| 44th USSR Chess Championship | |
|---|---|
| Location | Moscow |
| Champion | |
| Anatoly Karpov | |
The 1976 Soviet Chess Championship was the 44th edition of USSR Chess Championship. Held from 26 November to 24 December 1976 in Moscow. The world champion Anatoly Karpov won his first USSR Chess Championship title. The qualifying tournaments took place in Minsk and Rostov-on-Don. [1] [2]
| Player | Rating | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Anatoly Karpov | 2695 | - | 1 | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | 12 |
| 2 | Yuri Balashov | 2545 | 0 | - | ½ | 1 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | 11 |
| 3 | Tigran Petrosian | 2635 | ½ | ½ | - | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | 1 | 1 | 10½ |
| 4 | Lev Polugaevsky | 2635 | ½ | 0 | ½ | - | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | ½ | 0 | 1 | ½ | 1 | 1 | ½ | 1 | ½ | 1 | 10½ |
| 5 | Josif Dorfman | 2405 | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | - | ½ | ½ | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ½ | 1 | 1 | ½ | 0 | 1 | 9½ |
| 6 | Mikhail Tal | 2615 | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | ½ | - | ½ | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | 9 |
| 7 | Vassily Smyslov | 2580 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | - | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | 0 | 1 | ½ | 1 | ½ | 1 | 0 | 9 |
| 8 | Efim Geller | 2620 | 1 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | ½ | - | 0 | 0 | ½ | 1 | 1 | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 0 | 8½ |
| 9 | Evgeny Sveshnikov | 2510 | ½ | 0 | 0 | ½ | 1 | ½ | ½ | 1 | - | 0 | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | 1 | ½ | ½ | 0 | 8½ |
| 10 | Oleg Romanishin | 2560 | ½ | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | - | 0 | ½ | 1 | 0 | ½ | 1 | 0 | 1 | 8½ |
| 11 | Boris Gulko | 2530 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | - | ½ | 0 | 1 | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | 8 |
| 12 | Rafael Vaganian | 2550 | 0 | ½ | 1 | ½ | 0 | ½ | 1 | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | - | ½ | 1 | 0 | 0 | ½ | ½ | 7½ |
| 13 | Karen Grigorian | 2485 | 0 | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ½ | - | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | 1 | 7½ |
| 14 | Mark Taimanov | 2540 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 0 | 0 | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | 1 | 0 | 0 | ½ | - | 0 | 1 | ½ | 0 | 7 |
| 15 | Nukhim Rashkovsky | 2485 | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | 0 | ½ | 0 | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | 1 | - | 0 | ½ | ½ | 7 |
| 16 | Alexander Zakharov | 2435 | 0 | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | - | 0 | 1 | 6½ |
| 17 | Vitaly Tseshkovsky | 2550 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ½ | 1 | 0 | 0 | ½ | ½ | 1 | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | - | 0 | 6½ |
| 18 | Viktor Kupreichik | 2490 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ½ | 0 | 1 | ½ | 0 | 1 | - | 6 |
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