5 Bf8 67. Nd3 Be7 68. Kd7 Bf8 69. Ke8 Ba3 70. Kd8 Kg7 71. Kc7 Kg6 72. Kc8 Kg7 73. Kd7 Kg6 74. Kc6 Be7 75. Kc7 Bf8 76. Kc8 Be7 77. Kd7 Ba3 78. Kc7 Be7 79. Kc6 Ba3 80. Kd5 Be7 81. e6 fxe6+ 82. Kxe6 Bd8 83. Ne5+ Kg7 84. f3 Bb6 85. Nc4 Bc7 86. Kf5 Bf4 87. Ne5 Bc1 88. Nd7 Be3 89. Nf6 Bc1 90. Ne8+ Kh6 91. Kf6 Bb2+ 92. Kf7 Kh7 93. Nd6 Kh6 94. Nc4 Bd4 95. Ke6 Kg6 96. Ne5+ Kg7 97. Kf5 Be3 98. Nd3 Kh6 99. Kf6 Bd4+ 100. Ne5 Bb2 101. Kf5 Kg7 102. Nd3 Bf6 103. Nb4 Bc3 104. Nc6 Bd2 105. Nd4 Bc1 1/2-1/2

[Event "URS-ch16"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "1948.??.??"] [Round "9"] [White "Kotov, Alexander"] [Black "Keres, Paul"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo ""] [BlackElo ""] [ECO "C05"] 1. d4 e6 2. e4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. Bd3 c5 6. c3 b6 7. Ne2 Ba6 8. Bxa6 Nxa6 9. O-O Be7 10. Ng3 O-O 11. Qg4 f5 12. exf6 Rxf6 13. Nh5 Rg6 14. Qe2 Nc7 15. Nf3 Bd6 16. g3 e5 17. Nxe5 Bxe5 18. dxe5 Re6 19. Qg4 g6 20. Nf6+ Nxf6 21. exf6 Qxf6 22. Bf4 Ne8 23. Rad1 Qf7 24. Qf3 Nf6 25. c4 Rae8 26. cxd5 Re2 27. Qb3 Nd7 28. Rd3 g5 29. Bc7 Nf6 30. Rf3 Qxc7 31. Rxf6 c4 32. Qb5 Qe5 33. Rc6 Rxb2 34. Qxc4 Rd2 35. Rc8 Rxc8 36. Qxc8+ Kf7 37. Rc1 Qxd5 38. Rc7+ Kg6 39. Qe8+ Kf5 40. Qf8+ Kg4 41. f3+ 1-0

[Event "URS-ch16"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "1948.??.??"] [Round "10"] [White "Keres, Paul"] [Black "Levenfish, Grigory"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo ""] [BlackElo ""] [ECO "C15"] 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Bd2 dxe4 5. Qg4 Qxd4 6. O-O-O f5 7. Qg3 Bd6 8. Bf4 Bxf4+ 9. Qxf4 Qc5 10. f3 Ne7 11. fxe4 O-O 12. Nf3 Nd7 13. Bd3 e5 14. Qd2 Nb6 15. Rhe1 Nc6 16. Nd5 fxe4 17. Bxe4 Bf5 18. Nxb6 axb6 19. Qd5+ Qxd5 20. Bxd5+ Kh8 21. Nxe5 Nxe5 22. Rxe5 c6 23. Bb3 Bg4 24. Rde1 Rad8 25. Re7 Bc8 26. Bf7 g5 27. b3 b5 28. R1e5 Rd7 29. Rxd7 Bxd7 30. Re7 Rd8 31. h3 b4 32. Bc4 Bf5 33. g4 b5 34. Bf7 Rd7 35. Re8+ Kg7 36. Bh5 Bg6 37. Bxg6 hxg6 38. Re6 Rc7 39. Kd2 Kf7 40. Rd6 Rc8 41. Rd4 Ra8 42. Rd6 Rc8 43. Ke3 Rh8 44. Rxc6 Rxh3+ 45. Kf2 Rh2+ 46. Kf3 Rd2 47. Rc5 Kf6 48. Rxb5 Rxc2 49. Rxb4 Rxa2 50. Re4 Ra8 51. b4 Rb8 52. Ke3 Rd8 53. b5 Rb8 54. Rb4 Ke5 55. b6 Kd5 56. b7 Kc5 57. Rb1 Re8+ 58. Kd3 Rd8+ 59. Kc3 Rb8 60. Rb2 Kd5 61. Rb4 Kc5 62. Kb3 Kd5 63. Rb5+ Ke4 64. Ka4 Kf3 65. Rb4 Rxb7 66. Rxb7 Kxg4 67. Kb3 Kf3 68. Kc3 g4 69. Kd2 g3 70. Ke1 Kg2 71. Rg7 1-0

[Event "URS-ch16"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "1948.??.??"] [Round "11"] [White "Alatortsev, Vladimir"] [Black "Keres, Paul"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteElo ""] [BlackElo ""] [ECO "E04"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 dxc4 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Nbd2 Nb6 7. Nxc4 Nxc4 8. Qa4+ Bd7 9. Qxc4 Bc6 10. O-O Be7 11. Ne5 Bxg2 12. Kxg2 O-O 13. Bf4 Nd5 14. Nd3 c6 15. Rfd1 Qb6 16. Bd2 Rfd8 17. e3 Nf6 18. Rac1 Rd5 19. Bb4 Bxb4 20. Nxb4 Rh5 21. Nd3 Rd8 22. Ne5 Qxb2 23. Rc2 Qb6 24. Rd3 Nd7 25. Rb3 Qc7 26. f4 Nb6 27. Qe2 Rh6 28. Ng4 Rg6 29. Ne5 Rh6 30. Ng4 Rg6 31. Ne5 1/2-1/2

[Event "URS-ch16"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "1948.??.??"] [Round "12"] [White "Keres, Paul"] [Black "Konstantinopolsky, Alexander"] [Result "0-1"] [WhiteElo ""] [BlackElo ""] [ECO "B14"] 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. c4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nf3 Be7 7. a3 O-O 8. c5 Ne4 9. Qc2 f5 10. Be2 Nc6 11. Bb5 Bf6 12. Bxc6 bxc6 13. O-O g5 14. Ne5 Bxe5 15. dxe5 Nxc3 16. Qxc3 f4 17. Bd2 Ba6 18. Rfe1 Rb8 19. Qd4 Bc4 20. Bc3 Qe8 21. Qd1 Rb7 22. a4 Qg6 23. Ra3 g4 24. Bd4 Rg7 25. f3 h5 26. Rc3 Rf5 27. Kh1 Rg5 28. b3 Ba6 29. Rg1 gxf3 30. Qxf3 Qe4 31. Qf2 Bd3 32. b4 Qf5 33. b5 Be4 34. bxc6 Rxg2 35. Rxg2 Rxg2 36. Qxg2+ Bxg2+ 37. Kxg2 Qe4+ 38. Kf1 f3 39. Be3 Qg6 40. Ke1 Qb1+ 41. Kd2 Qb2+ 42. Rc2 Qxe5 43. c7 Qxh2+ 44. Kd1 Qxc7 45. c6 e5 46. Bxa7 d4 47. Bb6 d3 48. Rc1 Qxb6 49. c7 Qxc7 50. Rxc7 f2 0-1

[Event "URS-ch16"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "1948.??.??"] [Round "13"] [White "Ilivitzki, Georgi A"] [Black "Keres, Paul"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteElo ""] [BlackElo ""] [ECO "E01"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 c5 4. Nf3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 d5 6. Bg2 e5 7. Nf3 d4 8. O-O Nc6 9. e3 Be7 10. exd4 exd4 11. a3 a5 12. b3 O-O 13. Bb2 Bc5 14. b4 axb4 15. axb4 Rxa1 16. Bxa1 Nxb4 17. Bxd4 b6 18. Nc3 Be6 19. Bxc5 bxc5 20. Qxd8 Rxd8 21. Na4 Rc8 22. Ne5 Kf8 23. f4 Bf5 24. Bf3 h5 25. Nc3 Nc2 26. Nd5 Rd8 27. Rd1 1/2-1/2

[Event "URS-ch16"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "1948.??.??"] [Round "14"] [White "Keres, Paul"] [Black "Panov, Vasily N"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo ""] [BlackElo ""] [ECO "A93"] 1. c4 Nf6 2. d4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Be7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. O-O Nc6 7. b3 Ne4 8. Bb2 f5 9. Ne5 Nxe5 10. dxe5 c6 11. Nc3 Bd7 12. e3 Nxc3 13. Bxc3 dxc4 14. bxc4 Qc7 15. Rb1 Rad8 16. Qb3 Bc8 17. Qa4 Bc5 18. Rfd1 Rxd1+ 19. Rxd1 Rd8 20. Bd4 Be7 21. c5 a6 22. Rb1 Rf8 23. f4 Qd7 24. Qc4 Rd8 25. Bf3 Qe8 26. Rb2 Qg6 27. Rg2 Kh8 28. Qc2 Qf7 29. g4 fxg4 30. Bxg4 Kg8 31. Be2 Qf5 32. Qxf5 exf5 33. Bc4+ Kf8 34. e6 g6 35. h4 b6 36. h5 Bxc5 37. Bxc5+ bxc5 38. hxg6 hxg6 39. Rxg6 Ke7 40. Kf2 Rd2+ 41. Kf3 Rb2 42. Rg7+ Kd6 43. e7 Bd7 44. Bf7 c4 45. e8=Q Bxe8 46. Bxe8 c3 47. Rd7+ Kc5 48. Rc7 Rxa2 49. Rxc6+ Kb4 50. Bg6 Ra5 51. e4 fxe4+ 52. Bxe4 Ra1 53. f5 a5 54. Ke2 Ra2+ 55. Ke3 Rh2 56. f6 Rh8 57. f7 a4 58. Bd5 a3 59. Rc4+ Kb3 60. Rc8+ 1-0

[Event "URS-ch16"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "1948.??.??"] [Round "15"] [White "Bronstein, David I"] [Black "Keres, Paul"] [Result "0-1"] [WhiteElo ""] [BlackElo ""] [ECO "C75"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6 5. c3 Bd7 6. d4 Nge7 7. Bb3 h6 8. Nbd2 Ng6 9. Nc4 Be7 10. Ne3 O-O 11. O-O Re8 12. Re1 Bf8 13. Bc2 Nh4 14. Nxh4 Qxh4 15. Nd5 Rac8 16. Rf1 Ne7 17. Ne3 Ng6 18. g3 Qh3 19. f4 exf4 20. gxf4 f5 21. Rf3 Qh5 22. exf5 Nh4 23. Rf1 Qxd1 24. Rxd1 c5 25. Kf2 Be7 26. Bb3+ Kh8 27. Be6 Bxe6 28. fxe6 cxd4 29. cxd4 d5 30. Nxd5 Bd6 31. Bd2 Rxe6 32. Rac1 Rf8 33. Re1 Rg6 34. Rg1 Rf5 35. Rxg6 Nxg6 36. Nc3 Nxf4 37. Ke3 Ng2+ 38. Kd3 Bxh2 39. d5 Rf3+ 40. Ke4 Rf2 41. Rd1 Kg8 42. Na4 Nh4 43. Be3 Rg2 44. Nc5 Rxb2 45. Rd2 Rb4+ 46. Rd4 Rb6 47. Ne6 Bd6 48. Bf4 Ng6 49. Bxd6 Rxd6 50. Kf5 Kf7 51. Nc5 Rf6+ 52. Ke4 b6 53. Nxa6 Ke7 54. Nc7 Nf8 55. Nb5 g5 56. d6+ Kd7 57. Ke3 Ne6 58. Rb4 Ng7 59. Nd4 Rxd6 60. Ra4 Ke7 61. Ra6 Kf6 62. a4 Nf5+ 63. Nxf5 Kxf5 0-1

[Event "URS-ch16"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "1948.??.??"] [Round "16"] [White "Keres, Paul"] [Black "Ragozin, Viacheslav"] [Result "0-1"] [WhiteElo ""] [BlackElo ""] [ECO "E07"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. c4 c6 7. b3 Nbd7 8. Bb2 b6 9. Nbd2 Bb7 10. Rc1 Rc8 11. e3 Rc7 12. Ne5 c5 13. Qe2 Qa8 14. cxd5 exd5 15. Nxd7 Nxd7 16. dxc5 bxc5 17. e4 Re8 18. e5 Bf8 19. f4 a5 20. Rfd1 a4 21. Nf1 Rcc8 22. Bh3 Rcd8 23. e6 d4 24. f5 fxe6 25. fxe6 Bf3 26. Qc2 Bxd1 27. Rxd1 Nf6 28. Re1 axb3 29. axb3 Be7 30. Nd2 Rf8 31. Bf5 Qd5 32. Qd3 g6 33. Bh3 Qh5 34. Bg2 Ng4 35. h3 Nf2 36. Qe2 Nxh3+ 37. Kh2 Qxe2 38. Rxe2 Rf2 39. Rxf2 Nxf2 40. Bf1 Nd1 41. Bc1 Rf8 42. Kg1 Ne3 43. Bd3 Rf6 0-1

[Event "URS-ch16"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "1948.??.??"] [Round "17"] [White "Aronin, Lev Solomonovich"] [Black "Keres, Paul"] [Result "0-1"] [WhiteElo ""] [BlackElo ""] [ECO "C78"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Bc5 6. c3 Ba7 7. Re1 d6 8. d4 O-O 9. h3 Nd7 10. Bg5 f6 11. Be3 Ne7 12. Nbd2 Kh8 13. Nf1 b5 14. Bb3 c5 15. Be6 Nb6 16. Bxc8 Rxc8 17. dxc5 dxc5 18. Qxd8 Rfxd8 19. Rad1 Na4 20. Bc1 c4 21. g4 Kg8 22. Ng3 Kf7 23. Kf1 Bc5 24. Ke2 Ng6 25. Nh5 Be7 26. Rxd8 Rxd8 27. Nd2 Nf8 28. f3 Ne6 29. Kd1 Bc5 30. Rh1 Be3 31. Rh2 g6 32. Ng3 Bf4 33. Rg2 Ng5 34. Kc2 Rd3 35. Ngf1 Nxf3 36. Nxf3 Rxf3 37. Nd2 Rxh3 0-1

[Event "URS-ch16"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "1948.??.??"] [Round "18"] [White "Keres, Paul"] [Black "Lisitsin, Georgy"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo ""] [BlackElo ""] [ECO "A96"] 1. c4 f5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 e6 4. Nf3 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. b3 d6 7. d4 Ne4 8. Bb2 Nd7 9. Qc2 Ndf6 10. Ne1 Qe8 11. Nd3 Bd8 12. f3 Ng5 13. Nd2 Nf7 14. Qc3 b6 15. e4 fxe4 16. fxe4 Bb7 17. b4 a5 18. b5 Nd7 19. c5 Nf6 20. c6 Bc8 21. Rae1 e5 22. Nc4 Be6 23. dxe5 Nxe5 24. Ncxe5 dxe5 25. Nxe5 Be7 26. Nd7 Rf7 27. e5 Ng4 28. Re4 Rxf1+ 29. Bxf1 Qg6 30. Qf3 h5 31. Bd3 Qg5 32. Rf4 Bxa2 33. h3 Nxe5 34. Bxe5 Be6 35. Kh2 a4 36. Qe4 Qh6 37. Bf6 Bxf6 38. Qxe6+ Kh8 39. Nxf6 a3 40. Bc4 gxf6 41. h4 Qg6 42. Rxf6 1-0

[Event "URS-ch16"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "1948.??.??"] [Round "19"] [White "Lilienthal, Andor"] [Black "Keres, Paul"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteElo ""] [BlackElo ""] [ECO "E19"] 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 f5 10. Ne1 Bxg2 11. Nxg2 Bf6 12. Be3 Nc6 13. Rad1 Qc8 14. Qc2 Nb4 15. Qd2 a5 16. a3 Nc6 17. d5 Ne5 18. Qc2 Qa6 19. Rc1 c5 20. dxe6 dxe6 21. Rfd1 Rad8 22. Rxd8 Rxd8 23. Nf4 Qc8 24. Nh5 Qc6 25. Nxf6+ gxf6 26. Rd1 Rd7 27. Rxd7 Qxd7 28. Qb3 Ng4 29. h3 a4 30. Qc2 Nxe3 31. fxe3 1/2-1/2