26th USSR Championship — Tbilisi 1959ROUND 1
[Event "URS-ch26 Final"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "1959.01.10"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Averbakh, Yuri L"]
[Black "Nikitin, Aleksander S"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. d4 c6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Bd3 a6 9. e4 c5 10. d5 e5 11. b3 Bd6 12. O-O O-O 13. Re1 Rb8 14. Bf1 Ne8 15. a4 Nc7 16. axb5 Nxb5 17. Nxb5 axb5 18. Bb2 Re8 19. Ra7 Qb6 20. Ra2 Ba6 21. Qd2 c4 22. b4 Bb7 23. g3 Ra8 24. Rxa8 Bxa8 25. Bh3 Nf8 26. Nh4 g6 27. Ra1 Bb7 28. Bc3 f6 29. Ng2 Ra8 30. Rxa8 Bxa8 31. Qa2 Bb7 32. Ne3 Qa6 33. Qxa6 Bxa6 34. Nc2 Kf7 35. Bd2 Ke7 36. Be3 Nd7 37. Bxd7 Kxd7 38. Bc5 Ke7 39. f3 Bc8 40. Kf2 Kd7 41. Na3 Ba6 42. Bxd6 Kxd6 43. Ke3 g5 44. f4 h5 45. f5 Ke7 46. Kf3 Kd6 47. Ke3 1/2-1/2