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USSR Championship (1948) The 16th Chess Championship of the USSR was held in Moscow from November 10th to December 13th, 1948. Nineteen of the Soviet Union's strongest players were assembled to participate. Among them were the participants of the Saltsjobaden Interzonal (1948), including the winner David Bronstein, as well as Alexander Kotov, Andor Lilienthal, Igor Bondarevsky, Salomon Flohr, Viacheslav Ragozin, and the previous year's champion, Paul Keres. Bronstein and Kotov shared first place, each with 12/18. The final standings and crosstable: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Pts =1 Bronstein * ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ 0 ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 1 1 12 =1 Kotov ½ * ½ ½ 0 1 1 0 1 ½ 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 12 3 Furman 0 ½ * 0 0 ½ 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 ½ 1 1 ½ 1 11 4 Flohr ½ ½ 1 * ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ 10½ 5 Tolush 0 1 1 ½ * ½ ½ 1 0 1 ½ 0 1 0 ½ 1 0 1 ½ 10 =6 Bondarevsky ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ * ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ 0 1 1 0 1 ½ 9½ =6 Keres 1 0 0 ½ ½ ½ * 0 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 0 ½ 1 1 ½ 9½ =6 Konstantinopolsky ½ 1 0 ½ 0 ½ 1 * ½ 0 1 1 ½ 1 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ 9½ =6 Lisitsin ½ 0 1 0 1 ½ 0 ½ * 0 1 0 1 ½ 1 1 ½ ½ ½ 9½ =10 Ilivitsky 0 ½ 1 ½ 0 0 ½ 1 1 * 0 1 ½ 0 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ 9 =10 Lilienthal ½ 0 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 0 1 * ½ 1 0 ½ ½ 1 1 1 9 12 Kholmov ½ 0 0 0 1 ½ ½ 0 1 0 ½ * 0 1 1 ½ ½ 1 ½ 8½ =13 Averbakh 0 1 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ 0 1 * ½ ½ 0 1 ½ 1 8 =13 Levenfish ½ 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 ½ 1 1 0 ½ * ½ 1 0 0 0 8 =13 Ragozin ½ 0 ½ 1 ½ 0 1 ½ 0 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ * ½ ½ 1 ½ 8 =16 Alatortsev ½ 0 0 ½ 0 0 ½ 1 0 ½ ½ ½ 1 0 ½ * ½ ½ 1 7½ =16 Panov 0 0 0 ½ 1 1 0 ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ 0 1 ½ ½ * ½ ½ 7½ =18 Aronin 0 0 ½ ½ 0 0 0 ½ ½ ½ 0 0 ½ 1 0 ½ ½ * 1 6 =18 Taimanov 0 0 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ 0 1 ½ 0 ½ 0 * 6 The round numbers for the original games collection were supplied by User: marekg248 from the "Fritz 8 Database": David Bronstein (kibitz #183). Original collection: Game Collection: USSR Championship 1948, by User: suenteus po 147.  page 2 of 4; games 26-50 of 77  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 26. A Konstantinopolsky vs Aronin ½-½ 90 1948 USSR Championship E32 Nimzo-Indian, Classical 27. Lisitsin vs A Konstantinopolsky   ½-½ 39 1948 USSR Championship A04 Reti Opening 28. Aronin vs G Ilivitsky   ½-½ 27 1948 USSR Championship E16 Queen's Indian 29. Lilienthal vs Alatortsev   ½-½ 27 1948 USSR Championship E19 Queen's Indian, Old Main line, 9.Qxc3 30. Ragozin vs Panov   ½-½ 46 1948 USSR Championship C53 Giuoco Piano 31. Keres vs Bondarevsky   ½-½ 41 1948 USSR Championship C07 French, Tarrasch 32. Bronstein vs Ragozin ½-½ 44 1948 USSR Championship E51 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3 33. Taimanov vs Flohr   ½-½ 31 1948 USSR Championship B10 Caro-Kann 34. Panov vs Aronin   ½-½ 37 1948 USSR Championship A07 King's Indian Attack 35. Alatortsev vs Kholmov ½-½ 69 1948 USSR Championship D02 Queen's Pawn Game 36. Lisitsin vs Panov   ½-½ 65 1948 USSR Championship A12 English with b3 37. Bondarevsky vs Furman   ½-½ 42 1948 USSR Championship E00 Queen's Pawn Game 38. Flohr vs Kotov   ½-½ 15 1948 USSR Championship D31 Queen's Gambit Declined 39. Keres vs Taimanov ½-½ 105 1948 USSR Championship A34 English, Symmetrical 40. Averbakh vs Levenfish   ½-½ 23 1948 USSR Championship D14 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, Exchange Variation 41. Bronstein vs Lisitsin ½-½ 45 1948 USSR Championship E34 Nimzo-Indian, Classical, Noa Variation 42. Taimanov vs Bondarevsky   ½-½ 49 1948 USSR Championship C07 French, Tarrasch 43. Averbakh vs A Konstantinopolsky   ½-½ 24 1948 USSR Championship C66 Ruy Lopez 44. Lilienthal vs Bronstein ½-½ 19 1948 USSR Championship D14 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, Exchange Variation 45. Flohr vs Alatortsev   ½-½ 25 1948 USSR Championship D15 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav 46. Kholmov vs Panov   ½-½ 27 1948 USSR Championship D63 Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox Defense 47. G Ilivitsky vs Averbakh   ½-½ 74 1948 USSR Championship E00 Queen's Pawn Game 48. Aronin vs Lisitsin   ½-½ 42 1948 USSR Championship C90 Ruy Lopez, Closed 49. Kotov vs Furman   ½-½ 58 1948 USSR Championship E41 Nimzo-Indian 50. Ragozin vs Lilienthal   ½-½ 22 1948 USSR Championship A54 Old Indian, Ukrainian Variation, 4.Nf3  page 2 of 4; games 26-50 of 77    REFINE SEARCH:   White wins (1-0) | Black wins (0-1) | Draws (1/2-1/2)   Jan-12-13    Phony Benoni: As of today, there are a large number of incorrectly recorded results in the database, which is why the leaderboard differs so radically from the crosstable. I'm trying to track them all down right now. Jan-21-13    chessgames.com: Thanks Phony. It's baffling how this tournament ended up with so many bogus results, but the Librarian is fixing them as quick as you can throw them at her. I think it's almost fixed. Jan-21-13    HeMateMe: Kotov wins the event, with ten wins and four losses. He was thought to be somewhat eratic. Jan-21-13    Phony Benoni: <chessgames.com> Looks like everything is in order now. Thanks and praise to The Librarian! Jul-17-22    Open Defence: Forever indebted to the great work that <PB> did NOTE: Create an account today to post replies and access other powerful features which are available only to registered users. Becoming a member is free, anonymous, and takes less than 1 minute! If you already have a username, then simply login login under your username now to join the discussion. Please observe our posting guidelines: No obscene, racist, sexist, or profane language. 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