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🏆 USSR Championship (1956)

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The 23rd USSR Championship was held in Leningrad from January 10 through February 15, 1956. While not as strong at the previous year's edition, it did feature the first appearance of perennial contenders Tal and Polugaevsky as part of this cast of characters: ... [more]

Player: Georgy Borisenko

 page 1 of 1; 17 games  PGN Download 
Game  ResultMoves YearEvent/LocaleOpening
1. G Borisenko vs A Khasin  ½-½521956USSR ChampionshipE58 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, Main line with 8...Bxc3
2. G Borisenko vs Lisitsin  ½-½221956USSR ChampionshipE21 Nimzo-Indian, Three Knights
3. Korchnoi vs G Borisenko  ½-½411956USSR ChampionshipD50 Queen's Gambit Declined
4. G Borisenko vs Polugaevsky 1-0411956USSR ChampionshipA61 Benoni
5. Averbakh vs G Borisenko 1-0741956USSR ChampionshipE62 King's Indian, Fianchetto
6. G Borisenko vs Ragozin  1-0401956USSR ChampionshipE00 Queen's Pawn Game
7. V Zurakhov vs G Borisenko  1-0421956USSR ChampionshipC16 French, Winawer
8. G Borisenko vs Tolush  1-0541956USSR ChampionshipE53 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3
9. Antoshin vs G Borisenko  1-0421956USSR ChampionshipE80 King's Indian, Samisch Variation
10. G Borisenko vs Tal ½-½561956USSR ChampionshipE53 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3
11. Simagin vs G Borisenko  ½-½421956USSR ChampionshipD55 Queen's Gambit Declined
12. G Borisenko vs Boleslavsky  0-1321956USSR ChampionshipE75 King's Indian, Averbakh, Main line
13. Kholmov vs G Borisenko  1-0511956USSR ChampionshipA36 English
14. G Borisenko vs Spassky 0-1341956USSR ChampionshipE53 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3
15. A Bannik vs G Borisenko  ½-½451956USSR ChampionshipC90 Ruy Lopez, Closed
16. G Borisenko vs V Byvshev 0-1401956USSR ChampionshipE73 King's Indian
17. Taimanov vs G Borisenko 1-0411956USSR ChampionshipE63 King's Indian, Fianchetto, Panno Variation
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Kibitzer's Corner
Aug-07-16  RookFile: Taimanov's effort has to be considered one of the great come from behind tournament wins in chess history.
Nov-10-17  ZonszeinP: A great succes of the young Spassky. If the S.Berger system was used here, he would have been champion of the USSR at only 19!
Dec-03-17  ZonszeinP: Not even Botvinnik did that
May-12-24
Premium Chessgames Member
  perfidious: While this was a near miss for Korchnoi, it was a great improvement on the disastrous result of 1955.

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