12TH USSR CHAMPIONSHIP — MOSCOW 1940

TOURNAMENT · ROUND ORDER

Replay all 19 chess games from 12th USSR Championship — Moscow 1940. This collection follows the event's recorded round order; search by player, opening, or date and download any game as PGN. Read about 12th USSR Championship — Moscow 1940 →

ROUND ORDER PLAYERS RESULT MOVES OPENINGS ROUND
1940.09.05
Smyslov, Vassily V vs Gerstenfeld, Eduard Issakovich
1-0 54 Ruy Lopez: Morphy Defense, Steinitz Deferred ROUND 1
1940.09.06
Gerstenfeld, Eduard Issakovich vs Levenfish, Grigory
1/2-1/2 63 Ruy Lopez: Morphy Defense, Steinitz Deferred ROUND 2
1940.09.07
Dubinin, Peter Vasilievich vs Gerstenfeld, Eduard Issakovich
1-0 42 Sicilian Defense: Scheveningen Variation, Classical Variation ROUND 3
1940.09.08
Gerstenfeld, Eduard Issakovich vs Petrovs, Vladimirs
0-1 62 French Defense: Tarrasch Variation, Closed Variation ROUND 4
1940.09.09
Stolberg, Mark Moiseevich vs Gerstenfeld, Eduard Issakovich
1-0 47 Nimzo-Indian Defense: Sämisch Variation ROUND 5
1940.09.12
Gerstenfeld, Eduard Issakovich vs Ragozin, Viacheslav
1/2-1/2 41 English Opening: King's English Variation, Four Knights Variation ROUND 6
1940.09.13
Panov, Vasily N vs Gerstenfeld, Eduard Issakovich
0-1 31 Sicilian Defense: Scheveningen Variation ROUND 7
1940.09.14
Gerstenfeld, Eduard Issakovich vs Veresov, Gavriil N
1/2-1/2 40 Queen's Gambit Declined: Ragozin Defense, Vienna Variation ROUND 8
1940.09.15
Makogonov, Vladimir Andreevich vs Gerstenfeld, Eduard Issakovich
1-0 53 Queen's Gambit Declined: Modern Variation, Normal Line ROUND 9
1940.09.18
Gerstenfeld, Eduard Issakovich vs Keres, Paul
0-1 40 Ruy Lopez: Morphy Defense, Steinitz Deferred ROUND 10
1940.09.19
Kotov, Alexander vs Gerstenfeld, Eduard Issakovich
1-0 35 Queen's Gambit Declined: Modern Variation, Normal Line ROUND 11
1940.09.20
Gerstenfeld, Eduard Issakovich vs Konstantinopolsky, Alexander Markovich
1/2-1/2 30 Caro-Kann Defense: Panov Attack ROUND 12
1940.09.21
Mikenas, Vladas Ivanovich vs Gerstenfeld, Eduard Issakovich
0-1 37 Grünfeld Defense: Russian Variation ROUND 13
1940.09.24
Lisitsin, Georgy M vs Gerstenfeld, Eduard Issakovich
1-0 57 Four Knights Game: Spanish Variation ROUND 14
1940.09.25
Gerstenfeld, Eduard Issakovich vs Lilienthal, Andor
1/2-1/2 86 English Opening: King's English Variation, Four Knights Variation ROUND 15
1940.09.26
Botvinnik, Mikhail vs Gerstenfeld, Eduard Issakovich
1/2-1/2 65 English Opening: Symmetrical Variation, Normal Variation ROUND 16
1940.09.27
Gerstenfeld, Eduard Issakovich vs Rudakovsky, Iosif
1-0 53 Sicilian Defense: Scheveningen Variation ROUND 17
1940.09.30
Bondarevsky, Igor Tsakharovich vs Gerstenfeld, Eduard Issakovich
1-0 78 Queen's Gambit Declined ROUND 18
1940.10.02
Gerstenfeld, Eduard Issakovich vs Boleslavsky, Isaak
1-0 57 French Defense: Tarrasch Variation, Open System ROUND 19