[Event "Sochi"] [Site "Sochi"] [Date "1967.??.??"] [Round "12"] [White "Spassky, Boris"] [Black "Kotov, Alexander"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteElo ""] [BlackElo ""] [ECO "B08"] 1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nf3 d6 4. Bc4 Nf6 5. Nc3 O-O 6. Bb3 Bg4 7. Be3 Nc6 8. h3 Bxf3 9. Qxf3 e5 10. dxe5 dxe5 11. Nd5 Nd4 12. Nxf6+ Bxf6 13. Qg4 Kg7 14. c3 Nxb3 15. axb3 Qd3 16. Qe2 Qxe2+ 17. Kxe2 a6 18. Rhd1 Rad8 19. b4 Rxd1 20. Rxd1 Rd8 21. Ra1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sarajevo"] [Site "Sarajevo"] [Date "1966.??.??"] [Round "15"] [White "Kotov, Alexander"] [Black "Tal, Mikhail"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteElo ""] [BlackElo ""] [ECO "E35"] 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. Nf3 c6 12. Bd3 Nd7 13. O-O Rfe8 14. Rad1 Bg4 15. Be2 Bf5 16. Bd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hastings6263"] [Site "Hastings"] [Date "1962.??.??"] [Round "8"] [White "Gligoric, Svetozar"] [Black "Kotov, Alexander"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteElo ""] [BlackElo ""] [ECO "B08"] 1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nf3 d6 4. Nc3 c6 5. Be2 Nf6 6. O-O O-O 7. h3 Nbd7 8. e5 Ne8 9. Re1 dxe5 10. dxe5 Nc7 11. Bf4 Ne6 12. Bg3 b5 13. Bf1 Nb6 14. Qe2 Qc7 15. Rad1 Rd8 16. Rxd8+ Qxd8 17. Qe4 Qc7 18. Qh4 a6 19. Ne4 Qd8 20. Neg5 Nxg5 21. Nxg5 h6 22. Ne4 Bf5 23. Bd3 Nd5 24. a3 e6 25. Qxd8+ Rxd8 26. Nc5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hastings6263"] [Site "Hastings"] [Date "1962.??.??"] [Round "9"] [White "Kotov, Alexander"] [Black "Smyslov, Vassily"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteElo ""] [BlackElo ""] [ECO "E92"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Be2 O-O 6. Nf3 e5 7. dxe5 dxe5 8. Qxd8 Rxd8 9. Nd5 Nxd5 10. cxd5 c6 11. Bc4 b5 12. Bb3 Bb7 13. Bg5 Rc8 14. Rd1 cxd5 15. Bxd5 Bxd5 16. Rxd5 f6 17. Be3 a6 18. O-O Nc6 19. Rd7 Rd8 20. Rfd1 Rxd7 21. Rxd7 Rd8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Stockholm"] [Site "Stockholm"] [Date "1961.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Kotov, Alexander"] [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. a3 Bxc3+ 8. Qxc3 Nxc5 9. e3 b6 10. Be2 Bb7 11. O-O d5 12. b4 Nce4 13. Qb3 dxc4 14. Bxc4 Rc8 15. Bb2 Bd5 16. Bxd5 Qxd5 17. Qxd5 Nxd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "URS-ch25"] [Site "Riga"] [Date "1958.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Petrosian, Tigran V"] [Black "Kotov, Alexander"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteElo ""] [BlackElo ""] [ECO "E54"] 1. c4 Nf6 2. d4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 c5 5. e3 O-O 6. Bd3 d5 7. O-O dxc4 8. Bxc4 b6 9. dxc5 Bxc5 10. Qe2 Bb7 11. Rd1 Nbd7 12. a3 a6 13. b4 Be7 14. Bb2 b5 15. Bd3 Qb8 16. Ng5 Ne5 17. Nce4 Nxd3 18. Qxd3 Nxe4 19. Nxe4 Rd8 20. Qc2 Rd5 21. Bd4 Qd8 22. Bc5 Qc7 23. Rxd5 Bxd5 24. Nc3 Bb7 25. Bxe7 Qxe7 26. Ne4 1/2-1/2

[Event "URS-ch25"] [Site "Riga"] [Date "1958.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Kotov, Alexander"] [Black "Tal, Mikhail"] [Result "0-1"] [WhiteElo ""] [BlackElo ""] [ECO "E69"] 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. d4 Bg7 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 d6 6. O-O Nbd7 7. Nc3 e5 8. e4 c6 9. h3 Qa5 10. Re1 Re8 11. a3 exd4 12. Nxd4 Ne5 13. Bf1 a6 14. Bd2 Qb6 15. Be3 c5 16. Nb3 Be6 17. Nd2 Nc6 18. b4 Ng4 19. hxg4 Bxc3 20. Rc1 Bg7 21. Nb3 Rad8 22. Nd2 Qc7 23. Rb1 Ne5 24. Be2 b5 25. cxb5 axb5 26. Bxb5 Bxg4 27. Be2 Qd7 28. Bxg4 Nxg4 29. Kg2 h5 30. Bg5 Bd4 31. Re2 f6 32. Bf4 g5 33. f3 Nf2 34. Rxf2 Bxf2 35. Kxf2 gxf4 36. gxf4 Qa7 37. Qb3+ c4+ 38. Qe3 Qxe3+ 39. Kxe3 d5 40. Rg1+ Kf7 41. Ke2 c3 42. Nb3 dxe4 43. Rc1 exf3+ 44. Kxf3 Rd3+ 45. Kf2 c2 46. Nc5 Rd2+ 47. Kf3 Re1 48. Rxe1 Rd1 0-1

[Event "URS-ch25"] [Site "Riga"] [Date "1958.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Kortschnoj, Viktor"] [Black "Kotov, Alexander"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteElo ""] [BlackElo ""] [ECO "D35"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e3 O-O 6. Rc1 Nbd7 7. cxd5 exd5 8. Nf3 c6 9. Bd3 Re8 10. O-O Nf8 11. Bxf6 Bxf6 12. b4 Be6 13. b5 cxb5 14. Bxb5 Re7 15. Qb3 Rc7 16. Be2 Rac8 17. Ne1 Nd7 18. Nd3 Nb6 19. Rfd1 Be7 20. Bf3 Nc4 21. a4 Na5 22. Qb2 Nc4 23. Qa1 a6 24. Nf4 Ba3 25. Rc2 Bf5 26. Ra2 Bb2 27. Rxb2 Nxb2 28. Qxb2 Rxc3 29. Nxd5 Rc2 30. Qxb7 Bd7 31. Qxa6 Rc1 32. Qf1 Rxd1 33. Qxd1 Bc6 34. Nf4 Bxf3 35. gxf3 Qg5+ 36. Kh1 Rc3 37. d5 Qe5 38. d6 Rc8 39. Qd5 Qxd5 40. Nxd5 Rd8 41. Ne7+ Kf8 42. Nf5 g6 43. Nd4 Rxd6 44. f4 Ra6 45. Kg2 Rxa4 46. Nf3 Ke7 47. Kg3 Ra2 48. Kg2 Kd6 49. Kg3 Kd5 50. Kg2 f6 51. Kg3 Ke4 52. h4 Ra5 53. Nd2+ Kd3 54. Nf3 Rh5 55. Nd4 Rd5 56. Nf3 Ke2 57. Kg2 Rd1 58. Nd4+ Kd3 59. Nf3 Ke4 60. Kg3 Kf5 61. Nd4+ Ke4 62. Nf3 Rd5 63. Kg2 h6 64. Kg3 Rd1 65. Kg2 Kf5 66. Kg3 h5 1/2-1/2

[Event "URS-ch25"] [Site "Riga"] [Date "1958.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Kotov, Alexander"] [Black "Spassky, Boris"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo ""] [BlackElo ""] [ECO "E87"] 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 g6 3. d4 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f3 O-O 6. Be3 e5 7. d5 c5 8. g4 Ne8 9. h4 a6 10. Bd3 b5 11. Qd2 bxc4 12. Bxc4 Nd7 13. h5 Nb6 14. Bd3 a5 15. hxg6 fxg6 16. Qh2 Nf6 17. Nh3 Qe7 18. Ne2 Rb8 19. Ng3 c4 20. Bc2 Nbxd5 21. exd5 Rxb2 22. Ng5 h6 23. N5e4 Nxd5 24. Bxh6 Nb4 25. Bg5 Qc7 26. Qh7+ Kf7 27. Rh6 Nxc2+ 28. Kf1 Nd4 29. Qxg6+ Kg8 30. Qh7+ Kf7 31. Nxd6+ Qxd6 32. Rxd6 Ne6 33. Nf5 Rh8 34. Nh6+ 1-0

[Event "URS-ch sf"] [Site "Kiev"] [Date "1957.??.??"] [Round "4"] [White "Kotov, Alexander"] [Black "Petrosian, Tigran V"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteElo ""] [BlackElo ""] [ECO "A16"] 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. b4 c6 6. Nf3 d5 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. Qb3 Nxc3 9. dxc3 Be6 10. Qb2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Mar del Plata"] [Site "Mar del Plata"] [Date "1957.??.??"] [Round "9"] [White "Kotov, Alexander"] [Black "Keres, Paul"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteElo ""] [BlackElo ""] [ECO "E59"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Bd3 d5 6. Nf3 O-O 7. O-O Nc6 8. a3 Bxc3 9. bxc3 dxc4 10. Bxc4 Qc7 11. Bd3 e5 12. Qc2 Re8 13. e4 c4 14. Bxc4 exd4 15. cxd4 Na5 16. Bd3 Qxc2 17. Bxc2 Nxe4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Santiago"] [Site "Santiago"] [Date "1957.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Keres, Paul"] [Black "Kotov, Alexander"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteElo ""] [BlackElo ""] [ECO "B68"] 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. f5 Nxd4 11. Qxd4 exf5 12. Bd3 h6 13. Bf4 fxe4 14. Nxe4 Nxe4 15. Bxe4 O-O 16. Bxd6 Bg4 17. Bxe7 Qxe7 18. Rde1 Be6 1/2-1/2

[Event "URS-ch22"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "1955.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Spassky, Boris"] [Black "Kotov, Alexander"] [Result "0-1"] [WhiteElo ""] [BlackElo ""] [ECO "B12"] 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. dxc5 Nc6 5. Nf3 Bg4 6. Bb5 Qa5+ 7. Nc3 e6 8. Be3 Ne7 9. Bd2 Qc7 10. Be2 a6 11. O-O Ng6 12. Na4 Bxf3 13. Bxf3 Ncxe5 14. Nb6 Rd8 15. b4 Nxf3+ 16. Qxf3 Bd6 17. g3 O-O 18. Rad1 Qc6 19. c4 Bc7 20. cxd5 exd5 21. Bc3 Bxb6 22. cxb6 Rfe8 23. Rd3 Ne5 24. Bxe5 Rxe5 25. Rfd1 Qxb6 26. Rxd5 Rexd5 27. Rxd5 Rxd5 28. Qxd5 Qxb4 29. Qd8+ Qf8 30. Qc7 Qa8 31. h4 b5 32. Qb6 Qc8 33. Kg2 h5 34. a3 g6 35. Kh2 Qf5 36. Kg2 Qe4+ 37. Kg1 Qe6 38. Qd8+ Kg7 39. Qa5 Qc6 40. Kf1 Kf6 41. Ke2 Ke6 42. Kf1 Kd7 43. Kg1 Kc8 44. Qb4 Qd5 45. Qa5 Qd6 46. Qc3+ Kb8 47. Qe3 f5 48. Qc3 Kb7 49. Qa5 f4 50. gxf4 Qd1+ 51. Kh2 Qe2 52. Kg2 Qg4+ 53. Kf1 Qxh4 54. Qb4 Qh3+ 55. Kg1 Qg4+ 56. Kh2 Qe6 57. Qc5 Qf6 58. Qb4 Kc6 59. Kg1 Qd6 60. Qe4+ Kb6 61. Kh2 a5 62. Qe3+ Ka6 63. Kh3 b4 64. a4 Kb7 65. Qe4+ Kc7 66. Qa8 Qe6+ 67. Kh2 Qb6 68. Kg1 Qc5 69. Qg8 Qf5 70. Qc4+ Kd6 71. Qa6+ Ke7 72. Qa7+ Kf8 73. Qa8+ Kg7 74. Qa7+ Kh6 75. Qb8 Qf6 76. Kg2 h4 77. Kh3 Kh5 78. Qc7 Qc3+ 0-1

[Event "URS-ch22"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "1955.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Kotov, Alexander"] [Black "Petrosian, Tigran V"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteElo ""] [BlackElo ""] [ECO "E92"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 e5 4. Nc3 d6 5. e4 g6 6. Nf3 Bg7 7. Be2 O-O 8. O-O Ne8 9. a3 f5 10. b4 Na6 11. Rb1 Nf6 12. Bg5 Qe8 13. Bxf6 Bxf6 14. Ne1 b6 15. Nd3 Nc7 16. Bf3 Ba6 17. Qb3 Qd7 18. a4 Bd8 19. Ra1 Ne8 20. Nb2 Nf6 21. h3 1/2-1/2

[Event "URS-ch22"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "1955.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Kotov, Alexander"] [Black "Keres, Paul"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteElo ""] [BlackElo ""] [ECO "D71"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 Nxc3 7. bxc3 c5 8. e3 Nc6 9. Ne2 O-O 10. O-O cxd4 11. cxd4 Be6 12. Ba3 Bd5 13. Bxd5 Qxd5 14. Nf4 Qd7 15. Qa4 Rfd8 16. Rfd1 Qf5 17. Rab1 Qe4 18. Nd3 b6 19. Nb4 Nxb4 20. Qxb4 e6 21. Rbc1 h5 22. Qc4 Rd5 23. Qd3 Qxd3 24. Rxd3 e5 25. Bb2 exd4 26. Bxd4 Rad8 27. Rc7 R8d7 28. Rc8+ Kh7 29. Rc4 b5 30. Rc2 a5 31. a3 Bxd4 32. Rcd2 Kg7 33. exd4 Rc7 34. Kg2 g5 35. h3 f5 36. g4 hxg4 37. hxg4 fxg4 38. Kg3 Rf7 39. Kxg4 Rf4+ 40. Kg3 Kf6 41. f3 Ke6 42. Re3+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "URS-ch22"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "1955.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Kotov, Alexander"] [Black "Kortschnoj, Viktor"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo ""] [BlackElo ""] [ECO "A37"] 1. c4 c5 2. Nc3 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. g3 Nc6 5. Bg2 d6 6. O-O Nh6 7. b3 O-O 8. Bb2 f5 9. d3 e5 10. Qd2 Ng4 11. Nd5 Ne7 12. Ne1 Bh6 13. e3 Nxd5 14. Bxd5+ Kh8 15. b4 Bg7 16. Rb1 Nf6 17. Bg2 Re8 18. Nf3 Nd7 19. d4 e4 20. Ne1 cxb4 21. Qxb4 d5 22. cxd5 Nb6 23. Nc2 Nxd5 24. Qb3 b6 25. Rfc1 a5 26. Bf1 a4 27. Qb5 Ba6 28. Qc6 Ne7 29. Qc3 Nd5 30. Qd2 Bxf1 31. Kxf1 Qd7 32. Kg1 Nf6 33. Ba1 Qe6 34. a3 Ra5 35. d5 Rxd5 36. Nd4 Qe7 37. Qb4 Qxb4 38. Rxb4 Ra8 39. Rxb6 Nd7 40. Rb7 Be5 41. Kg2 Kg8 42. Rc6 Re8 43. h4 Rc5 44. Ra6 Nf6 45. Raa7 Ng4 46. h5 Rc1 47. Bb2 Rb1 48. hxg6 hxg6 49. Rxa4 Rc8 50. Rab4 Nxe3+ 51. fxe3 Bxd4 52. Rb8 Rxb8 53. Rxb8+ Kf7 54. exd4 g5 55. d5 Rd1 56. Rb7+ Kg6 57. Bc3 Rxd5 58. a4 Rd1 59. Rb3 Rc1 60. Ra3 Rc2+ 61. Kf1 f4 62. g4 e3 63. Be1 Rh2 64. a5 Rh1+ 65. Ke2 Rh2+ 66. Kf3 Rh3+ 67. Kg2 Rh7 68. a6 Ra7 69. Kf3 Kf6 70. Bc3+ Ke6 71. Bd4 Ra8 72. a7 Kd5 73. Bf6 1-0

[Event "URS-ch 1L"] [Site "Yerevan"] [Date "1955.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Kortschnoj, Viktor"] [Black "Kotov, Alexander"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteElo ""] [BlackElo ""] [ECO "E86"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f3 O-O 6. Be3 e5 7. Nge2 c6 8. Qb3 Nbd7 9. O-O-O Qa5 10. Kb1 Rb8 11. dxe5 dxe5 12. Qa4 Qxa4 13. Nxa4 Re8 14. Nc1 Nf8 15. Nb3 N6d7 16. Be2 Bf6 17. Rd2 Kg7 18. Rhd1 h6 19. Nac5 Nxc5 20. Bxc5 Ra8 21. Bf2 Bg5 22. Rc2 Be6 23. Na5 Rab8 24. Bg3 Bf4 25. c5 Bxg3 26. hxg3 Bc8 27. Nc4 f6 28. f4 exf4 29. gxf4 f5 30. e5 Be6 31. Nd6 Bd5 32. Rxd5 cxd5 33. Bf3 Ne6 34. Bxd5 Nd8 35. Nxb7 Rxb7 36. Bxb7 Nxb7 37. c6 Rb8 38. cxb7 Rxb7 39. a3 g5 40. b4 Rd7 41. Re2 Rd4 42. e6 Kf8 43. fxg5 hxg5 44. Re5 Rf4 45. e7+ Ke8 46. Kc2 1/2-1/2

[Event "URS-ch22"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "1955.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Kotov, Alexander"] [Black "Smyslov, Vassily"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteElo ""] [BlackElo ""] [ECO "D19"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. e3 e6 7. Bxc4 Bb4 8. O-O O-O 9. Qe2 Nbd7 10. e4 Bg6 11. Bd3 h6 12. Bf4 Re8 13. Rfd1 Bh5 14. e5 Nd5 15. Bd2 Be7 16. Ne4 Qb6 17. Be3 a5 18. Ng3 Bg6 19. Bxg6 fxg6 20. Qd3 Nf8 21. Ne4 Nb4 22. Qc3 Nd5 23. Qc2 Nb4 24. Qc1 Qc7 25. Nfd2 g5 26. Nc4 Ng6 27. Ncd6 Bxd6 28. Nxd6 Rf8 29. Qc4 Nd5 30. Bd2 Qe7 31. Ra3 Qd7 32. Rb3 b6 33. Rc1 Nge7 34. Ra3 Ra7 35. h3 1/2-1/2

[Event "URS-training"] [Site "Garga"] [Date "1953.??.??"] [Round "6"] [White "Keres, Paul"] [Black "Kotov, Alexander"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo ""] [BlackElo ""] [ECO "A20"] 1. c4 e5 2. g3 g6 3. d4 f6 4. h4 d6 5. h5 Bg7 6. Bg2 Nc6 7. Nf3 e4 8. h6 Bf8 9. Ng1 f5 10. Nc3 Nf6 11. f3 exf3 12. exf3 d5 13. c5 Be7 14. Nge2 O-O 15. Be3 b6 16. O-O Re8 17. Bf2 Bf8 18. Qd2 Ba6 19. Rfd1 Qd7 20. Bf1 Nd8 21. b4 Nf7 22. Be3 Re7 23. Bg5 Nxg5 24. Qxg5 Bxe2 25. Nxe2 Nh5 26. Nc3 Rf7 27. Re1 c6 28. Kg2 Be7 29. Qd2 Qc7 30. Qf2 bxc5 31. dxc5 Bf6 32. Rac1 Bg5 33. Rcd1 a6 34. Ne2 Bxh6 35. Nd4 Rb8 36. Re6 Rf6 37. Rde1 Rxe6 38. Rxe6 Rxb4 39. Nxc6 Ra4 40. Ne7+ Kf8 41. Nxd5 Qc8 1-0

[Event "Candidats Tournament"] [Site "Zuerich"] [Date "1953.??.??"] [Round "7"] [White "Kotov, Alexander"] [Black "Keres, Paul"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteElo ""] [BlackElo ""] [ECO "D71"] 1. c4 Nf6 2. d4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. g3 d5 5. Bg2 dxc4 6. Qa4+ Nfd7 7. e3 O-O 8. Qxc4 c5 9. Nf3 cxd4 10. Nxd4 Ne5 11. Qe2 Nbc6 12. Nxc6 Nd3+ 13. Kd2 Nxc1+ 14. Nxd8 Nxe2 15. Nxb7 Nxc3 16. bxc3 Be6 17. Rhc1 Rac8 18. Rc2 Rc7 19. Rac1 Bf5 20. Rb2 Rd7+ 21. Ke2 Rc8 22. Rb3 Bg4+ 23. Bf3 Bxf3+ 24. Kxf3 Rdc7 25. c4 Rxc4 26. Rxc4 Rxc4 27. Ra3 h5 28. Rxa7 g5 29. Na5 Rc2 30. Nb3 g4+ 31. Kg2 e6 32. a4 Bh6 33. Kf1 Rb2 34. Rb7 Rb1+ 35. Kg2 Rb2 36. Kf1 Rb1+ 37. Kg2 Rb2 38. Nc5 Rc2 39. Ne4 Bxe3 40. Kf1 Bd4 41. Rd7 e5 42. Rd8+ Kg7 43. Rd6 Ra2 44. a5 Rxa5 45. Nf6 Kf8 46. Nxh5 Ke7 47. Rc6 f5 48. Ng7 e4 49. Rc7+ Kf6 50. Nh5+ Ke5 51. Rc2 Ra1+ 52. Kg2 Ra3 53. Nf4 Rf3 54. h3 gxh3+ 55. Nxh3 Ra3 56. Nf4 Kf6 57. Rc6+ Ke7 58. Rc4 Ba7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Candidats Tournament"] [Site "Zuerich"] [Date "1953.??.??"] [Round "22"] [White "Keres, Paul"] [Black "Kotov, Alexander"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteElo ""] [BlackElo ""] [ECO "E07"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Be7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. O-O c6 7. b3 Nbd7 8. Bb2 b6 9. Nbd2 Bb7 10. Rc1 Rc8 11. e3 c5 12. Qe2 cxd4 13. Nxd4 Nc5 14. Rfd1 Qd7 15. N2f3 Rfd8 16. Ne5 Qe8 17. cxd5 Bxd5 18. Ndc6 Rxc6 19. Nxc6 Qxc6 20. Bxd5 exd5 21. b4 Nfe4 22. bxc5 bxc5 23. Qg4 g6 24. h4 Qe6 25. Qxe6 fxe6 26. Be5 c4 27. Rc2 Nc5 28. Rb1 Kf7 29. Bd4 Rd7 30. Rcb2 e5 31. Bxc5 Bxc5 32. Rc2 Rc7 33. e4 Ke6 34. Kf1 Bd4 35. f3 c3 36. Ke2 Rf7 37. Rf1 Kd6 38. Kd3 Kc5 39. Re2 Rb7 40. f4 dxe4+ 41. Rxe4 Rd7 42. Kc2 Kd5 43. Rfe1 Rb7 44. Kc1 Rb2 45. R4e2 e4 46. Rxe4 Rxa2 47. g4 Rg2 48. f5 gxf5 49. gxf5 Rf2 50. Re7 Kc4 51. R1e4 Kd3 52. Rxd4+ Kxd4 53. Rxh7 a5 54. Rd7+ Ke4 55. h5 Rxf5 56. h6 Rh5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Candidats Tournament"] [Site "Zuerich"] [Date "1953.??.??"] [Round "21"] [White "Kotov, Alexander"] [Black "Smyslov, Vassily"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo ""] [BlackElo ""] [ECO "A13"] 1. c4 e6 2. Nf3 d5 3. e3 Nf6 4. b3 g6 5. Bb2 Bg7 6. d4 O-O 7. Bd3 c5 8. O-O cxd4 9. Nxd4 e5 10. Nb5 a6 11. N5c3 dxc4 12. Bxc4 b5 13. Be2 Bb7 14. Nd2 e4 15. b4 Qe7 16. a3 Rd8 17. Qc2 Nbd7 18. Nb3 Rac8 19. Rfd1 Nd5 20. Rxd5 Bxc3 21. Rxd7 Rxd7 22. Bxc3 Bd5 23. Nc5 Rd6 24. Bb2 f6 25. Bd4 Qf7 26. h3 Re8 27. Rc1 h5 28. a4 f5 29. Bb2 Kh7 30. Qc3 Bc4 31. Bxc4 bxc4 32. Qxc4 Rd1+ 33. Kh2 Qxc4 34. Rxc4 Rd2 35. Bf6 Rxf2 36. Rd4 f4 37. Rd7+ Kh6 38. h4 g5 39. Bxg5+ Kg6 40. Bxf4 1-0

[Event "Candidats Tournament"] [Site "Zuerich"] [Date "1953.??.??"] [Round "6"] [White "Smyslov, Vassily"] [Black "Kotov, Alexander"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteElo ""] [BlackElo ""] [ECO "B92"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. Be3 Nbd7 9. O-O O-O 10. f3 Qc7 11. Qe1 b5 12. a3 Nb6 13. Qf2 Rb8 14. Rab1 Be6 15. Kh1 Nc4 16. Bxc4 bxc4 17. Nc1 Rb7 18. N1a2 d5 19. exd5 Bxd5 20. Nb4 Bxb4 21. axb4 Qc6 22. Bg5 Rd7 23. Rfe1 Re8 24. Rbd1 Nh5 25. Qh4 g6 26. Nxd5 Rxd5 27. Rxd5 Qxd5 28. Qe4 Qxe4 29. Rxe4 f6 30. Be3 Rc8 31. g4 Ng7 32. g5 Kf7 33. gxf6 Kxf6 34. Bd2 Nf5 35. Bc3 Nd4 36. f4 Nxc2 37. Re2 Na1 38. Rxe5 Kf7 39. Ra5 Nc2 40. Rxa6 Rb8 41. Rc6 Nxb4 42. Rc7+ Ke6 43. Rxc4 Nd3 44. b4 Rf8 1/2-1/2

[Event "URS-training"] [Site "Garga"] [Date "1953.??.??"] [Round "10"] [White "Smyslov, Vassily"] [Black "Kotov, Alexander"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo ""] [BlackElo ""] [ECO "A25"] 1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. e3 f5 6. Nge2 e4 7. d3 exd3 8. Qxd3 Nf6 9. b3 d6 10. O-O O-O 11. Ba3 a5 12. Rad1 Nb4 13. Qd2 Qe7 14. Nf4 g5 15. Ncd5 Nbxd5 16. Nxd5 Qf7 17. Nxf6+ Qxf6 18. c5 a4 19. cxd6 Rd8 20. Bd5+ Be6 21. Bb2 Qf7 22. Bxe6 Qxe6 23. Bxg7 Kxg7 24. Qc3+ Kg6 25. dxc7 Rdc8 26. b4 1-0

[Event "Candidats Tournament"] [Site "Zuerich"] [Date "1953.??.??"] [Round "10"] [White "Gligoric, Svetozar"] [Black "Kotov, Alexander"] [Result "0-1"] [WhiteElo ""] [BlackElo ""] [ECO "B91"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. g3 e5 7. Nde2 Be6 8. Bg2 b5 9. O-O Nbd7 10. a4 b4 11. Nd5 Nxd5 12. exd5 Bg4 13. Bd2 a5 14. c3 bxc3 15. Bxc3 Qb6 16. h3 Bh5 17. Kh2 Be7 18. f4 Bxe2 19. Qxe2 Bf6 20. Qc4 O-O 21. Qc6 Rfd8 22. Rae1 Qb8 23. Rb1 Ra7 24. Qc4 Rc8 25. Qe4 Qb3 26. fxe5 Bxe5 27. Qf5 Rf8 28. Qf2 Raa8 29. Qf5 Qxa4 30. Rf4 Bxf4 31. gxf4 g6 32. Qg5 Rae8 33. Rg1 Re2 34. Kh1 Qc2 35. Qg4 Nc5 36. Qh4 Ne4 37. Bd4 Nf2+ 38. Kh2 Ne4 39. f5 Qd3 40. fxg6 fxg6 41. Bb6 0-1

[Event "Candidats Tournament"] [Site "Zuerich"] [Date "1953.??.??"] [Round "25"] [White "Kotov, Alexander"] [Black "Gligoric, Svetozar"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteElo ""] [BlackElo ""] [ECO "E87"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f3 O-O 6. Be3 e5 7. d5 c5 8. Bd3 Nh5 9. Nge2 f5 10. exf5 gxf5 11. Qc2 e4 12. fxe4 f4 13. Bf2 Nd7 14. Ng1 Qg5 15. Bf1 Ne5 16. Nf3 Qe7 17. Nxe5 Qxe5 18. O-O-O Nf6 19. h3 Bd7 20. Bd3 a6 21. Nb1 f3 22. gxf3 Nh5 23. Nd2 Nf4 24. Bf1 b5 25. h4 Kh8 26. Rg1 Bf6 27. Nb3 Rab8 28. Be1 b4 29. Kb1 Ra8 30. Bg3 Rg8 31. Qh2 Rxg3 32. Rxg3 Ne2 33. Qxe2 Qxg3 34. Nc1 a5 35. Nd3 Bd4 36. h5 Qh4 37. Bg2 Rg8 38. Rh1 Qg3 39. Bf1 a4 40. Kc2 a3 41. b3 1/2-1/2

[Event "URS-training"] [Site "Garga"] [Date "1953.??.??"] [Round "1"] [White "Petrosian, Tigran V"] [Black "Kotov, Alexander"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteElo ""] [BlackElo ""] [ECO "D13"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. cxd5 cxd5 6. Bf4 Bd6 7. g3 Nc6 8. Bg2 a6 9. O-O b5 10. Bg5 Be7 11. Ne5 Bb7 12. e3 Na5 13. f4 O-O 14. Nd3 Nc4 15. Qe2 Nd6 16. Rac1 Nd7 17. Bxe7 Qxe7 18. Nb1 Rfc8 19. Nd2 a5 20. Rxc8+ Bxc8 21. Rc1 Ba6 22. Nc5 Nxc5 23. Rxc5 Rc8 24. Nb3 Nc4 25. Rxc8+ Bxc8 26. Nc5 Nd6 27. Qd2 Qc7 28. Bf1 b4 29. Bd3 Bd7 30. Qc2 g6 31. Nxd7 Qxd7 32. Qc5 Qd8 33. Kf1 Kg7 34. Ke2 h5 35. Kd1 Ne8 36. Kc2 Nf6 37. Kb3 Ng4 38. Ka4 Nxh2 39. Qxa5 Qc8 40. Qc5 Qa8+ 41. Kb3 Ng4 42. Qxb4 Qc8 43. Qc5 Qb8+ 44. Qb5 Qc7 45. Qc5 Qb8+ 46. Qb4 Qc7 47. Qd2 Qb8+ 48. Kc2 g5 49. a4 h4 50. gxh4 gxh4 51. Bf1 Nf6 52. Qg2+ Kf8 53. Qg5 Ne4 54. Qh6+ Kg8 55. Bd3 Qb4 56. Bxe4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Candidats Tournament"] [Site "Zuerich"] [Date "1953.??.??"] [Round "13"] [White "Kotov, Alexander"] [Black "Petrosian, Tigran V"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteElo ""] [BlackElo ""] [ECO "A55"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 d6 3. Nc3 Nbd7 4. e4 e5 5. Nf3 Be7 6. g3 O-O 7. Bg2 c6 8. O-O a6 9. b3 Re8 10. Bb2 Bf8 11. Qd3 b5 12. Nd2 Bb7 13. Kh1 exd4 14. Qxd4 c5 15. Qd3 Ne5 16. Qc2 Nc6 17. Nd5 Nd4 18. Qd3 g6 19. Bxd4 cxd4 20. Nxf6+ Qxf6 21. Kg1 Qe5 22. Rfe1 Bg7 23. Rac1 Re7 24. Nf3 Qc5 25. Bf1 h6 26. cxb5 Qxb5 27. Qd1 Qb6 28. Nd2 Rae8 29. Bd3 d5 30. e5 Rxe5 31. Rxe5 Rxe5 32. Nf3 Re4 33. Qd2 a5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Candidats Tournament"] [Site "Zuerich"] [Date "1953.??.??"] [Round "28"] [White "Petrosian, Tigran V"] [Black "Kotov, Alexander"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteElo ""] [BlackElo ""] [ECO "E67"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 d6 3. Nf3 g6 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. g3 O-O 6. Bg2 Nbd7 7. O-O e5 8. Qc2 c6 9. Rd1 Re8 10. dxe5 dxe5 11. Ng5 Qe7 12. Nge4 Nxe4 13. Nxe4 Nc5 14. Nd6 Rd8 15. Nxc8 Rxd1+ 16. Qxd1 Rxc8 17. Be3 Rd8 18. Qc2 f5 19. Rd1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Saltsjobaden Interzonal"] [Site "Saltsjobaden"] [Date "1952.??.??"] [Round "5"] [White "Kotov, Alexander"] [Black "Gligoric, Svetozar"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo ""] [BlackElo ""] [ECO "E64"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 d6 6. Nf3 c5 7. d5 Na6 8. O-O Nc7 9. e4 Bg4 10. h3 Bxf3 11. Qxf3 a6 12. Qe2 Nd7 13. Rd1 b5 14. cxb5 axb5 15. Nxb5 Nxb5 16. Qxb5 Qc7 17. Qc4 Rfb8 18. Qc2 Qa7 19. a3 Qa4 20. Qxa4 Rxa4 21. Ra2 c4 22. Bf1 Nc5 23. f3 Na6 24. Rd2 Nb4 25. Ra1 c3 26. Rg2 Nxd5 27. b3 Rxb3 28. exd5 Ra5 29. Bc4 Rb8 30. Rc2 Rc5 31. Be2 Rxd5 32. Kf2 Ra5 33. f4 d5 34. Raa2 e6 35. a4 d4 36. Bc4 Rc8 37. Bd3 h5 38. Ke2 Rd8 39. Bc4 Rc5 40. Bd3 Ra5 41. Ra1 e5 42. Rca2 f5 43. fxe5 Bxe5 44. Kf3 Rb8 45. Rb1 Rxb1 46. Bxb1 Kf7 47. Bd3 Ke6 48. Bc4+ Kd7 49. Bb5+ Kd6 50. Ba3+ Kd5 51. Bb4 Rxb5 52. axb5 Kc4 53. Be7 Kxb5 54. Ke2 Kc4 55. Ra4+ Kb3 56. Ra5 Kc2 57. Rd5 Bg7 58. h4 Bh8 59. Bd8 Be5 60. Bb6 Bxg3 61. Bxd4 Kb3 62. Rc5 Bxh4 63. Rxc3+ Kb4 64. Rc6 g5 65. Rh6 Kc4 66. Bf6 1-0

[Event "Saltsjobaden Interzonal"] [Site "Saltsjobaden"] [Date "1952.??.??"] [Round "16"] [White "Petrosian, Tigran V"] [Black "Kotov, Alexander"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteElo ""] [BlackElo ""] [ECO "D13"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. cxd5 cxd5 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bf4 e6 7. e3 Bd6 8. Bxd6 Qxd6 9. Bd3 O-O 10. O-O e5 11. dxe5 Nxe5 12. Nxe5 Qxe5 13. Be2 Bf5 14. Qd4 Qxd4 15. exd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "URS-ch19"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "1951.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Smyslov, Vassily"] [Black "Kotov, Alexander"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteElo ""] [BlackElo ""] [ECO "B85"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 e6 3. Nf3 a6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 d6 6. Be2 Qc7 7. O-O Nf6 8. f4 Nc6 9. Be3 Be7 10. Qe1 O-O 11. Qg3 Nxd4 12. Bxd4 b5 13. a3 Bb7 14. Kh1 Rfd8 15. Bd3 Ne8 16. Rae1 Bf8 17. e5 g6 18. Ne4 Bxe4 19. Bxe4 Rab8 20. f5 exf5 21. Bxf5 dxe5 22. Bxe5 Bd6 23. Bd3 Rd7 24. Bxd6 Nxd6 25. b3 Re7 26. Rxe7 Qxe7 27. Re1 Qf6 28. Qe5 Kg7 29. g3 Qxe5 30. Rxe5 Kf6 31. Rd5 Ke6 32. Rd4 a5 33. Kg2 f5 34. Kf3 Ke5 35. Ke3 g5 36. c4 bxc4 37. bxc4 Rb3 38. Rd5+ Ke6 39. Kd4 Rxa3 40. Re5+ Kf6 41. Rd5 Ke6 42. g4 fxg4 43. Rxg5 Ra2 44. Re5+ Kd7 45. Rh5 Rd2 46. c5 Nb5+ 47. Kc4 Na3+ 48. Kc3 Rd1 49. Be2 Rb1 50. Bxg4+ Kc6 51. Bf3+ Kb5 52. c6+ Kb6 53. Rxh7 Nb5+ 54. Kc2 Rb4 55. Rb7+ Kc5 56. c7 Nd6 57. c8=Q+ Nxc8 58. Rc7+ Kb6 59. Rc6+ Kb7 60. h4 Kb8 61. h5 Rf4 62. Be2 Ne7 63. Ra6 Kc7 64. Rxa5 Nc6 65. Ra8 Nd4+ 66. Kd3 Nxe2 67. Kxe2 Rh4 1/2-1/2

[Event "URS-ch19"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "1951.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Petrosian, Tigran V"] [Black "Kotov, Alexander"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo ""] [BlackElo ""] [ECO "E69"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 d6 3. Nc3 e5 4. Nf3 Nbd7 5. g3 g6 6. Bg2 Bg7 7. O-O O-O 8. e4 exd4 9. Nxd4 a5 10. h3 Nc5 11. Re1 Re8 12. Qc2 a4 13. Be3 c6 14. Rad1 Qa5 15. Bf4 Bf8 16. Bf1 Nh5 17. Be3 Nf6 18. Bf4 Nh5 19. Bc1 Ng7 20. Kh2 Bd7 21. a3 Nge6 22. Be3 Nxd4 23. Bxd4 Nb3 24. Be3 Be6 25. f4 Rad8 26. Qf2 Qa6 27. Bb6 Rd7 28. c5 Bc4 29. Bxc4 Qxc4 30. e5 d5 31. Ne4 dxe4 32. Rxd7 Bxc5 33. Bxc5 Nxc5 34. Rd4 Qe6 35. Qc2 b6 36. Rd6 Qc8 37. Qc4 h5 38. Rxg6+ Kf8 39. Rf6 Qd7 40. Rd6 Qf5 41. Rf6 Qd7 42. Rd1 Qc7 43. Qe2 h4 44. Qg4 Rd8 45. Rxd8+ Qxd8 46. Rd6 hxg3+ 47. Kxg3 Qc7 48. Qh4 Ke8 49. Qh8+ Ke7 50. Qf6+ Ke8 51. Rxc6 Qd7 52. Qd6 1-0

[Event "URS-ch19"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "1951.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Kotov, Alexander"] [Black "Keres, Paul"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo ""] [BlackElo ""] [ECO "E42"] 1. d4 e6 2. c4 Bb4+ 3. Nc3 c5 4. e3 b6 5. Ne2 Nf6 6. a3 Ba5 7. Rb1 Na6 8. Ng3 Bb7 9. f3 h5 10. e4 Bxc3+ 11. bxc3 h4 12. Ne2 h3 13. Bg5 Qc7 14. Bf4 d6 15. Ng3 O-O-O 16. a4 Nb8 17. a5 Nbd7 18. gxh3 Nh5 19. Be3 f5 20. Nxh5 Rxh5 21. Bg2 bxa5 22. O-O Nb6 23. Qb3 Ba6 24. Rfd1 Bxc4 25. Qa3 fxe4 26. fxe4 Be2 27. dxc5 Nc4 28. Qa2 Nxe3 29. Qxe2 Qxc5 30. Rd4 e5 31. Qxe3 exd4 32. cxd4 Qg5 33. Qc3+ Kd7 34. e5 Ke7 35. Qc7+ Kf8 36. e6 Kg8 37. Qf7+ Kh7 38. e7 Rb8 39. Re1 Qh4 40. Be4+ 1-0

[Event "Candidats Tournament"] [Site "Budapest"] [Date "1950.??.??"] [Round "5"] [White "Keres, Paul"] [Black "Kotov, Alexander"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo ""] [BlackElo ""] [ECO "B92"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 Qc7 7. Bg5 Nbd7 8. O-O e6 9. Bh5 Qc4 10. Nxe6 Qxe6 11. Nd5 Kd8 12. Bg4 Qe5 13. f4 Qxe4 14. Bxd7 Bxd7 15. Nxf6 gxf6 16. Bxf6+ Kc7 17. Bxh8 Bc6 18. Qd2 Bh6 19. Rae1 Qg6 20. Re7+ Kd8 21. Rfe1 a5 22. Bd4 Ra6 23. Qf2 Bf8 24. Bb6+ Kc8 25. Re8+ Bxe8 26. Rxe8+ Kd7 27. Rxf8 1-0

[Event "Candidats Tournament"] [Site "Budapest"] [Date "1950.??.??"] [Round "14"] [White "Kotov, Alexander"] [Black "Keres, Paul"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo ""] [BlackElo ""] [ECO "E24"] 1. c4 Nf6 2. d4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. a3 Bxc3+ 5. bxc3 Nc6 6. f3 b6 7. e4 Ba6 8. e5 Ng8 9. Nh3 Na5 10. Qa4 Ne7 11. Bd3 O-O 12. Bg5 h6 13. Bh4 d5 14. Bb1 g5 15. Qc2 Ng6 16. Nf4 gxh4 17. Nxg6 Re8 18. Nh8 Re7 19. Qh7+ Kf8 20. f4 Nxc4 21. f5 exf5 22. O-O Bc8 23. Bxf5 Bxf5 24. Rxf5 Ke8 25. Rxf7 Kd7 26. Qf5+ Kc6 27. Qf6+ Kd7 28. e6+ Kc6 29. Rxe7 Qxh8 30. Rxc7+ Kb5 31. Qe7 a5 32. Qd7+ Ka6 33. Rb1 1-0

[Event "Candidats Tournament"] [Site "Budapest"] [Date "1950.??.??"] [Round "7"] [White "Smyslov, Vassily"] [Black "Kotov, Alexander"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteElo ""] [BlackElo ""] [ECO "B85"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 Qc7 7. O-O e6 8. f4 Nc6 9. Be3 Be7 10. Qe1 Nxd4 11. Bxd4 b5 12. Qg3 O-O 13. a3 Bb7 14. Kh1 Rfd8 15. Bd3 Ne8 16. Qh3 Bf8 17. Rae1 Bc6 18. e5 g6 19. Ne4 Bxe4 20. Bxe4 Rac8 21. c3 Rd7 22. f5 exf5 23. Rxf5 Bg7 24. e6 fxe6 25. Rff1 Bxd4 26. Qxe6+ Kg7 27. cxd4 Re7 28. Qh3 Nf6 29. Qh4 Rf8 30. Bf3 Rxe1 31. Rxe1 Re8 32. Rxe8 Nxe8 33. h3 Qc1+ 34. Kh2 Nf6 35. Qg3 Qc7 36. b4 h6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Candidats Tournament"] [Site "Budapest"] [Date "1950.??.??"] [Round "16"] [White "Kotov, Alexander"] [Black "Smyslov, Vassily"] [Result "0-1"] [WhiteElo ""] [BlackElo ""] [ECO "E33"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 Nc6 5. Nf3 d5 6. cxd5 exd5 7. a3 Ba5 8. Bg5 Ne7 9. Bxf6 gxf6 10. e3 c6 11. Bd3 Bg4 12. Nh4 Qd6 13. b4 Bb6 14. O-O Ng6 15. Nf5 Bxf5 16. Bxf5 O-O 17. Ne2 Kh8 18. Ng3 Rg8 19. Bd3 Bc7 20. f4 Bb6 21. Nf5 Qd7 22. Rf3 a5 23. Rb1 axb4 24. axb4 Ra3 25. Rh3 Nf8 26. Rf1 Qe6 27. Rff3 Ra1+ 28. Kf2 Rg6 29. Qb2 Ra4 30. Rfg3 Bd8 31. Bc2 Ra8 32. Rh5 Bc7 33. Bd3 Ra4 34. Bc2 Ra6 35. Rgh3 b5 36. Bb1 Qe8 37. R3h4 Ra4 38. Qe2 Rxb4 39. Rxh7+ Nxh7 40. Qh5 Qg8 41. Ne7 Rxg2+ 42. Kf3 Rf2+ 43. Kxf2 Rb2+ 0-1

[Event "Venice"] [Site "Venice"] [Date "1950.??.??"] [Round "2"] [White "Kotov, Alexander"] [Black "Smyslov, Vassily"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteElo ""] [BlackElo ""] [ECO "D94"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 g6 5. Nc3 Bg7 6. Bd3 O-O 7. O-O e6 8. b3 Nbd7 9. Ba3 Re8 10. Bd6 b6 11. Rc1 Bb7 12. h3 a6 13. Qe2 c5 14. cxd5 exd5 15. dxc5 Nxc5 16. Bxc5 bxc5 17. Na4 c4 18. bxc4 Qa5 19. Qd1 dxc4 20. Rxc4 Rad8 21. Rc5 Qb4 22. Nd4 Ne4 23. Bxe4 Bxe4 24. Qb3 Rb8 25. Rc7 Qf8 26. Qc4 a5 27. Nc5 Rb4 28. Qa6 Ra8 29. Ra7 Rxa7 30. Qxa7 Qa8 31. Qxa8+ Bxa8 32. Rc1 Bxd4 33. exd4 Bd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "URS-ch17"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "1949.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Keres, Paul"] [Black "Kotov, Alexander"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteElo ""] [BlackElo ""] [ECO "A13"] 1. c4 e6 2. Nf3 d5 3. b3 Nf6 4. Bb2 c5 5. cxd5 exd5 6. g3 Nc6 7. Bg2 d4 8. O-O Be7 9. Na3 O-O 10. Nc4 Be6 11. Ng5 Bd5 12. e4 dxe3 13. dxe3 Bxg2 14. Kxg2 h6 15. Nf3 Qc8 16. Nfe5 Nxe5 17. Nxe5 Qe6 18. Qf3 Nd5 19. Nd3 f5 20. Rfe1 Qe4 21. Rac1 Qxf3+ 22. Kxf3 b6 23. Red1 Rad8 24. Nf4 Nxf4 25. Kxf4 g5+ 26. Kf3 g4+ 27. Ke2 Kf7 28. h3 h5 29. hxg4 hxg4 30. Rh1 Kg6 31. Rcd1 1/2-1/2

[Event "URS-ch17"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "1949.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Kotov, Alexander"] [Black "Petrosian, Tigran V"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo ""] [BlackElo ""] [ECO "D36"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 Be7 6. e3 c6 7. Qc2 Ne4 8. Bxe7 Qxe7 9. Nxd5 cxd5 10. Qxc8+ Qd8 11. Bb5+ Nc6 12. Bxc6+ bxc6 13. Qxc6+ 1-0

[Event "URS-ch17"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "1949.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Kotov, Alexander"] [Black "Smyslov, Vassily"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteElo ""] [BlackElo ""] [ECO "E32"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. g3 b6 7. Bg2 Bb7 8. O-O Bxc3 9. Qxc3 O-O 10. b3 Qe8 11. Bb2 Ne4 12. Qc2 f5 13. Ne1 a5 14. Nd3 a4 15. f3 Nef6 16. Rad1 e5 17. dxe5 dxe5 18. Qc3 axb3 19. axb3 e4 20. Nf4 Qe7 21. Rd2 Rae8 22. Rfd1 Rf7 23. b4 Ne5 24. Nd5 Bxd5 25. cxd5 b5 26. Qxe5 Qxe5 27. Bxe5 Rxe5 28. f4 Re8 29. e3 Rd7 30. Bf1 Rb8 31. Be2 Kf8 32. h3 Rbd8 33. d6 Rxd6 34. Rxd6 Rxd6 35. Rxd6 cxd6 36. Bxb5 Nd5 37. Bd7 g6 38. b5 Ke7 39. Bc6 Nxe3 40. b6 Kd8 41. Kf2 Nc4 42. b7 Kc7 43. Bd5 Nb6 44. Bc6 Nc4 45. Bd5 Na5 46. Ke3 Nxb7 47. Bg8 h6 48. Bf7 Kd7 49. Bxg6 Ke6 50. g4 fxg4 51. hxg4 d5 52. g5 hxg5 53. Bxe4 dxe4 54. Kxe4 gxf4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Saltsjobaden Interzonal"] [Site "Saltsjobaden"] [Date "1948.??.??"] [Round "15"] [White "Gligoric, Svetozar"] [Black "Kotov, Alexander"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteElo ""] [BlackElo ""] [ECO "D78"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 d5 5. Nf3 O-O 6. O-O dxc4 7. Nbd2 c6 8. Nxc4 Be6 9. Qc2 Na6 10. Ng5 Bc8 11. e4 h6 12. Nf3 Nb4 13. Qe2 Be6 14. a3 Na6 15. b3 Nc7 16. Bb2 a5 17. Rac1 a4 18. b4 Nb5 19. Na5 Qb6 20. h3 Rfd8 21. Rfd1 Nh7 22. Nc4 Bxc4 23. Qxc4 e6 24. Bf1 Ng5 25. Nxg5 hxg5 26. e5 Rd5 27. Bg2 Rd7 28. d5 cxd5 29. Qg4 Qd8 30. Bf1 Nd6 31. Rc2 Nf5 32. Bb5 Rc7 33. Rxc7 Qxc7 34. Qxg5 Bxe5 35. Rc1 Qd6 36. Bxe5 Qxe5 37. g4 Nd4 38. Qxe5 Nf3+ 39. Kg2 Nxe5 40. Rc7 g5 41. Rxb7 Rc8 42. Ra7 Ng6 43. Bxa4 Nf4+ 44. Kh2 Rc3 45. b5 Rxh3+ 46. Kg1 Ne2+ 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 "Chigorin mem"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "1947.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Kotov, Alexander"] [Black "Gligoric, Svetozar"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo ""] [BlackElo ""] [ECO "D58"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e3 h6 6. Bh4 O-O 7. Nf3 b6 8. Bd3 Bb7 9. O-O Nbd7 10. Qe2 dxc4 11. Bxc4 Ne4 12. Bg3 Nxc3 13. bxc3 Bd6 14. e4 Bxg3 15. fxg3 c5 16. Rad1 cxd4 17. cxd4 Rc8 18. e5 Nb8 19. Rf2 Bd5 20. Bd3 f5 21. exf6 Rxf6 22. Bb1 Nd7 23. Qe3 Qe7 24. Re2 Qb4 25. Qd3 Nf8 26. Ne5 Bc4 27. Nxc4 Qxc4 28. Qe3 Rd8 29. Bc2 Kh8 30. Bb3 Qb5 31. Rc2 Rf7 32. h3 Qf5 33. Rc6 Qb5 34. Qe4 Qf5 35. Qe2 Rf6 36. Bc2 Qg5 37. Kh2 Qa5 38. Be4 Rf7 39. d5 exd5 40. Qh5 Re7 41. Rxd5 Rxd5 42. Bxd5 Qa6 1-0

[Event "Chigorin mem"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "1947.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Keres, Paul"] [Black "Kotov, Alexander"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo ""] [BlackElo ""] [ECO "B20"] 1. e4 c5 2. Ne2 Nf6 3. Nbc3 d5 4. exd5 Nxd5 5. Nxd5 Qxd5 6. d4 cxd4 7. Qxd4 Qxd4 8. Nxd4 a6 9. Be3 Bd7 10. O-O-O Nc6 11. Nb3 e6 12. Nc5 O-O-O 13. Be2 Be8 14. c3 Be7 15. Bf3 Rxd1+ 16. Rxd1 Nd8 17. g3 Bc6 18. Be2 e5 19. Bg4+ Kb8 20. Nd7+ Bxd7 21. Rxd7 Re8 22. Bb6 Nc6 23. Bc7+ Ka8 24. Kc2 f6 25. Bf5 h6 26. Be4 g5 27. b4 h5 28. a4 f5 29. Bxf5 Rf8 30. Be4 Rxf2+ 31. Kd3 Nxb4+ 32. cxb4 Bxb4 33. Kc4 Rd2 34. Rxd2 Bxd2 35. a5 g4 36. Kd5 Bg5 37. Kd6 h4 38. Kd7 1-0

[Event "Parnu"] [Site "Parnu"] [Date "1947.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Keres, Paul"] [Black "Kotov, Alexander"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo ""] [BlackElo ""] [ECO "B20"] 1. e4 c5 2. Ne2 d6 3. g3 b5 4. Bg2 Bb7 5. d4 cxd4 6. Nxd4 a6 7. O-O Nf6 8. Re1 Qc7 9. a4 bxa4 10. Rxa4 Nbd7 11. Bd2 Nc5 12. Rc4 e5 13. Nf5 Qd7 14. Bh3 Ne6 15. Ba5 g6 16. Ne3 Rc8 17. Nc3 Rxc4 18. Nxc4 Qc6 19. b3 Nc5 20. Nxe5 1-0

[Event "Parnu"] [Site "Parnu"] [Date "1947.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Kotov, Alexander"] [Black "Smyslov, Vassily"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteElo ""] [BlackElo ""] [ECO "D98"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Qb3 dxc4 6. Qxc4 O-O 7. e4 Bg4 8. Be3 Nfd7 9. Be2 Nb6 10. Qd3 Bxf3 11. gxf3 e6 12. h4 Nc6 13. O-O-O Qd7 14. h5 Rfd8 15. hxg6 hxg6 16. e5 Nb4 17. Qe4 Qc6 18. Kb1 N6d5 19. Rc1 Nxe3 20. fxe3 Qxe4+ 21. fxe4 c5 22. Nb5 cxd4 23. exd4 Nc6 24. Rcd1 a6 25. Nd6 Rd7 26. Bg4 Nxd4 27. Rxd4 Bxe5 28. Rhd1 Rad8 29. Nxf7 Bxd4 30. Nxd8 Rxd8 31. Bxe6+ Kg7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chigorin mem"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "1947.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Smyslov, Vassily"] [Black "Kotov, Alexander"] [Result "0-1"] [WhiteElo ""] [BlackElo ""] [ECO "B24"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. d3 b6 6. f4 Bb7 7. Nf3 e6 8. O-O Nge7 9. Bd2 a6 10. Rb1 d5 11. e5 b5 12. Ne2 Qb6 13. c3 b4 14. Qe1 a5 15. c4 Rd8 16. Qf2 dxc4 17. dxc4 Nd4 18. Nexd4 cxd4 19. Rbc1 Rd7 20. c5 Qd8 21. Ng5 Qa8 22. Bxb7 Qxb7 23. Qf3 Qxf3 24. Rxf3 Nc6 25. Ne4 Ke7 26. g4 h6 27. Rh3 Rd5 28. Kf1 g5 29. fxg5 Rxe5 30. Re1 hxg5 31. Rxh8 Bxh8 32. Bxg5+ Kd7 33. Bf4 Rd5 34. Bd6 d3 35. b3 Rd4 36. Nf2 e5 37. Re4 Rd5 38. g5 Bg7 39. h4 Ke6 40. Re3 d2 41. Nd1 Rd4 42. h5 Kf5 43. Rf3+ Kxg5 44. Rxf7 Bh6 45. Rc7 Re4 46. Rxc6 Re1+ 47. Kf2 Kxh5 48. Nb2 e4 49. Be5 e3+ 50. Kf3 Bg5 51. Rd6 Rf1+ 0-1

[Event "Moscow-ch"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "1946.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Smyslov, Vassily"] [Black "Kotov, Alexander"] [Result "0-1"] [WhiteElo ""] [BlackElo ""] [ECO "B24"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. d3 b6 6. Be3 Bb7 7. Nh3 e6 8. O-O Nge7 9. Qd2 Nd4 10. Bh6 O-O 11. Bxg7 Kxg7 12. Ne2 Nxe2+ 13. Qxe2 d5 14. e5 Rb8 15. c3 b5 16. Nf4 Nc6 17. Rfe1 b4 18. Rac1 bxc3 19. bxc3 Ba6 20. Qg4 Ne7 21. c4 dxc4 22. dxc4 Ng8 23. Red1 Qe7 24. Rd6 Rb6 25. Rcd1 Bc8 26. h4 Rxd6 27. exd6 Qd8 28. Qe2 Nf6 29. Qe5 Ba6 30. Qxc5 Kg8 31. d7 Nxd7 32. Qxa7 Bc8 33. c5 Qf6 34. c6 Ne5 35. c7 Ng4 36. Qb6 Qf5 37. Rd8 Qc2 38. Nd3 Qd1+ 39. Bf1 Nh2 40. Kxh2 Qxf1 41. Qd6 0-1

[Event "Groningen"] [Site "Groningen"] [Date "1946.??.??"] [Round "12"] [White "Smyslov, Vassily"] [Black "Kotov, Alexander"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteElo ""] [BlackElo ""] [ECO "B17"] 1. e4 c6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Nf3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. d4 Ngf6 6. Ng3 e6 7. Bc4 Nb6 8. Bb3 c5 9. c3 cxd4 10. Nxd4 Be7 11. O-O O-O 12. Qe2 Bd7 13. Re1 Nbd5 14. Bg5 Re8 15. Rad1 Qa5 16. Bd2 Ba4 17. Bxa4 Qxa4 18. b3 Qa5 19. c4 Nb4 20. Nc2 Qb6 21. Nxb4 Bxb4 22. Bxb4 Qxb4 23. Rd3 b5 24. cxb5 Qxb5 25. Ne4 Nxe4 26. Qxe4 Rad8 27. Red1 Rxd3 28. Qxd3 Qb6 29. Qd7 Kf8 30. g3 g6 31. Rd4 e5 32. Rd6 Qa5 33. Rd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "URS-ch14"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "1945.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Kotov, Alexander"] [Black "Smyslov, Vassily"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo ""] [BlackElo ""] [ECO "D98"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. Nf3 d5 5. Qb3 dxc4 6. Qxc4 O-O 7. e4 Bg4 8. Be2 Nc6 9. d5 Bxf3 10. gxf3 Ne5 11. Qb3 c6 12. f4 Ned7 13. dxc6 bxc6 14. e5 Nd5 15. Nxd5 cxd5 16. Qxd5 e6 17. Qd6 Rb8 18. O-O Nb6 19. Qxd8 Rfxd8 20. Re1 Nd5 21. Bf3 Nb4 22. Be4 a5 23. Be3 Bh6 24. b3 Nd5 25. Bxd5 Rxd5 26. Rad1 Rdb5 27. Rd4 Bf8 28. Red1 Kg7 29. Rc4 Rd5 30. Rxd5 exd5 31. Rc7 Bb4 32. Bd4 Kf8 33. Kg2 Ke8 34. Kf3 Be7 35. Ra7 Bb4 36. Rc7 Rd8 37. f5 gxf5 38. Rc6 Bd2 39. Ke2 Bb4 40. Kd3 Kd7 41. Rh6 Rc8 42. Rxh7 Ke7 43. Be3 f4 44. Bxf4 a4 45. Bd2 Bc5 46. f4 axb3 47. axb3 Rb8 48. Kc2 Ke6 49. h4 Rc8 50. Rh6+ Kf5 51. Kd3 Be7 52. h5 Rb8 53. b4 f6 54. Kd4 Rb5 55. Rg6 Rb8 56. Rh6 Rb5 57. Bc3 Bd8 58. Kd3 fxe5 59. fxe5 d4 60. Kc4 Rxe5 61. Bxd4 Re4 62. b5 Kg5 63. Rd6 Bc7 64. Rd5+ Kh6 65. Kd3 Re7 66. Be3+ Kh7 67. b6 Rxe3+ 68. Kxe3 Bxb6+ 69. Kf3 Bg1 70. Rd6 Bc5 71. Rc6 1-0

[Event "URS-ch13"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "1944.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Kotov, Alexander"] [Black "Smyslov, Vassily"] [Result "0-1"] [WhiteElo ""] [BlackElo ""] [ECO "D15"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. e3 b5 6. a4 b4 7. Na2 e6 8. Bxc4 Bb7 9. O-O c5 10. Qe2 Nbd7 11. Rd1 cxd4 12. Nxd4 Qb8 13. Bd2 Bd6 14. Bxb4 Bxb4 15. Nxb4 Bxg2 16. Nb5 Bb7 17. Nd6+ Kf8 18. Ba6 Bd5 19. Nxd5 exd5 20. Bb7 Qxd6 21. Bxa8 Ke7 22. Bxd5 Nxd5 23. Qd3 N7f6 24. e4 Ng4 25. e5 Qxe5 26. Qh3 Ngf6 27. Re1 Ne4 28. Qh4+ Ndf6 29. f3 g5 30. Qg3 Nxg3 31. Rxe5+ Kd6 32. Rxg5 Ne2+ 33. Kf2 Nf4 34. Ra5 Rb8 35. Rd1+ N6d5 36. Rd2 Rb7 37. b4 f6 38. b5 Rg7 39. Ra6+ Ke5 40. Rc6 Rg2+ 41. Ke1 0-1

[Event "Moscow-ch"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "1942.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Kotov, Alexander"] [Black "Smyslov, Vassily"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteElo ""] [BlackElo ""] [ECO "E29"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. a3 Bxc3+ 5. bxc3 d6 6. e3 e5 7. Bd3 O-O 8. Ne2 c5 9. O-O Nc6 10. e4 Re8 11. Bg5 h6 12. Bh4 g5 13. Bg3 Nh5 14. Bc2 Bd7 15. f3 Qe7 16. Bf2 Na5 17. Qd3 Be6 18. d5 Bd7 19. g3 Kh8 20. Be3 Rg8 21. Kf2 Bh3 22. Rg1 Raf8 23. Ke1 f5 24. g4 fxe4 25. fxe4 Nf6 26. Bxc5 Bxg4 27. Bb4 b6 28. Bxa5 bxa5 29. Kd2 Qc7 30. Raf1 Bc8 31. Ng3 Ba6 32. Bb3 a4 33. Ba2 Qb6 34. Kc2 Rb8 35. Rb1 Qf2+ 36. Qd2 Qxd2+ 37. Kxd2 Rgc8 38. Kd3 Nd7 39. Nf5 Nc5+ 40. Ke3 Rxb1 41. Rxb1 Rd8 42. Nxh6 Kg7 43. Nf5+ Kf6 44. Rf1 Kg6 45. Rg1 Kf6 46. Rf1 Kg6 47. Rg1 Kf6 48. h4 gxh4 49. Nxh4 Bc8 50. Rg6+ Ke7 51. Rg7+ Kf6 52. Rg6+ Ke7 53. Bb1 Rh8 54. Nf3 Bd7 55. Bc2 Rh1 56. Rg1 Rxg1 57. Nxg1 Bg4 58. Bd3 Kd8 59. Be2 Bd7 60. Nf3 Kc7 1/2-1/2

[Event "URS-ch12"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "1940.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Keres, Paul"] [Black "Kotov, Alexander"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo ""] [BlackElo ""] [ECO "E33"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 Nc6 5. e3 d5 6. Nf3 O-O 7. a3 Bxc3+ 8. Qxc3 Bd7 9. Bd3 a5 10. O-O a4 11. Bd2 Na5 12. Ne5 dxc4 13. Nxc4 Nb3 14. Rad1 c5 15. dxc5 Rc8 16. Nb6 Rxc5 17. Qb4 Nd5 18. Nxd5 Rxd5 19. Bc3 Bc6 20. Bc2 Nc5 21. Rxd5 Qxd5 22. Qg4 g6 23. Rd1 Qh5 24. Qxh5 gxh5 25. Rd4 Rc8 26. g4 e5 27. Rc4 Bd5 28. Rb4 f6 29. gxh5 Bf3 30. Rc4 Kh8 31. Kf1 b5 32. Bf5 Rc6 33. Rb4 Rb6 34. Bg4 Bd5 35. Be2 Bc6 36. f3 Kg7 37. Rg4+ Kh6 38. Bb4 Ne6 39. Kf2 Kxh5 40. Be7 f5 41. Rg8 f4 42. e4 Bd7 43. Bf6 b4 44. axb4 h6 45. Bxe5 Rxb4 46. Bc3 Rb6 47. Ra8 Ng5 48. Ra6 Rb8 49. Bc4 Rc8 50. Bd5 Be8 51. h4 Kxh4 52. Rxh6+ Bh5 53. Kg2 Nxf3 54. Bf7 Ng5 55. Be1+ 1-0

[Event "URS-ch12"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "1940.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Kotov, Alexander"] [Black "Smyslov, Vassily"] [Result "0-1"] [WhiteElo ""] [BlackElo ""] [ECO "E86"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 O-O 5. Nge2 d6 6. f3 e5 7. Be3 exd4 8. Nxd4 c6 9. Qd2 d5 10. cxd5 cxd5 11. e5 Ne8 12. f4 f6 13. exf6 Nxf6 14. Be2 Nc6 15. O-O Re8 16. Kh1 Bg4 17. Bxg4 Nxg4 18. Bg1 Nxh2 19. Bxh2 Nxd4 20. Rae1 Qd7 21. Qd3 Rad8 22. Rxe8+ Rxe8 23. Bg1 Qf5 24. Qd1 Ne2 25. Nxe2 Qh5+ 26. Bh2 Rxe2 27. Re1 Re4 28. Qc1 Rxe1+ 29. Qxe1 h6 30. Qd2 Qf5 31. Bg1 Qh5+ 32. Bh2 Kh7 33. b3 d4 34. Qd3 Qf5 35. Qd2 Qe4 36. Bg1 b5 37. b4 a6 38. Kh2 g5 39. g3 gxf4 40. gxf4 Kg6 41. Bf2 Bf6 42. a4 bxa4 43. Qa2 d3 44. Qxa4 Qe2 45. Kg3 h5 46. Qxa6 h4+ 47. Kg2 Qe4+ 48. Kf1 Qh1+ 49. Bg1 Qf3+ 50. Bf2 d2 51. f5+ Kh5 0-1