1954 USSR Chess Championship
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]
Yuri Averbakh playing a chess game
| 21st Soviet Chess Championship (1954) | |
|---|---|
| Location | Kiev |
| Champion | |
| Yuri Averbakh | |
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 |  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
- Cafferty, Bernard. (2016). The Soviet Championships. London: Everyman Chess. p. 81
- Soltis, Andy. (2000). Soviet chess, 1917-1991. McFarland & Co. ISBN 0-7864-0676-3.
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