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
Levenfish, Grigory vs Mikenas, Vladas Ivanovich
0-1 34 Nimzo-Indian Defense: Rubinstein System 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
Levenfish, Grigory vs Lilienthal, Andor
1/2-1/2 43 Ruy Lopez: Closed, Chigorin Defense ROUND 3
1940.09.08
Botvinnik, Mikhail vs Levenfish, Grigory
1-0 27 English Opening: King's English Variation, Four Knights Variation ROUND 4
1940.09.09
Levenfish, Grigory vs Rudakovsky, Iosif
1/2-1/2 25 Queen's Gambit Declined ROUND 5
1940.09.12
Bondarevsky, Igor Tsakharovich vs Levenfish, Grigory
1/2-1/2 20 French Defense: Winawer Variation, Advance Variation, Smyslov Variation ROUND 6
1940.09.13
Levenfish, Grigory vs Boleslavsky, Isaak
0-1 77 King's Indian Defense: Fianchetto Variation, Double Fianchetto Attack ROUND 7
1940.09.14
Smyslov, Vassily V vs Levenfish, Grigory
1/2-1/2 41 French Defense: Winawer Variation, Advance Variation, Smyslov Variation ROUND 8
1940.09.15
Levenfish, Grigory vs Lisitsin, Georgy M
1/2-1/2 49 Four Knights Game: Spanish Variation, Double Spanish ROUND 9
1940.09.18
Levenfish, Grigory vs Dubinin, Peter Vasilievich
1-0 40 Caro-Kann Defense: Two Knights Attack, Mindeno Variation, Exchange Line ROUND 10
1940.09.19
Petrovs, Vladimirs vs Levenfish, Grigory
1-0 34 Old Indian Defense ROUND 11
1940.09.20
Levenfish, Grigory vs Stolberg, Mark Moiseevich
1/2-1/2 41 Caro-Kann Defense: Karpov Variation ROUND 12
1940.09.21
Ragozin, Viacheslav vs Levenfish, Grigory
1/2-1/2 41 Queen's Gambit Accepted: Normal Variation, Traditional System ROUND 13
1940.09.24
Levenfish, Grigory vs Panov, Vasily N
1/2-1/2 42 Ruy Lopez: Closed, Averbakh Variation ROUND 14
1940.09.25
Veresov, Gavriil N vs Levenfish, Grigory
1-0 39 Nimzo-Indian Defense: Classical Variation, Zurich Variation ROUND 15
1940.09.26
Levenfish, Grigory vs Makogonov, Vladimir Andreevich
1/2-1/2 60 Queen's Gambit Declined ROUND 16
1940.09.27
Keres, Paul vs Levenfish, Grigory
1-0 80 Queen's Gambit Declined ROUND 17
1940.09.30
Levenfish, Grigory vs Kotov, Alexander
0-1 30 Sicilian Defense: Scheveningen Variation, Classical Main Line ROUND 18
1940.10.02
Konstantinopolsky, Alexander Markovich vs Levenfish, Grigory
1/2-1/2 45 Grünfeld Defense: Three Knights Variation, Burille Variation ROUND 19