USSR Championship (1976) |
The 44th Soviet Chess Championship was a Category XII event played in the capital of Moscow from November 27th to December 23th in 1976. Eighteen of the USSR's best grandmasters and masters participated in the tournament, including (in order of Elo): Anatoli Karpov (2695), Tigran Petrosian (2635), Lev Polugaevsky (2635), Efim Geller (2620), Mikhail Tal (2615), Vassily Smyslov (2580), Oleg Romanishin (2560), Vitaly Tseshkovsky (2550), Rafael Vaganian (2550), Yuri Balashov (2545), Mark Taimanov (2540), Boris Gulko (2530), Evgeni Sveshnikov (2510), Viktor Kupreichik (2490), Karen Grigorian (2485), Nukhim Rashkovsky (2485), Alexander Zakharov (2435), and Josif Dorfman (2405). The world champion Karpov dominated the event, earning wins against almost half the field, and won with 12/17. Moscow, Soviet Union (Russia), 27 November - 23 December 1976 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Pts
1 Karpov * 1 ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ 1 1 1 ½ ½ 1 1 1 12
2 Balashov 0 * ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 11
=3 Petrosian ½ ½ * ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ 1 1 1 0 ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 1 10½
=3 Polugaevsky ½ 0 ½ * ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 0 1 ½ 1 1 ½ 1 ½ 1 10½
5 Dorfman 0 ½ ½ ½ * ½ ½ 0 0 1 1 1 ½ 1 1 ½ 0 1 9½
=6 Tal ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ * ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ 1 1 9
=6 Smyslov ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ * ½ ½ 1 ½ 0 1 ½ 1 ½ 1 0 9
=8 Geller 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ * 0 0 ½ 1 1 0 ½ ½ ½ 0 8½
=8 Sveshnikov ½ 0 0 ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 * 0 ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ ½ 0 8½
=8 Romanishin ½ 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 * 0 ½ 1 0 ½ 1 0 1 8½
11 Gulko 0 0 0 0 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 * ½ 0 1 ½ 1 1 1 8
=12 Vaganian 0 ½ 1 ½ 0 ½ 1 0 ½ ½ ½ * ½ 1 0 0 ½ ½ 7½
=12 Grigorian 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ 1 0 0 0 0 1 ½ * ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 7½
=14 Taimanov ½ ½ ½ 0 0 ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 0 0 ½ * 0 1 ½ 0 7
=14 Rashkovsky ½ ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 * 0 ½ ½ 7
=16 Zakharov 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 0 1 0 0 1 * 0 1 6½
=16 Tseshkovsky 0 0 0 ½ 1 0 0 ½ ½ 1 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 * 0 6½
18 Kupreichik 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 ½ 0 1 ½ 0 1 * 6 Original collection: Game Collection: USSR Championship 1976, by User: suenteus po 147.
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| Result | Moves |
Year | Event/Locale | Opening |
1. K Grigorian vs Vaganian |
| ½-½ | 20 | 1976 | USSR Championship | D80 Grunfeld |
2. Tseshkovsky vs Polugaevsky |
| ½-½ | 21 | 1976 | USSR Championship | B30 Sicilian |
3. Petrosian vs Tal |
 | 0-1 | 28 | 1976 | USSR Championship | A15 English |
4. Taimanov vs Gulko |
 | 0-1 | 65 | 1976 | USSR Championship | A48 King's Indian |
5. Geller vs Sveshnikov |
 | 0-1 | 27 | 1976 | USSR Championship | D39 Queen's Gambit Declined, Ragozin, Vienna Variation |
6. Kupreichik vs Smyslov |
 | 1-0 | 92 | 1976 | USSR Championship | C60 Ruy Lopez |
7. Balashov vs A Zakharov |
| ½-½ | 40 | 1976 | USSR Championship | D30 Queen's Gambit Declined |
8. Romanishin vs I D Dorfman |
 | 0-1 | 32 | 1976 | USSR Championship | B88 Sicilian, Fischer-Sozin Attack |
9. N Rashkovsky vs Karpov |
 | ½-½ | 21 | 1976 | USSR Championship | E17 Queen's Indian |
10. Tal vs Kupreichik |
| 1-0 | 43 | 1976 | USSR Championship | B51 Sicilian, Canal-Sokolsky (Rossolimo) Attack |
11. Gulko vs Geller |
| ½-½ | 17 | 1976 | USSR Championship | D00 Queen's Pawn Game |
12. Smyslov vs Romanishin |
 | 1-0 | 38 | 1976 | USSR Championship | A07 King's Indian Attack |
13. Polugaevsky vs N Rashkovsky |
| ½-½ | 24 | 1976 | USSR Championship | A28 English |
14. Vaganian vs I D Dorfman |
| 0-1 | 34 | 1976 | USSR Championship | A04 Reti Opening |
15. Karpov vs Taimanov |
| ½-½ | 27 | 1976 | USSR Championship | B44 Sicilian |
16. K Grigorian vs Tseshkovsky |
| ½-½ | 25 | 1976 | USSR Championship | A57 Benko Gambit |
17. Sveshnikov vs Balashov |
 | 0-1 | 35 | 1976 | USSR Championship | C02 French, Advance |
18. A Zakharov vs Petrosian |
| ½-½ | 21 | 1976 | USSR Championship | C07 French, Tarrasch |
19. Petrosian vs Sveshnikov |
| 1-0 | 28 | 1976 | USSR Championship | D14 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, Exchange Variation |
20. Taimanov vs Polugaevsky |
| 0-1 | 42 | 1976 | USSR Championship | A04 Reti Opening |
21. Kupreichik vs A Zakharov |
 | 0-1 | 29 | 1976 | USSR Championship | C45 Scotch Game |
22. Geller vs Karpov |
 | 1-0 | 42 | 1976 | USSR Championship | C16 French, Winawer |
23. Romanishin vs Tal |
 | 1-0 | 30 | 1976 | USSR Championship | A35 English, Symmetrical |
24. I D Dorfman vs Smyslov |
| ½-½ | 17 | 1976 | USSR Championship | A29 English, Four Knights, Kingside Fianchetto |
25. Tseshkovsky vs Vaganian |
| ½-½ | 14 | 1976 | USSR Championship | C07 French, Tarrasch |
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