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| ROUND ORDER | PLAYERS | RESULT | MOVES | OPENINGS | ROUND |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1952.05.24 |
Ragozin, Viacheslav
vs
Tolush, Alexander V
|
1/2-1/2 | 35 | Queen's Pawn Game: Zukertort Variation | ROUND 6 |
| 1952.05.24 |
Veltmander, Iogannes G
vs
Mikenas, Vladas Ivanovich
|
0-1 | 41 | King's Indian Defense | ROUND 6 |
| 1952.05.24 |
Fridstein, German Samuilovich
vs
Cherepkov, Alexander V
|
1/2-1/2 | 88 | Queen's Indian Defense: Fianchetto Variation | ROUND 6 |
| 1952.05.24 |
Pasman, Marks
vs
Koblencs, Aleksandrs
|
1/2-1/2 | 40 | Queen's Gambit Accepted: Normal Variation | ROUND 6 |
| 1952.05.25 |
Tolush, Alexander V
vs
Nikitin, Aleksander S
|
1/2-1/2 | 26 | English Opening: Agincourt Defense | ROUND 7 |
| 1952.05.25 |
Klavins, Janis
vs
Ravinsky, Grigory Ionovich
|
0-1 | 23 | Ruy Lopez: Morphy Defense, Anderssen Variation | ROUND 7 |
| 1952.05.25 |
Chaplinsky, Edgar
vs
Veltmander, Iogannes G
|
1-0 | 67 | Ruy Lopez: Closed, Delayed Exchange | ROUND 7 |
| 1952.05.25 |
Terpugov, Evgeny
vs
Ragozin, Viacheslav
|
1/2-1/2 | 35 | Queen's Gambit Declined | ROUND 7 |
| 1952.05.25 |
Ilivitzki, Georgi A
vs
Fridstein, German Samuilovich
|
1-0 | 30 | Neo-Grünfeld Defense: Ultra-Delayed Exchange Variation | ROUND 7 |
| 1952.05.25 |
Cherepkov, Alexander V
vs
Kan, Ilia Abramovich
|
0-1 | 45 | Queen's Gambit Declined: Orthodox Defense, Rubinstein Attack | ROUND 7 |
| 1952.05.25 |
Mikenas, Vladas Ivanovich
vs
Pasman, Marks
|
1/2-1/2 | 42 | Queen's Gambit Declined: Exchange Variation, Reshevsky Variation | ROUND 7 |
| 1952.05.25 |
Koblencs, Aleksandrs
vs
Nei, Iivo
|
1-0 | 41 | Queen's Gambit Declined: Lasker Defense | ROUND 7 |
| 1952.05.25 |
Bannik, Anatolij
vs
Chekhover, Vitaly A
|
1/2-1/2 | 46 | King's Indian Defense: Fianchetto Variation, Debrecen Defense | ROUND 7 |
| 1952.05.26 |
Chekhover, Vitaly A
vs
Cherepkov, Alexander V
|
0-1 | 40 | English Opening: Anglo-Indian Defense, Queen's Knight Variation | ROUND 8 |
| 1952.05.26 |
Ravinsky, Grigory Ionovich
vs
Fridstein, German Samuilovich
|
1/2-1/2 | 30 | Sicilian Defense: Boleslavsky Variation | ROUND 8 |
| 1952.05.26 |
Kan, Ilia Abramovich
vs
Ilivitzki, Georgi A
|
0-1 | 51 | Sicilian Defense: Moscow Variation, Main Line | ROUND 8 |
| 1952.05.26 |
Nei, Iivo
vs
Mikenas, Vladas Ivanovich
|
1/2-1/2 | 32 | English Opening: King's English Variation, Four Knights Variation | ROUND 8 |
| 1952.05.26 |
Nikitin, Aleksander S
vs
Terpugov, Evgeny
|
1-0 | 41 | Sicilian Defense: Classical Variation | ROUND 8 |
| 1952.05.26 |
Veltmander, Iogannes G
vs
Bannik, Anatolij
|
1-0 | 63 | King's Indian Defense: Fianchetto Variation, Debrecen Defense | ROUND 8 |
| 1952.05.26 |
Ragozin, Viacheslav
vs
Koblencs, Aleksandrs
|
1/2-1/2 | 47 | Bird Opening | ROUND 8 |
| 1952.05.26 |
Klavins, Janis
vs
Tolush, Alexander V
|
0-1 | 44 | Italian Game: Paris Defense | ROUND 8 |
| 1952.05.26 |
Pasman, Marks
vs
Chaplinsky, Edgar
|
1-0 | 37 | Benoni Defense | ROUND 8 |
| 1952.05.29 |
Koblencs, Aleksandrs
vs
Nikitin, Aleksander S
|
1/2-1/2 | 58 | Catalan Opening: Closed | ROUND 9 |
| 1952.05.29 |
Chaplinsky, Edgar
vs
Nei, Iivo
|
1/2-1/2 | 42 | English Opening: Mikenas-Carls, Sicilian | ROUND 9 |
| 1952.05.29 |
Fridstein, German Samuilovich
vs
Kan, Ilia Abramovich
|
0-1 | 34 | Indian Defense: Anti-Nimzo-Indian | ROUND 9 |
| 1952.05.29 |
Mikenas, Vladas Ivanovich
vs
Ragozin, Viacheslav
|
0-1 | 44 | King's Indian Defense | ROUND 9 |
| 1952.05.29 |
Tolush, Alexander V
vs
Ravinsky, Grigory Ionovich
|
1/2-1/2 | 26 | Catalan Opening: Open Defense | ROUND 9 |
| 1952.05.29 |
Cherepkov, Alexander V
vs
Veltmander, Iogannes G
|
1-0 | 51 | Queen's Gambit Declined | ROUND 9 |
| 1952.05.29 |
Terpugov, Evgeny
vs
Klavins, Janis
|
1-0 | 41 | Slav Defense: Three Knights Variation | ROUND 9 |
| 1952.05.29 |
Ilivitzki, Georgi A
vs
Chekhover, Vitaly A
|
1/2-1/2 | 29 | English Opening: King's English Variation, Four Knights Variation | ROUND 9 |
| 1952.05.29 |
Bannik, Anatolij
vs
Pasman, Marks
|
1/2-1/2 | 40 | Sicilian Defense: Closed, Fianchetto Variation | ROUND 9 |
| 1952.05.30 |
Nikitin, Aleksander S
vs
Mikenas, Vladas Ivanovich
|
1-0 | 44 | Alekhine Defense | ROUND 10 |
| 1952.05.30 |
Klavins, Janis
vs
Koblencs, Aleksandrs
|
0-1 | 45 | Sicilian Defense: Richter-Rauzer Variation | ROUND 10 |
| 1952.05.30 |
Veltmander, Iogannes G
vs
Ilivitzki, Georgi A
|
1/2-1/2 | 23 | Queen's Gambit Declined: Orthodox Defense, Rubinstein Variation | ROUND 10 |
| 1952.05.30 |
Tolush, Alexander V
vs
Terpugov, Evgeny
|
1-0 | 43 | English Opening: King's English Variation, Three Knights System | ROUND 10 |
| 1952.05.30 |
Nei, Iivo
vs
Bannik, Anatolij
|
1-0 | 63 | King's Gambit Accepted: King's Knight's Gambit | ROUND 10 |
| 1952.05.30 |
Chekhover, Vitaly A
vs
Fridstein, German Samuilovich
|
1/2-1/2 | 67 | Queen's Gambit Declined: Lasker Defense, Main Line | ROUND 10 |
| 1952.05.30 |
Pasman, Marks
vs
Cherepkov, Alexander V
|
1/2-1/2 | 49 | Nimzo-Indian Defense: Normal Variation, Classical Defense | ROUND 10 |
| 1952.05.30 |
Ragozin, Viacheslav
vs
Chaplinsky, Edgar
|
1/2-1/2 | 21 | East Indian Defense | ROUND 10 |
| 1952.05.30 |
Ravinsky, Grigory Ionovich
vs
Kan, Ilia Abramovich
|
1/2-1/2 | 35 | Sicilian Defense: Scheveningen Variation, Classical Variation | ROUND 10 |
| 1952.06.02 |
Terpugov, Evgeny
vs
Ravinsky, Grigory Ionovich
|
1-0 | 47 | Queen's Gambit Declined: Lasker Defense | ROUND 11 |
| 1952.06.02 |
Ilivitzki, Georgi A
vs
Pasman, Marks
|
1-0 | 42 | Queen's Gambit Accepted: Normal Variation | ROUND 11 |
| 1952.06.02 |
Fridstein, German Samuilovich
vs
Veltmander, Iogannes G
|
1/2-1/2 | 40 | English Opening: Anglo-Indian Defense, Hedgehog System | ROUND 11 |
| 1952.06.02 |
Chaplinsky, Edgar
vs
Nikitin, Aleksander S
|
1/2-1/2 | 24 | Queen's Gambit Declined: Semi-Tarrasch Defense | ROUND 11 |
| 1952.06.02 |
Bannik, Anatolij
vs
Ragozin, Viacheslav
|
1/2-1/2 | 88 | Sicilian Defense: Moscow Variation | ROUND 11 |
| 1952.06.02 |
Kan, Ilia Abramovich
vs
Chekhover, Vitaly A
|
1-0 | 49 | Queen's Gambit Declined: Semi-Tarrasch Defense | ROUND 11 |
| 1952.06.02 |
Mikenas, Vladas Ivanovich
vs
Klavins, Janis
|
1-0 | 34 | Nimzo-Indian Defense: Classical Variation, Noa Variation | ROUND 11 |
| 1952.06.02 |
Koblencs, Aleksandrs
vs
Tolush, Alexander V
|
1/2-1/2 | 29 | King's Indian Defense: Fianchetto Variation, Pterodactyl Variation | ROUND 11 |
| 1952.06.02 |
Cherepkov, Alexander V
vs
Nei, Iivo
|
1-0 | 53 | Nimzo-Indian Defense: Rubinstein System | ROUND 11 |
| 1952.06.03 |
Terpugov, Evgeny
vs
Koblencs, Aleksandrs
|
1/2-1/2 | 56 | Queen's Gambit Declined: Modern Variation | ROUND 12 |