Grigory Levenfish vs Alexander Kotov - USSR Championship 1939.04.22

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Grigory Levenfish vs Alexander Kotov
USSR Championship Leningrad URS round 5 1939.04.22
Queen’s Gambit Declined: Barmen Variation 1-0

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1939.04.22"]
[EventDate "1939.04.16"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Grigory Levenfish"]
[Black "Alexander Kotov"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "143"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.d4 d5 4.Nc3 Be7 5.cxd5 exd5 6.Bf4 O-O 7.e3
c5 8.Bd3 Nc6 9.O-O cxd4 10.Nxd4 Nxd4 11.exd4 Be6 12.Rc1 Ne8
13.Re1 Bd6 14.Be5 f6 15.Bxd6 Qxd6 16.Qc2 g6 17.Nb5 Qd7 18.Qe2
Kf7 19.Qd2 a6 20.Qa5 Rc8 21.Rxc8 Qxc8 22.Nc3 Qc7 23.Qxc7+ Nxc7
24.Na4 Bd7 25.Nc5 Bc6 26.Rc1 Rc8 27.h4 Nb5 28.Bxb5 Bxb5 29.Rc3
b6 30.Na4 Rxc3 31.Nxc3 Bc6 32.Kf1 Ke6 33.Ke2 Kf5 34.Kf3 h5
35.Nd1 Bb5 36.Ne3+ Ke6 37.Kf4 Be2 38.f3 Bd3 39.Nd1 Bf1 40.g4
Bb5 41.Nc3 Bc6 42.b3 hxg4 43.fxg4 Kf7 44.Nd1 Bd7 45.Ne3 Be6
46.Nc2 Bc8 47.Nb4 Bb7 48.g5 Kg7 49.Nd3 Bc8 50.Ke3 Kf7 51.Nf4
Bb7 52.Kd2 Bc6 53.Kc3 Bb7 54.b4 Ba8 55.b5 a5 56.Kd3 Bb7 57.Ke3
Ba8 58.Nd3 Bb7 59.Nb2 Bc8 60.Na4 Bd7 61.Nxb6 Bxb5 62.Nxd5 fxg5
63.hxg5 Bc4 64.Nc3 Ke6 65.Ke4 Kd6 66.d5 Kc5 67.Ke5 Ba6 68.d6
Bc8 69.Nd5 Bf5 70.Ne7 Bd7 71.Nxg6 Kb4 72.Nf8 1-0

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Updated: 18 January, 2022
Created: 18 January, 2022