| 29th Soviet Chess Championship | |
|---|---|
| Location | Baku |
| Champion | |
| Boris Spassky | |
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. [1] [2]
| Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Boris Spassky | - | 1 | ½ | 1 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | ½ | 1 | 0 | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | ½ | 1 | ½ | 1 | 1 | 14½ |
| 2 | Lev Polugaevsky | 0 | - | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | 1 | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | ½ | 1 | 1 | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 14 |
| 3 | David Bronstein | ½ | ½ | - | 1 | 0 | 1 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | 1 | ½ | 12½ |
| 4 | Mikhail Tal | 0 | ½ | 0 | - | ½ | 1 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | ½ | 1 | 1 | ½ | 1 | 0 | ½ | 1 | 12 |
| 5 | Evgeni Vasiukov | ½ | 0 | 1 | ½ | - | ½ | 0 | ½ | 1 | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | 1 | 1 | ½ | 1 | ½ | 1 | 12 |
| 6 | Mark Taimanov | ½ | ½ | 0 | 0 | ½ | - | ½ | 1 | ½ | 1 | ½ | 1 | 1 | 0 | ½ | 1 | ½ | 0 | 1 | ½ | 1 | 11½ |
| 7 | Yuri Averbakh | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | - | ½ | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | 0 | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 11½ |
| 8 | Vassily Smyslov | 0 | 1 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | - | ½ | 1 | 0 | 1 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ½ | ½ | 11 |
| 9 | Paul Keres | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | - | ½ | ½ | ½ | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ½ | 1 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 11 |
| 10 | Ratmir Kholmov | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | 0 | ½ | 0 | ½ | - | ½ | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | 11 |
| 11 | Aivars Gipslis | 0 | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | ½ | ½ | - | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | ½ | ½ | 1 | 11 |
| 12 | Leonid Shamkovich | 1 | 0 | ½ | 0 | ½ | 0 | ½ | 0 | ½ | 1 | 1 | - | 0 | 1 | ½ | 1 | ½ | ½ | 0 | 1 | 1 | 10½ |
| 13 | Abram Khasin | ½ | 0 | ½ | 0 | ½ | 0 | 1 | ½ | 1 | 0 | ½ | 1 | - | 1 | ½ | 0 | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | 1 | 9½ |
| 14 | Yury Kots | 0 | ½ | 0 | ½ | 0 | 1 | ½ | ½ | 0 | 1 | ½ | 0 | 0 | - | 1 | ½ | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 8 |
| 15 | Vladislav Shianovsky | 0 | 0 | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | 0 | 1 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 0 | - | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | 0 | 8 |
| 16 | Boris Vladimirov | 0 | 0 | ½ | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ½ | 0 | 1 | ½ | ½ | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 8 |
| 17 | Anatoly Lein | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | 0 | 0 | ½ | 0 | 0 | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | 0 | - | 0 | 1 | ½ | ½ | 7½ |
| 18 | Vladimir Savon | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ½ | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ½ | 0 | ½ | 1 | 1 | ½ | 0 | 1 | - | ½ | ½ | ½ | 7½ |
| 19 | Rashid Nezhmetdinov | ½ | 0 | ½ | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ½ | 0 | ½ | 1 | ½ | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ½ | - | 1 | 0 | 7 |
| 20 | Vladimir Bagirov | 0 | 0 | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | 0 | ½ | 0 | 0 | 1 | ½ | ½ | 0 | - | ½ | 6 |
| 21 | Bukhuti Gurgenidze | 0 | 0 | ½ | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ½ | ½ | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | - | 6 |
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