1951 USSR Chess Championship

The 1951 Soviet Chess Championship was the 19th edition of USSR Chess Championship. Held from 11 November to 14 December 1951 in Moscow. The tournament was won by Paul Keres. The final were preceded by quarter-finals events and four semifinals (at Leningrad, Baku, Sverdlovsky and Lvov).[1]

Paul Keres

19th Soviet Chess Championship (1951)
Location	Moscow
Champion
Paul Keres

Table and results

19th Soviet Chess Championship (1951)

	Player	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	Total
1	Paul Keres	-	½	1	1	½	½	½	1	½	1	0	0	½	1	1	1	1	1	12
2	Tigran Petrosian	½	-	½	1	½	½	½	1	½	0	0	1	1	1	½	1	1	1	11½
3	Efim Geller	0	½	-	0	1	½	0	1	0	1	1	1	½	1	1	1	1	1	11½
4	Vassily Smyslov	0	0	1	-	1	0	1	1	1	½	1	½	½	1	½	1	0	1	11
5	Mikhail Botvinnik	½	½	0	0	-	½	1	½	½	1	0	½	½	½	1	1	1	1	10
6	Yuri Averbakh	½	½	½	1	½	-	0	0	½	1	½	½	1	½	½	0	1	1	9½
7	David Bronstein	½	½	1	0	0	1	-	1	½	0	1	0	½	½	½	½	1	1	9½
8	Mark Taimanov	0	0	0	0	½	1	0	-	½	½	1	½	1	½	1	1	1	1	9½
9	Salo Flohr	½	½	1	0	½	½	½	½	-	0	½	1	½	½	1	½	0	1	9
10	Lev Aronin	0	1	0	½	0	0	1	½	1	-	1	½	0	½	½	1	1	½	9
11	Nikolai Kopilov	1	1	0	0	1	½	0	0	½	0	-	0	1	1	0	1	1	½	8½
12	Alexander Kotov	1	0	0	½	½	½	1	½	0	½	1	-	½	½	½	0	1	0	8
13	Igor Bondarevsky	½	0	½	½	½	0	½	0	½	1	0	½	-	½	1	0	1	1	8
14	Vladimir Simagin	0	0	0	0	½	½	½	½	½	½	0	½	½	-	1	½	1	1	7½
15	Oleg Moiseev	0	½	0	½	0	½	½	0	0	½	1	½	0	0	-	½	1	1	6½
16	Isaac Lipnitsky	0	0	0	0	0	1	½	0	½	0	0	1	1	½	½	-	½	1	6½
17	Nikolay Novotelnov	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	½	-	½	3
18	Evgeny Terpugov	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	½	½	1	0	0	0	0	½	-	2½

References

1. Cafferty, Bernard. (2016). The Soviet Championships. London: Everyman Chess. p. 74