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Smyslov, Vassily - Simagin, Vladimir, URS-ch20, Moscow - A30 [1952] 1-0
Annotator: Moiseev

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.g3 b6 4.Bg2 Bb7 5.O-O c5 6.b3 Be7 7.Bb2 O-O 8.d4 (8.Nc3 d6 9.d4 (9.e3) ) cxd4 9.Nbd2 (9.Qxd4 Nc6 10.Qf4 Qb8 11.Nc3) d3 (9...d6) 10.exd3 d5 (10...d6 11.d4 Nbd7) 11.Ne5 Nbd7 12.f4 Rc8 (12...Nxe5 13.fxe5 Nd7 14.cxd5 Bxd5 15.Bxd5 exd5 16.d4) 13.Qe2 Rc7 14.Ndf3 (14.d4 Qa8 15.Ndf3 (15.f5) ) dxc4 15.dxc4 (15.bxc4) Nxe5 16.Nxe5 Qa8 17.f5 (17.Rad1 Bxg2 (17...Rfc8) 18.Qxg2 Qxg2+ 19.Kxg2 Rfc8) exf5 18.Rxf5 Bc5+ 19.Kh1 Re8 20.Bxb7 Qxb7+ 21.Qf3 Qxf3+ 22.Rxf3 Ne4 23.Nd3 Rd7 /\ 24...Rd3 24.Nxc5 bxc5 25.Rf5 Rd2 26.Re5 Nf2+ (26...Red8 27.Rxe4 Rxb2 28.Rae1 [%emt 0:00:29] /\ R4e2 g6 29.R4e2) (26...Rxe5 27.Bxe5 f5 (27...Ng5 28.Bf4) ) 27.Kg1 Nh3+ 28.Kh1 Rxe5 29.Bxe5 f6 (29...Nf2+ 30.Kg1 Nh3+) 30.Bb8 a6 31.Ba7 Nf2+ (31...Ng5 32.Bxc5 Nf3 33.Bg1 Kf7 Yudovic ) 32.Kg2 Nd3+ 33.Kf3 Rxh2 34.Ke4 Ne5 35.Bxc5 (35.Kd5 Nd3 36.Rd1 (36.Bxc5 Rh5+) Rh5+ 37.Kd6) Kf7 36.Kd4 (36.Kd5 Rd2+) Rd2+ 37.Kc3 Rg2 38.Bd6 Rxg3+ 39.Kb4 Rg5 (39...Ke6) 40.Kc5 h5 (40...Ke6) 41.Kb6 h4 42.c5 Nd7+ 43.Kc6 Ke6 44.b4 Rg4 45.Rb1 g5 46.a4 Rc4 47.b5 axb5 48.axb5 f5 49.b6 Nxb6 50.Re1+ Kf6 51.Kb5 (51.Kxb6 f4 52.c6 Kf5 53.c7 Rxc7 54.Kxc7 h3 55.Rg1 (55.Kd7 Kg4 56.Ke6 Kf3 57.Kf5 h2 58.Kxg5 Kg2 59.Re2+ Kh3) h2 (55...g4 56.Rf1 g3 57.Rxf4+ Kg5 58.Rf3 h2 (58...g2 59.Bh2) 59.Rxg3+ Kh4 60.Rg8) 56.Rh1 g4 57.Rxh2 g3 58.Rh4 g2 59.Rxf4+ Kg5 60.Rf8) f4 52.cxb6 Rc8 53.b7 Rg8 54.Kc4 Kf5 55.Kd3 h3 56.b8=Q Rxb8 57.Bxb8 Kg4 58.Ke2 Kg3 59.Rg1+ Kh4 60.Kf2 h2 61.Rh1 Kh3 62.Bc7