[Event "URS-ch Absolute"]
[Site "Leningrad/Moscow"]
[Date "1941.03.23"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Black "Boleslavsky, Isaak"]
[Result "1-0"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. exd5 exd5 5. Bb5+ Nc6 6. Ngf3 Bd6 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. O-O Ne7
9. Nb3 Bb6 10. Be3 Bxe3 11. fxe3 O-O 12. Qd2 Qb6 13. a4 Bf5 14. Nfd4 Nxd4 15. exd4 Rac8
16. Nc5 a6 17. Rae1 Rc7 18. Bd3 Bxd3 19. Qxd3 Qd6 20. c3 a5 21. Qf3 Ng6 22. Re3 b6 23. Nd3
Rd7 24. Rfe1 Qc6 25. g3 Rd6 26. h4 f6 27. Qf5 Qc8 28. Qxc8 Rxc8 29. h5 Nf8 30. Re7 Rcd8
31. Nf4 R8d7 32. g4 Rxe7 33. Rxe7 g5 34. hxg6 Nxg6 35. Nxg6 hxg6 36. Rb7 Kf8 37. Kf2 Ke8
38. Ke3 g5 39. Kd3 Re6 40. b4 axb4 41. cxb4 Kd8 42. a5 Kc8 43. a6 b5 44. Rxb5 Rxa6 45.
Rxd5 Ra1 46. Rc5+ Kb7 47. d5 Rf1 48. Rc4 f5 49. Ke2 1-0