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YearLocationEventplacescorewinslossesdraws
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1935MoscowGorky Park summer event1st tournament
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1938.01Leningrad3rd USSR Junior Championship1st8/107121st place was a chess clock
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1938Gorky1st Category Tournament1st-3rd10/13814
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1938Moscow18th Moscow Championship1st-2nd12.5/151005tied with Belavenets; became master
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1939.01.03-1939.02.01Leningrad-MoscowInternational Tournament12th-13th8/174581st - Flohr
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1939.12-1940.01Moscow19th Moscow Championship2nd-3rd9/137241st - Lilienthal
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1940.09.05-1940.10.03Moscow12th USSR Championship3rd13/1981101st-2nd - Bondarevsky and Lilienthal
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1941.03.23-1941.04.29Leningrad-MoscowAbsolute Championship - USSR3rd10/2044121st - Botvinnik; 2nd - Keres; GM title
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1942Kuibyshev, RussiaTournament2nd8/117221st - Boleslavsky
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1942MoscowMoscow Championship1st12/151014
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1943Sverdlovsk, RussiaTournament3rd-4th8/145361st - Botvinnik
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1943.12-1944.01MoscowMoscow Championship2nd 11/5/167091st- Botvinnik (not a Moscow resident); tile to Smyslov
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1944.05.21-1944.06.17Moscow13th USSR Championship2nd10.5/168351st - Botvinnik
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1944.12-1945.01MoscowMoscow Championship1st13/161006
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1945.06.01-1945.07.02Moscow14th USSR Championship10th-11th8.5/17665won by Botvinnik
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1945.09.01-1945.09.04USSR-USA radio matchBoard 2 - played ReshevskyWon2/0200
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1946.02Moscow25th Moscow Championship3rd-6th8.5/157531st - Bronstein; 2nd - Simagin
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1946MoscowMoscow Championship7th-11th7.5/156631st - Bronstein
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1946.03PragueMoscow vs Prague matchMoscow scored 23-13
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1946.05.22MoscowMoscow vs Prague match9/12Moscow scored 28.5-7.5; total score: 51.5 - 20.5
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1946.06.19USSR-UK radio matchBoard 3 - played KoeningWon2/2200USSR won 18-6
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1946.08.12-1946.09.07Groningen, NetherlandsStaunton Memorial3rd12.5/1971111st- Botvinnik; 2nd - Euwe
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1946.09.13-1946.09.15MoscowUSSR vs USA - Board 3 - DenkerWon2/2200USSR won 12.5 - 7.5
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1947.02.02-1946.03.08Leningrad 15th USSR Championship3rd-4th12/1972101st - Keres; 2nd - Boleslavsky; tied with Bondarevsky
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1947.04WarsawPan-Slav Tournament2nd-5th6/94141st - Gligoric
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1947MoscowMoscow Lightning Chess Ch3rd-4th9.5/151st - Averbakh
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1947Parnu, EstoniaTournament4th-6th8/134181st - Keres
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1947.09LondonUSSR vs GB match, Bd 2 - Golombekwon1.5/2110USSR won 13-5
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1947.11.25-1947.12.23MoscowChigorin Memorial3rd-4th10/156181st - Botvinnik
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1948.04-1948.05Hague-MoscowWorld Ch Match-Tournament2nd11/2064101st - Botvinnik
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1948LeningradTeam Match200
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1949.03BudapestMoscow vs Budapest, Board 1125Moscow won 38-26
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1949.04MoscowMoscow vs Budapest, Board 1800Moscow won 48.5-15.5
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1949.10.16-1949.11.20Moscow17th USSR Championship1st-2nd11/19928tied with David Bronstein
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1950.05BudapestCandidates Tournament3rd10/1853101st - Bronstein; 2nd - Boleslavsky
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1950.09.28-1950.10.19VeniceInternational Tournament2nd12/159061st - Kotov
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1950.11.12-1950.12.12Moscow18th USSR Championship5th-6th10/176381st - Keres
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1951.04LeningradChigorin Memorial1st10/13706
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1951.05-1951.06LeningradSemifinals to 19th USSR Ch1st13.5/18909
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1951.1Swedenrapid transit tournament1stCR 12/51, 359
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1951.11.11-1951.12.14Moscow19th USSR Championship4th11/179441st - Keres
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1952BudapestMaroczy Memorial3rd-5th11/17836
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1952Helsinki10th Olympiad, Board 210.5/13805gold medal for top Board 2
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1952.11.29-1952.12.29Moscow20th USSR Championship7th-9th10.5/196491st-2nd - Botvinnik and Taimanov
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1953BucharestInternational Tournament3rd12.5/197111
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1953.10.24Neuhasen-ZurichCandidates Tournament1st18/289118
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1954.03.16-1954.05.13MoscowBotvinnik Match for World ChDraw12/247710
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1954.06New YorkUSSR vs USA match Bd 1 - ReshevskyDrew2/4004
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1954Amsterdam11th Olympiad, Board 29/12606Bronze medal for Board 2
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1954.12-1955.01HastingsInternational Tournament1st-2nd7/9504tied with Paul Keres
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1955.02StockhomSimultaneous exhibition28/302820CR 4/55, 103
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1955.02.11-1955.03.15Moscow22nd USSR Championship1st-2nd12/197210tied with Geller who won the playoff
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1955.11.01-1955.11.25ZagrebInternational Tournament1st14.5/191009
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1955Moscow22nd USSR Championship PlayoffLost3/7016
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1956MoscowAlekhine Memorial1st-2nd11/15708tied with Botvinnik
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1956AmsterdamCandidates Tournament1st11.5/186111
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1956Moscow12th Olympad, Board 28.5/135174th place, Board 2
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1957.03.05-1957.04.27MoscowBotvinnik Match for World ChWon12.5/2263137th world champion
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1957ViennaEuropean Team Ch, 1st board3.5/6213board and team gold medals
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1958MoscowBotvinnik Match for World ChLost10.5/235711
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1958Munich13th Olympiad, Board 29.5/12705Silver medal for Board 2
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1959Moscow1st USSR Central CC1st-3rd7/11308
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1959.09-1959.10Bled-Zagreb-Belgrade4th Candidates Tournament4th15/2897121st - Tal
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1959MoscowSpartakiad, Board 26/8502
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1960.01.25-1960.02.26Leningrad27th USSR Championship7th-8th10.5/1931151st - Korchnoi
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1960Moscow2nd USSR Central CC1st-2nd8.5/11605
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1960Leipzig14th Olympiad, Board 1 Reserve11.5/131003Gold medal for top Board 1 Reserve
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1961.01.11-1961.02.22Moscow28th USSR Championship and Zonal5th-6th11/1952121st - Petrosian
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1961Oeberhausen, GermanyEuropean Team Ch, 5th board8/9702board and team gold medals
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1961Moscow3rd USSR Central Chess Club Championship1st-2nd7.5/11407
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1961DortmundInternational Tournament2nd-3rd7/11416
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1961.11.16-1961.12.20Baku29th USSR Championship8th-11th11/2064101st - Spassky
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1962Mar del PlataInternational Tournament2nd-3rd9.5/15519
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1962HavanaInternational Tournament4th-5th15.5/2119011
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1962LeningradUSSR Team Ch
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1962.12-1963.01HastingsInternational Tournament3rd6/9306
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1963Moscow4th USSR Central Chess Club1st11.5/15807
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1963SochiChigorin Memorial2nd7/11416
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1963Moscow3rd Spartakiad6.5/9405
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1963.12-1964.01StockhomInternational Tournament1st7.5/8701
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1964AmsterdamInterzonal1st-4th17/2311012tied with Larsen, Spassky, and Tal
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1964MoscowSpartakiada
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1964HavanaCapablanca Memorial1st-2nd16/2111010tied with Uhlmann
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1964Tel Aviv16th Olympiad, Board 311/131012Gold medal for top Board 1
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1965.04MoscowCandidates Q/F match - GellerLost2.5 - 5.5035
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1965HamburgEuropean Team Ch, Board 46/9306board and team gold medals
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1965MoscowCandidates Q/F Match - GellerLost2.5/8035
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1965HavanaCapablanca Memorial1st15.5/211335
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1965Santiago, ChileInternational Tournament1st11/13904
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1966Mar del PlataInternational Tournament1st11/15708
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1966Polanica-Zdroj, PolandInternational Tournament1st11/14806
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1966.12.28-1967.02.02Tbilisi34th USSR Championship10th-12th10/2044121st - Stein
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1967LeningradMoscow vs Leningrad - Korchnoi200
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1967Moscow4th Spartakiad, Board 35.5/10217
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1967Palma de MallorcaInternational Tournament2nd-3rd12.5/17917
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1967Monte CarloInternational Tournament2nd6.5/94051st - Fischer
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1967Moscow50th October Revolution (Central Chess Club)2nd-5th10/17412
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1967HavanaCapablanca Memorial3rd13/198110
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1967MoscowJubilee1st-2nd8/11506