1961 USSR Chess Championship (29th)

The 1961 Soviet Chess Championship - 29th edition was held from 16 November to 20 December 1961 in Baku. The tournament was won by Boris Spassky. The final were preceded by semifinals events at Batumi, Novgorod and Kiev. 1961 was the year of two Soviet Chess Championships, the 28th and the 29th editions.[1][2]

29th Soviet Chess Championship
LocationBaku
Champion
Boris Spassky

Table and results

29th Soviet Chess Championship
Player123456789101112131415161718192021Total
1 Boris Spassky -1½1½½½1½½10½111½1½1114½
2 Lev Polugaevsky 0-½½1½10½½½11½11½111114
3 David Bronstein ½½-101½½½½1½½1½½½1½1½12½
4 Mikhail Tal 0½0-½1½½½½½11½11½10½112
5 Evgeni Vasiukov ½01½-½0½10½½½1½11½1½112
6 Mark Taimanov ½½00½-½1½1½110½1½01½111½
7 Yuri Averbakh ½0½½1½-½½½0½0½111111011½
8 Vassily Smyslov 01½½½0½-½101½½½0111½½11
9 Paul Keres ½½½½0½½½-½½½0111½1½½½11
10 Ratmir Kholmov ½½½½10½0½-½010011½11111
11 Aivars Gipslis 0½0½½½11½½-0½½½½11½½111
12 Leonid Shamkovich 10½0½0½0½11-01½1½½01110½
13 Abram Khasin ½0½0½01½10½1-1½0½0½½1
14 Yury Kots 0½0½01½½01½00-1½000118
15 Vladislav Shianovsky 00½0½½0½01½½½0-½½½1108
16 Boris Vladimirov 00½0000100½01½½-111018
17 Anatoly Lein ½½½½0½00½00½½1½0-01½½
18 Vladimir Savon 0000½1000½0½11½01-½½½
19 Rashid Nezhmetdinov ½0½10000½0½1½1000½-107
20 Vladimir Bagirov 000½½½0½½0½0½001½½0-½6
21 Bukhuti Gurgenidze 00½0001½½0000010½½1½-6


References

  1. Cafferty, Bernard (2016). The Soviet Championships. London: Everyman Chess. p. 113.
  2. Soltis, Andy. (2000). Soviet chess, 1917-1991. McFarland & Co. ISBN 0-7864-0676-3.
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