1946 (May - June) 1st Category tournaments:

Riga, Latvia (May - June)

Ivanovo (June)

Dnepropetrovsk, Ukraine (June)

Zhdanovichi, Belarus (June)

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Event "First Category Tournament"
Site "Zhdanovichi BLR USSR"
Date "1946.??.??"
Round "?"
White "Ratmir Kholmov"
Black "Shumakher"
Result "1-0"
Source "rusbase"

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 d6 8.c3 O-O 9.h3 Na5 10.Bc2 c5 11.d4 Qc7 12.Nbd2 Re8 13.Nf1 Bd7 14.d5 Nc4 15.g4 Rf8 16.Ng3 Ne8 17.Nf5 Bxf5 18.gxf5 Nb6 19.Kh2 Qd8 20.Rg1 Kh8 21.Bg5 Bxg5 22.Nxg5 Nf6 23.Qe2 Qe7 24.Rg2 h6 25.h4 Nbd7 26.Nh3 Rg8 27.Rag1 Nf8 28.Qe3 N8h7 29.Bd1 Rab8 30.Kh1 Rbe8 31.Rh2 Rb8 32.Rg3 Rbe8 33.Ng1 Rb8 34.Rgg2 Ra8 35.Nf3 Nd7 36.h5 Qf6 37.Nh4 Nhf8 38.Rg4 Re8 39.Ng6+ Kh7 40.Rhg2 Nb6 41.Nxf8+ Rexf8 42.b3 Na8 43.Rg6 Qe7 44.f6 Qxf6 45.Rxf6 gxf6 46.Rxg8 Rxg8 47.Qf3 Kg7 48.Qg4+ Kh7 49.Qd7 1-0

Kholmov vs A Shumakher, 1946

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Event "First Category Tournament"
Site "Zhdanovichi URS"
Date "1946.??.??"
Round "?"
White "Kholmov Ratmir D (RUS)"
Black "Aizenshtadt M"
Result "1-0"
ECO "B24"
WhiteElo "0"
BlackElo "0"
Annotator ""
Source ""
Remark ""

1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.g3 g6 4.Bg2 Bg7 5.d3 e6 6.Nge2 Nge7 7.Bf4 e5 8.Be3 Nd4 9.O-O d6 10.f4 Be6 11.h3 Qd7 12.Kh2 h5 13.Nd5 Bxd5 14.exd5 h4 15.g4 Nxe2 16.Qxe2 exf4 17.Bxf4 Bxb2 18.Rab1 Bf6 19.Kh1 O-O 20.Qf2 Bg7 21.Qxh4 Rae8 22.Bg5 Nc8 23.Bf6 Bxf6 24.Rxf6 Kg7 25.Rbf1 Rh8 26.Qg5 Re7 27.Be4 Qe8 28.h4 Rh7 29.h5 Kg8 30.Qf4 Rxe4 31.Qxe4 Qxe4+ 32.dxe4 gxh5 33.g5 Rg7 34.g6 Rxg6 35.Rxf7 Nb6 36.Rxb7 Nc4 37.Rxa7 Nd2 38.Rg1 Rxg1+ 39.Kxg1 Nxe4 40.a4 Nc3 41.a5 Nxd5 42.Rb7 Nb4 43.Rxb4 1-0

Kholmov vs M Aizenshtadt, 1946

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Event "First Category Tournament"
Site "Dnepropetrovsk UKR"
Date "1946.??.??"
Round "1"
White "Alekseev"
Black "Vasily Skotorenko"
Result "1/2-1/2"
Source "rusbase"

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. d4 c6 5. Bg5 dxc4 6. e4 b5 7. e5 h6 8. Bh4 g5 9. Nxg5 hxg5 10. Bxg5 Nbd7 11. Qf3 Qb6 12. Bxf6 Nxf6 13. Qxf6 Rg8 14. Be2 Be7 15. Qf4 Bg5 16. Qe4 Bb7 17. Bf3 O-O-O 18. Rd1 b4 19. Na4 Qb5 20. b3 c3 21. h4 Be7 22. g3 Rd7 23. Qe2 Rgd8 24. O-O Rxd4 25. Rxd4 Rxd4 26. Qe3 Qd3 27. Qxd3 Rxd3 28. Bh5 Rd2 29. Rc1 c2 30. Kf1 Bf8 31. Ke1 Bh6 32. f4 Rg2 33. Bxf7 Rg1+ 34. Kd2 Rg2+ 35. Ke3 Rxg3+ 36. Kf2 Bxf4 37. Bxe6+ Kc7 38. Rxc2 Bxe5 39. Rc4 Bd6 40. h5 Rg5 41. Rg4 Rxh5 42. Rg7+ Kb8 1/2-1/2

Alekseev vs V Skotorenko, 1946

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Event "First Category Tournament"
Site "Dnepropetrovsk UKR"
Date "1946.??.??"
Round "2"
White "Strelchin"
Black "Vasily Skotorenko"
Result "0-1"
Source "rusbase"

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. Bd3 c5 6. c3 b6 7. Ne2 Ba6 8. Nf3 Bxd3 9. Qxd3 Be7 10. O-O Nc6 11. Nf4 Qc7 12. Bd2 c4 13. Qe2 b5 14. b4 cxb3 15. axb3 Qb7 16. Rfc1 O-O 17. h4 a5 18. g4 b4 19. c4 dxc4 20. Qxc4 Rfc8 21. Qd3 a4 22. Rxa4 Rxa4 23. bxa4 Na5 24. Rxc8+ Qxc8 25. d5 Nc4 26. dxe6 Ndxe5 27. Nxe5 Nxe5 28. exf7+ Nxf7 29. Qe2 Bf8 30. f3 b3 31. Be3 Qe8 32. Bc1 Qxa4 33. Qb2 Bc5+ 34. Kh1 Bd4 35. Qe2 b2 36. Bxb2 Bxb2 37. Nd5 Be5 38. Qd3 Qa1+ 39. Kg2 Qb2+ 40. Kf1 Bd4 41. Ne3 Ne5 42. Qe4 Qc1+ 43. Ke2 Qxe3+ 44. Qxe3 Bxe3 45. Kxe3 Kf7 46. Kf4 Ke6 47. g5 g6 48. Ke4 Nf7 49. Kf4 Kd5 50. h5 Nd6 51. Kg4 Nf5 52. h6 Nd4 53. f4 Ke4 0-1

Strelchin vs V Skotorenko, 1946

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Event "First Category Tournament"
Site "Dnepropetrovsk UKR"
Date "1946.??.??"
Round "3"
White "Vasily Skotorenko"
Black "Arkady Gurvich"
Result "1-0"
Source "rusbase"

1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 d4 3. e3 Nc6 4. exd4 Nxd4 5. Nxd4 Qxd4 6. Nc3 e5 7. d3 Ne7 8. Be3 Qd8 9. Be2 Nf5 10. Qd2 Be6 11. O-O Nd4 12. Rad1 c6 13. f4 exf4 14. Rxf4 Nf5 15. Rdf1 Nxe3 16. Qxe3 Be7 17. Ne4 O-O 18. d4 Qd7 19. Rd1 Rad8 20. h4 Rfe8 21. Qg3 f5 22. Nc5 Bxc5 23. dxc5 Qe7 24. Qe3 Rxd1+ 25. Bxd1 Bxc4 26. Qxe7 Rxe7 27. Rxc4 Re1+ 28. Kf2 Rxd1 29. Rb4 Rd7 30. Kf3 Kf7 31. Kf4 Kf6 32. g3 g6 33. Ra4 a6 34. Rb4 h6 35. Rb3 g5+ 36. hxg5+ hxg5+ 37. Kf3 Rd5 38. Rxb7 Rxc5 39. Rb6 a5 40. a4 Rc4 41. b3 Rc3+ 42. Kf2 Rc2+ 43. Kf1 Ke5 44. b4 axb4 45. Rxb4 c5 46. Rb3 c4 47. Ra3 c3 48. a5 Kd4 49. Ke1 Rh2 50. Kd1 Kd3 51. Ke1 Rh1+ 52. Kf2 Kd2 53. a6 c2 54. Ra2 Kc3 55. a7 c1=Q 56. a8=Q Rf1+ 57. Kg2 Kd4 58. Qa4+ Ke5 59. Qb5+ Kf6 60. Ra6+ 1-0

V Skotorenko vs A Gurvich, 1946

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Event "First Category Tournament"
Site "Dnepropetrovsk UKR"
Date "1946.??.??"
Round "4"
White "Zhikol"
Black "Vasily Skotorenko"
Result "0-1"
Source "rusbase"

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 f5 3. d4 fxe4 4. Nxe5 d6 5. Qh5+ g6 6. Nxg6 Nf6 7. Qh4 hxg6 8. Qxh8 Bf5 9. Bg5 Nbd7 10. Nc3 c6 11. d5 Qc7 12. dxc6 bxc6 13. Ba6 Rb8 14. O-O-O d5 15. a3 Kf7 16. Bxf6 Nxf6 17. Qh4 Rxb2 18. Nb1 Rb6 19. Be2 Qe5 20. g4 Rxb1+ 21. Kxb1 Bxa3 0-1

Zhikol vs V Skotorenko, 1946

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Event "First Category Tournament"
Site "Dnepropetrovsk UKR"
Date "1946.??.??"
Round "5"
White "Vasily Skotorenko"
Black "Viktorov"
Result "1-0"
Source "rusbase"

1.c4 e6 2.Nc3 d5 3.d4 c6 4.g3 Nd7 5.Bg2 dxc4 6.Nf3 Bd6 7.O-O e5 8.e4 Ne7 9.Qe2 exd4 10.Nxd4 Ne5 11.Rd1 Bg4 12.f3 Bc5 13.Be3 Nd3 14.Nc2 Bxe3+ 15.Nxe3 Be6 16.b3 Qd4 17.bxc4 Bxc4 18.Qd2 Ba6 19.Bf1 Rd8 20.Ne2 Qb2 21.Qxb2 Nxb2 22.Rxd8+ Kxd8 23.Nc3 Bxf1 24.Kxf1 Kc7 25.Ke2 Rd8 26.Rb1 Nd3 27.f4 Nc5 28.Rb4 b5 29.f5 a5 30.Rb1 b4 31.Ncd1 Nxe4 32.Rb2 Kb6 33.Rc2 Kb5 34.Rc4 Rd2+ 35.Ke1 Rxa2 36.Rxe4 Nc8 37.Re8 Nb6 38.Re7 b3 39.Rxf7 a4 40.Rxg7 a3 41.f6 b2 42.f7 Nd7 43.f8Q Nxf8 44.Nc2 Ra1 45.Nxa3+ Kb4 46.Kd2 Kxa3 47.Ra7+ Kb3 48.Rb7+ Ka3 49.Nxb2 Rh1 50.Kc2 Rf1 51.Rb3+ Ka2 52.Rb4 Rf2+ 53.Kc3 Rf3+ 54.Nd3 Ne6 55.Kc2 Ka3 56.Re4 Rxd3 57.Rxe6 Rf3 58.Rxc6 Rf2+ 59.Kc3 Ka4 60.Rh6 Rf7 61.Kc4 Ka5 62.Kd5 Kb4 63.Ke6 Ra7 64.Kf6 Kc4 65.Rh5 Kd4 66.Rg5 Ke4 67.Rg7 Ra6+ 68.Kg5 h6+ 69.Kh5 Kf5 70.h4 Rb6 71.g4+ Kf4 72.Rg6 Rb8 73.Rxh6 Kg3 74.g5 Rb4 75.Ra6 Rxh4+ 76.Kg6 Rb4 77.Kh7 Rb7+ 78.Kh6 Rb4 79.g6 Rh4+ 80.Kg7 1-0

V Skotorenko vs Viktorov, 1946

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Event "First Category Tournament"
Site "Dnepropetrovsk UKR"
Date "1946.??.??"
Round "6"
White "Yuri Klochkov"
Black "Vasily Skotorenko"
Result "0-1"
Source "rusbase"

1.d4 e6 2.c4 f5 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.g3 b6 5.Bg2 Bb7 6.O-O Be7 7.Nc3 O-O 8.Ne1 Bxg2 9.Nxg2 Qe8 10.Bg5 Nc6 11.e3 Ng4 12.Bxe7 Nxe7 13.h3 Nf6 14.Kh2 Qg6 15.Qe2 Qh6 16.Rh1 g5 17.Kg1 Rf7 18.h4 Raf8 19.hxg5 Qxg5 20.Nf4 Ng6 21.Kf1 Kh8 22.Ke1 Nxf4 23.exf4 Qg7 24.Kf1 Ng4 25.Rd1 Rf6 26.Kg2 Rg8 27.Rh3 Rh6 28.Rxh6 Qxh6 29.Rh1 Qg7 30.Qd3 d6 31.b4 Qg6 32.Nb5 Qf7 33.c5 e5 34.dxe5 Qxa2 35.Qd4 bxc5 36.bxc5 dxc5 37.Qxc5 Nxf2 38.Rxh7+ Kxh7 39.Qe7+ Rg7 40.Qh4+ Kg8 41.Qd8+ Kf7 42.Nc3 Qe6 43.Kxf2 Rh7 44.Nd5 Rh2+ 45.Kg1 Rc2 46.g4 fxg4 47.f5 Qxf5 48.Qe7+ Kg6 49.Qe8+ Kg5 50.Qe7+ Kh5 51.Nf4+ Qxf4 52.Qh7+ Kg5 53.Qxc2 g3 0-1

Yuri Klochkov vs V Skotorenko, 1946

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Event "First Category Tournament"
Site "Dnepropetrovsk UKR"
Date "1946.??.??"
Round "7"
White "Vasily Skotorenko"
Black "Serebriakov"
Result "1-0"
Source "rusbase"

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nc3 Nc6 4.Bb5 Nd4 5.Nxd4 exd4 6.e5 dxc3 7.exf6 cxd2+ 8.Bxd2 Qxf6 9.O-O Be7 10.Bc3 Qh6 11.Re1 c6 12.Bb4 d6 13.Bxd6 Be6 14.Bxe7 Kxe7 15.Bc4 Rad8 16.Qf3 Rd6 17.Qa3 a6 18.Qb4 b5 19.Bb3 Qg5 20.f4 Qf6 21.Rad1 Rhd8 22.Bxe6 fxe6 23.Rxd6 Rxd6 24.Rd1 e5 25.fxe5 Qxe5 26.Re1 1-0

V Skotorenko vs Serebriakov, 1946

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Event "First Category Tournament"
Site "Dnepropetrovsk UKR"
Date "1946.??.??"
Round "8"
White "Vladimir Vulfovich Kunin"
Black "Vasily Skotorenko"
Result "1-0"
Source "rusbase"

1.d4 c5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.c4 g6 4.Nc3 cxd4 5.Nxd4 Bg7 6.e4 d6 7.Be2 O-O 8.O-O Nbd7 9.Be3 Nc5 10.f3 a5 11.Qd2 Bd7 12.Rad1 Rc8 13.Rfe1 Qb6 14.Nd5 Nxd5 15.exd5 Qb4 16.Bf1 Qxd2 17.Rxd2 b6 18.Rdd1 Na6 19.a3 Rfe8 20.b3 Nc5 21.Rb1 Ra8 22.g4 Be5 23.Red1 Reb8 24.h3 a4 25.b4 Nb3 26.Nc6 Bxc6 27.dxc6 Rc8 28.f4 Bc3 29.Rd3 Bg7 30.Bxb6 Rab8 31.Ba7 Ra8 32.Be3 Rab8 33.Bg2 Na5 34.Ba7 Ra8 35.bxa5 Rxa7 36.Rb7 Rxa5 37.Rxe7 Bf8 38.Rb7 Rc5 39.Bd5 R8xc6 40.Bxc6 Rxc6 41.Rb4 d5 42.Rxa4 dxc4 43.Rc3 Kg7 44.Raxc4 Rxc4 45.Rxc4 Bxa3 46.Kg2 Be7 47.Kf3 h6 48.Ke4 Bh4 49.Kd5 Kf6 50.Kd6 Kg7 51.Kd7 Kg8 52.Ke8 f5 53.gxf5 gxf5 54.Kd7 Kf7 55.Rc5 Kf6 56.Rc6+ Kf7 57.Kd6 Bf6 58.Kd5 Bb2 59.Kc4 Bf6 60.Rxf6+ Kxf6 61.Kd5 Kf7 62.Ke5 Ke7 63.Kxf5 1-0

V Kunin vs V Skotorenko, 1946

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Event "First Category Tournament"
Site "Dnepropetrovsk UKR"
Date "1946.??.??"
Round "9"
White "Vladimir Akimovich Shevchenko"
Black "Vasily Skotorenko"
Result "0-1"
Source "rusbase"

1.d4 e6 2.Nf3 f5 3.g3 Nf6 4.Bg2 d5 5.O-O Bd6 6.b3 O-O 7.c4 c6 8.Bb2 Qe8 9.Qc1 h6 10.Ne5 Nbd7 11.e3 Ne4 12.Re1 g5 13.f3 Nef6 14.e4 fxe4 15.Nxd7 Bxd7 16.fxe4 Bxg3 17.hxg3 Qh5 18.Qd2 Ng4 0-1

Vladimir Akimovich Shevchenko vs V Skotorenko, 1946

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Event "First Category Tournament"
Site "Dnepropetrovsk UKR"
Date "1946.??.??"
Round "10"
White "Vasily Skotorenko"
Black "Yanin"
Result "1/2-1/2"
Source "rusbase"

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 e6 3.d4 d5 4.Bg5 Be7 5.Nf3 c6 6.e3 Nbd7 7.Rc1 h6 8.Bh4 O-O 9.Qc2 Re8 10.Bd3 dxc4 11.Bxc4 Nb6 12.Bb3 Bd7 13.O-O Rc8 14.a3 Nfd5 15.Bg3 c5 16.Nxd5 exd5 17.dxc5 Bxc5 18.Qd2 Be6 19.Bc2 g6 20.e4 Bf8 21.Qf4 Rc5 22.Rfd1 Qc8 23.Bb1 dxe4 24.Bxe4 Rd8 25.h3 Nd5 26.Bxd5 Rdxd5 27.Kh2 Bg7 28.Rxc5 Rxc5 29.Qd6 Bxb2 30.Qe7 Rd5 31.Rxd5 Bxd5 32.Ne5 Qf8 33.Qd7 Be6 34.Qxb7 Qxa3 35.Nc6 Bf6 36.Qb8+ Kh7 37.Bd6 Qb2 38.Qc7 Kg7 39.Nd8 Kg8 40.Nxe6 fxe6 41.Qc8+ Kh7 42.Qd7+ Bg7 43.f4 Qf6 44.Be5 Qf8 45.Qxa7 Kg8 46.Qd4 Bxe5 47.Qxe5 Kh7 48.Kg3 Qf7 49.h4 h5 50.Kh3 Qe7 51.Kg3 Qa3+ 52.Kh2 Qe7 1/2-1/2

V Skotorenko vs Yanin, 1946

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Event "First Category Tournament"
Site "Dnepropetrovsk UKR"
Date "1946.??.??"
Round "11"
White "Emanuil Vainblat"
Black "Vasily Skotorenko"
Result "1-0"
Source "rusbase"

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e5 c5 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.bxc3 Ne7 7.Nf3 Nbc6 8.a4 Bd7 9.Bd3 Ng6 10.O-O f6 11.Ba3 c4 12.Be2 fxe5 13.dxe5 Ncxe5 14.Nxe5 Nxe5 15.Bh5+ Ng6 16.Re1 Kf7 17.f4 Kg8 18.f5 Nf4 19.Qg4 Nxh5 20.Qxh5 exf5 21.Re7 Be8 22.Qxf5 h6 23.Bc5 b6 24.Rf1 1-0

E Vainblat vs V Skotorenko, 1946

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Event "First Category Tournament"
Site "Dnepropetrovsk UKR"
Date "1946.??.??"
Round "12"
White "Vasily Skotorenko"
Black "Lubensky"
Result "0-1"
Source "rusbase"

1.Nc3 c5 2.e3 d5 3.d4 e6 4.f4 Nc6 5.Nf3 Nf6 6.Bd3 Be7 7.O-O cxd4 8.exd4 Nb4 9.Ne2 O-O 10.Ng3 Nxd3 11.Qxd3 g6 12.Bd2 Ne8 13.Rae1 Nd6 14.Ne5 Bd7 15.b3 Bb5 16.c4 dxc4 17.bxc4 Nxc4 18.Nxc4 Rc8 19.Rc1 Qd5 20.Ne3 Bxd3 21.Nxd5 exd5 22.Rf3 Rxc1+ 23.Bxc1 Bc4 24.f5 Bxa2 25.f6 Bd6 26.Ba3 Rd8 27.Re3 h6 28.Bxd6 Rxd6 29.Re8+ Kh7 30.Re7 Rxf6 31.Rxb7 Bc4 32.Rxa7 Rf4 33.h3 h5 34.Re7 h4 35.Ne2 Bxe2 36.Rxe2 Rxd4 37.Kf2 Kg7 38.Kf3 Kf6 39.Re8 Kf5 40.Re7 f6 41.Rh7 g5 42.Rd7 Rd3+ 43.Kf2 Kf4 44.Rf7 Rd2+ 45.Kf1 Kg3 46.Rxf6 Rd1+ 47.Ke2 Rd4 48.Rg6 Kxg2 49.Rxg5+ Kxh3 50.Ke3 Rd1 51.Ke2 Rd4 52.Ke3 Re4+ 53.Kd3 Re1 54.Rxd5 Rd1+ 55.Ke4 Rxd5 56.Kxd5 Kg2 0-1

V Skotorenko vs M Lubensky, 1946