1944 USSR Chess Championship

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13th Soviet Chess Championship (1944)
Location Moscow
Date21 May – 17 June 1944
Champion
Mikhail Botvinnik

The 1944 Soviet Chess Championship was the 13th edition of USSR Chess Championship, and the first to be held since 1940. The tournament was won by Mikhail Botvinnik. [1]

Tables and results

13th Soviet Chess Championship (1944)
Player1234567891011121314151617Total
1 Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Mikhail Botvinnik -1111½01½1½11101112½
2 Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Vassily Smyslov 0-0½1110½111½1½½110½
3 Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Isaac Boleslavsky 01-½½½110½½111½½½10
4 Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Salo Flohr 0½½-½½1½½½0½111½1
5 Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Vladas Mikenas 00½½-½101½11101019
6 Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Vladimir Makogonov ½0½½½-00101½11½119
7 Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Alexander Tolush 100001-½111100011
8 Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Andor Lilienthal 010½11½-½½001½0½½
9 Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Alexey Sokolsky ½½1½000½-00½11110
10 Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Gavriil Veresov 00½½½10½1-100011½
11 Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Viacheslav Ragozin ½0½1000110-01½0½17
12 Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Alexander Kotov 000½0½01½11-0½1107
13 Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Abram Khavin 0½0000100101-111½7
14 Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Georgy Lisitsin 0000101½01½½0-½117
15 Flag of the Soviet Union.svg David Bronstein 1½½00½1100100½-0½
16 Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Vladimir Alatortsev 0½½½100½00½0001-1
17 Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Grigory Ravinsky 00½0000½1½01½0½0-

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References

  1. Cafferty, Bernard. (2016). The Soviet Championships. Londres: Everyman Chess. p. 53