| 21st Soviet Chess Championship (1954) | |
|---|---|
| Location | Kiev |
| Champion | |
| Yuri Averbakh | |
The 1954 Soviet Chess Championship was the 21st edition of USSR Chess Championship. Held from 7 January to 7 February 1954 in Kiev. The tournament was won by Yuri Averbakh. The final were preceded semifinals events at Moscow, Leningrad, Rostov and Vilnius. [1] [2]
| Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Yuri Averbakh | - | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | ½ | 1 | 1 | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | 14½ |
| 2 | Mark Taimanov | ½ | - | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | 13 |
| 3 | Viktor Korchnoi | ½ | ½ | - | 0 | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ½ | 1 | 1 | 13 |
| 4 | Georgy Lisitsin | ½ | ½ | 1 | - | ½ | 1 | 1 | ½ | 1 | 0 | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | ½ | 1 | 12½ |
| 5 | Tigran Petrosian | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | - | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | 1 | ½ | 1 | 1 | ½ | 1 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | 12½ |
| 6 | Ratmir Kholmov | ½ | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | - | ½ | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ½ | 1 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 0 | 1 | ½ | 10½ |
| 7 | Alexey Suetin | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ½ | ½ | - | 1 | ½ | 1 | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | 1 | 0 | 1 | ½ | 0 | ½ | 10 |
| 8 | Semyon Furman | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | 0 | - | 1 | 0 | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 10 |
| 9 | Rashid Nezhmetdinov | ½ | ½ | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ½ | 0 | - | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ½ | 1 | ½ | 10 |
| 10 | Vasily Byvshev | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ½ | 0 | 0 | 1 | ½ | - | 0 | 1 | ½ | ½ | 0 | 1 | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | 9½ |
| 11 | Efim Geller | 0 | 0 | 0 | ½ | 0 | 0 | ½ | 1 | 0 | 1 | - | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ½ | 9½ |
| 12 | Salo Flohr | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | ½ | 1 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | 8½ |
| 13 | Georgy Borisenko | ½ | ½ | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ½ | 0 | ½ | 1 | ½ | - | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | 0 | 1 | 8½ |
| 14 | Anatoly Bannik | 0 | 0 | 1 | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | 0 | 0 | ½ | - | 1 | ½ | 0 | 0 | ½ | 1 | 8 |
| 15 | Georgy Ilivitsky | 0 | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | 0 | 1 | 0 | ½ | ½ | 0 | - | ½ | 1 | ½ | ½ | 1 | 8 |
| 16 | Andor Lilienthal | 0 | ½ | 0 | 0 | 0 | ½ | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | - | 1 | ½ | 1 | ½ | 8 |
| 17 | Leonid Shamkovich | ½ | ½ | 0 | 0 | ½ | ½ | 0 | 0 | 0 | ½ | 1 | ½ | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | - | 1 | 0 | ½ | 6½ |
| 18 | Viacheslav Ragozin | 0 | 0 | ½ | 0 | ½ | 1 | ½ | 0 | ½ | 0 | 0 | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | ½ | 0 | - | 0 | ½ | 6½ |
| 19 | Iosif Livshin | 0 | 0 | 0 | ½ | ½ | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ½ | ½ | 0 | 1 | 1 | - | 0 | 6 |
| 20 | Alexey Sokolsky | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | 0 | 0 | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | - | 5 |
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