USSR CHAMPIONSHIP SEMIFINAL — LVOV 1951

TOURNAMENT · ROUND ORDER

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ROUND ORDER PLAYERS RESULT MOVES OPENINGS ROUND
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Beilin, Mikhail Abramovich vs Kopaev, Nikolay Antonovich
0-1 50 Sicilian Defense: Open
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Sokolsky, Alexey Pavlovich vs Byvshev, Vasily Mikhailovich
1-0 38 Amar Opening
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Vistinietzki, Itzhak vs Kopaev, Nikolay Antonovich
0-1 44 Dutch Defense: Classical Variation, Ilyin-Zhenevsky Variation, Modern Main Line ROUND 1
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Ragozin, Viacheslav vs Borisenko, Georgy Konstantinov
1-0 43 Bird Opening ROUND 1
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Rovner, Dmitry Osipovich vs Zagoriansky, Evgeny
0-1 27 English Opening: King's English Variation ROUND 1
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Byvshev, Vasily Mikhailovich vs Rovner, Dmitry Osipovich
1-0 28 Sicilian Defense: Richter-Rauzer Variation ROUND 2
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Gusev, Nikolay Nikolaevich vs Ragozin, Viacheslav
1-0 42 Nimzo-Indian Defense: Normal Variation, Gligoric System ROUND 2
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Kopaev, Nikolay Antonovich vs Bonch Osmolovsky, Mikhail
0-1 46 Nimzo-Indian Defense: Sämisch Variation ROUND 2
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Konstantinopolsky, Alexander Markovich vs Kopaev, Nikolay Antonovich
1-0 33 Indian Defense: West Indian Defense ROUND 3
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Flohr, Salo vs Byvshev, Vasily Mikhailovich
1-0 31 Queen's Gambit Declined: Modern Variation, Normal Line ROUND 3
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Bonch Osmolovsky, Mikhail vs Zagoriansky, Evgeny
1/2-1/2 41 Ruy Lopez: Closed ROUND 3
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Mikenas, Vladas Ivanovich vs Rovner, Dmitry Osipovich
1-0 28 Queen's Indian Defense: Spassky System ROUND 4
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Byvshev, Vasily Mikhailovich vs Bonch Osmolovsky, Mikhail
0-1 32 Sicilian Defense: Najdorf Variation ROUND 4
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Beilin, Mikhail Abramovich vs Konstantinopolsky, Alexander Markovich
1-0 41 Pseudo Queen's Indian Defense ROUND 5
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Lyskov, I vs Borisenko, Georgy Konstantinov
0-1 42 Ruy Lopez: Closed ROUND 5
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Sokolsky, Alexey Pavlovich vs Rovner, Dmitry Osipovich
1-0 33 Sicilian Defense: Moscow Variation, Main Line ROUND 5
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Zagoriansky, Evgeny vs Byvshev, Vasily Mikhailovich
1/2-1/2 39 Queen's Gambit Declined: Chigorin Defense ROUND 5
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Aronin, Lev Solomonovich vs Sokolsky, Alexey Pavlovich
1-0 42 Caro-Kann Defense: Finnish Variation ROUND 5
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Ragozin, Viacheslav vs Beilin, Mikhail Abramovich
1/2-1/2 22 Ruy Lopez: Morphy Defense, Anderssen Variation ROUND 6
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Poliak, Evsey vs Flohr, Salo
1-0 34 Caro-Kann Defense ROUND 6
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Borisenko, Georgy Konstantinov vs Aronin, Lev Solomonovich
1-0 36 Slav Defense: Czech Variation ROUND 6
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Makarov, Arkady Alexandrovic vs Zagoriansky, Evgeny
0-1 53 Italian Game: Two Knights Defense, Open Variation ROUND 6
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Flohr, Salo vs Sokolsky, Alexey Pavlovich
1/2-1/2 19 Dutch Defense: Classical Variation, Ilyin-Zhenevsky Variation, Modern Main Line ROUND 7
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Byvshev, Vasily Mikhailovich vs Makarov, Arkady Alexandrovic
1-0 36 Sicilian Defense: Accelerated Dragon, Maróczy Bind, Breyer Variation ROUND 7
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Borisenko, Georgy Konstantinov vs Flohr, Salo
0-1 40 Slav Defense: Geller Gambit ROUND 8
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Konstantinopolsky, Alexander Markovich vs Lyskov, I
1/2-1/2 24 Old Indian Defense: Tartakower-Indian ROUND 8
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Gusev, Nikolay Nikolaevich vs Rovner, Dmitry Osipovich
1-0 42 Dutch Defense: Classical Variation, Ilyin-Zhenevsky Variation, Alatortsev-Lisitsyn Line ROUND 8
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Simagin, Vladimir Pavlovich vs Kopaev, Nikolay Antonovich
1-0 41 Grünfeld Defense: Exchange Variation, Classical Variation ROUND 9
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Flohr, Salo vs Gusev, Nikolay Nikolaevich
1-0 37 English Opening: Agincourt Defense, Wimpy System ROUND 9
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Aronin, Lev Solomonovich vs Konstantinopolsky, Alexander Markovich
1-0 60 Sicilian Defense: Closed, Fianchetto Variation ROUND 9
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Ragozin, Viacheslav vs Aronin, Lev Solomonovich
0-1 41 Bird Opening ROUND 10
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Kopaev, Nikolay Antonovich vs Mikenas, Vladas Ivanovich
0-1 40 Alekhine Defense: Modern Variation, Main Line ROUND 10
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Vistinietzki, Itzhak vs Flohr, Salo
0-1 25 Queen's Gambit Accepted: Alekhine Defense, Alatortsev Variation ROUND 10
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Makarov, Arkady Alexandrovic vs Sokolsky, Alexey Pavlovich
0-1 32 Sicilian Defense: Closed ROUND 11
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Lyskov, I vs Simagin, Vladimir Pavlovich
0-1 37 Sicilian Defense: Dragon Variation, Accelerated Dragon ROUND 11
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Zagoriansky, Evgeny vs Gusev, Nikolay Nikolaevich
1/2-1/2 23 Ruy Lopez ROUND 11
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Kopaev, Nikolay Antonovich vs Poliak, Evsey
0-1 36 Sicilian Defense: Old Sicilian ROUND 12
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Gusev, Nikolay Nikolaevich vs Byvshev, Vasily Mikhailovich
1-0 27 English Opening: Anglo-Indian Defense ROUND 12
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Vistinietzki, Itzhak vs Zagoriansky, Evgeny
0-1 39 Queen's Gambit Declined ROUND 12
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Bonch Osmolovsky, Mikhail vs Ragozin, Viacheslav
1-0 19 Sicilian Defense: Dragon Variation, Classical Variation ROUND 13
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Poliak, Evsey vs Sokolsky, Alexey Pavlovich
1-0 31 French Defense: Tarrasch Variation, Open System ROUND 13
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Mikenas, Vladas Ivanovich vs Borisenko, Georgy Konstantinov
0-1 41 Queen's Indian Defense: Spassky System ROUND 13
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Rovner, Dmitry Osipovich vs Simagin, Vladimir Pavlovich
0-1 38 Grünfeld Defense: Exchange Variation, Classical Variation ROUND 13
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Makarov, Arkady Alexandrovic vs Gusev, Nikolay Nikolaevich
0-1 59 Modern Defense ROUND 13
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Kopaev, Nikolay Antonovich vs Sokolsky, Alexey Pavlovich
0-1 30 Italian Game: Evans Gambit, Main Line ROUND 14
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Vistinietzki, Itzhak vs Makarov, Arkady Alexandrovic
0-1 43 King's Indian Defense ROUND 14
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Ragozin, Viacheslav vs Zagoriansky, Evgeny
0-1 45 French Defense: Paulsen Variation ROUND 14
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Aronin, Lev Solomonovich vs Kopaev, Nikolay Antonovich
1-0 40 Sicilian Defense: Dragon Variation, Classical Variation ROUND 15
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Makarov, Arkady Alexandrovic vs Konstantinopolsky, Alexander Markovich
0-1 23 French Defense: Tarrasch Variation, Open System ROUND 15
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Zagoriansky, Evgeny vs Beilin, Mikhail Abramovich
1-0 43 Indian Defense: West Indian Defense ROUND 15