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Eugene Znosko-Borovsky vs Grigory Levenfish, St. Petersburg 1910, French Defence, Classical Variation (C14), 0-1 A key game from Levenfish's first major successful event.
Grigory Levenfish vs Borislav Kostic, Carlsbad 1911, Queen's Gambit Declined (D55), 1-0 Levenfish journeyed abroad to a tournament at age 22, but this was to be his last time!
Grigory Levenfish vs Alexander Alekhine, St. Petersburg 1913, Queen's Pawn Game, Wade-Tartakower Defence (A46), 1-0 Alekhine was of the same generation of Masters as Levenfish, and he had the head-to-head edge at this time.
Ilya Rabinovich vs Grigory Levenfish, USSR Championship, Leningrad 1923, Two Knights' Defence (C59), 0-1 Utter demolition of White's Kingside in a scorching miniature.
Emanuel Lasker vs Grigory Levenfish, Moscow International 1925, French Defence, Classical Variation (C14), 0-1 Defeating Lasker was always a notable feat.
Grigory Levenfish vs Fedor Bohatirchuk, USSR Championship, Leningrad 1933, Ruy Lopez, Deferred Steinitz Defence (C79), 1-0 Bohatirchuk was another classical master of this era, a co-Soviet champion from 1927, who had Botvinnik's number in their rivalry.
Grigory Levenfish vs Viacheslav Ragozin, USSR Championship, Leningrad 1935, French Defence, Winawer Variation (C16), 1-0 This time Levenfish proves his skill on the White side of the French!
Grigory Levenfish vs Salo Flohr, Moscow International 1936, Slav Defence (D17), 1-0 Flohr was one of the top five players in the world, with a string of tournament victories during the 1930s.
Grigory Levenfish vs Mikhail Botvinnik, Leningrad-Moscow match 1937, Grunfeld Defence (D83), 1-0 Levenfish played some of the best chess of his life in this match, which wound up all square after 13 games.
Mikhail Botvinnik vs Grigory Levenfish, Leningrad-Moscow match 1937, Slav Defence (D10), 0-1 Botvinnik can prove no advantage and in fact suffers defeat against the solid Slav.
Grigory Levenfish vs Mikhail Botvinnik, Leningrad-Moscow match 1937, Nimzo-Indian Defence, Classical Variation (E34), 1-0 Another beautiful positional performance.
Mikhail Botvinnik vs Grigory Levenfish, Leningrad-Moscow match 1937, Slav Defence (D10), 0-1 After the match, Botvinnik would devote special analytical efforts to the Slav.
Vladimir Alatortsev vs Grigory Levenfish, USSR Championship, Tbilisi 1937, Catalan Opening (E00), 0-1 This tournament saw Levenfish claim clear first place and the Soviet title.
Grigory Levenfish vs Alexander Kotov, USSR Championship, Leningrad 1939, Queen's Gambit Declined, Exchange / Three Knights' Variation (D37), 1-0 Levenfish defeats the second prize winner that year.
Igor Bondarevsky vs Grigory Levenfish, USSR Championship, Leningrad 1939, Grunfeld Defence, Exchange Variation (D85), 0-1 Bondarevsky was making his move into the top Soviet echelon around this time.
Lev Aronin vs Grigory Levenfish, USSR Championship, Leningrad 1947, Nimzo-Indian Defence (E20), 0-1 Aronin plays very imaginitively in the opening with the rare 4.g3, but has to concede defeat to the Old Master.
Alexander Tolush vs Grigory Levenfish, USSR Championship, Leningrad 1947, Slav Defence, Geller Gambit (D15), 0-1 Tolush was a very dangerous attacker, and here adopts a sharp variation, but to no avail.
Grigory Levenfish vs Igor Bondarevsky, USSR Championship, Moscow 1948, Nimzo-Indian Defence, Rubinstein Variation (E53), 1-0 Levenfish was no longer challenging for the Soviet title, but he could definitely defeat anyone on a given day during this era.
Grigory Levenfish vs Mark Taimanov, USSR Championship, Moscow 1948, Nimzo-Indian Defence, Rubinstein Variation (E53), 1-0 Taimanov (born 1926) was part of the new generation of Soviet School of Chess Masters which dominated after the Second World War.
Grigory Levenfish vs Vasily Smyslov, USSR Championship, Moscow 1949, Grunfeld Defence, Russian / Smyslov Variation (D98), 1-0 Smyslov, a World Champion to be, was that year's Soviet co-champion. The two were friends and became co-authors later on. This game shows that Levenfish's tactical skills were still intact at age 60, as he blows up Smyslov's Kingside with a surprise rook sacrifice.
Viktor Korchnoi vs Grigory Levenfish, Minsk 1953, Catalan System, Closed Variation (E07), 0-1 Levenfish spots Korchnoi 42 years, but shows he still has impressive tactical alertness with a pretty concluding combination.