Rounds 1-10; The Hague

Round 1 : Euwe - Keres after 35...c7-c6 (36.Qxc6 Rc3)

A few moves later... after 39...Qg4-g3? (39...Nf3+ wins)

Round 2 : Botvinnik - Euwe

after 30.Rb6-c6(xB)

(30...Nxc6 31.e7+ Rf7 32.Bd5 1-0)

Round 4 : Botvinnik - Reshevsky

after 26.Nc3-d5

Round 4 : Euwe - Smyslov

after 33.Ne5-g6(xP)

(33...fg 34.Qg4 should win)

After rd.5
Botvinnik	3.5
Reshevsky	2.5
Smyslov	2.0
Keres	2.0
Euwe	0.0

Round 7 : Smyslov - Keres

after 42...Nf6-g4

Round 9 : Smyslov - Euwe

after 41.g2-g4

(sealed)

Round 10 : Botvinnik - Keres

after 21.Rg5-g7(xP)+

(21...Kxg7 22.Nh5+ Kg6 23.Qe3 1-0)

Round 10 : Euwe - Reshevsky

after 43...g7-g6

After rd.10
Botvinnik	6.0
Reshevsky	4.5
Smyslov	4.0
Keres	4.0
Euwe	1.5

Rounds 11-25; Moscow

Round 11 : Euwe - Keres

after 19...Bd6-f4(xP)

(20.gxf4 Nxf4 21.Ndf3 Ne2+ 22.Kg2 h6)

Round 11 : Smyslov - Reshevsky

after 26.Qg4-h4

(wins a pawn)

Round 12 : Botvinnik - Euwe

after 22.Qd3-g3

(22...fxe5 23.Qg7 Rf8 24.Rc7)

Round 13 : Smyslov - Botvinnik

after 30...Re3-e1

(wins material)

Round 14 : Botvinnik - Reshevsky

after 14...f7-f5

Round 14 : Euwe - Smyslov

after 27.Qe7-e3?

(27.Qxf7+ should win)

After rd.15
Botvinnik	9.0
Keres	6.5
Reshevsky	6.0
Smyslov	5.5
Euwe	3.0

Round 17 : Smyslov - Keres

after 22.Rb1-b7

Round 18 : Keres - Reshevsky

after 34...Rd8-d3(xN)

(35.Rxd3 Bxb2 wins)

Round 19 : Smyslov - Euwe

after 12.c2-c4

(12...dxc4 13.bxc4 Bxc4 14.Qe4 Ne7 15.Na3)

After rd.20
Botvinnik	12.0
Smyslov	8.5
Reshevsky	8.5
Keres	7.5
Euwe	3.5

Round 24 : Botvinnik - Reshevsky

after 26.Qd2-g5

Round 24 : Euwe - Smyslov

after 19...Bg7-b2(xP)

Round 25 : Keres - Botvinnik

after 15.d4-d5

(opening lines with Black King in center)

After rd.25
Botvinnik	14.0
Smyslov	11.0
Reshevsky	10.5
Keres	10.5
Euwe	4.0

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