[Event "Russia"]

[Site "Match, Leningrad (3)"]

[Date "1940/??/??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Botvinnik M"]
[Black "Ragozin Viacheslav"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D94/15"]

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

5.Nf3 Bg7 6.Bd3 O-O 7.O-O Bg4 8.h3 Bxf3
9.Qxf3 dxc4 10.Bxc4 Nbd7 11.Rd1 e5 12.d5 c5
13.d6 Rb8 14.e4 Ne8 15.Be3 a6 16.a4 Rc8
17.Rd2 h6 18.Rad1 Nef6 19.Nd5 Nxd5 20.Bxd5 Rb8
21.Qe2 Kh7 22.Rc2 Qf6 23.Ba2 Rbc8 24.b4 cxb4
25.Rc7 Rxc7 26.dxc7 Nb6 27.Bxb6 Qxb6 28.Qc4 Rc8
29.Rd7 Qc6 30.Qxc6 bxc6 31.Rxf7 c5 32.Be6 1-0

[Event "Russia"]
[Site "Match, Leningrad (8)"]
[Date "1940/??/??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Ragozin Viacheslav (RUS)"]
[Black "Botvinnik M"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D92/10"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Bf4 Bg7

5.e3 O-O 6.Rc1 c5 7.dxc5 Be6 8.Nf3 Nc6
9.Qa4 Ne4 10.Be2 Bxc3+ 11.bxc3 dxc4 12.Nd4 Bd5

13.Bh6 Re8 14.O-O e5 15.Nf3 Nxc5 16.Qb5 b6

17.Rfd1 a6 18.Qb1 b5 19.Bg5 Qd7 20.a4 e4
21.axb5 axb5 22.Nd4 Nxd4 23.exd4 Nb3 24.Qc2 Nxc1
25.Qxc1 Ra2 26.Qe3 Qc6 27.h4 f6 28.Bh6 Rea8
29.Kh2 Rb2 30.Bg4 b4 31.cxb4 c3 32.Rc1 c2
33.f3 Rb1 34.fxe4 Bxe4 35.d5 Qd6+ 36.Bf4 Qxb4
37.Be6+ Kh8 38.d6 Rxc1 39.Qxc1 Qd4 40.d7 Bc6 0-1

[Event "Russia"]
[Site "Match, Leningrad (10)"]
[Date "1940/??/??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Ragozin Viacheslav (RUS)"]
[Black "Botvinnik M"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C99/05"]

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 cxd4
13.cxd4 Nc6 14.Nf1 exd4 15.Bf4 Qb6 16.e5 dxe5
17.Nxe5 Be6 18.Nxc6 Qxc6 19.Be5 Rfd8 20.Rc1 Qd7
21.Qd3 Bc4 22.Qxd4 Qxd4 23.Bxd4 Rxd4 24.Rxe7 Bxa2
25.b3 Nd5 26.Rd7 Nc3 27.Rxd4 Ne2+ 28.Kh2 Nxd4
29.Be4 Nxb3 30.Rc7 Rb8 31.Bd5 Nc1 32.Bb7 Be6
33.Bxa6 Na2 34.Nd2 Nb4 35.Bb7 Nd5 36.Bxd5 Bxd5
37.f4 g6 38.Rc5 Ba2 39.g4 b4 40.Rc2 Be6
41.Rb2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Russia"]

[Site "Match, Leningrad (2)"]

[Date "1940/??/??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Ragozin Viacheslav (RUS)"]
[Black "Botvinnik M"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E35/04"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 d5

5.cxd5 exd5 6.Bg5 Be6 7.e3 h6 8.Bh4 O-O
9.a3 Be7 10.Nf3 Nbd7 11.Be2 Rc8 12.O-O c5
13.Qb3 Nb6 14.a4 Ne4 15.Bxe7 Qxe7 16.a5 Na8
17.Qa3 Nxc3 18.bxc3 Rc7 19.Ne5 Rfc8 20.Nd3 cxd4
21.Qxe7 Rxe7 22.cxd4 b6 23.axb6 Nxb6 24.Nc5 Rcc7
25.Rfc1 Bc8 26.Bb5 f6 27.h3 Kf7 28.Rc3 Bd7
29.Be2 Bc8 30.Rca3 Ke8 31.f3 Kd8 32.Bb5 g5
33.Kf2 h5 34.Ra5 h4 35.Bd3 Rg7 36.e4 Rge7
37.R1a3 Rg7 38.exd5 Nxd5 39.Na6 Rcd7 40.Nb8 Rd6
41.Rxa7 Rxa7 42.Rxa7 Nb4 43.Be4 Rb6 44.Rf7 Rxb8
45.Rxf6 Ke7 46.Rh6 Be6 47.g3 hxg3 48.Kxg3 Nd5
49.Rg6 Rb4 50.Rxg5 Rxd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Russia"]
[Site "Match, Leningrad (4)"]
[Date "1940/??/??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Ragozin Viacheslav (RUS)"]
[Black "Botvinnik M"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E33/10"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 Nc6

5.Nf3 d6 6.Bd2 e5 7.a3 Bxc3 8.Bxc3 Qe7
9.dxe5 dxe5 10.e3 a5 11.b3 O-O 12.Be2 Bg4
13.O-O Rfe8 14.h3 Bh5 15.b4 axb4 16.axb4 Rxa1
17.Rxa1 Bxf3 18.Bxf3 e4 19.Be2 Nxb4 20.Qb2 c5
21.Rb1 b6 22.Bxb4 cxb4 23.Qxb4 Qxb4 24.Rxb4 Re6
25.f3 g6 26.fxe4 Nxe4 27.Bf3 Kg7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Russia"]
[Site "Match, Leningrad (6)"]
[Date "1940/??/??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Ragozin Viacheslav (RUS)"]
[Black "Botvinnik M"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C05/10"]

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 g6 10.Nf3 Bg7 11.Bg5 Qc8 12.Qd2 h6
13.Be3 Qb7 14.Ne1 Nab8 15.f4 Nc6 16.b3 Ne7
17.Nd3 Rc8 18.Rf3 h5 19.Bf2 Nf5 20.Ne1 Bh6
21.Nc2 Bf8 22.Ne3 Be7 23.Nxf5 gxf5 24.Rh3 Nf8
25.Rb1 Ng6 26.Kh1 Kf8 27.Ng3 cxd4 28.Bxd4 h4
29.Ne2 Bc5 30.Kg1 Kg7 31.a4 Qe7 32.Rf3 Rc7
33.Qd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "1"]
[Site "Moscow ch-SU"]

[Date "1940/??/??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Bondarevsky Igor"]
[Black "Botvinnik Mikhail"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E29/02"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.a3 Bxc3+

5.bxc3 c5 6.e3 O-O 7.Bd3 Nc6 8.Ne2 d6
9.e4 e5 10.d5 Na5 11.O-O a6 12.Ng3 b5
13.cxb5 c4 14.Bc2 axb5 15.a4 bxa4 16.Rxa4 Nd7
17.Be3 Nc5 18.Bxc5 dxc5 19.Qh5 f6 20.Rfa1 Bd7
21.R4a3 Qb6 22.Qd1 Ra7 23.Nf1 Rfa8 24.Ne3 Kf8
25.R1a2 Ra6 26.h3 Qd8 27.Nxc4 Bb5 28.Nxa5 Rxa5
29.Qa1 Rxa3 30.Rxa3 Rxa3 31.Qxa3 Qc7 32.Qa8+ Kf7
33.Bd1 Kg6 34.Bg4 Bd7 35.d6 Qxd6 36.Qd8 Qd2
37.Qxd7 Qe1+ 38.Kh2 1-0

[Event "11"]
[Site "Moscow ch-SU"]
[Date "1940/??/??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Makogonov Vladimir"]
[Black "Botvinnik Mikhail"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A93/03"]

1.d4 e6 2.c4 f5 3.g3 Nf6 4.Bg2 Be7

5.Nf3 d5 6.O-O O-O 7.b3 c6 8.Ne5 Nbd7
9.Nd3 Qe8 10.f3 b6 11.Bb2 Bb7 12.Nd2 c5

13.e3 Rc8 14.Qe2 dxc4 15.bxc4 Qf7 16.Ne5 Qe8

17.f4 Bxg2 18.Qxg2 cxd4 19.exd4 Bb4 20.Nef3 Nb8
21.a3 Bxd2 22.Nxd2 b5 23.Rac1 bxc4 24.Nxc4 Qd7
25.Rfe1 Rfe8 26.Ne3 Nc6 27.d5 Nxd5 28.Nc4 Rb8
29.Rc2 Rb3 30.Rd2 Reb8 31.Qe2 Nd8 32.Qe5 R8b5
33.g4 Rc5 34.gxf5 Rxc4 35.fxe6 Nxe6 36.Rxd5 Qf7
37.f5 Nf8 38.Bd4 Rd3 39.Rd8 Rd2 40.Rxf8+ Qxf8
41.Qd5+ Kh8 42.Qxc4 Qd8 43.f6 Rxd4 44.f7 1-0

[Event "12"]
[Site "Moscow ch-SU"]
[Date "1940/??/??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Botvinnik Mikhail"]
[Black "Keres Paul"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E13/05"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Nf3 b6

5.Bg5 Bb7 6.e3 h6 7.Bh4 Bxc3+ 8.bxc3 d6
9.Nd2 e5 10.f3 Qe7 11.e4 Nbd7 12.Bd3 g5
13.Bf2 Nh5 14.g3 Ng7 15.Qe2 h5 16.h4 gxh4
17.Rxh4 Nf8 18.Rh2 Ng6 19.d5 O-O-O 20.Nf1 h4
21.g4 Qf6 22.Qe3 Kb8 23.Nd2 Ne8 24.O-O-O c6
25.Kb2 Nc7 26.Nb3 Na6 27.Rdh1 Rh7 28.Bf1 Rdh8
29.Be1 1/2-1/2

[Event "13"]
[Site "Moscow ch-SU"]
[Date "1940/??/??"]

[Round "?"]
[White "Kotov Alexander"]
[Black "Botvinnik Mikhail"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E35/06"]

1.d4 e6 2.c4 Nf6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 d5

5.cxd5 exd5 6.Bg5 h6 7.Bh4 c5 8.e3 cxd4
9.exd4 Nc6 10.Bb5 O-O 11.Ne2 Qb6 12.Qd3 Bxc3+
13.bxc3 Ne4 14.O-O Bf5 15.Ba4 Rfe8 16.Rfe1 Qa5
17.Bb3 g5 18.Bg3 Re6 19.Be5 Nxe5 20.dxe5 Rxe5
21.Qd4 Rae8 22.Ng3 Bg6 23.f3 Nxg3 24.Rxe5 Rxe5
25.hxg3 Qc7 26.Bxd5 Re2 27.Kh2 b6 28.Bc4 Re8
29.Rd1 h5 30.Bb3 h4 31.Qd6 Qxd6 32.Rxd6 hxg3
33.Kxg3 Kg7 34.Rd7 Rc8 35.Rxa7 Rxc3 36.Rb7 Rc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "14"]
[Site "Moscow ch-SU"]
[Date "1940/??/??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Botvinnik Mikhail"]
[Black "Konstantinopolsky A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B84/01"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6

5.Nc3 a6 6.Be2 e6 7.a4 Nc6 8.O-O Qc7
9.Nb3 b6 10.f4 Bb7 11.f5 Be7 12.fxe6 fxe6
13.Bh5+ g6 14.Bg4 Bc8 15.Bh6 Rg8 16.Bg5 Nxg4
17.Qxg4 Ne5 18.Qh4 Ra7 19.Qxh7 Rf8 20.Bxe7 Rxf1+

21.Rxf1 Qxe7 22.Qg8+ Kd7 23.Nd4 Kc7 24.Rf8 Ra8

25.Nf3 Nxf3+ 26.Rxf3 Qg5 27.h3 Ra7 28.Nd5+ exd5
29.Rc3+ Kd7 30.Qxc8+ Ke7 31.Rf3 dxe4 32.Rf8 Qc5+
33.Kf1 Qxc8 34.Rxc8 Ke6 35.Ke2 b5 36.a5 b4
37.Rc4 Kd5 38.Rxb4 Rc7 39.c3 Rc5 40.Ke3 Rxa5
41.Rd4+ Ke5 42.Rxe4+ Kf6 43.Kd4 Rb5 44.Re2 a5
45.Kc4 Rc5+ 46.Kb3 d5 47.Ka4 Kf5 48.g3 Kf6
49.Re8 Kf5 50.Ra8 Rc6 51.Kxa5 Re6 52.Rf8+ Ke5
53.b4 1-0

[Event "15"]
[Site "Moscow ch-SU"]
[Date "1940/??/??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Mikenas Vladas"]
[Black "Botvinnik Mikhail"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E35/06"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 d5

5.cxd5 exd5 6.Bg5 h6 7.Bh4 c5 8.O-O-O O-O
9.dxc5 Bxc3 10.Qxc3 g5 11.Bg3 Ne4 12.Qa3 Be6
13.f3 Nxg3 14.hxg3 Qf6 15.e3 Rc8 16.Kb1 Nd7
17.Ne2 Rxc5 18.Nd4 a6 19.Bb5 Rac8 20.Bxd7 Bxd7
21.g4 Qg6+ 22.Ka1 Qf6 23.Qd3 Ba4 24.Rde1 Bc2
25.Qd2 Bh7 26.Rc1 b6 27.Rxc5 bxc5 28.Nb3 c4
29.Nd4 Re8 30.Re1 Bd3 31.Qc3 Qe5 32.Nc6 Qd6
33.Nb4 d4 34.exd4 Rxe1+ 35.Qxe1 a5 36.Nxd3 cxd3
37.Qe3 Qa6 38.b3 Qc6 39.Qd2 a4 40.Kb2 a3
41.Kxa3 Qd6+ 42.b4 Qxd4 43.Kb3 Kf8 44.a4 Qd5+

45.Kc3 Qc6+ 46.Kxd3 Qxa4 47.Kc4 Kg8 48.Kc5 Qa7+

49.Kb5 Qb7+ 50.Ka4 Qa6+ 51.Kb3 Qe6+ 52.Ka3 Qa6+
53.Kb2 Qc4 54.Qc3 Qb5 55.Qc8+ Kg7 56.Qc5 Qe2+
57.Qc2 Qf1 58.Kb3 Kg8 59.Qc8+ Kg7 60.Qc6 Qd1+
61.Kb2 Qd2+ 62.Ka3 Qd3+ 63.Ka4 Qd1+ 64.Ka5 Qd2
65.g3 Qe1 66.Qe4 Qd2 67.Qe5+ Kg6 68.Kb5 Qd7+
69.Kb6 Qd8+ 70.Kb7 Qd7+ 71.Qc7 Qd3 72.Qc6+ Kg7
73.b5 1-0

[Event "16"]
[Site "Moscow ch-SU"]
[Date "1940/??/??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Botvinnik Mikhail"]
[Black "Gerstenfeld Eduard"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A34/12"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5

5.e4 Nb4 6.Bc4 e6 7.d3 Be7 8.O-O a6
9.a3 N4c6 10.Ne2 Nd7 11.Bf4 O-O 12.Ng3 b5
13.Ba2 Bb7 14.Qe2 Qb6 15.Rad1 Rfd8 16.h4 Nf8
17.h5 Rd7 18.h6 g6 19.e5 Nd4 20.Nxd4 Rxd4
21.Be3 Rh4 22.f4 Qc6 23.Bb1 Nd7 24.d4 f5
25.dxc5 Bxc5 26.Bxc5 Qxc5+ 27.Qf2 Bd5 28.Ba2 Qxf2+
29.Rxf2 Nb6 30.Bxd5 Nxd5 31.Ne2 Rc8 32.Nc3 Nxf4
33.Rd7 g5 34.g3 Nh3+ 35.Kg2 Rxh6 36.Rfd2 g4
37.Rd8+ Rxd8 38.Rxd8+ Kf7 39.Rd7+ Ke8 40.Ra7 Ng5
41.Rxa6 Nf3 42.Kf2 Nxe5 43.Nxb5 Kf7 44.Nd4 Rh2+
45.Kf1 Rxb2 46.Nxe6 Nf3 47.Nf4 Nd2+ 48.Kg1 Ne4

49.Ra7+ Kf8 50.Ra8+ Ke7 51.Ra7+ Kd6 52.Ra6+ Kc7

53.Nh5 Ra2 54.a4 Ra3 55.Kg2 Kd7 56.a5 Ke7
57.Ra7+ Ke6 58.a6 Nc5 59.Rxh7 Ra2+ 60.Kf1 Nxa6
61.Nf4+ Ke5 62.Re7+ Kf6 63.Re6+ Kf7 64.Re5 Kf6
65.Re6+ 1/2-1/2