| 19th Soviet Chess Championship (1951) | |
|---|---|
| Location | Moscow |
| Champion | |
| Paul Keres | |
The 1951 Soviet Chess Championship was the 19th edition of USSR Chess Championship. Held from 11 November to 14 December 1951 in Moscow. The tournament was won by Paul Keres. The final were preceded by quarter-finals events and four semifinals (at Leningrad, Baku, Sverdlovsky and Lvov). [1]
| Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Paul Keres | - | ½ | 1 | 1 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | 1 | 0 | 0 | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 12 |
| 2 | Tigran Petrosian | ½ | - | ½ | 1 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | 11½ |
| 3 | Efim Geller | 0 | ½ | - | 0 | 1 | ½ | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 11½ |
| 4 | Vassily Smyslov | 0 | 0 | 1 | - | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ½ | 1 | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | 1 | 0 | 1 | 11 |
| 5 | Mikhail Botvinnik | ½ | ½ | 0 | 0 | - | ½ | 1 | ½ | ½ | 1 | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 10 |
| 6 | Yuri Averbakh | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | - | 0 | 0 | ½ | 1 | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | ½ | 0 | 1 | 1 | 9½ |
| 7 | David Bronstein | ½ | ½ | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | - | 1 | ½ | 0 | 1 | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | 9½ |
| 8 | Mark Taimanov | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ½ | 1 | 0 | - | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | 1 | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 9½ |
| 9 | Salo Flohr | ½ | ½ | 1 | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | - | 0 | ½ | 1 | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | 0 | 1 | 9 |
| 10 | Lev Aronin | 0 | 1 | 0 | ½ | 0 | 0 | 1 | ½ | 1 | - | 1 | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | ½ | 9 |
| 11 | Nikolai Kopilov | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ½ | 0 | 0 | ½ | 0 | - | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ½ | 8½ |
| 12 | Alexander Kotov | 1 | 0 | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | 0 | ½ | 1 | - | ½ | ½ | ½ | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 |
| 13 | Igor Bondarevsky | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | 0 | ½ | 1 | 0 | ½ | - | ½ | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 8 |
| 14 | Vladimir Simagin | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | - | 1 | ½ | 1 | 1 | 7½ |
| 15 | Oleg Moiseev | 0 | ½ | 0 | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | 0 | 0 | ½ | 1 | ½ | 0 | 0 | - | ½ | 1 | 1 | 6½ |
| 16 | Isaac Lipnitsky | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ½ | 0 | ½ | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ½ | ½ | - | ½ | 1 | 6½ |
| 17 | Nikolay Novotelnov | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ½ | - | ½ | 3 |
| 18 | Evgeny Terpugov | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ½ | ½ | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ½ | - | 2½ |
The 1929 USSR Chess Championship was the 6th edition of USSR Chess Championship. Held from 2 to 20 September in Odessa. The tournament was won by Boris Verlinsky. The event was held outside Moscow and Leningrad for the first time. 36 players competed in four quarterfinal sections, with the top three in each advancing into two six-player semifinals. The top two from each semifinals were then to play a double round final to determine the champion.
The 1950 Soviet Chess Championship was the 18th edition of USSR Chess Championship. Held from 10 November to 12 December 1950 in Moscow. The tournament was won by Paul Keres. Keres, Isaac Boleslavsky and Smyslov entered the final directly. The final were preceded by seven quarter-finals and five semifinals.
The 1957 Soviet Chess Championship was the 24th edition of USSR Chess Championship. Held from 20 January to 22 February 1957 in Moscow. The tournament was won by Mikhail Tal. The final were preceded by quarterfinals events at Frunze, Tallinn, Yerevan ; semifinals at Leningrad, Kharkov and Tbilisi.
The 1958 Soviet Chess Championship was the 25th edition of USSR Chess Championship. Held from 12 January to 14 February 1958 in Riga. The tournament was won by Mikhail Tal. The final were preceded by quarterfinals events at Tbilisi, Minsk and Ashkhabad ; semifinals at Leningrad, Sverdlovsk and Kiev.
The 1959 Soviet Chess Championship was the 26th edition of USSR Chess Championship. Held from 9 January to 11 February 1959 in Tbilisi. The tournament was won by Tigran Petrosian. The final were preceded by semifinals events at Baku, Moscow, Rostov and Tashkent.
The 1961 Soviet Chess Championship - 29th edition was held from 16 November to 20 December 1961 in Baku. The tournament was won by Boris Spassky. The final were preceded by semifinals events at Batumi, Novgorod and Kiev. 1961 was the year of two Soviet Chess Championships, the 28th and the 29th editions.
The 1963 Soviet Chess Championship was the 31st edition of USSR Chess Championship. Held from 23 November to 27 December 1963 in Leningrad. The tournament was won by Leonid Stein. The final were preceded by semifinals events at Almaty, Kharkov, Moscow and Sverdlovsk.
The 1964 Soviet Chess Championship was the 32nd edition of USSR Chess Championship. Held from 25 December 1964 to 27 January 1965 in Kiev. The tournament was won by Viktor Korchnoi. The final were preceded by semifinals events at Kishinev and Minsk.
The 1965 Soviet Chess Championship was the 33rd edition of USSR Chess Championship. Held from 24 November 1965 to 24 December 1965 in Tallinn. The tournament was won by Leonid Stein. The final were preceded by semifinals events at Leningrad and Omsk.
The 1972 Soviet Chess Championship was the 40th edition of USSR Chess Championship. Held from 16 November to 19 December 1972 in Baku. The tournament was won by Mikhail Tal. The final were preceded by semifinals events at Chelyabinsk, Uzhgorod, Kaliningrad and Odessa.
The 1973 Soviet Chess Championship was the 41st edition of USSR Chess Championship. Held from 2-26 October 1973 in Moscow. The tournament was won by Boris Spassky. The final were preceded by semifinals events at Frunze, Kirovabad, Lvov e Voronezh.
The 1977 Soviet Chess Championship was the 45th edition of USSR Chess Championship. Held from 28 November to 22 December 1977 in Leningrad. Boris Gulko and Josif Dorfman shared the title after tying in the play-off. The qualifying tournaments took place in Bălți and Baku.
The 1978 Soviet Chess Championship was the 46th edition of USSR Chess Championship. Held from 1-27 December 1978 in Tbilisi. Mikhail Tal and Vitaly Tseshkovsky shared the title. The qualifying tournaments took place in Daugavpils and Ashkhabad. This edition marked the debut of the future world champion Garry Kasparov in the Soviet championships.
The 1980 Soviet Chess Championship was the 48th edition of USSR Chess Championship. Held from 25 December 1980 to 21 January 1981 in Vilnius. The title was won by Alexander Beliavsky and Lev Psakhis. Semifinals took place in Dnipro, Krasnodar, Krasnoyarsk e Tallinn; The First League wad held at Tashkent.
The 1981 Soviet Chess Championship was the 49th edition of USSR Chess Championship. Held from 27 November to 22 December 1981 in Bishkek. The title was won by Garry Kasparov and Lev Psakhis. Semifinals took place in Bălți, Cheliabinsk, Nikolayev and Saratov; The First League wad held at Volgodonsk.
The 1983 Soviet Chess Championship was the 50th edition of USSR Chess Championship. Held from 2-28 April 1983 in Moscow. The title was won by Anatoly Karpov. Semifinals took place in Ivano-Frankivsk, Pavlodar, Sievierodonetsk and Yaroslavl; The First League wad held at Telavi. There was no final in 1982, the year of the Soviet Zonal.
The 1984 Soviet Chess Championship was the 51st edition of USSR Chess Championship. Held from 2-28 April 1984 in Lvov. The title was won by Andrei Sokolov. Semifinals took place in Volgodonsk, Irkutsk, Minsk and Nikolayev; The First League was held at Tallinn.
The 1985 Soviet Chess Championship was the 52nd edition of USSR Chess Championship. Held from 22 January to 19 February 1985 in Lvov. The title was won by Mikhail Gurevich. Semifinals took place in Barnaul, Borjomi and Lvov; two First League tournaments was held at Sverdlovsk and Tashkent.
The 1986 Soviet Chess Championship was the 53rd edition of USSR Chess Championship. Held from 2-28 April 1986 in Kiev. The title was won by Vitaly Tseshkovsky. Semifinals took place in Aktobe, Kostroma and Togliatti; two First League tournaments were held at Kharkov and Minsk.
The 1987 Soviet Chess Championship was the 54th edition of USSR Chess Championship. Held from 3-29 March 1987 in Minsk. The title was won by Alexander Beliavsky. Semifinals took place in Sevastopol and Pinsk; two First League tournaments was held at Kuibyshev e Irkutsk.
