1959 USSR Chess Championship
| 26th Soviet Chess Championship (1959) | |
|---|---|
| Location | Tbilisi |
| Champion | |
| Tigran Petrosian | |
The 1959 Soviet Chess Championship was the 26th edition of USSR Chess Championship which was held from 9 January to 11 February 1959 in Tbilisi. The tournament was won by Tigran Petrosian. The final were preceded by semifinals events at Baku, Moscow, Rostov and Tashkent.[1][2]
Table and results
| Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tigran Petrosian | - | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | 1 | ½ | 1 | ½ | 1 | 1 | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | ½ | 13½ |
| 2 | Mikhail Tal | ½ | - | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | 1 | 0 | ½ | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 12½ |
| 3 | Boris Spassky | ½ | ½ | - | ½ | 0 | 0 | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | 12½ |
| 4 | Ratmir Kholmov | ½ | ½ | ½ | - | 1 | ½ | 1 | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | 0 | ½ | 0 | 1 | 1 | ½ | 1 | ½ | ½ | 12 |
| 5 | Mark Taimanov | ½ | ½ | 1 | 0 | - | 0 | ½ | 1 | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | ½ | 1 | ½ | 1 | ½ | 1 | ½ | ½ | 12 |
| 6 | Lev Polugaevsky | ½ | 0 | 1 | ½ | 1 | - | 0 | ½ | 1 | ½ | 0 | ½ | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | 11 |
| 7 | Paul Keres | ½ | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | 1 | - | ½ | 1 | ½ | 0 | ½ | 1 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | 0 | 1 | ½ | 10½ |
| 8 | Yuri Averbakh | 0 | 0 | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | - | 1 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | ½ | 10½ |
| 9 | Viktor Korchnoi | ½ | 1 | 0 | ½ | ½ | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 1 | 1 | ½ | 1 | ½ | 0 | 1 | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | 10 |
| 10 | Anatoly Lutikov | 0 | ½ | 0 | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 0 | - | 1 | 1 | ½ | ½ | 1 | 0 | 1 | ½ | 1 | ½ | 9½ |
| 11 | Efim Geller | ½ | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ½ | 0 | 0 | - | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | 9½ |
| 12 | Eduard Gufeld | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | - | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 9 |
| 13 | David Bronstein | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | - | 1 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | 0 | 1 | 9 |
| 14 | Yacov Yuchtman | 0 | 1 | ½ | 1 | 0 | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | 0 | - | ½ | 0 | 1 | ½ | ½ | 1 | 8½ |
| 15 | Semyon Furman | 0 | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | 1 | 0 | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | - | ½ | 0 | ½ | 1 | 1 | 8 |
| 16 | Bukhuti Gurgenidze | ½ | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ½ | ½ | 0 | 1 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | - | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | 7 |
| 17 | Evgeni Vasiukov | 0 | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 0 | 0 | ½ | 0 | ½ | 0 | ½ | 0 | 1 | ½ | - | ½ | 1 | ½ | 7 |
| 18 | Nikolai Krogius | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ½ | 1 | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | - | ½ | ½ | 6½ |
| 19 | Rashid Nezhmetdinov | 0 | 0 | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ½ | 1 | ½ | 0 | 1 | 0 | ½ | - | 1 | 6 |
| 20 | Alexander Nikitin | ½ | 0 | 0 | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | 0 | 0 | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 0 | - | 5½ |