1954 USSR Chess Championship

21st Soviet Chess Championship (1954)
LocationKiev
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]

Table and results

21st Soviet Chess Championship (1954)
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

References

  1. ^ Cafferty, Bernard. (2016). The Soviet Championships. London: Everyman Chess. p. 81
  2. ^ Soltis, Andy. (2000). Soviet chess, 1917-1991. McFarland & Co. ISBN 0-7864-0676-3. OCLC 41940198.
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