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Vladas Mikenas vs Vasily Smyslov
8th Soviet Team Championship (1962), Leningrad URS, rd 1, Oct-20
Nimzo-Indian Defense: Reshevsky Variation (E46)  ·  0-1

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Apr-23-14
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  WCC Editing Project: This game was played in Round Eight of the <USSR Team Championship 1962>, held in Leningrad (20 Oct - 2 Nov).

<Smyslov> was 1st board for Moscow, scoring +2 -0 =6.

Moscow finished 3d behind Leningrad and the RSFSR, ahead of Latvia, Belarus, Ukraine, Estonia, Lithuania and Moldavia.

Here is the PGN of this game, with event details, downloaded from "Rusbase": http://al20102007.narod.ru/team_ch/...

[Event "8th Soviet TCh final"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1962.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Mikenas, Vladas LTU"]
[Black "Smyslov, Vassily MOSC"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E46"]
[EventDate "1962.??.??"]
[PlyCount "87"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 O-O 5.Ne2 d5 6.a3 Be7 7.Ng3 b6 8.Bd3 c5 9. dxc5 bxc5 10.cxd5 exd5 11.O-O Nc6 12.Nf5 Ne5 13.Nxe7+ Qxe7 14.b4 Neg4 15. Qc2 cxb4 16.axb4 Bd7 17.h3 Ne5 18.Be2 Rfc8 19.Qd2 Be6 20.Nb5 Ne4 21.Qe1 Nc6 22.f3 Nf6 23.Bd3 Ne8 24.Bb2 Bd7 25.Qd2 a6 26.Nd4 Nxd4 27.Bxd4 Bb5 28. Bc5 Qe6 29.Bxb5 axb5 30.Qd3 Qc6 31.Rfd1 Rxa1 32.Rxa1 Nc7 33.Rd1 h6 34.Qd4 Ra8 35.Bb6 Ra2 36.Bxc7 Qc2 37.Qg4 Qxd1+ 38.Kh2 Qc2 39.Be5 Qg6 40.Qxg6 fxg6 41.h4 Kf7 42.Kg3 h5 43.f4 Ra4 44.Bd6 0-1

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