1959 USSR Chess Championship

26th Soviet Chess Championship (1959)
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]

Tigran Petrosian

Table and results

26th Soviet Chess Championship (1959)
	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

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