May 17, 1959 Chess, The New York Times

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Chess 17 May 1959, Sun The New York Times (New York, New York)

Suetin First in Byelorussia

Details of a sixteen-player tournament for the chess championship of the Belorussian Soviet Socialist Republic have reached here. They disclose a real triumph for Alexander Suetin, who finished first with a score of 13½-1½, ahead of Isaac Boleslavsky, a long-time Soviet internationalist.
Boleslavsky drew his game with Suetin, who won thirteen games and lost only to Shagalovich. Boleslavsky was undefeated but had six draws.
The first four in the standing qualified for the Soviet Union's twenty-seventh semi-final championship.

Isaac Boleslavsky (white) vs. Alekseev (black)
Benko Gambit

Descriptive 1. P-Q4 Kt-KB3 2. P-QB4 P-B4 3. P-Q3 P-QKt4 4. PxP P-K3 5. Kt-QB3 PxP 6. KtxP B-Kt2 7. P-K4 KtxP 8. B-QB4 Kt-Q3 9. Q-K2ch B-K2 10. B-Kt5 P-B3 11. B-B4 KtxB 12. QxKt P-QR3 13. P-Kt6 BxKt 14. QxB Kt-B3 15. P-Kt7 R-QKt 16. BxR QxB 17. Kt-B3 QxKtP 18. Castles QKt-Q 19. Q-Q2 R-B 20. KR-K R-B2 21. Q-B2 P-Kt3 22. QxBP K-B 23. Q-Q5 Resigns

Algebraic 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. cxb5 e6 5. Nc3 exd5 6. Nxd5 Bb7 7. e4 Nxe4 8. Bc4 Nd6 9. Qe2+ Be7 10. Bg5 f6 11. Bf4 Nxc4 12. Qxc4 a6 13. b6 Bxd5 14. Qxd5 Nc6 15. b7 Rb8 16. Bxb8 Qxb8 17. Nf3 Qxb7 18. 0-0 Nd8 19. Qd2 Rf8 20. Re1 Rf7 21. Qc2 g6 22. Qxc5 Kf8 23. Qd5 1-0

Alexey Suetin (white) Alexey Sokolsky (black)
Caro-Kann Defense: Forgacs Variation

Descriptive 1. P-K4 P-QB3 2. P-Q4 P-Q4 3. Kt-QB3 PxP 4. KtxP Kt-KB3 5. KtxKtch KPxKt 6. B-QB4 B-K2 7. Kt-B3 Castles 8. Castles B-Q3 9. Q-Q3 Q-B2 10. R-K R-Q 11. Q-K4 Kt-Q2 12. B-Q2 Kt-B 13. B-Q3 Kt-Kt3 14. P-B4 P-QB4 15. PxP BxP 16. P-QKt4 B-B 17. P-B5 B-Q2 18. Q-QB4 B-K3 19. Q-B2 B-Kt5 20. B-K4 P-QR4 21. P-KR3 BxKt 22. BxB Kt-R5 23. B-K2 Q-B3 24. B-KB PxP 25. BxP R-Q5 26. QR-Kt R(1)-Q 27. B-B3 R-QB5 28. R-Kt6 Q-Q4 29. Q-Kt3 RxB 30. QxR BxP 31. R-Kt5 P-QKt3 32. Q-Q3 QxQ 33. BxQ P-Kt3 34. R-Kt3 R-Q4 35. K-B K-Kt2 36. R-K2 Kt-B4 37. BxKt RxB 38. R-Q3 R-B5 39. R-B2 P-B4 40. R-Q7 K-B3 41. P-B3 K-K3 42. R-R7 R-QKt5 43. K-K2 R-Kt8 44. P-QR4 R-Kt8 45. K-Q3 R-Q8ch 46. K-B4 R-Q5ch 47. K-B3 R-KB5 48. K-Q3 R-Q5ch 49. K-K2 R-Q4 50. R-Q2 R-K4ch 51. K-Q P-B5 52. R-K2 B-K6 53. R-QB2 R-Q4ch 54. K-K2 B-B4 55. R-B7 R-K4ch 56. K-B B-K6 57. R(2)-B6ch K-Q4 58. R-B6 P-KKt4 59. R(6)xBP B-B5 60. RxRP Resigns

Algebraic 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nf6 5. Nxf6+ exf6 6. Bc4 Be7 7. Nf3 0-0 8. 0-0 Bd6 9. Qd3 Qc7 10. Re1 Rd8 11. Qe4 Nd7 12. Bd2 Nf8 13. Bd3 Ng6 14. c4 c5 15. dxc5 Bxc5 16. b4 Bf8 17. c5 Bd7 18. Qc4 Be6 19. Qc2 Bg4 20. Be4 a5 21. h3 Bxf3 22. Bxf3 Nh4 23. Be2 Qc6 24. Bf1 axb4 25. Bxb4 Rd4 26. Rb1 Rad8 27. Bc3 Rc4 28. Rb6 Qd5 29. Qb3 Rxc3 30. Qxc3 Bxc5 31. Rb5 b6 32. Qd3 Qxd3 33. Bxd3 g6 34. Rb3 Rd5 35. Kf1 Kg7 36. Re2 Nf5 37. Bxf5 Rxf5 38. Rd3 Rf4 39. Rc2 f5 40. Rd7 Kf6 41. f3 Ke6 42. Ra7 Rb4 43. Ke2 Rb1 44. a4 Rg1 45. Kd3 Rd1+ 46. Kc4 Rd4+ 47. Kc3 Rf4 48. Kd3 Rd4+ 49. Ke2 Rd5 50. Rd2 Re5+ 51. Kd1 f4 52. Re2 Be3 53. Rc2 Rd5+ 54. Ke2 Bc5 55. Rc7 Re5+ 56. Kf1 Be3 57. Rc6+ Kd5 58. Rf6 g5 59. Rfxf7 Bc5 60. Rxh7 1-0