1963 USSR Chess Championship

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31st Soviet Chess Championship (1963)
Location Leningrad
Champion
Leonid Stein

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. [1] [2]

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Leonid Stein

Table and results

31st Soviet Chess Championship
Player1234567891011121314151617181920Total
1 Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Leonid Stein -½1½½½½½½½01½½11½½1112
2 Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Boris Spassky ½-½½½½1½½½1½½½½1½½1112
3 Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Ratmir Kholmov 0½-1½½½½1½½½11½11½½½12
4 Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Alexey Suetin ½½0-½101½01½½11½011111½
5 Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Efim Geller ½½½½-½½0½½1½½1½½11½111½
6 Flag of the Soviet Union.svg David Bronstein ½½½0½-0½1½0111½½½11111½
7 Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Eduard Gufeld ½0½1½1-½0½½½11½01½1½11
8 Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Lev Polugaevsky ½½½01½½-½0½1½½½1½1½111
9 Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Aivars Gipslis ½½0½½01½-1½½0½½11½1½10½
10 Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Viktor Korchnoi ½½½1½½½10-½½½0½½01½110
11 Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Vladimir Bagirov 10½001½½½½-½0½½½½1½1
12 Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Yuri Averbakh 0½½½½0½0½½½-10½1½½1½9
13 Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Iivo Nei ½½0½½00½1½10-½½½10½19
14 Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Mark Taimanov ½½00000½½1½1½-10½1½½
15 Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Semyon Furman 0½½0½½½½½½½½½0-10101
16 Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Janis Klovans 000½½½100½½0½10-1½10
17 Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Alexander Zakharov ½½010½0½01½½0½10-½007
18 Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Igor Bondarevsky ½½½000½0½00½100½½-1½
19 Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Arkady Novopashin 00½0½00½0½½0½½1010-1
20 Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Viatcheslav Osnos 00½000½0½00½0½011½0-5

Playoff

31st Soviet Chess Championship - Playoff
Player123Total
1 Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Leonid Stein --½½
2 Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Boris Spassky --½12
3 Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Ratmir Kholmov ½½½0--

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References

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