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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.  page 1 of 7; games 1-25 of 153  Game   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  page 1 of 7; games 1-25 of 153    REFINE SEARCH:   White wins (1-0) | Black wins (0-1) | Draws (1/2-1/2)   TIP: You can make the above ads go away by registering a free account! Jun-17-18    ughaibu: Half of Karpov's wins were with black, I thought that wasn't meant to happen. Aug-29-18    Joseph Blackcape: Karpov was really determined to win this one. A Soviet World Champion would not be taken seriously in Soviet Russia unless he would also win the Soviet Championship (which Karpov has never managed before), much less a WC that has not won the title in a match. NOTE: You need to pick a username and password to post a reply. Getting your account takes less than a minute, totally anonymous, and 100% free--plus, it entitles you to features otherwise unavailable. Pick your username now and join the chessgames community! If you already have an account, you should login now. Please observe our posting guidelines: No obscene, racist, sexist, or profane language. No spamming, advertising, or duplicating posts. No personal attacks against other members. Nothing in violation of United States law. No posting personal information of members. 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