| 15th Soviet Chess Championship (1947) | |
|---|---|
| Location | Leningrad |
| Champion | |
| Paul Keres | |
The 1947 Soviet Chess Championship was the 15th edition of USSR Chess Championship. Held from 2 February to 8 March 1947 in Leningrad. The tournament was won by Paul Keres. Mikhail Botvinnik was absent as a sign of his displeasure over the lack of good faith by the Soviet authorities in negotiating for a World Championship match-tournament. [1]
| Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Paul Keres | - | ½ | 1 | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | ½ | 1 | 0 | 1 | 14 |
| 2 | Isaac Boleslavsky | ½ | - | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | ½ | 1 | 1 | ½ | 13 |
| 3 | Vassily Smyslov | 0 | ½ | - | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | 1 | 1 | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ½ | 1 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 12 |
| 4 | Igor Bondarevsky | ½ | ½ | ½ | - | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | 1 | 1 | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | 1 | ½ | 0 | 1 | 11½ | |
| 5 | David Bronstein | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | - | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | 1 | 1 | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | 1 | 1 | 11 |
| 6 | Alexander Tolush | 0 | 0 | 0 | ½ | - | ½ | 1 | 1 | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | 11 | |
| 7 | Salo Flohr | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | - | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 10½ |
| 8 | Andor Lilienthal | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | 1 | 0 | ½ | - | 1 | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | 10½ |
| 9 | Viacheslav Ragozin | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ½ | 0 | ½ | 0 | - | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | ½ | 1 | 1 | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | 10 |
| 10 | Vladimir Makogonov | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | - | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | 1 | 1 | ½ | 9 |
| 11 | Grigory Levenfish | 0 | ½ | ½ | 0 | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | - | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 9 |
| 12 | Genrikh Kasparian | 0 | ½ | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ½ | 0 | 0 | ½ | 1 | - | 1 | 0 | 1 | ½ | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 9 |
| 13 | Mikhail Yudovich | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 0 | 1 | ½ | 0 | - | ½ | ½ | 0 | 0 | ½ | 1 | ½ | 8 |
| 14 | Ilya Kan | ½ | 0 | 0 | ½ | ½ | 0 | 1 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | - | 0 | 0 | 1 | ½ | ½ | 0 | 8 |
| 15 | Anatoly Ufimtsev | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ½ | 0 | 1 | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | 1 | - | 0 | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | 8 |
| 16 | Vladimir Alatortsev | 0 | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 0 | 0 | ½ | 0 | 0 | 0 | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | 1 | ½ | ½ | 0 | 7½ |
| 17 | Lev Aronin | ½ | ½ | 0 | 0 | 0 | ½ | 1 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ½ | 0 | - | ½ | 1 | 0 | 7 |
| 18 | Boris Goldenov | 0 | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | - | 0 | 1 | 7 |
| 19 | Konstantin Klaman | 1 | 0 | ½ | 1 | 0 | ½ | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ½ | 0 | ½ | 0 | 1 | - | ½ | 6½ |
| 20 | Peter Dubinin | 0 | ½ | ½ | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ½ | 0 | ½ | 0 | 0 | ½ | 1 | ½ | 1 | 1 | 0 | ½ | - | 6½ |
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