[Event "URS-ch13 Semifinal Group3"]
[Site "Rostov on Don"]
[Date "1941.06.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Gerstenfeld, Eduard Issakovich"]
[Black "Chistiakov, Alexander Nikolaevi"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D52"]
[PlyCount "132"]
[EventDate "1941.06.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bg5 Nbd7 5. e3 c6 6. Nf3 Qa5 7. Nd2 Bb4 8. Qc2 dxc4 9. Bxf6 Nxf6 10. Nxc4 Qc7 11. a3 Be7 12. Bd3 0-0 13. 0-0 Bd7 14. Ne4 Nxe4 15. Bxe4 g6 16. h4 Rfd8 17. h5 Be8 18. hxg6 hxg6 19. f4 Bf8 20. Ne5 Rac8 21. Rac1 Bg7 22. Qf2 Qe7 23. Nd3 Rd7 24. Nc5 Rd6 25. Rfd1 Rcd8 26. g3 f6 27. Bd3 Bf7 28. Ne4 R6d7 29. Nc5 Rd6 30. Ne4 R6d7 31. Nc5 Rd6 32. Qc2 f5 33. Bc4 g5 34. Nd3 Bf6 35. Kf2 Kg7 36. Rg1 g4 37. Rh1 Rg8 38. Rh2 Rdd8 39. Rch1 Rh8 40. Rxh8 Rxh8 41. Rxh8 Kxh8 42. Ke1 b6 43. b4 c5 44. bxc5 Qb7 45. Qh2+ Kg7 46. cxb6 axb6 47. Kd2 b5 48. Bb3 Qf3 49. Ne1 Qc6 50. Nd3 Bd8 51. Kd1 Qf3+ 52. Qe2 Qxg3 53. Nc5 Qg1+ 54. Kc2 g3 55. Nxe6+ Kh6 56. Nxd8 Bxb3+ 57. Kxb3 g2 58. Kb4 Qb1+ 59. Kc5 g1Q 60. Nf7+ Kg7 61. Ne5 Qbc1+ 62. Kd5 Qh1+ 63. Kd6 Qb7 64. Qh5 Qcc7+ 65. Ke6 Qbc8+ 66. Kd5 Qg8+ 0-1

[Event "URS-ch13 Semifinal Group3"]
[Site "Rostov on Don"]
[Date "1941.06.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Gerstenfeld, Eduard Issakovich"]
[Black "Tolush, Alexander V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E61"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "1941.06.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 0-0 5. d4 d6 6. e3 Nc6 7. Nge2 e5 8. 0-0 Re8 9. h3 Nd7 10. f4 exd4 11. exd4 Nb6 12. b3 Qf6 13. Nb5 Qe7 14. Rf2 a6 15. Na3 Bf5 16. g4 Be4 17. Bxe4 Qxe4 18. Nc2 Qe7 19. Be3 Nb4 20. Rf3 Qe4 21. Ne1 c5 22. Nc3 Qe7 23. Qd2 Rad8 24. d5 N4xd5 25. cxd5 Bxc3 26. Qxc3 Nxd5 27. Qd2 Nxe3 28. Kf2 Qh4+ 29. Kg1 Nd5 30. f5 Nb4 31. f6 h6 32. Ng2 Qg5 33. Rf4 Qd5 34. Qc3 Re2 35. Qg3 Nd3 0-1

[Event "URS-ch12 Final"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1940.10.02"]
[Round "19"]
[White "Gerstenfeld, Eduard Issakovich"]
[Black "Boleslavsky, Isaak"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C08"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "1940.09.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "19"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "URS-ch"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. exd5 exd5 5. Bb5+ Nc6 6. Qe2+ Be7 7. dxc5 Nf6 8. Ngf3 0-0 9. Nb3 Re8 10. Be3 Ne4 11. 0-0 Nxc5 12. Qd1 Ne4 13. Nbd4 Qc7 14. h3 a6 15. Be2 Bf6 16. Re1 Bd7 17. c3 Rad8 18. Nxc6 Bxc6 19. Qb3 Qd7 20. Bb6 Ba4 21. Qb4 Ra8 22. Bd1 Bc6 23. Nd4 a5 24. Qa3 Be7 25. Qb3 Bh4 26. Nf3 Bf6 27. Bd4 Bxd4 28. cxd4 f6 29. Bc2 Kh8 30. Re3 Qd6 31. a3 Rec8 32. Bd3 b6 33. Rae1 Bb7 34. Qd1 Qf4 35. Qe2 Bc6 36. Ba6 Rd8 37. Bb5 Bb7 38. Nd2 Nd6 39. Re7 h6 40. Nf3 Rab8 41. g3 Qf5 42. Nh4 Qg5 43. Kg2 Ne4 44. Bd7 Bc8 45. Bc6 f5 46. Re5 Qf6 47. Qb5 f4 48. Rxd5 Ba6 49. Rxd8+ Rxd8 50. Qxb6 fxg3 51. f3 Nd6 52. Ng6+ Kh7 53. Ne7 Rf8 54. Qxa6 Qxd4 55. Qe2 Rb8 56. Qc2+ Kh8 57. Re2 1-0

[Event "URS-ch12 Final"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1940.09.30"]
[Round "18"]
[White "Bondarevsky, Igor Tsakharovich"]
[Black "Gerstenfeld, Eduard Issakovich"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D46"]
[PlyCount "155"]
[EventDate "1940.09.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "19"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "URS-ch"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. e3 e6 4. Nf3 Nd7 5. Nbd2 Ngf6 6. Bd3 Be7 7. 0-0 0-0 8. e4 dxe4 9. Nxe4 Nxe4 10. Bxe4 Nf6 11. Bc2 c5 12. Bg5 h6 13. Bh4 Nh5 14. Qd3 g6 15. Bxe7 Qxe7 16. dxc5 Qxc5 17. Rfe1 Qe7 18. Qe3 Kh7 19. Ne5 Ng7 20. Rad1 Nf5 21. Qh3 a5 22. Ng4 Qh4 23. Qa3 Bd7 24. Rxd7 Qxg4 25. Qc3 b6 26. Re4 Qg5 27. f4 Qh4 28. g3 Qh3 29. Qf6 Kg8 30. Re2 a4 31. Bxf5 Qxf5 32. Qxf5 gxf5 33. Red2 Rfc8 34. R2d4 Rab8 35. b4 axb3 36. axb3 b5 37. cxb5 Rc3 38. Rd3 Rc1+ 39. Rd1 Rc3 40. R7d3 Rxd3 41. Rxd3 Rxb5 42. Kf2 Kf8 43. Ke3 Ke7 44. Kd2 Rb8 45. Kc3 Rc8+ 46. Kb2 Rb8 47. Rd4 h5 48. b4 Rd8 49. Rc4 Rd2+ 50. Ka3 Rxh2 51. b5 Rg2 52. Rc3 Rg1 53. Kb4 Kd6 54. b6 Rb1+ 55. Ka5 f6 56. Ka6 e5 57. b7 Kd5 58. Rc8 Ke4 59. b8Q Rxb8 60. Rxb8 Kf3 61. Rb3+ Kg4 62. Kb5 exf4 63. gxf4 h4 64. Kc4 h3 65. Rb8 Kxf4 66. Kd3 h2 67. Rh8 Kg3 68. Ke2 Kg2 69. Rg8+ Kh3 70. Kf2 h1N+ 71. Kf3 Kh2 72. Rg2+ Kh3 73. Rg6 Kh2 74. Rxf6 Kg1 75. Rxf5 Nf2 76. Rd5 Nh3 77. Rd1+ Kh2 78. Rd2+ 1-0

[Event "URS-ch12 Final"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1940.09.27"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Gerstenfeld, Eduard Issakovich"]
[Black "Rudakovsky, Iosif"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B80"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "1940.09.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "19"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "URS-ch"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. Nc3 d6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nf6 6. g3 Be7 7. Bg2 a6 8. a4 0-0 9. 0-0 Nc6 10. Nb3 Nb4 11. Qe2 e5 12. Be3 Be6 13. Rfd1 Qc8 14. a5 Bg4 15. f3 Be6 16. Ra4 d5 17. exd5 Nbxd5 18. Nxd5 Nxd5 19. Bf2 Nb4 20. Na1 Qc6 21. Ra3 Rad8 22. Re1 Nd5 23. Rd3 Bb4 24. c3 Bxa5 25. Qxe5 Bb6 26. f4 Bxf2+ 27. Kxf2 Qc5+ 28. Rd4 Qa7 29. Nc2 b5 30. Ne3 Nxe3 31. Rxe3 g6 32. Qf6 Rxd4 33. cxd4 Qd7 34. Qe5 Rc8 35. d5 Rc2+ 36. Re2 Rxe2+ 37. Kxe2 Bg4+ 38. Kd2 Qd8 39. h3 Qa5+ 40. Qc3 Qb6 41. hxg4 Qf2+ 42. Kd3 Qxg3+ 43. Kd4 Qxg2 44. g5 h6 45. gxh6 Qh2 46. d6 Qxh6 47. Qc8+ Kg7 48. d7 Qxf4+ 49. Kc5 Qe5+ 50. Kc6 Qe4+ 51. Kb6 Qd4+ 52. Kb7 Qe4+ 53. Kb8 1-0

[Event "URS-ch12 Final"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1940.09.26"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Black "Gerstenfeld, Eduard Issakovich"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A34"]
[PlyCount "129"]
[EventDate "1940.09.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "19"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "URS-ch"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nb4 6. Bc4 e6 7. d3 Be7 8. 0-0 a6 9. a3 N4c6 10. Ne2 Nd7 11. Bf4 0-0 12. Ng3 b5 13. Ba2 Bb7 14. Qe2 Qb6 15. Rad1 Rfd8 16. h4 Nf8 17. h5 Rd7 18. h6 g6 19. e5 Nd4 20. Nxd4 Rxd4 21. Be3 Rh4 22. f4 Qc6 23. Bb1 Nd7 24. d4 f5 25. dxc5 Bxc5 26. Bxc5 Qxc5+ 27. Qf2 Bd5 28. Ba2 Qxf2+ 29. Rxf2 Nb6 30. Bxd5 Nxd5 31. Ne2 Rc8 32. Nc3 Nxf4 33. Rd7 g5 34. g3 Nh3+ 35. Kg2 Rxh6 36. Rfd2 g4 37. Rd8+ Rxd8 38. Rxd8+ Kf7 39. Rd7+ Ke8 40. Ra7 Ng5 41. Rxa6 Nf3 42. Kf2 Nxe5 43. Nxb5 Kf7 44. Nd4 Rh2+ 45. Kf1 Rxb2 46. Nxe6 Nf3 47. Nf4 Nd2+ 48. Kg1 Ne4 49. Ra7+ Kf8 50. Ra8+ Ke7 51. Ra7+ Kd6 52. Ra6+ Kc7 53. Nh5 Ra2 54. a4 Ra3 55. Kg2 Kd7 56. a5 Ke7 57. Ra7+ Ke6 58. a6 Nc5 59. Rxh7 Ra2+ 60. Kf1 Nxa6 61. Nf4+ Ke5 62. Re7+ Kf6 63. Re6+ Kf7 64. Re5 Kf6 65. Re6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "URS-ch12 Final"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1940.09.25"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Gerstenfeld, Eduard Issakovich"]
[Black "Lilienthal, Andor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A28"]
[PlyCount "171"]
[EventDate "1940.09.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "19"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "URS-ch"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. d4 e4 5. Ng5 h6 6. Ngxe4 Nxe4 7. Nxe4 Qh4 8. Nc3 Qxd4 9. e3 Qxd1+ 10. Kxd1 Be7 11. Nd5 Bd8 12. Bd2 d6 13. Bc3 0-0 14. Be2 Ne5 15. Kd2 c6 16. Nf4 Re8 17. Rhd1 Bg4 18. b3 a5 19. h3 Bf5 20. Ke1 Bc7 21. Rd2 a4 22. b4 a3 23. Rc1 f6 24. Bd4 Ra4 25. Bc3 Kf8 26. Kf1 Bh7 27. Bd1 Raa8 28. Bb3 Bg8 29. Ba1 Bf7 30. Ne2 Nd7 31. Nd4 Bg6 32. Ke2 Re7 33. Kf1 Ne5 34. Rcd1 c5 35. Nb5 cxb4 36. Nxd6 Bxd6 37. Rxd6 Nc6 38. Bd4 Na5 39. Bc5 Nxb3 40. axb3 Ke8 41. Bxb4 a2 42. Bc3 Bc2 43. Rc1 Bxb3 44. Ba1 Rc8 45. c5 Rec7 46. Bd4 Rxc5 47. Bxc5 Rxc5 48. Ra1 Rc2 49. Rb6 Bd5 50. e4 Bc6 51. Ke1 Ke7 52. Rb4 f5 53. exf5 Bxg2 54. Rg4 Bf3 55. Rb4 Kf6 56. Rb3 Bd5 57. Rd3 Bc4 58. Rd2 Rxd2 59. Kxd2 Kxf5 60. Kc3 b5 61. Kb2 g5 62. Rg1 h5 63. Rg3 Kf4 64. Ka1 h4 65. Rg4+ Kf5 66. Rg1 Be6 67. Re1 Bd5 68. Rg1 Kf6 69. Kb2 Be6 70. Rh1 Kg6 71. Ka1 Kh5 72. Kb2 Kg6 73. Ka1 Kf5 74. Re1 Kf6 75. Rh1 b4 76. Kb2 b3 77. Ka1 Bf5 78. Kb2 Ke5 79. Re1+ Kf4 80. Re3 g4 81. hxg4 Bc2 82. Rc3 Kxg4 83. Rc4+ Kg5 84. Rc3 Kf4 85. Ka1 Bd1 86. Kb2 1/2-1/2

[Event "URS-ch12 Final"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1940.09.24"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Lisitsin, Georgy M"]
[Black "Gerstenfeld, Eduard Issakovich"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C48"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "1940.09.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "19"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "URS-ch"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Bc5 5. Nxe5 0-0 6. 0-0 Re8 7. Nf3 Nd4 8. Bc4 Nxe4 9. Nxd4 Bxd4 10. Bxf7+ Kxf7 11. Qh5+ Kg8 12. Qd5+ Kh8 13. Qxd4 Nxc3 14. dxc3 d6 15. Bh6 Qf6 16. Qxf6 gxf6 17. Be3 Bf5 18. Rac1 Kg7 19. Rfd1 b6 20. Kf1 Re5 21. Rd2 Kf7 22. b3 Be4 23. Bd4 Rh5 24. f3 Bb7 25. h3 Ba6+ 26. Kg1 d5 27. b4 Bc4 28. Kf2 Rg5 29. Ra1 Rgg8 30. a4 Rae8 31. a5 Re7 32. g4 Rc8 33. Kg3 c5 34. Bf2 Rb7 35. axb6 axb6 36. bxc5 bxc5 37. Ra5 Rbc7 38. Rd1 Rc6 39. Rb1 R6c7 40. Kf4 Kg6 41. Rb6 Rc6 42. Rb7 R6c7 43. Raa7 Rxb7 44. Rxb7 Bf1 45. h4 h5 46. Rb6 Kg7 47. Rd6 hxg4 48. Rd7+ Kg8 49. Kxg4 d4 50. cxd4 cxd4 51. Bxd4 f5+ 52. Kg5 Rxc2 53. h5 Rg2+ 54. Kf6 Rh2 55. Be5 f4 56. Rd8+ Kh7 57. Kg5 1-0

[Event "URS-ch12 Final"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1940.09.21"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Mikenas, Vladas Ivanovich"]
[Black "Gerstenfeld, Eduard Issakovich"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D97"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "1940.09.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "19"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "URS-ch"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Qb3 dxc4 6. Qxc4 0-0 7. e4 c6 8. Be2 Nbd7 9. e5 Ne8 10. e6 fxe6 11. Qxe6+ Kh8 12. Ng5 Ne5 13. Qb3 Qxd4 14. Be3 Nd3+ 15. Bxd3 Qxd3 16. Rd1 Qf5 17. h4 Nd6 18. h5 h6 19. Ne2 gxh5 20. Rxh5 Qg6 21. Rh1 Rf5 22. Rd3 Rxg5 23. Bxg5 Qxg5 24. Rg3 Qa5+ 25. Kf1 Qd5 26. Qxd5 cxd5 27. Nf4 Ne4 28. Rd3 e6 29. Nh5 Bd7 30. Rdh3 Be5 31. f4 Bb5+ 32. Kg1 Bd4+ 33. Kh2 Nf2 34. Rb3 Be2 35. Ng3 Bc4 36. Rxb7 Nxh1 37. Kxh1 0-1

[Event "URS-ch12 Final"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1940.09.20"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Gerstenfeld, Eduard Issakovich"]
[Black "Konstantinopolsky, Alexander Markovich"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B14"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "1940.09.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "19"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "URS-ch"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. c4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nf3 Be7 7. Bd3 dxc4 8. Bxc4 0-0 9. 0-0 a6 10. Bg5 b5 11. Bb3 Bb7 12. Qe2 Nbd7 13. Rad1 Nb6 14. Rfe1 Nbd5 15. Ne5 Nxc3 16. bxc3 Nd5 17. Bd2 Rc8 18. c4 bxc4 19. Bxc4 a5 20. Rb1 Bb4 21. Rb3 Ba8 22. Rg3 Bxd2 23. Qxd2 f6 24. Qh6 Qe7 25. Bd3 f5 26. Nc4 Rf6 27. Qg5 h6 28. Qd2 Qb4 29. Qxb4 axb4 30. Bf1 1/2-1/2

[Event "URS-ch12 Final"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1940.09.19"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Black "Gerstenfeld, Eduard Issakovich"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D55"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "1940.09.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "19"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "URS-ch"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Be7 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bg5 0-0 6. e3 b6 7. cxd5 exd5 8. Bd3 Bb7 9. Qc2 h6 10. h4 c5 11. 0-0-0 Nc6 12. Bxf6 Bxf6 13. Kb1 Bc8 14. a3 Be6 15. Bh7+ Kh8 16. Bf5 cxd4 17. exd4 Rc8 18. Bxe6 fxe6 19. Qg6 Qe8 20. Qg4 Na5 21. Rd3 Rc6 22. Re1 h5 23. Qg3 Qf7 24. Ne2 Kh7 25. Nf4 Nc4 26. Nh3 Kg8 27. Ka2 a5 28. Nfg5 Qe8 29. Nf4 Qd7 30. Nxh5 Bxg5 31. hxg5 Rfc8 32. Nf6+ gxf6 33. gxf6+ Kf8 34. Rh1 e5 35. Qg6 1-0

[Event "URS-ch12 Final"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1940.09.18"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Gerstenfeld, Eduard Issakovich"]
[Black "Keres, Paul"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C87"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1940.09.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "19"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "URS-ch"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. 0-0 d6 6. h3 Bd7 7. Re1 Be7 8. c3 0-0 9. d4 Re8 10. a3 exd4 11. cxd4 d5 12. e5 Ne4 13. Bc2 f5 14. exf6 Bxf6 15. Nc3 Nxc3 16. Rxe8+ Bxe8 17. bxc3 Qd6 18. Bd2 Na5 19. Qc1 Qc6 20. Bf4 Nc4 21. Ne5 Bxe5 22. Bxe5 Bg6 23. Bb3 Nb6 24. Qg5 Re8 25. Rc1 h6 26. Qg3 Re7 27. Qh4 Rf7 28. Qd8+ Kh7 29. a4 a5 30. f3 Rd7 31. Qb8 Nc4 32. Bxc4 dxc4 33. Qa8 Qb6 34. Re1 c6 35. Qc8 Re7 36. Kh2 Qb2 37. Qd8 Rf7 38. Qxa5 Rxf3 39. Qc7 Rf7 40. Re3 Rxc7 0-1

[Event "URS-ch12 Final"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1940.09.15"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Makogonov, Vladimir Andreevich"]
[Black "Gerstenfeld, Eduard Issakovich"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D63"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "1940.09.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "19"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "URS-ch"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Be7 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bg5 0-0 6. e3 b6 7. cxd5 exd5 8. Rc1 Bb7 9. Be2 Nbd7 10. 0-0 c6 11. Bd3 Re8 12. Ne2 Ne4 13. Bxe7 Qxe7 14. Ng3 g6 15. Qa4 a5 16. Ne2 f5 17. Qc2 Qd6 18. Nc3 Re7 19. Na4 Rf8 20. Qb3 Qb4 21. Qc2 f4 22. Nc3 fxe3 23. fxe3 Nef6 24. e4 dxe4 25. Nxe4 Nxe4 26. Bxe4 Rf6 27. Rcd1 Qd6 28. Rfe1 Kg7 29. Qc3 Qf4 30. g3 Qd6 31. Ne5 Qb4 32. Bg2 Qxc3 33. bxc3 Nxe5 34. dxe5 Rf8 35. c4 b5 36. c5 Rfe8 37. Rd6 Rc8 38. a3 Rcc7 39. e6 Kf6 40. h4 h6 41. Rf1+ Kg7 42. Bh3 Bc8 43. Kf2 Re8 44. Ke3 Rce7 45. Rxc6 Bxe6 46. Bxe6 Rxe6+ 47. Rxe6 Rxe6+ 48. Kd4 Re2 49. c6 Rc2 50. Kd5 b4 51. axb4 axb4 52. Rf3 Rb2 53. c7 1-0

[Event "URS-ch12 Final"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1940.09.14"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Gerstenfeld, Eduard Issakovich"]
[Black "Veresov, Gavriil N"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D44"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1940.09.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "19"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "URS-ch"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Bg5 dxc4 6. e3 b5 7. a4 c6 8. Nd2 Bb7 9. Be2 Nbd7 10. Bf3 Qb6 11. 0-0 0-0 12. Qc2 a6 13. Rfb1 c5 14. Bxf6 Nxf6 15. dxc5 Bxc5 16. b3 Bxf3 17. gxf3 cxb3 18. Rxb3 b4 19. a5 Qb7 20. Na4 Be7 21. Nb6 Rad8 22. e4 Nd7 23. Ndc4 Nc5 24. Rxb4 Nxe4 25. Rb3 Ng5 26. Kg2 Rd4 27. Ne5 Bf6 28. Nc6 Rh4 29. Ra4 Rh3 30. Nd5 Qd7 31. Nxf6+ gxf6 32. Rg4 e5 33. Qc5 Re8 34. Re3 Kh8 35. Nxe5 fxe5 36. Rxe5 Rxh2+ 37. Kg3 Rh3+ 38. Kg2 Rh2+ 39. Kg3 Rh3+ 40. Kg2 Rh2+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "URS-ch12 Final"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1940.09.13"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Panov, Vasily N"]
[Black "Gerstenfeld, Eduard Issakovich"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B80"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "1940.09.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "19"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "URS-ch"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. g3 Be7 7. Bg2 0-0 8. 0-0 a6 9. a4 Nc6 10. Nb3 Na5 11. Nxa5 Qxa5 12. Bd2 Qc7 13. Kh1 Bd7 14. g4 d5 15. f3 dxe4 16. fxe4 Bc6 17. g5 Nd7 18. Nd5 Qd8 19. Nxe7+ Qxe7 20. Qh5 f5 21. gxf6 Nxf6 22. Qh4 Rf7 23. Bc3 Nxe4 24. Qxe7 Rxe7 25. Bb4 Rf7 26. Kg1 Rf6 27. Rxf6 gxf6 28. Rd1 Kf7 29. Rd4 Rg8 30. Kf1 Rg4 31. Bf3 Ng3+ 0-1

[Event "URS-ch12 Final"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1940.09.12"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Gerstenfeld, Eduard Issakovich"]
[Black "Ragozin, Viacheslav"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A28"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1940.09.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "19"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "URS-ch"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. d4 e4 5. Nd2 Bb4 6. e3 0-0 7. Be2 d6 8. 0-0 Bf5 9. Nd5 Nxd5 10. cxd5 Ne7 11. Qb3 Ba5 12. Nc4 Bb6 13. a4 c6 14. dxc6 bxc6 15. Nxb6 axb6 16. Bd2 Be6 17. Qc2 f5 18. b4 Bd5 19. a5 b5 20. f3 Qd7 21. f4 Qe6 22. Rac1 h6 23. Be1 g5 24. Bg3 Qf6 25. Qd2 Kh8 26. Qe1 Rg8 27. Qf2 Rg7 28. Kh1 Rag8 29. Rg1 Ng6 30. h3 Ne7 31. Rcf1 Qe6 32. Rc1 g4 33. Bh4 g3 34. Qe1 Nc8 35. Qc3 Kh7 36. Rge1 Qf7 37. Kg1 Na7 38. Qd2 Bc4 39. Bd1 d5 40. Qc3 Nc8 41. Qa3 1/2-1/2

[Event "URS-ch12 Final"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1940.09.09"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Stolberg, Mark Moiseevich"]
[Black "Gerstenfeld, Eduard Issakovich"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E24"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "1940.09.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "19"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "URS-ch"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. a3 Bxc3+ 5. bxc3 b6 6. f3 d6 7. Bg5 0-0 8. e3 Nc6 9. Bd3 Na5 10. Nh3 Ba6 11. Qe2 Qe8 12. Bxf6 gxf6 13. f4 f5 14. g4 f6 15. Rg1 Kh8 16. gxf5 exf5 17. Kf2 Qf7 18. Bxf5 Bxc4 19. Qg4 Rae8 20. Qh4 Rxe3 21. Kxe3 Re8+ 22. Kf2 Re2+ 23. Kf3 Nb3 24. Bxh7 Nd2+ 25. Kg4 Qxh7 26. Qxf6+ Kg8 27. Qd8+ Kg7 28. Qxc7+ Kh8 29. Qxh7+ Kxh7 30. Rae1 Rxh2 31. Kg3 Nf3 32. Ng5+ Nxg5 33. Re7+ Kh8 34. Kxh2 Nf3+ 35. Kg2 Nxg1 36. Kxg1 a5 37. Kf2 a4 38. Kf3 Kg8 39. f5 Kf8 40. Rb7 b5 41. Kf4 Ke8 42. Kg5 Kd8 43. Kg6 Kc8 44. Re7 Kd8 45. Re3 Kd7 46. Kg7 Kc6 47. f6 1-0

[Event "URS-ch12 Final"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1940.09.08"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Gerstenfeld, Eduard Issakovich"]
[Black "Petrovs, Vladimirs"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C06"]
[PlyCount "124"]
[EventDate "1940.09.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "19"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "URS-ch"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. Bd3 b6 6. c3 c5 7. a3 Ba6 8. Bxa6 Nxa6 9. Qg4 Nc7 10. Ne2 Qe7 11. Qg3 0-0-0 12. dxc5 Nxc5 13. a4 Qe8 14. 0-0 f6 15. a5 Qg6 16. axb6 axb6 17. Nf3 Kb7 18. Bf4 Qxg3 19. Bxg3 Ne4 20. Ned4 Nxg3 21. hxg3 Bc5 22. Rfe1 Bxd4 23. Nxd4 f5 24. f4 Ra8 25. Kf2 h5 26. Kg1 Rag8 27. Nf3 Ra8 28. Kh2 Na6 29. Kh3 Nc5 30. Nd4 Rxa1 31. Rxa1 Rh6 32. Nf3 Ne4 33. Kh4 Rg6 34. Ng5 Rh6 35. Ra3 Rg6 36. c4 dxc4 37. Nxe4 fxe4 38. Kxh5 Rh6+ 39. Kg5 Kc6 40. g4 Kd5 41. Re3 Rh1 42. Re2 Rd1 43. Kg6 Kd4 44. f5 Kxe5 45. fxe6 Rd6 46. Kxg7 Rxe6 47. g5 Rc6 48. g6 Kf5 49. g4+ Kxg4 50. Rxe4+ Kf5 51. Rd4 Rxg6+ 52. Kf7 Rc6 53. Rd5+ Ke4 54. Rb5 Rd6 55. Ke7 Rd3 56. Rxb6 Rb3 57. Rc6 Kd3 58. Rd6+ Kc2 59. Rd4 Rb4 60. Kd6 Kxb2 61. Kc5 Kb3 62. Rd1 Ra4 0-1

[Event "URS-ch12 Final"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1940.09.07"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Dubinin, Peter Vasilievich"]
[Black "Gerstenfeld, Eduard Issakovich"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B83"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "1940.09.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "19"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "URS-ch"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Be2 a6 7. a4 Nc6 8. 0-0 Be7 9. Be3 Bd7 10. Nb3 Na5 11. Nd2 Qc7 12. Bd3 0-0 13. Qe2 d5 14. exd5 exd5 15. Qf3 Be6 16. Rfe1 Nc6 17. Bf4 Qd7 18. h3 Rfe8 19. Nb3 d4 20. Ne4 Bxb3 21. cxb3 Nd5 22. Bc4 Rad8 23. Nd6 Bxd6 24. Qxd5 Bf8 25. Qxd7 Rxe1+ 26. Rxe1 Rxd7 27. Re8 Na5 28. Bd2 Nc6 29. b4 Re7 30. Rc8 Na7 31. Ra8 b5 32. axb5 axb5 33. Bd3 f6 34. Kf1 Kf7 35. Bc2 g6 36. Bb3+ Kg7 37. Bf4 Rd7 38. Bd2 Nc6 39. Rc8 Nxb4 40. Rxf8 Kxf8 41. Bxb4+ Kg7 42. Ke2 1-0

[Event "URS-ch12 Final"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1940.09.06"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Gerstenfeld, Eduard Issakovich"]
[Black "Levenfish, Grigory"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C87"]
[PlyCount "125"]
[EventDate "1940.09.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "19"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "URS-ch"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. 0-0 d6 6. Re1 Bg4 7. c3 Be7 8. h3 Bh5 9. d3 Nd7 10. Be3 0-0 11. Nbd2 Bg6 12. Nf1 b5 13. Bc2 Nc5 14. Bxc5 dxc5 15. Ne3 Bd6 16. Qe2 Qd7 17. Nh4 Nd8 18. Nhf5 Ne6 19. g3 Rfe8 20. Bb3 Bf8 21. Rad1 a5 22. a4 c6 23. h4 Kh8 24. Qg4 Rab8 25. Re2 h5 26. Qf3 Bh7 27. axb5 g6 28. bxc6 Qxc6 29. Bd5 Qc7 30. Nc4 gxf5 31. exf5 Nd8 32. Qxh5 Qd7 33. Be6 Nxe6 34. fxe6 Qxe6 35. Nxe5 Kg8 36. Rde1 Qf5 37. Qxf5 Bxf5 38. g4 f6 39. f4 Bc8 40. Nc6 Rxe2 41. Rxe2 Rb6 42. Nxa5 Rd6 43. Re3 Bxg4 44. Rg3 f5 45. Nc4 Rd7 46. Ne5 Rg7 47. Nxg4 fxg4 48. Kf2 Be7 49. Ke3 Bxh4 50. Rg1 g3 51. Kf3 g2 52. Ke3 Kf7 53. Kf3 Rg3+ 54. Kf2 Rxd3+ 55. Kxg2 Rd2+ 56. Kh3 Bf6 57. Rg2 Rd3+ 58. Kg4 Ke6 59. Re2+ Kd5 60. Kf5 Bd8 61. Re5+ Kd6 62. Ke4 Rd2 63. b4 1/2-1/2

[Event "URS-ch12 Final"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1940.09.05"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Smyslov, Vassily V"]
[Black "Gerstenfeld, Eduard Issakovich"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C90"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "1940.09.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "19"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "URS-ch"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. 0-0 d6 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 Be7 8. c3 Na5 9. Bc2 c5 10. d4 Qc7 11. Nbd2 cxd4 12. cxd4 Nc6 13. d5 Nb4 14. Bb1 a5 15. a3 Na6 16. b4 0-0 17. Nb3 a4 18. Na5 Bd7 19. Bd3 Rac8 20. Qe2 Qb8 21. Nh4 Bd8 22. Nc6 Bxc6 23. dxc6 Nc7 24. Nf5 Nfe8 25. Bb2 Bf6 26. Rac1 g6 27. Ne3 Bg7 28. Red1 Rd8 29. Bb1 Ne6 30. g3 N8c7 31. Ba2 Kh8 32. Rc2 Qb6 33. Nd5 Nxd5 34. Rxd5 Nc7 35. Rd3 f5 36. Bc1 h6 37. Be3 Qa6 38. Qd2 fxe4 39. Rxd6 Qc8 40. Bxh6 Rxd6 41. Bxg7+ Kxg7 42. Qxd6 Qd8 43. Qxe5+ Kh7 44. Qxe4 Re8 45. Qg4 Qf6 46. Kg2 Re1 47. Qh4+ Qxh4 48. gxh4 Kh6 49. Kg3 Rd1 50. Kf4 Rd3 51. Ke5 Rxa3 52. Kd6 Na6 53. c7 Rd3+ 54. Bd5 1-0

[Event "URS-ch12 Semifinal"]
[Site "Kiev"]
[Date "1940.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Alatortsev, Vladimir"]
[Black "Gerstenfeld, Eduard Issakovich"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D36"]
[PlyCount "136"]
[EventDate "1940.05.25"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "HCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. d4 d5 4. Bg5 Nbd7 5. cxd5 exd5 6. e3 Be7 7. Qc2 c6 8. Bd3 h6 9. Bh4 0-0 10. Nge2 Re8 11. h3 Ne4 12. Bxe7 Qxe7 13. Bxe4 dxe4 14. g4 Nf6 15. Ng3 g6 16. 0-0-0 b6 17. Kb1 Ba6 18. Ka1 Bd3 19. Qd2 Nd5 20. Nxd5 cxd5 21. f4 Rac8 22. Rc1 a5 23. Rhg1 Qh4 24. Qh2 Qe7 25. Qd2 Qd7 26. Nh1 Qa4 27. b3 Qd7 28. Nf2 Ba6 29. Kb2 Qe7 30. Rxc8 Rxc8 31. Rc1 Qh4 32. Qe1 Rxc1 33. Kxc1 Qg3 34. Kd2 Qg2 35. a3 Kg7 36. Kc3 Bb5 37. Kd2 Qf3 38. a4 Ba6 39. Kc3 Be2 40. Kd2 Ba6 41. Kc3 Qg3 42. Kc2 Kf8 43. Kc3 Ke7 44. b4 Bc4 45. b5 Ke6 46. Kc2 f5 47. gxf5+ Kxf5 48. Kc3 g5 49. fxg5 hxg5 50. Kc2 Kg6 51. Kc3 Kh5 52. Qd1+ Qf3 53. Qxf3+ exf3 54. e4 dxe4 55. Nxe4 Be6 56. Kd2 Bb3 57. d5 Bxa4 58. Nc3 Bb3 59. d6 Be6 60. Ke3 Kh4 61. Kxf3 Kxh3 62. Kf2 Kh2 63. Ne4 g4 64. Ng3 Bd7 65. Nf1+ Kh3 66. Ne3 Bxb5 67. Kg1 a4 68. Nc4 Be8 0-1

[Event "URS-ch12 Semifinal"]
[Site "Kiev"]
[Date "1940.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Chekhover, Vitaly A"]
[Black "Gerstenfeld, Eduard Issakovich"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C41"]
[PlyCount "118"]
[EventDate "1940.05.25"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "HCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 Nd7 4. Bc4 g6 5. Bg5 Be7 6. Bxe7 Qxe7 7. Nc3 Nb6 8. Bb3 Bg4 9. d5 Nf6 10. h3 Bxf3 11. Qxf3 Nfd7 12. a4 a5 13. h4 h5 14. Qe2 Nc5 15. Bc4 Nxc4 16. Qxc4 Qd7 17. f3 b6 18. Nb5 f5 19. exf5 gxf5 20. c3 0-0 21. 0-0-0 Kf7 22. g4 fxg4 23. fxg4 Ke7 24. gxh5 Rf4 25. Qe2 Raf8 26. Rhg1 Kd8 27. Rg5 Rxa4 28. Na3 Qh3 29. Qg2 Qxh4 30. Rg8 Qf4+ 31. Kb1 Kc8 32. Rf1 Qxf1+ 33. Qxf1 Rxg8 34. Nc4 b5 35. Nxa5 Rxa5 36. b4 Ra6 37. bxc5 dxc5 38. Qh1 Rh8 39. d6 cxd6 40. Qg2 Rd8 41. h6 Kc7 42. Qg7+ Kc6 43. h7 Raa8 44. Qg2+ Kb6 45. Qd5 Rac8 46. Kc2 Rc7 47. Qg8 Rcc8 48. Qd5 e4 49. Qxe4 Rh8 50. Qe7 Rc7 51. Qxd6+ Rc6 52. Qh2 Kb7 53. Qh5 Rc7 54. Qd5+ Ka7 55. Qa2+ Kb6 56. Qe6+ Ka7 57. Qa2+ Kb6 58. Qe6+ Ka7 59. Qa2+ Kb6 1/2-1/2

[Event "URS-ch12 Semifinal"]
[Site "Kiev"]
[Date "1940.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Gerstenfeld, Eduard Issakovich"]
[Black "Bondarevsky, Igor Tsakharovich"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C71"]
[PlyCount "152"]
[EventDate "1940.05.25"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "HCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6 5. d4 b5 6. Bb3 Nxd4 7. Nxd4 exd4 8. Bd5 Rb8 9. Bc6+ Bd7 10. Bxd7+ Qxd7 11. Qxd4 Nf6 12. 0-0 Be7 13. Nc3 0-0 14. f3 b4 15. Ne2 Qc6 16. Qd3 d5 17. Nd4 Qb6 18. e5 Nd7 19. Re1 Bc5 20. c3 Rfe8 21. Bf4 Bf8 22. Kh1 Nc5 23. Qc2 bxc3 24. bxc3 Qb2 25. Red1 Qxc2 26. Nxc2 Ne6 27. Be3 Rb2 28. Nd4 c5 29. Nf5 Rd8 30. Kg1 Rc2 31. Rdc1 Rxc1+ 32. Rxc1 h5 33. f4 g6 34. Nh4 Rb8 35. Nf3 Rb2 36. Rd1 Rxa2 37. Rxd5 Rc2 38. Bd2 a5 39. Rd7 c4 40. Kf1 a4 41. Ra7 a3 42. Ke1 a2 43. g3 Rb2 44. Bc1 Rb1 45. Rxa2 Rxc1+ 46. Kd2 Rf1 47. Ke2 Rb1 48. Ra4 Rb2+ 49. Ke3 Bc5+ 50. Ke4 Re2+ 51. Kd5 Rf2 52. Ke4 Re2+ 53. Kd5 Re3 54. Nh4 Rxc3 55. Rxc4 Rxc4 56. Kxc4 Bg1 57. Nf3 Bf2 58. Kd5 Kf8 59. Ke4 Ng7 60. Ng5 Ke7 61. Kf3 Bb6 62. h3 Ne6 63. Nh7 Ba5 64. g4 hxg4+ 65. hxg4 Bd2 66. f5 Ng5+ 67. Nxg5 Bxg5 68. Ke4 Bc1 69. Kd5 g5 70. Kd4 Bb2+ 71. Ke4 Kd7 72. Kd5 Bc3 73. Ke4 Kc6 74. e6 fxe6 75. fxe6 Bf6 76. Kf5 Be7 0-1

[Event "URS-ch12 Semifinal"]
[Site "Kiev"]
[Date "1940.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Gerstenfeld, Eduard Issakovich"]
[Black "Dubinin, Peter Vasilievich"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B72"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1940.05.25"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "HCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be2 Bg7 7. Be3 Nc6 8. Qd2 Bd7 9. f3 a6 10. Nd5 Nxd5 11. exd5 Ne5 12. h3 Qc7 13. b3 Bc8 14. c4 b6 15. Rc1 Bb7 16. 0-0 Nd7 17. Bd3 0-0 18. f4 Nc5 19. Bb1 e5 20. dxe6 fxe6 21. b4 e5 22. fxe5 dxe5 23. Nf5 gxf5 24. bxc5 f4 25. cxb6 Qc6 26. Qc2 Rf5 27. Rf3 Rh5 28. Bf2 Rf8 29. Re1 Rxh3 30. Qe2 Rxf3 31. Qxf3 Qxf3 32. gxf3 Rc8 33. Bf5 Rd8 34. Be4 Bxe4 35. fxe4 Kf7 36. c5 Ke6 37. c6 Rg8 38. Rd1 Bf8+ 39. Kf1 Bd6 40. c7 Kd7 41. Bc5 1-0

[Event "URS-ch12 Semifinal"]
[Site "Kiev"]
[Date "1940.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Gerstenfeld, Eduard Issakovich"]
[Black "Fridman, D Sr"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C10"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1940.05.25"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "HCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Nf3 Ngf6 6. Nxf6+ Nxf6 7. Bd3 Be7 8. Qe2 0-0 9. Bg5 c5 10. dxc5 Qa5+ 11. c3 Qxc5 12. 0-0-0 Rd8 13. Bxf6 gxf6 14. Bxh7+ Kxh7 15. Rxd8 Bxd8 16. Qd3+ Kg7 17. Qxd8 Qxf2 18. Qd3 e5 19. Rf1 Bf5 20. Rxf2 Bxd3 21. Nh4 Rh8 22. g3 Be4 23. b3 Rh5 24. Kd2 f5 25. Ke3 Kf6 26. c4 Bc6 27. Nf3 Rh3 28. Ng1 Rh8 29. Ne2 Kg5 30. Nc3 Rd8 31. Nd5 Bxd5 32. Rd2 f4+ 33. gxf4+ exf4+ 34. Kf2 Rh8 35. Rxd5+ Kg4 36. Kg2 f3+ 37. Kg1 f2+ 38. Kxf2 Rxh2+ 39. Ke3 Rxa2 40. Rd7 b6 41. Rxf7 1/2-1/2

[Event "URS-ch12 Semifinal"]
[Site "Kiev"]
[Date "1940.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Gerstenfeld, Eduard Issakovich"]
[Black "Goldberg, Grigory Abramovich"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B76"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "1940.05.25"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "HCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. f3 0-0 8. Qd2 Nc6 9. 0-0-0 Bd7 10. g4 a6 11. h4 b5 12. h5 Rc8 13. Nxc6 Bxc6 14. Bh6 b4 15. Bxg7 Kxg7 16. hxg6 bxc3 17. Qh6+ Kg8 18. g7 Re8 19. bxc3 Qb6 20. Bd3 Bb5 21. e5 Bxd3 22. Rxd3 dxe5 23. g5 Qe6 24. gxf6 Qf5 25. fxe7 Rxe7 26. Qxa6 Rb8 27. Qh6 Qg6 28. Rd6 Qxh6+ 29. Rdxh6 Kxg7 30. Rxh7+ Kf6 31. Rh8 Rxh8 32. Rxh8 Kg5 33. Kd1 Kf4 34. Ke2 f5 35. c4 Rc7 36. a4 Rc5 37. Rh1 Ra5 38. Ra1 e4 39. fxe4 Kxe4 40. c3 f4 41. Rd1 Rxa4 42. Rd4+ Ke5 43. Kf3 Ra3 44. Rd5+ Ke6 45. Kxf4 Rxc3 46. Rd4 Rh3 1/2-1/2

[Event "UKR-ch12"]
[Site "Kiev"]
[Date "1940.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Gerstenfeld, Eduard Issakovich"]
[Black "Poliak, Evsey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D61"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "1940.12.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2013"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Nf3 0-0 7. Qc2 c6 8. Rd1 a6 9. a3 b5 10. cxd5 cxd5 11. Bd3 Bb7 12. 0-0 Rc8 13. Nd2 h6 14. Bh4 Nb6 15. Qb3 Nc4 16. Bxf6 Bxf6 17. a4 Na5 18. Qa2 b4 19. Ne2 Qb6 20. Nc1 Be7 21. Ncb3 Nc6 22. Rc1 e5 23. Bf5 Rcd8 24. a5 Qa7 25. Qa4 Qa8 26. Nf3 e4 27. Nfd2 g6 28. Bh3 f5 29. Nc5 Bxc5 30. Rxc5 Rd6 31. Rfc1 Qe8 32. Qb3 Qd8 33. g3 Kh8 34. Qa4 Qd7 35. Qd1 Qf7 36. Nb3 g5 37. R5c2 Qg6 38. Qd2 h5 39. Bf1 f4 40. Qe1 Rdf6 41. Qd2 Bc8 42. Nc5 h4 43. Na4 hxg3 44. hxg3 Bg4 45. Be2 Bf3 46. Qd1 Qh5 47. Bxf3 exf3 0-1

[Event "URS-ch12 Semifinal"]
[Site "Kiev"]
[Date "1940.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Gerstenfeld, Eduard Issakovich"]
[Black "Rauzer, Vsevolod"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D53"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "1940.05.25"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "HCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e3 0-0 6. Qc2 c5 7. dxc5 dxc4 8. Nf3 Qa5 9. Bxc4 Qxc5 10. Bd3 h6 11. Bh4 Nc6 12. a3 a6 13. 0-0 Bd7 14. Rfd1 Rfd8 15. Rac1 Ne5 16. Nxe5 Qxe5 17. Be4 Qc7 18. Nd5 Qxc2 19. Nxe7+ Kf8 20. Ng6+ fxg6 21. Bxc2 g5 22. Bg3 Bc6 23. f3 Ke7 24. e4 Rd7 25. Be5 Rad8 26. Rxd7+ Rxd7 27. Rd1 Rxd1+ 28. Bxd1 g4 29. Kf2 gxf3 30. gxf3 Be8 31. Ke3 Bh5 32. a4 Be8 33. Kd4 Bh5 34. a5 Be8 35. b4 Bb5 36. f4 g6 37. Bxf6+ Kxf6 38. Bg4 Bc6 39. e5+ Ke7 40. h4 Bd5 41. Kc5 Kd7 42. Kb6 h5 43. Bh3 Kc8 44. Bf1 Be4 45. Bh3 Kd7 46. Kc5 Bf5 47. Bf1 1/2-1/2

[Event "URS-ch12 Semifinal"]
[Site "Kiev"]
[Date "1940.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Gerstenfeld, Eduard Issakovich"]
[Black "Rudakovsky, Iosif"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B40"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "1940.05.25"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "HCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Bd3 Nc6 6. Nxc6 dxc6 7. 0-0 e5 8. Nd2 Bd6 9. Nc4 Bc7 10. Qf3 0-0 11. Bg5 h6 12. Bh4 g5 13. Bg3 Bg4 14. Qe3 Qe7 15. Be2 b5 16. Bxg4 Nxg4 17. Qe2 bxc4 18. Qxg4 Rfd8 19. Rad1 Rxd1 20. Rxd1 Rd8 21. Rxd8+ Qxd8 22. h4 Kg7 23. Kh2 Qe7 24. hxg5 hxg5 25. Qc8 Qd6 26. Kh3 Bd8 27. Kg4 Be7 28. f3 a5 29. a4 Qd2 30. Bxe5+ f6 31. Bg3 Qxg2 32. Qxc6 Qxc2 33. Qe8 Bb4 34. Kf5 Qd3 35. Qg6+ Kf8 36. Ke6 1-0

[Event "URS-ch12 Semifinal"]
[Site "Kiev"]
[Date "1940.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Gerstenfeld, Eduard Issakovich"]
[Black "Stolberg, Mark Moiseevich"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C12"]
[PlyCount "136"]
[EventDate "1940.05.25"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "HCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Bb4 5. e5 h6 6. Bd2 Bxc3 7. bxc3 Ne4 8. Qg4 g6 9. Qf4 c5 10. Bd3 Nxd2 11. Qxd2 Nc6 12. Nf3 Bd7 13. Rb1 Qc7 14. Bb5 0-0-0 15. Qe3 cxd4 16. cxd4 Na5 17. 0-0 Kb8 18. Bd3 Nc4 19. Qe2 Rc8 20. Rb4 a5 21. Rb3 Ba4 22. Rc3 Qe7 23. Bxc4 Qb4 24. Qe3 Rxc4 25. Rxc4 Qxc4 26. Qf4 Qxa2 27. Qxf7 Qxc2 28. Qxe6 Qc6 29. Qe7 Rc8 30. Re1 b5 31. e6 b4 32. h4 Re8 33. Qf7 b3 34. Qf4+ Kb7 35. Nd2 b2 36. Nb1 Bc2 37. Qd2 a4 38. e7 Qc7 39. Nc3 Rxe7 40. Rf1 Bb3 41. Qxb2 Qc4 42. Rb1 Kc7 43. Qa3 Kd7 44. Nxa4 Qxa4 45. Rxb3 Qxa3 46. Rxa3 Re1+ 47. Kh2 Re4 48. g3 Rxd4 49. Ra6 Re4 50. Rxg6 d4 51. Ra6 d3 52. Ra3 Rd4 53. Ra1 Kd6 54. Kg2 d2 55. Rd1 Kd5 56. Kf3 Kc4 57. Ke3 Kc3 58. g4 Kc2 59. Rxd2+ Rxd2 60. g5 hxg5 61. hxg5 Kc3 62. f4 Rd8 63. Ke4 Kc4 64. g6 Rg8 65. f5 Re8+ 66. Kf4 Kd5 67. Kg5 Rg8 68. Kf6 Rf8+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "URS-ch12 Semifinal"]
[Site "Kiev"]
[Date "1940.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Gerstenfeld, Eduard Issakovich"]
[Black "Zhukhovitsky, Samuel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A34"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1940.05.25"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "HCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 c5 3. g3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Bg2 Nc7 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. 0-0 e5 8. d3 Be7 9. Be3 0-0 10. Rc1 Be6 11. a3 b6 12. Qa4 Nd4 13. Nxe5 b5 14. Qd1 Rc8 15. Bxd4 cxd4 16. Ne4 Na8 17. Nc6 Qd7 18. Nc5 Bxc5 19. Rxc5 Qd6 20. b4 Nb6 21. Rc1 Na4 22. Qd2 Nc3 23. Na5 Bg4 24. Rce1 Qh6 25. Qxh6 gxh6 26. f3 Be6 27. e3 dxe3 28. Rxe3 Nd5 29. Re5 Rc3 30. f4 Nf6 31. d4 Rd3 32. Rxb5 Rxd4 33. Rb7 Rd2 34. Rxa7 Rc8 35. Bc6 Bh3 36. Re1 Rxc6 37. Nxc6 Rg2+ 38. Kf1 Rc2+ 39. Kg1 Rg2+ 40. Kf1 Rc2+ 41. Kg1 1/2-1/2

[Event "URS-ch12 Semifinal"]
[Site "Kiev"]
[Date "1940.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Grechkin, Dmitry Makarovich"]
[Black "Gerstenfeld, Eduard Issakovich"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A14"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "1940.05.25"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "HCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 e6 2. c4 Nf6 3. g3 b6 4. Bg2 Bb7 5. 0-0 Be7 6. b3 0-0 7. Bb2 d5 8. d3 Nbd7 9. Nbd2 c5 10. Re1 d4 11. e3 dxe3 12. fxe3 Re8 13. Qc2 Nf8 14. Rad1 Ng6 15. Nf1 Qc7 16. d4 Be4 17. Qe2 Rad8 18. Ng5 Bf5 19. d5 exd5 20. cxd5 h6 21. e4 c4 22. Ne6 Bxe6 23. dxe6 Bc5+ 24. Kh1 Rxe6 25. Rxd8+ Qxd8 26. bxc4 Ne5 27. Bxe5 Rxe5 28. Rd1 Qc8 29. Bf3 Qe8 30. Nd2 Bb4 31. Qd3 g6 32. Qd4 Bxd2 33. Rxd2 Nxe4 34. Bxe4 Rxe4 35. Qd5 Re1+ 36. Kg2 Qe4+ 37. Kf2 Qe3+ 38. Kg2 Kg7 39. Qd6 Qe4+ 40. Kf2 Rh1 41. g4 Qxg4 42. Qe5+ Kh7 43. Re2 Qh3 0-1

[Event "URS-ch12 Semifinal"]
[Site "Kiev"]
[Date "1940.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kaiev, Lev Alexeevich"]
[Black "Gerstenfeld, Eduard Issakovich"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "1940.05.25"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "HCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 Nxe4 4. Qe2 d5 5. d3 Qe7 6. dxe4 Qxe5 7. exd5 Bd6 8. Qxe5+ Bxe5 9. c4 Na6 10. f4 Bf6 11. Na3 Bf5 12. Be2 0-0 13. 0-0 Rfe8 14. Bf3 Bd3 15. Rd1 Nc5 16. Nb5 Re7 17. Bd2 Bxc4 18. Bb4 Bxb5 19. Bxc5 Ree8 20. Bd4 Be2 21. Bxe2 Rxe2 22. Bxf6 gxf6 23. Rac1 Rc8 24. b4 Rb2 25. d6 c6 26. Rc4 Rd8 27. a3 a6 28. Re4 Kf8 29. Re3 a5 30. bxa5 Rb5 31. a6 bxa6 32. Rc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "URS-ch12 Semifinal"]
[Site "Kiev"]
[Date "1940.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kasparian, Genrikh Moiseevich"]
[Black "Gerstenfeld, Eduard Issakovich"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A29"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventDate "1940.05.25"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "HCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. g3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Bg2 Nb6 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. 0-0 Be6 8. b3 Be7 9. Bb2 0-0 10. Rc1 f5 11. d3 Qd7 12. Qd2 h6 13. Nb5 Bf6 14. Rfd1 Rad8 15. Rc5 a6 16. Na3 Qe7 17. Qc1 e4 18. Ne5 Bxe5 19. Bxe5 Nd7 20. Rxc6 bxc6 21. Bxc7 Rc8 22. Ba5 Bd5 23. dxe4 fxe4 24. Nc4 Qc5 25. Be1 Nf6 26. Qe3 Qe7 27. Bh3 Rb8 28. Qc3 Rbd8 29. Rc1 Be6 30. Bg2 Qc5 31. Qa1 Qh5 32. Ne3 Ng4 33. Nxg4 Bxg4 34. e3 Bf3 35. Bf1 Be2 36. Bg2 Bf3 37. Bf1 Rf5 38. h3 Qg6 39. Bxa6 Kh7 40. Qc3 Rfd5 41. Bf1 Rd1 42. Rxd1 Rxd1 43. Kh2 Qf6 44. Qa5 c5 45. Bg2 Qa1 46. Bxf3 exf3 47. Qxc5 Rxe1 48. Qf5+ g6 49. Qf7+ Qg7 50. Qxf3 Rb1 51. h4 h5 52. e4 Rb2 53. Qe3 Rxa2 54. Kg2 Rb2 55. g4 Qd7 0-1

[Event "URS-ch12 Semifinal"]
[Site "Kiev"]
[Date "1940.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Khavin, Abram Leonidovich"]
[Black "Gerstenfeld, Eduard Issakovich"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B55"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "1940.05.25"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "HCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. f3 e5 6. Nb3 d5 7. Bg5 Be6 8. exd5 Qxd5 9. N1d2 Nbd7 10. Bc4 Qc6 11. Qe2 Bxc4 12. Nxc4 Qe6 13. 0-0-0 Rc8 14. Nxe5 Qxe5 15. Qd2 Be7 16. Rhe1 Qb5 17. Bxf6 gxf6 18. f4 Kd8 19. Re3 Rg8 20. Rd3 Rc7 21. Rd5 Qa4 22. Nd4 Bb4 23. c3 Bc5 24. Kb1 Kc8 25. b3 Qa6 26. Nf5 Rd8 27. Nd6+ Bxd6 28. Rxd6 Qa5 29. Kb2 Qc5 30. Rxf6 Qe7 31. Rd6 Rc6 32. Rd4 Re6 33. Qd3 Re2+ 34. Rd2 Rxd2+ 35. Qxd2 Re8 36. Kc1 Qe1+ 37. Qxe1 Rxe1+ 38. Kd2 Rg1 39. g3 Rg2+ 40. Ke3 Rxh2 41. Ra4 a6 0-1

[Event "URS-ch12 Semifinal"]
[Site "Kiev"]
[Date "1940.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Konstantinopolsky, Alexander Markovich"]
[Black "Gerstenfeld, Eduard Issakovich"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D55"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "1940.05.25"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "HCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bg5 Be7 5. Nf3 0-0 6. e3 b6 7. Rc1 Bb7 8. cxd5 exd5 9. Bd3 Ne4 10. Bxe7 Qxe7 11. Qb3 Nxc3 12. Rxc3 c5 13. Qc2 c4 14. Bxh7+ Kh8 15. Ne5 Nc6 16. Nxc6 Bxc6 17. Bf5 g6 18. Bg4 b5 19. Qd2 b4 20. Rc1 Kg7 21. Bf3 Qd6 22. 0-0 a5 23. Rfe1 f5 24. g3 a4 25. Bg2 Bb7 26. Rb1 Rfc8 27. a3 c3 28. bxc3 b3 29. Qb2 Rc7 30. f3 Rac8 31. Rbc1 Qb6 32. e4 1/2-1/2

[Event "URS-ch12 Semifinal"]
[Site "Kiev"]
[Date "1940.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Pogrebissky, Iosif"]
[Black "Gerstenfeld, Eduard Issakovich"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D31"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "1940.05.25"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "HCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 d5 3. Nc3 Be7 4. Nf3 c6 5. e4 dxe4 6. Nxe4 Nd7 7. Be2 Ngf6 8. Nc3 0-0 9. 0-0 h6 10. Bf4 Ne8 11. Qd2 Bd6 12. Rfe1 Qf6 13. Bg3 Bxg3 14. hxg3 Nd6 15. Rad1 Rd8 16. Ne5 Nf8 17. g4 Qe7 18. Qe3 f6 19. Nf3 Nf7 20. Bd3 e5 21. Bf5 Qb4 22. dxe5 Re8 23. Qc1 fxe5 24. Ne4 Be6 25. b3 a5 26. Bxe6 Rxe6 27. g5 a4 28. gxh6 Rxh6 29. Neg5 Nxg5 30. Qxg5 axb3 31. axb3 Qxb3 32. Nxe5 Re8 33. Qe3 Qa2 34. Qd2 Qxd2 35. Rxd2 Rhe6 36. f4 Ng6 37. g3 Nxe5 38. fxe5 Rxe5 39. Rxe5 Rxe5 40. Rd7 Re4 41. Rxb7 Rxc4 42. Kf2 Kh7 43. Kf3 Kh6 44. Kg2 g6 45. Rc7 Kg5 46. Kh3 Kf5 47. Rc8 Rc5 48. Rf8+ Ke4 49. Rf6 g5 50. Kg4 Kd4 51. Kh5 Kc4 52. g4 Kd4 53. Rf5 Re5 54. Kxg5 c5 55. Kf6 Re8 56. Kf7 Rc8 57. g5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Lodz International-02"]
[Site "Lodz"]
[Date "1938.04.02"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Steiner, Lajos"]
[Black "Gerstenfeld, Eduard Issakovich"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B80"]
[PlyCount "150"]
[EventDate "1938.03.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[SourceTitle "HCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. g3 a6 7. Bg2 Be7 8. 0-0 0-0 9. b3 Qc7 10. Bb2 Nc6 11. Nce2 Nxd4 12. Nxd4 e5 13. Nf5 b5 14. Qe2 Rd8 15. Rfd1 Bf8 16. Ne3 Be6 17. Kh1 Nd7 18. Nd5 Bxd5 19. Rxd5 Nb6 20. Rd3 b4 21. c4 a5 22. Rad1 Nd7 23. Bh3 Nc5 24. Rd5 a4 25. Qe3 Re8 26. Bg2 Qa7 27. R5d2 Re6 28. h3 Qb6 29. f4 f6 30. Bf3 Qa7 31. f5 Ree8 32. Ra1 Qb7 33. Rg1 Be7 34. h4 Qc6 35. Re1 axb3 36. axb3 Ra2 37. Bh5 Rea8 38. Rg2 Bd8 39. g4 Bb6 40. Qf3 Qc8 41. g5 Qf8 42. Reg1 Bd8 43. Qd1 R8a7 44. Qd5+ Kh8 45. Bd1 Be7 46. Qd2 Nxe4 47. Qd3 Nc5 48. Qh3 Qd8 49. Qe3 Qc8 50. Bg4 Qc6 51. Bf3 Qc7 52. Bg4 Qd8 53. Bh5 Qa8 54. Bf3 Qf8 55. g6 Qc8 56. Bg4 h6 57. Kh2 Qb7 58. Bf3 e4 59. Bh5 Kg8 60. Bd4 d5 61. Bxc5 Qc7+ 62. Qg3 Qxg3+ 63. Kxg3 Bxc5 64. Re1 Rxg2+ 65. Kxg2 Ra2+ 66. Re2 Rxe2+ 67. Bxe2 d4 68. Bf1 d3 69. Kg3 Bd6+ 70. Kg4 Kf8 71. h5 Ke7 72. c5 Be5 73. Kh3 Kd7 74. Kg4 Kc6 75. Bg2 Kd5 0-1

[Event "Lodz International-02"]
[Site "Lodz"]
[Date "1938.04.01"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Gerstenfeld, Eduard Issakovich"]
[Black "Petrovs, Vladimirs"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C00"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "1938.03.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[SourceTitle "HCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. c4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nc6 5. Nf3 e5 6. d3 f5 7. Nc3 Nf6 8. Be2 Be7 9. 0-0 0-0 10. b3 b6 11. Bb2 Bb7 12. a3 Re8 13. b4 Bf8 14. b5 Nd4 15. Nxd4 exd4 16. Nb1 Qe7 17. Bf3 Bxf3 18. Qxf3 Rad8 19. Nd2 Qe2 20. Rfd1 Qe5 21. Nf1 g6 22. Ne3 Bc5 23. Re1 Ng4 24. g3 dxe3 25. Bxe5 exf2+ 26. Kg2 fxe1N+ 27. Rxe1 Rxe5 28. Rxe5 Nxe5 29. Qe2 Bd4 30. h3 Bc3 31. c5 bxc5 32. Qc2 Rxd3 33. Qa4 Rd2+ 34. Kf1 Bd4 35. Qxa7 Rf2+ 36. Ke1 Nd3+ 37. Kd1 Bc3 0-1

[Event "Lodz International-02"]
[Site "Lodz"]
[Date "1938.04.01"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Gerstenfeld, Eduard Issakovich"]
[Black "Pirc, Vasja"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B95"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "1938.03.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[SourceTitle "HCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. Nc3 d6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nf6 6. Bg5 a6 7. Be2 Be7 8. Qd2 b5 9. Bxf6 Bxf6 10. a4 b4 11. Nd1 Qb6 12. c3 Bxd4 13. cxd4 Nc6 14. d5 exd5 15. exd5 Na5 16. Qd3 0-0 17. 0-0 Bd7 18. Ne3 Rfe8 19. h3 f5 20. Bf3 Re5 21. Nc2 Nb7 22. Qc4 a5 23. Nd4 Qa6 24. Qc7 Re7 25. Rfe1 Rf7 26. Qc2 Nc5 27. Be2 Qb6 28. Bb5 Bxb5 29. axb5 g6 30. Re2 Rb8 31. Rd1 Ne4 32. g4 Ng5 33. gxf5 Nxh3+ 34. Kf1 Nf4 35. Re4 g5 36. Qc6 h6 37. Rde1 Kg7 38. Ne6+ Nxe6 39. dxe6 Re7 40. Rd1 Qxb5+ 41. Rc4 Qxf5 42. Qxd6 Qxe6 43. Qxe6 Rxe6 44. Rc7+ Kg6 45. Rdd7 Rb5 46. Rg7+ Kf5 0-1

[Event "Lodz International-02"]
[Site "Lodz"]
[Date "1938.03.31"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Foltys, Jan"]
[Black "Gerstenfeld, Eduard Issakovich"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D30"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "1938.03.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[SourceTitle "HCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 c6 3. c4 e6 4. e3 Nf6 5. Bd3 Nbd7 6. Nbd2 Be7 7. 0-0 0-0 8. b3 c5 9. Bb2 b6 10. Ne5 Bb7 11. Qe2 Ne4 12. Rad1 cxd4 13. exd4 Nxd2 14. Nxd7 Nxf1 15. Nxf8 Qxf8 16. Rxf1 Bf6 17. h3 Rd8 18. Rd1 g6 19. cxd5 Bxd5 20. Be4 Bxe4 21. Qxe4 Rd5 22. Rc1 Qd8 23. Rc6 Bxd4 24. Bxd4 Rxd4 25. Qe5 Rd5 26. Qf4 Rd1+ 27. Kh2 Qd4 28. Qh6 Qd7 29. Rc1 Rd4 30. g3 Re4 31. Rc2 Re1 32. Rd2 Qc8 33. Rd4 Qa8 34. g4 Rh1+ 35. Kg3 Rg1+ 36. Kh4 f6 37. f4 Rxg4+ 38. Kxg4 Qg2+ 39. Kh4 Qf2+ 40. Kg4 f5+ 41. Kg5 Qxd4 0-1

[Event "Lodz International-02"]
[Site "Lodz"]
[Date "1938.03.30"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Seitz, Jakob Adolf"]
[Black "Gerstenfeld, Eduard Issakovich"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B80"]
[PlyCount "136"]
[EventDate "1938.03.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[SourceTitle "HCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 e6 4. Bg2 Nf6 5. Nge2 Be7 6. 0-0 0-0 7. d4 cxd4 8. Nxd4 a6 9. a4 Qc7 10. Kh1 d6 11. Nb3 b6 12. f4 Bb7 13. Be3 Rad8 14. Qe2 Rfe8 15. Rfd1 Nd7 16. Rd2 Nc5 17. Nxc5 bxc5 18. Bg1 Bf6 19. Re1 Qb6 20. Nd1 Qb4 21. b3 Na5 22. Rd3 c4 23. bxc4 Qxa4 24. Bb6 Rc8 25. e5 Bxg2+ 26. Qxg2 Qb4 27. Qf2 Bd8 28. Bxa5 Bxa5 29. c3 Qb7+ 30. Qg2 Qxg2+ 31. Kxg2 dxe5 32. Rxe5 Bb6 33. Nb2 Red8 34. c5 Rxd3 35. Nxd3 Bc7 36. Re4 a5 37. Kf3 Kf8 38. Ke3 Rd8 39. Ra4 Ke7 40. Ra2 Kd7 41. Kd4 Kc6+ 42. Kc4 Rd5 43. Rd2 g5 44. fxg5 Rxg5 45. Rf2 Rg4+ 46. Kb3 f5 47. c4 h5 48. Kc3 h4 49. Re2 Re4 50. Rg2 hxg3 51. hxg3 Rg4 52. Re2 Rg6 53. Re5 Kd7 54. c6+ Kxc6 55. g4 fxg4 56. Re2 g3 57. Ne1 Bd6 58. Ng2 Rf6 59. Kd3 a4 60. Ne3 Rf2 61. Re1 a3 62. c5 Bxc5 63. Ng4 Rf4 64. Rxe6+ Kd5 65. Re5+ Kd6 66. Rg5 a2 67. Rg6+ Kc7 68. Ra6 Rxg4 0-1

[Event "Lodz International-02"]
[Site "Lodz"]
[Date "1938.03.29"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Gerstenfeld, Eduard Issakovich"]
[Black "Sulik, Franciszek"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C00"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventDate "1938.03.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[SourceTitle "HCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e6 2. e4 d5 3. Nc3 d4 4. Nce2 Nc6 5. d3 e5 6. f4 Bg4 7. h3 Bxe2 8. Bxe2 Qh4+ 9. Kf1 exf4 10. Nf3 Qf6 11. Qa4 Bd6 12. Bd2 Nge7 13. b4 0-0 14. c5 Be5 15. Rc1 a6 16. Kf2 Ng6 17. Rhf1 Qe7 18. Kg1 Bf6 19. Qb3 Rfd8 20. Rf2 Nce5 21. Nxe5 Bxe5 22. Rcf1 Qg5 23. Qc2 Qg3 24. Rf3 Qg5 25. R3f2 Qg3 26. Bf3 c6 27. Re2 Re8 28. Be1 Qg5 29. Qd1 Nh4 30. Bd2 h5 31. Ref2 Qg3 32. Be1 Re6 33. Rb2 Qg5 34. Kh1 Nxf3 35. Rxf3 Qe7 36. Rf1 Qg5 37. Re2 Rf6 38. g3 Qh6 39. Bd2 g5 40. h4 fxg3 41. Bxg5 Rxf1+ 42. Qxf1 Qe6 43. Qf3 Qg4 44. Qxg4 hxg4 45. Bd2 Kg7 46. h5 Rh8 47. h6+ Kg6 48. Rg2 Re8 49. Rg1 Re6 50. Rf1 Rf6 51. Rxf6+ Kxf6 52. Kg2 Kg6 53. a3 Bc7 54. a4 Be5 55. Kf1 Bc7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Lodz International-02"]
[Site "Lodz"]
[Date "1938.03.28"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Eliskases, Erich Gottlieb"]
[Black "Gerstenfeld, Eduard Issakovich"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D65"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "1938.03.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[SourceTitle "HCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bg5 Nbd7 5. e3 Be7 6. Nf3 0-0 7. Rc1 c6 8. Bd3 a6 9. cxd5 exd5 10. Qc2 h6 11. Bh4 Re8 12. Bg3 Nf8 13. 0-0 Nh5 14. Be5 Bd6 15. h3 Nf6 16. Bxd6 Qxd6 17. a3 Ne6 18. Na4 Nd7 19. b4 b5 20. Nb2 Bb7 21. Bh7+ Kh8 22. Bf5 a5 23. Qc3 axb4 24. axb4 Ra2 25. Ra1 Rea8 26. Rxa2 Rxa2 27. Nd3 Nef8 28. Nfe5 Nxe5 29. dxe5 Qd8 30. Nc5 Bc8 31. Bb1 Ra7 32. f4 f6 33. Qd3 fxe5 34. fxe5 Kg8 35. e6 Qe8 36. Qf5 Re7 37. e4 Bxe6 38. Nxe6 Rxe6 39. exd5 Rf6 40. Qd3 Rxf1+ 41. Kxf1 Qf7+ 42. Ke1 Qxd5 43. Qxd5+ cxd5 44. Ba2 Ne6 45. Bxd5 Kf7 46. Kd2 Ke7 47. Ke3 Nc7 48. Bb7 Kd6 49. Ke4 g6 50. h4 Ne8 51. Kd4 Nc7 52. g4 Ne6+ 53. Ke4 Nc7 54. h5 gxh5 55. gxh5 Ne8 56. Kf5 Ng7+ 57. Kg6 Nxh5 58. Kxh5 Ke5 59. Bc6 Kd4 60. Bxb5 Kc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Lodz International-02"]
[Site "Lodz"]
[Date "1938.03.27"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Gerstenfeld, Eduard Issakovich"]
[Black "Stahlberg, Gideon"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C14"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "1938.03.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[SourceTitle "HCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e5 Nfd7 6. h4 c5 7. Bxe7 Kxe7 8. Qg4 Kf8 9. Nf3 cxd4 10. Qxd4 Nc6 11. Qf4 a6 12. 0-0-0 Qc7 13. h5 Ndxe5 14. Kb1 h6 15. Re1 f6 16. Nh4 Ne7 17. Qb4 Kf7 18. f4 N5c6 19. Qc5 Qxf4 20. Nxd5 Qg5 21. Bc4 exd5 22. Nf3 Qg4 23. Rhf1 Qxc4 24. Rxe7+ Kg8 25. Re8+ Kh7 26. Rxh8+ Kxh8 27. Qf8+ Kh7 28. Re1 Nb4 29. a3 Qxc2+ 30. Ka1 Nd3 31. Rb1 Ne5 32. Rf1 Nc4 0-1

[Event "Lodz International-02"]
[Site "Lodz"]
[Date "1938.03.26"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Frydman, Paulino"]
[Black "Gerstenfeld, Eduard Issakovich"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D60"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "1938.03.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[SourceTitle "HCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bg5 Nbd7 5. e3 Be7 6. Nf3 0-0 7. Bd3 c6 8. 0-0 dxc4 9. Bxc4 Nd5 10. Ne4 b6 11. Bxe7 Qxe7 12. Ng3 Bb7 13. e4 Nf4 14. Qd2 Qf6 15. e5 Qh6 16. Ne4 c5 17. Neg5 Nxg2 18. Kxg2 cxd4 19. Rae1 Qh4 20. h3 h6 21. Kh2 Qh5 22. Rg1 hxg5 23. Rxg5 Qh6 24. Reg1 Kh8 25. Qe2 Bxf3 26. Qxf3 g6 27. R1g4 Qg7 28. Qg3 Rfe8 29. Bd3 Nf8 30. h4 Nh7 31. Bxg6 fxg6 32. Rxg6 Qf8 33. h5 Qf7 34. Rg7 Qxh5+ 35. Kg2 Rf8 36. Kf1 Rac8 37. Rxh7+ Qxh7 38. Rh4 Rc1+ 39. Ke2 d3+ 40. Ke3 Re1+ 41. Kd4 Re4+ 42. Rxe4 Rd8+ 43. Kc3 d2 44. Rh4 d1Q 45. Rxh7+ Kxh7 46. Qh3+ Kg7 47. Qg3+ Kf7 0-1

[Event "Lodz International-02"]
[Site "Lodz"]
[Date "1938.03.25"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Gerstenfeld, Eduard Issakovich"]
[Black "Appel, Isaak"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C01"]
[PlyCount "162"]
[EventDate "1938.03.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[SourceTitle "HCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. exd5 exd5 5. Bd3 Nf6 6. Nf3 0-0 7. 0-0 Bg4 8. Bg5 c6 9. h3 Bh5 10. g4 Bg6 11. Ne5 Be7 12. f4 Bxd3 13. Qxd3 Nfd7 14. Bxe7 Qxe7 15. Rae1 Nxe5 16. fxe5 Na6 17. Ne2 Nc7 18. Ng3 Ne6 19. Nf5 Qg5 20. Kh2 Rac8 21. c4 dxc4 22. Qxc4 Rc7 23. Rf2 Rd7 24. Nd6 Qe7 25. Ref1 Rxd6 26. exd6 Qxd6+ 27. Kg2 b5 28. Qd3 Nxd4 29. Qe4 a5 30. Re1 Ne6 31. Qe5 Rd8 32. Qxd6 Rxd6 33. Ree2 Kf8 34. Rd2 Nd4 35. Rf4 c5 36. Re4 f6 37. Rd3 Kf7 38. Rde3 Ne6 39. a4 b4 40. Kf2 g6 41. Ke1 h6 42. Rc4 Rd5 43. Rce4 Rd6 44. Re2 f5 45. gxf5 gxf5 46. Rc4 Rd3 47. h4 Rd5 48. Kf2 Ke7 49. Rcc2 Kd6 50. Re1 Rd4 51. h5 c4 52. Rg1 Ng5 53. Re1 Ne4+ 54. Kf3 Ke5 55. Rec1 c3 56. bxc3 bxc3 57. Re2 Rd3+ 58. Kg2 Kd4 59. Rf1 Rg3+ 60. Kh2 Rg5 61. Rd1+ Kc4 62. Rd8 Rxh5+ 63. Kg2 Rg5+ 64. Kf3 Rg6 65. Ke3 Rc6 66. Rf8 Rc5 67. Rh8 h5 68. Rh2 Nd2 69. Ke2 f4 70. Kd1 f3 71. Kc2 Nb3 72. Rh4+ Nd4+ 73. Kd1 Kd3 74. Rd8 Rc4 75. Rh3 c2+ 76. Kc1 Kc3 77. Rxd4 Rxd4 78. Rxf3+ Rd3 79. Rh3 h4 80. Rg3 Kc4 81. Rg4+ Kb3 0-1

[Event "Lodz International-02"]
[Site "Lodz"]
[Date "1938.03.24"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Kolski, Jakub"]
[Black "Gerstenfeld, Eduard Issakovich"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E16"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "1938.03.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[SourceTitle "HCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Bb4+ 6. Nbd2 0-0 7. 0-0 Qc8 8. b3 Ne4 9. Nxe4 Bxe4 10. Bb2 d5 11. c5 bxc5 12. a3 Ba5 13. dxc5 c6 14. b4 Bd8 15. Nd2 Bxg2 16. Kxg2 f5 17. Nf3 Nd7 18. Qc2 Bf6 19. Bxf6 Rxf6 20. Rab1 e5 21. Rfd1 e4 22. Nd4 f4 23. Rb3 Ne5 24. gxf4 Qg4+ 25. Rg3 Qxf4 26. e3 Qh4 27. Qe2 Raf8 28. Rf1 Nf3 29. h3 Rg6 30. Rd1 Nxd4 31. Rxd4 Rf3 32. Qe1 Qh6 33. b5 Rgxg3+ 34. fxg3 Rxe3 35. Qf2 Rf3 36. Qe1 Qf6 37. Rb4 cxb5 38. Rxb5 h5 39. Qd2 Qe5 40. Qe1 h4 41. gxh4 Qf5 0-1

[Event "Lodz International-02"]
[Site "Lodz"]
[Date "1938.03.23"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Gerstenfeld, Eduard Issakovich"]
[Black "Tartakower, Saviely"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C41"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "1938.03.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[SourceTitle "HCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 Nf6 4. dxe5 Nxe4 5. Bc4 Be6 6. Bxe6 fxe6 7. Nbd2 Nxd2 8. Bxd2 Nc6 9. Qe2 d5 10. 0-0 Qd7 11. a3 Be7 12. Rfe1 0-0 13. c4 dxc4 14. Rad1 Qd3 15. Qxd3 cxd3 16. Bc3 Rad8 17. Re3 Rd5 18. Rexd3 Rfd8 19. R3d2 a5 20. Kf1 b5 21. Rxd5 exd5 22. Rc1 Ra8 23. Be1 Ra6 24. Rd1 b4 25. axb4 Nxb4 26. Bxb4 axb4 27. Rxd5 Ra2 28. Rd7 Kf7 29. Rxc7 Rxb2 30. Nd4 Ke8 31. Nc6 Bh4 32. e6 Rxf2+ 33. Kg1 Rd2 34. Rc8+ Rd8 35. Nxd8 Bxd8 36. Rb8 Ke7 37. Rxb4 Kxe6 38. Kf2 Kf5 39. Kf3 h6 40. Rb5+ Kg6 41. Kg4 Kh7 42. Kh5 Bc7 43. h3 Bd8 44. Rb7 Ba5 45. g4 Bc3 46. h4 Be5 47. g5 hxg5 48. hxg5 Kg8 49. Kg6 Kf8 50. Rf7+ Ke8 51. Rxg7 Bd4 52. Rb7 Be5 53. Kh7 1-0

[Event "Lodz International-02"]
[Site "Lodz"]
[Date "1938.03.22"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Regedzinski, Teodor"]
[Black "Gerstenfeld, Eduard Issakovich"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E16"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "1938.03.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[SourceTitle "HCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Qc8 6. 0-0 c5 7. d5 exd5 8. cxd5 Nxd5 9. e4 Nc7 10. Nh4 Nc6 11. Nf5 Ne6 12. Nc3 g6 13. Nh6 Bg7 14. Nb5 Bf8 15. Qf3 Ne5 16. Qf6 Bg7 17. Nd6+ Kf8 18. Qh4 Qc7 19. Nxb7 Qxb7 20. f4 Nc6 21. f5 Bd4+ 22. Kh1 Ned8 23. Bf4 Kg7 24. f6+ Kf8 25. Nf5 h5 26. Bh6+ Rxh6 27. Nxh6 Qc7 28. e5 Ne6 29. Rae1 Re8 30. g4 Nxe5 31. gxh5 d5 32. Bxd5 g5 33. Qe4 Qd7 34. Qh7 1-0

[Event "Lodz International-02"]
[Site "Lodz"]
[Date "1938.03.21"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Gerstenfeld, Eduard Issakovich"]
[Black "Menchik, Vera"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A95"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "1938.03.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[SourceTitle "HCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 f5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. g3 e6 4. Bg2 Be7 5. d4 0-0 6. Nf3 d5 7. 0-0 c6 8. Bf4 Qe8 9. Ne5 Qh5 10. f3 g5 11. Bc1 Nbd7 12. Qc2 Nxe5 13. dxe5 Nd7 14. cxd5 exd5 15. f4 g4 16. Be3 Qg6 17. Rad1 h5 18. Bd4 Rd8 19. Bxd5+ cxd5 20. Nxd5 Bf8 21. e6 Qxe6 22. Nc7 Qc6 23. Qxf5 Nf6 24. Qg5+ Kf7 25. Qxf6+ Qxf6 26. Bxf6 Bc5+ 27. Kg2 Bd7 28. Bxd8 Bc6+ 29. Nd5 Rxd8 30. e4 1-0

[Event "Lodz International-02"]
[Site "Lodz"]
[Date "1938.03.20"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Najdorf, Miguel"]
[Black "Gerstenfeld, Eduard Issakovich"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D46"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "1938.03.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[SourceTitle "HCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 c6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 Be7 7. 0-0 0-0 8. e4 dxe4 9. Nxe4 Nxe4 10. Bxe4 Nf6 11. Bc2 c5 12. Bg5 cxd4 13. Qd3 g6 14. Rfe1 Ng4 15. Bd2 f6 16. h3 Ne5 17. Nxe5 fxe5 18. Rxe5 Bf6 19. Ree1 e5 20. Qb3 Rf7 21. c5 Bf5 22. Be4 Bxe4 23. Rxe4 Rc8 24. Rc1 Bg5 25. f4 exf4 26. Bxf4 Bxf4 27. Rxf4 Qd7 28. Rd1 Rxc5 29. Rdxd4 Qc7 30. Rxf7 Qxf7 31. Qxf7+ Kxf7 32. Rd7+ Kf6 33. Rxb7 Ra5 34. a3 h6 35. Rc7 Rb5 36. b4 a5 37. Rc4 axb4 38. axb4 Rd5 39. Rc6+ Kf7 40. Rc1 Rb5 41. Rb1 Ke6 42. Kf2 Kd6 43. h4 Rf5+ 44. Ke3 Re5+ 45. Kd3 Rf5 46. b5 Kc7 47. Rc1+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "POL-ch04"]
[Site "Jurata"]
[Date "1937.06.07"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Gerstenfeld, Eduard Issakovich"]
[Black "Lowcki, Moishe Leopoldowicz"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A28"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "1937.05.23"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2018"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. d4 exd4 5. Nxd4 Bb4 6. Bg5 Ne5 7. Qb3 Bxc3+ 8. Qxc3 d6 9. g3 a6 10. Bg2 h6 11. Bd2 0-0 12. 0-0 Rb8 13. e4 Bd7 14. h3 Re8 15. Rfe1 c5 16. Nf5 Bxf5 17. exf5 b5 18. cxb5 axb5 19. Bf4 Qc7 20. Rad1 c4 21. Re3 Rbd8 22. g4 Nfd7 23. Rd5 Qb6 24. Bg3 Nf6 25. Rd4 Nd3 26. Rxe8+ Rxe8 27. Rxd6 Qa7 28. b3 Ne4 29. Bxe4 Rxe4 30. bxc4 bxc4 31. f6 Re1+ 32. Kh2 Qb7 33. Bf4 Qf3 0-1

[Event "POL-ch04"]
[Site "Jurata"]
[Date "1937.06.06"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Piltz, Karol"]
[Black "Gerstenfeld, Eduard Issakovich"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B66"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "1937.05.23"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2018"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. Bg5 d6 7. Qd2 a6 8. Be2 h6 9. Be3 Be7 10. h3 Qc7 11. f4 Bd7 12. Nb3 Rc8 13. 0-0 0-0 14. Bf3 b5 15. a3 Rfd8 16. Qf2 Rb8 17. g4 Nh7 18. Be2 Be8 19. Bd3 d5 20. exd5 exd5 21. Nd4 Na5 22. Rad1 b4 23. axb4 Rxb4 24. Qf3 Nc4 25. Bf2 Nxb2 26. Nxd5 Rxd5 27. Qxd5 Nxd1 28. Rxd1 Nf6 29. Qa8 Bc5 30. Re1 Kf8 31. c3 Rb2 32. g5 hxg5 33. fxg5 Bxd4 34. cxd4 Qf4 35. Qg2 Bc6 0-1

[Event "POL-ch04"]
[Site "Jurata"]
[Date "1937.05.29"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Gerstenfeld, Eduard Issakovich"]
[Black "Foltys, Jan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D38"]
[PlyCount "158"]
[EventDate "1937.05.23"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2003"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Nbd7 5. Bg5 Bb4 6. e3 c5 7. cxd5 exd5 8. Bd3 Qa5 9. Qc2 0-0 10. 0-0 h6 11. Bh4 cxd4 12. exd4 Bxc3 13. bxc3 b6 14. Ne5 Ba6 15. Nc6 Bxd3 16. Qxd3 Qa3 17. Rae1 Rfe8 18. Ne5 Rac8 19. Nxd7 Nxd7 20. Rxe8+ Rxe8 21. Qb5 Qd6 22. Bg3 Qe6 23. Qa4 Rc8 24. Qxa7 Rxc3 25. h3 Rc4 26. f3 Qc6 27. Re1 Rxd4 28. Qc7 Qxc7 29. Bxc7 Rc4 30. Bd6 Nc5 31. Rb1 Na4 32. Rd1 d4 33. a3 f6 34. Bb4 Nc3 35. Bxc3 dxc3 36. Rc1 c2 37. Kf2 Rc3 38. Ke2 Kf7 39. Kd2 Rxa3 40. Rxc2 Ke6 41. Rc6+ Kf5 42. Rxb6 Ra2+ 43. Ke3 Rxg2 44. Rb5+ Kg6 45. Kf4 Rg5 46. Rb1 Kh5 47. h4 Rg2 48. Rh1 Ra2 49. Kg3 Ra4 50. Rh2 Ra1 51. Kf4 Rg1 52. Rh3 Rg2 53. Rh1 g6 54. Rh3 f5 55. Rh1 Ra2 56. Rh3 Ra4+ 57. Kg3 Rc4 58. Rh1 f4+ 59. Kh3 Rc3 60. Rf1 Ra3 61. Rf2 Ra1 62. Rb2 Rg1 63. Rb5+ g5 64. hxg5 hxg5 65. Rb3 Rg3+ 66. Kh2 Kh4 67. Rc3 g4 68. Rc8 Rxf3 69. Kg2 Rb3 70. Rh8+ Kg5 71. Rg8+ Kf5 72. Rf8+ Ke4 73. Re8+ Kd3 74. Rd8+ Ke2 75. Re8+ Re3 76. Rf8 Rg3+ 77. Kh2 Kf3 78. Ra8 Rg2+ 79. Kh1 Re2 0-1

[Event "POL-ch04"]
[Site "Jurata"]
[Date "1937.05.27"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Gerstenfeld, Eduard Issakovich"]
[Black "Aloni, Izak"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A25"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "1937.05.23"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2003"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 b6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Rb8 6. 0-0 f5 7. e4 fxe4 8. Nxe4 Nf6 9. Qe2 Nxe4 10. Qxe4 d6 11. Qe2 Be7 12. d4 exd4 13. Ng5 0-0 14. Ne6 Qe8 15. Nxf8 Qxf8 16. b3 Bf6 17. Bb2 Re8 18. Qd2 h6 19. Rae1 Ra8 20. f4 a5 21. Bd5+ Kh8 22. Qg2 1-0

[Event "POL-ch04"]
[Site "Jurata"]
[Date "1937.05.26"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Gerstenfeld, Eduard Issakovich"]
[Black "Tartakower, Saviely"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C72"]
[PlyCount "31"]
[EventDate "1937.05.23"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2018"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6 5. c4 Nf6 6. Nc3 Be7 7. d4 exd4 8. Nxd4 Bd7 9. Bxc6 Bxc6 10. Nxc6 bxc6 11. 0-0 0-0 12. f3 Re8 13. Qa4 Qd7 14. Be3 Reb8 15. Rf2 c5 16. Qc2 0-1

[Event "POL-ch04"]
[Site "Jurata"]
[Date "1937.05.23"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Gerstenfeld, Eduard Issakovich"]
[Black "Stahlberg, Gideon"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C00"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "1937.05.23"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2003"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e6 2. e4 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. cxd5 Nf6 5. Qa4+ Nbd7 6. Nc3 Be7 7. Bb5 0-0 8. Bxd7 Bxd7 9. Qb3 b5 10. Nf3 b4 11. Nd1 Bc8 12. Ne3 Bb7 13. Nd4 Nxd5 14. Ndf5 Nf4 15. 0-0 Re8 16. d4 Ne2+ 17. Kh1 Nxd4 18. Nxe7+ Qxe7 19. Qc4 c5 20. Bd2 a5 21. Rfc1 Rec8 22. b3 Qd7 23. Qd3 Qe6 24. Re1 Qc6 25. Qf1 Ba6 26. Qg1 Ne2 27. Rxe2 Bxe2 28. Qe1 Bd3 29. Rc1 Qe6 30. Qd1 c4 31. bxc4 Bxc4 32. Nxc4 Rxc4 33. Rxc4 Qxc4 0-1

[Event "POL-ch03"]
[Site "Warsaw"]
[Date "1935.05.28"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Makarczyk, Kazimierz"]
[Black "Gerstenfeld, Eduard Issakovich"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B25"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "1935.05.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2003"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. Nge2 d6 6. 0-0 Nf6 7. d3 Bd7 8. h3 0-0 9. f4 Qc8 10. g4 h5 11. g5 Nh7 12. Kh2 e5 13. f5 gxf5 14. exf5 Bxf5 15. Ng3 Bg6 16. Nxh5 f5 17. gxf6 Nxf6 18. Nxg7 Kxg7 19. Bg5 Qd7 20. Qd2 Ng8 21. Be4 Nd4 22. Qg2 Bxe4 23. Bf6+ Kh6 24. Qg5+ Kh7 25. Qh5+ Nh6 26. Nxe4 Rg8 27. Ng5+ Rxg5 28. Bxg5 Ndf5 29. Rxf5 Qxf5 30. Qxh6+ Kg8 31. Rg1 Kf7 32. Qh5+ Ke6 33. Qg4 1-0

[Event "POL-ch03"]
[Site "Warsaw"]
[Date "1935.05.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Gerstenfeld, Eduard Issakovich"]
[Black "Regedzinski, Teodor"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B13"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "1935.05.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2003"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. c4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Nf3 dxc4 7. d5 Na5 8. Ne5 g6 9. Qf3 Bg7 10. b4 cxb3 11. Bb5+ Kf8 12. Ba3 a6 13. Ba4 bxa2 14. 0-0 Kg8 15. Rfe1 b5 16. Nxf7 Kxf7 17. Rxe7+ Kg8 18. d6 Bg4 19. Qf4 Bf5 20. Qe5 Qf8 21. Nd5 h5 22. Bb2 Ne8 23. Qe2 Rh7 24. Bxg7 Rxg7 25. Qxa2 Kh7 26. Rae1 bxa4 27. Qxa4 Nxd6 28. Rxg7+ Kxg7 29. Re7+ Kh6 30. Qf4+ g5 31. Qxd6+ Bg6 32. Qe6 Qf5 33. Qxf5 Bxf5 34. Nc7 Ra7 35. Re5 Rxc7 36. Rxf5 Rc1# 0-1

