| 42nd USSR Chess Championship | |
|---|---|
| Location | Leningrad |
| Champion | |
| Alexander Beliavsky Mikhail Tal | |
The 1974 Soviet Chess Championship was the 42nd edition of USSR Chess Championship. Held from 30 November to 23 December 1974 in Leningrad. The tournament was won by Alexander Beliavsky and Mikhail Tal. [1] [2]
| Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Alexander Beliavsky | - | 1 | 0 | 1 | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | 1 | 0 | 1 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | 9½ |
| 2 | Mikhail Tal | 0 | - | 0 | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | 1 | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | 9½ |
| 3 | Lev Polugaevsky | 1 | 1 | - | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | ½ | 0 | 1 | ½ | 1 | 9 |
| 4 | Rafael Vaganian | 0 | ½ | ½ | - | 0 | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | ½ | 0 | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 9 |
| 5 | Oleg Romanishin | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | - | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | 0 | ½ | 1 | ½ | 0 | 1 | 1 | 8½ |
| 6 | Mark Dvoretsky | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | - | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | 8½ |
| 7 | Lev Alburt | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | - | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | ½ | 1 | 8½ |
| 8 | Yuri Balashov | ½ | 0 | ½ | 0 | 1 | ½ | ½ | - | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | ½ | 1 | 8 |
| 9 | Gennadi Kuzmin | 0 | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | - | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | 7½ |
| 10 | Evgeni Vasiukov | 1 | ½ | 0 | ½ | 1 | 0 | 0 | ½ | ½ | - | 1 | 1 | ½ | ½ | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| 11 | Vitaly Tseshkovsky | 0 | 0 | ½ | 1 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 0 | - | ½ | 1 | ½ | 0 | 1 | 7 |
| 12 | Vladimir Savon | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | - | ½ | 1 | ½ | 0 | 6½ |
| 13 | Karen Grigorian | ½ | ½ | 1 | 0 | ½ | ½ | 0 | 0 | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | - | 1 | ½ | 0 | 6 |
| 14 | Mark Taimanov | ½ | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 0 | 0 | - | 1 | ½ | 6 |
| 15 | Boris Gulko | ½ | 0 | ½ | 0 | 0 | 0 | ½ | ½ | 0 | 1 | 1 | ½ | ½ | 0 | - | 1 | 6 |
| 16 | Viktor Kupreichik | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ½ | 0 | - | 3½ |
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