[Event "Russia"]

[Site "Ch URS, Moscow"]

[Date "1940/??/??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kotov Alexander (RUS)"]
[Black "Botvinnik M"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[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.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 "Russia"]
[Site "Ch URS, Moscow (14)"]
[Date "1940/??/??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Botvinnik M"]
[Black "Konstantinopolski Alexander"]
[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 Rc6 54.Re8+ Kd6 55.Rd8+ Ke5 56.Re8+ Kd6
57.Re3 Rc8 58.h4 g5 59.hxg5 Rg8 60.Kb5 Rxg5
61.Rd3 Rg4 62.Rd4 Rxg3 63.c4 Kc7 64.Rxd5 Rg6
65.c5 Rh6 66.c6 Rh4 67.Rd7+ Kc8 68.Kc5 Rg4
69.b5 Rg6 70.b6 Rg5+ 71.Rd5 Rg8 72.b7 1-0

[Event "Russia"]
[Site "Ch URS, Moscow (4)"]
[Date "1940/??/??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Botvinnik M"]
[Black "Levenfish Grigory"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A28/19"]

1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.Nf3 Nc6 4.d4 exd4

5.Nxd4 Bb4 6.Bg5 h6 7.Bh4 Bxc3+ 8.bxc3 Ne5
9.e3 Ng6 10.Bg3 Ne4 11.Qc2 Nxg3 12.hxg3 d6
13.f4 Qe7 14.Kf2 Nf8 15.c5 dxc5 16.Bb5+ Nd7

17.Nf5 Qf6 18.Rad1 g6 19.Nxh6 Rf8 20.g4 a6

21.g5 Qe6 22.Be2 Nb6 23.Ng4 Ke7 24.Nf6 Qc6
25.Rh7 Bf5 26.e4 Be6 27.f5 1-0

[Event "Russia"]
[Site "Ch URS, Moscow (6)"]
[Date "1940/??/??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Botvinnik M"]
[Black "Petrov Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C05/10"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 Nf6 4.e5 Nfd7

5.Bd3 b6 6.Ne2 c5 7.c3 Ba6 8.Bxa6 Nxa6
9.O-O Be7 10.f4 f5 11.exf6 Bxf6 12.Nf3 O-O
13.Be3 Nc7 14.Qd3 Qc8 15.Ng3 Qa6 16.Qd2 Rae8
17.a4 Qb7 18.b4 a5 19.b5 Be7 20.Qd3 Rf7
21.Rae1 Ref8 22.Bd2 Bf6 23.f5 Re8 24.Bf4 c4
25.Qd2 Nf8 26.Ne5 Bxe5 27.Bxe5 Qc8 28.Qg5 exf5
29.Nxf5 Ng6 30.Bxc7 Rxe1 31.Rxe1 Qxc7 32.Re8+ Rf8
33.Ne7+ Kf7 34.Nxd5+ Qb7 35.Re3 Rb8 36.h4 Kf8
37.h5 1-0

[Event "Russia"]
[Site "Ch URS, Moscow (19)"]
[Date "1940/??/??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Botvinnik M"]
[Black "Rudakovsky Iosif"]

[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B83/08"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6

5.Nc3 d6 6.Be2 Nc6 7.Be3 Be7 8.O-O O-O
9.f4 Qc7 10.Nb3 Rd8 11.Qe1 a6 12.Qf2 Qb8
13.Bf3 Bd7 14.Na4 b5 15.Nb6 Be8 16.Nxa8 Qxa8
17.Rad1 e5 18.Rfe1 Rc8 19.c3 a5 20.a3 b4
21.axb4 axb4 22.Ra1 Qb8 23.c4 exf4 24.Bxf4 Ne5
25.Bxe5 dxe5 26.Qa7 Qxa7+ 27.Rxa7 Bf8 28.Rc1 Bc6
29.Ra6 Bd7 30.Ra5 Be6 31.Rxe5 Nd7 32.Ra5 Nb6
33.Be2 g6 34.Kf2 h5 35.Ra6 Nd7 36.h3 Ne5
37.Ra5 Nc6 38.Rb5 Bg7 39.Rc2 Ra8 40.Rd2 Kh7
41.Rd6 Ne5 42.Nd2 Ra2 43.Rxb4 Bf8 44.c5 Nd7
45.Rb5 Nxc5 46.Rc6 Na4 47.Bc4 Bxc4 48.Nxc4 Bg7
49.e5 Nc3 50.Rb7 Ne4+ 51.Ke3 Ng5 52.Rcc7 Bh6
53.Ra7 Nxh3 54.Kd4 Rxa7 55.Rxa7 Ng5 56.b4 1-0

[Event "Russia"]
[Site "Ch URS, Moscow (10)"]
[Date "1940/??/??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Botvinnik M"]
[Black "Veresov Gavriil"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C48/08"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bb5 Nd4

5.Ba4 Bc5 6.Nxe5 Qe7 7.Nd3 Nxe4 8.O-O Nxc3
9.dxc3 Ne6 10.Nxc5 Qxc5 11.Be3 Qe7 12.f4 f5

13.Qf3 O-O 14.Rfe1 Rb8 15.Rad1 b6 16.Bf2 Kh8

17.Qh3 Rf7 18.b4 h6 19.Qh5 Rf8 20.Bh4 Qf7
21.Qxf7 Rxf7 22.c4 a6 23.Re5 Kh7 24.Bg3 Kg6
25.a3 c5 26.c3 Kh7 27.Rd6 g6 28.Bd1 Kg7
29.Bf3 Kf8 30.Bh4 g5 31.fxg5 hxg5 32.Bg3 Ke7
33.Rd2 f4 34.Bf2 Kf6 35.Red5 Rg7 36.Bg4 Rb7
37.Rd6 Ke7 38.h4 cxb4 39.cxb4 Rc7 40.c5 bxc5
41.Bxe6 dxe6 42.bxc5 Rd7 43.hxg5 Rxd6 44.Rxd6 Kf7
45.Rd8 Bb7 46.Bd4 Rh7 47.Rd6 Bd5 48.c6 Kg6
49.Bb6 Rh8 50.c7 Rc8 51.Ba5 Kxg5 52.Rxa6 Kg4
53.Rd6 f3 54.Rd8 Bb7 55.gxf3 Kxf3 56.Kf1 e5
57.Ke1 e4 58.Kd2 Kf2 59.Kc3 e3 60.Kd4 e2
61.Rxc8 Bxc8 62.a4 1-0

[Event "Russia"]
[Site "Ch URS, Moscow (5)"]
[Date "1940/??/??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Dubinin Petr (RUS)"]
[Black "Botvinnik M"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D97/01"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Qb3 dxc4

5.Qxc4 Bg7 6.Nf3 O-O 7.e4 c6 8.Be2 Nbd7
9.O-O Nb6 10.Qb3 Be6 11.Qc2 Bg4 12.Rd1 Qc7
13.h3 Bxf3 14.Bxf3 e5 15.dxe5 Qxe5 16.g3 Rfd8
17.Bf4 Qe6 18.Kg2 Nc4 19.Rxd8+ Rxd8 20.Rd1 Rxd1
21.Nxd1 h5 22.Be2 Nb6 23.Nc3 Nfd7 24.h4 Nc4
25.Nd1 Ncb6 26.b3 Qe7 27.Ne3 Nc5 28.f3 Ne6

29.Kh3 Qd7 30.Kh2 Nxf4 31.gxf4 Qe7 32.Kg3 Nd7

33.Kg2 Nc5 34.e5 Bh6 35.Bc4 Kf8 36.Qc3 Bg7
37.b4 Nd7 38.Qd2 Bh6 39.Qd4 Nb6 40.Bb3 Qd7
41.Qc5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "?"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1940/??/??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Ragozin Viacheslav"]
[Black "Botvinnik Mikhail"]
[Result "0-1"]
[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 0-1

[Event "?"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1940/??/??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Ragozin Viacheslav"]

[Black "Botvinnik Mikhail"]

[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D86/02"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 d5 3.d4 g6 4.cxd5 Nxd5

5.e4 Nxc3 6.bxc3 c5 7.Bc4 Bg7 8.Ne2 Nd7
9.Be3 Qc7 10.Rc1 O-O 11.O-O a6 12.f4 Nb6
13.Bb3 c4 14.Bc2 f5 15.Ng3 fxe4 16.Bxe4 Bf5
17.Qf3 Bxe4 18.Nxe4 Qc6 19.Ng5 Qxf3 20.Rxf3 Nd5
21.Bd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "08"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1940/??/??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Ragozin Viacheslav"]
[Black "Botvinnik Mikhail"]
[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

41.h5 0-1

[Event "11"]
[Site "Leningrad m"]
[Date "1940/??/??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Botvinnik M"]
[Black "Ragozin V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D19/02"]

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 Ne4 10.Na2 Bd6 11.Bd3 Bg6 12.Nc3 Ng5
13.Nxg5 Bxd3 14.Qxd3 Qxg5 15.Ne4 Qg6 16.Rd1 Be7
17.Bd2 Na6 18.Bc3 Rfd8 19.Rac1 Rd7 20.Qb1 Rad8
21.Nd2 e5 22.Qxg6 hxg6 23.Kf1 exd4 24.Bxd4 Nb4
25.Ke2 c5 26.Bc3 Nd3 27.Rb1 Bf6 28.Nc4 Kf8
29.Rd2 Ne5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Russia"]
[Site "Match, Leningrad (1)"]
[Date "1940/??/??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Botvinnik M"]
[Black "Ragozin Viacheslav"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D19/02"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.d4 Nf6 3.c4 c6 4.Nc3 dxc4

5.a4 Bf5 6.e3 e6 7.Bxc4 Bb4 8.O-O O-O

9.Qe2 Ne4 10.Na2 Bd6 11.Bd3 Bg6 12.Nc3 Ng5
13.Ne1 f5 14.f4 Nf7 15.Bc4 Re8 16.Nd3 Nd7
17.b3 Nb6 18.Bb2 Nd5 19.Rac1 Qh4 20.Ne5 Bh5
21.Qe1 Qxe1 22.Rfxe1 Nxe5 23.fxe5 Bb4 24.Be2 Bxe2
25.Rxe2 Bxc3 26.Bxc3 Re7 27.Bb2 Rd7 28.Ba3 Rc8
29.Kf2 Kf7 30.Kf3 g5 31.Rec2 Kg6 32.g3 Rg8
33.Bd6 h5 34.Rf2 g4 35.Ke2 Nf6 36.Bb4 Ne4
37.Rg2 Rh7 38.Be1 Ng5 39.b4 Rc8 40.Kf1 Nf3
41.b5 h4 42.gxh4 Nxe1 43.Kxe1 Rxh4 44.Kf1 Rh3
45.Rc3 Kg5 46.Kg1 Rb8 47.Rg3 Rhh8 48.Rg2 Rh3
49.Rg3 Rhh8 50.Rg2 Rh3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Russia"]
[Site "Match, Leningrad (7)"]
[Date "1940/??/??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Botvinnik M"]
[Black "Ragozin Viacheslav"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C77/01"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6

5.d3 Bc5 6.Nc3 d6 7.Bg5 h6 8.Bxf6 Qxf6
9.Nd5 Qg6 10.Qe2 b5 11.Bb3 Ra7 12.c3 O-O
13.O-O Bg4 14.Ne3 Bxe3 15.fxe3 Na5 16.Bc2 c5
17.Qe1 Qe6 18.Nh4 Nc6 19.h3 Bh5 20.Nf5 Bg6
21.Qe2 Bxf5 22.exf5 Qf6 23.Bb3 Rd8 24.e4 Ne7
25.a4 b4 26.Qe3 Rb7 27.Bc4 bxc3 28.bxc3 d5
29.exd5 Nxd5 30.Qe4 Rbd7 31.Rfe1 Nf4 32.Re3 Qg5

33.Kh2 Nd5 34.Bxd5 Rxd5 35.Rf1 Qf6 36.Rff3 Qd6

37.c4 Rd4 38.Qxe5 Rxd3 39.Qxd6 R3xd6 40.Re5 Rc8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Russia"]
[Site "Match, Leningrad (5)"]
[Date "1940/??/??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Botvinnik M"]
[Black "Ragozin Viacheslav"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A28/15"]

1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.Nf3 Nc6 4.d4 e4

5.Nd2 Bb4 6.e3 O-O 7.Be2 Re8 8.O-O Bxc3
9.bxc3 d6 10.f3 exf3 11.Bxf3 Rxe3 12.Nb3 Re8
13.Bg5 Ne7 14.Qd2 c6 15.Rae1 Bf5 16.Bxf6 gxf6
17.h4 d5 18.cxd5 cxd5 19.Bd1 Be4 20.Rxf6 Ng6
21.Qf2 Re6 22.Rxe6 fxe6 23.h5 Nf8 24.Qg3+ Kf7
25.Rf1+ Bf5 26.Qf4 Nd7 27.Bc2 Qb8 28.Qh6 Qg8
29.Bxf5 exf5 30.Rxf5+ Ke7 31.Rg5 Qe6 32.Rg7+ 1-0

[Event "Russia"]
[Site "Match, Leningrad (9)"]
[Date "1940/??/??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Botvinnik M"]
[Black "Ragozin Viacheslav"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A90/04"]

1.c4 f5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.g3 e6 4.Bg2 d5

5.O-O c6 6.d4 Bd6 7.Nc3 O-O 8.cxd5 exd5
9.Bf4 Bxf4 10.gxf4 Nbd7 11.e3 Ne4 12.Ne2 Qe7
13.Rc1 Ndf6 14.Qe1 Be6 15.Ne5 Nd7 16.Kh1 a5
17.Rc2 Qh4 18.Nc1 Nxe5 19.dxe5 Qe7 20.Ne2 Bd7
21.Rg1 b6 22.f3 Nc5 23.Rd2 Ne6 24.Bh3 Kh8
25.Ng3 g6 26.Bf1 Rad8 27.Qf2 Bc8 28.Ne2 c5
29.Bg2 Bb7 30.Rgd1 Bc6 31.h3 b5 32.Kh2 b4
33.h4 Ng7 34.Bh3 Ba4 35.Rc1 Bb5 36.Rcd1 Bc6
37.Rc1 Bb7 38.Qg3 Ne6 39.Qf2 Ba6 40.Rcd1 d4
41.exd4 Bxe2 42.Rxe2 Nxf4 43.d5 Nxd5 44.f4 Nc7
45.Red2 Rxd2 46.Rxd2 Ne6 47.Bf1 Rd8 48.Kg3 Kg7
49.Bc4 Rxd2 50.Qxd2 Qd8 51.Qf2 Nd4 52.Qg2 Qd7
53.Qa8 a4 54.Qg8+ Kh6 55.Qf8+ Kh5 56.Qf6 h6
57.e6 1-0