| USSR Championship (1947) |
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The 15th Soviet Chess Championship took place in Leningrad from February 2nd to March 8th, 1947. Among those invited to participate were Mikhail Botvinnik, Isaac Boleslavsky, Vasily Smyslov, Salomon Flohr, and Viacheslav Ragozin. Paul Keres, who had returned to Estonia after World War II was also extended an invitation. This was after he had been punished for participating in Nazi tournaments during the war by being denied an invitation to Groningen (1946). Participants for the championship also qualified from the various semifinals held in major Soviet cities. Alexander Tolush, David Bronstein, Grigory Levenfish, and Peter Dubinin qualified from the Leningrad semifinal. Igor Bondarevsky, Andre Lilienthal, Ilia Kan, Mikhail Yudovich Sr., and Vladimir Alatortsev qualified from Moscow. Genrikh Kasparian, Vladimir Makogonov, Anatoly Ufimtsev, Lev Aronin, and Konstantin Klaman qualified from Tiflis. Upon learning that the world championship would not be held in 1947, Botvinnik furiously withdrew from the championship, allowing Boris Goldenov to replace him. Games were reported in Shakhmaty v SSSR. For Keres, the championship would herald his return to the elite, both in his "rehabilition" to the Soviet School, and in his superior performance over the best Soviet grandmasters of the day (excepting Botvinnik). Keres scored an impressive 14/19 to take home the Soviet chess crown. The final standings and crosstable:
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 Pts
1 Keres * ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 1 1 1 ½ ½ 1 1 ½ 1 0 1 14
2 Boleslavsky ½ * ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 1 ½ 1 1 ½ 13
=3 Smyslov 0 ½ * ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 1 1 0 ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ 12
=3 Bondarevsky ½ ½ ½ * ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 1 ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ 0 1 12
5 Tolush 0 0 0 ½ * ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 1 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 11½
6 Bronstein ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ * 0 ½ ½ 1 1 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 1 11
=7 Lilienthal ½ ½ 0 ½ 0 1 * ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 10½
=7 Flohr ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ * ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 10½
9 Ragozin 0 0 0 0 0 ½ 0 ½ * ½ ½ 1 1 ½ 1 1 ½ 1 1 1 10
=10 Makogonov 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ * ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 1 ½ 9
=10 Levenfish 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ * 0 ½ ½ ½ 1 1 1 0 1 9
=10 Kasparian 0 ½ 0 0 0 1 0 ½ 0 ½ 1 * 1 0 1 ½ 1 0 1 1 9
=13 Yudovich ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 1 ½ 0 * ½ ½ 0 0 ½ 1 ½ 8
=13 Kan ½ 0 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ * 0 0 1 ½ ½ 0 8
=13 Ufimtsev 0 0 1 0 0 ½ ½ 1 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ 1 * 0 ½ ½ 1 ½ 8
16 Alatortsev 0 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ 0 0 0 0 ½ 1 1 1 * 1 ½ ½ 0 7½
=17 Aronin ½ ½ 0 0 ½ 0 ½ 1 ½ ½ 0 0 1 0 ½ 0 * ½ 1 0 7
=17 Goldenov 0 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 0 0 0 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ * 0 1 7
=19 Klaman 1 0 ½ 1 ½ 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 ½ 0 ½ 0 1 * ½ 6½
=19 Dubinin 0 ½ ½ 0 0 0 ½ 0 0 ½ 0 0 ½ 1 ½ 1 1 0 ½ * 6½
Original tournament: Game Collection: USSR Championship 1947, by User: suenteus po 147.
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| Result | Moves |
Year | Event/Locale | Opening |
| 26. Bondarevsky vs Smyslov |
| ½-½ | 40 | 1947 | USSR Championship | E20 Nimzo-Indian |
| 27. V Makogonov vs G Kasparian |
| ½-½ | 36 | 1947 | USSR Championship | B13 Caro-Kann, Exchange |
| 28. Flohr vs M Yudovich Sr |
| ½-½ | 38 | 1947 | USSR Championship | D45 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav |
| 29. Tolush vs Alatortsev |
 | 1-0 | 35 | 1947 | USSR Championship | D46 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav |
| 30. I Kan vs P Dubinin |
| 0-1 | 48 | 1947 | USSR Championship | D80 Grunfeld |
| 31. Bronstein vs Bondarevsky |
| ½-½ | 34 | 1947 | USSR Championship | C15 French, Winawer |
| 32. Levenfish vs Flohr |
| ½-½ | 47 | 1947 | USSR Championship | C92 Ruy Lopez, Closed |
| 33. Keres vs K Klaman |
| 0-1 | 59 | 1947 | USSR Championship | A16 English |
| 34. Lilienthal vs Ragozin |
| 1-0 | 41 | 1947 | USSR Championship | D44 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav |
| 35. Smyslov vs I Kan |
| 1-0 | 41 | 1947 | USSR Championship | E03 Catalan, Open |
| 36. A Ufimtsev vs V Makogonov |
| ½-½ | 34 | 1947 | USSR Championship | B18 Caro-Kann, Classical |
| 37. P Dubinin vs Aronin |
| 1-0 | 50 | 1947 | USSR Championship | B02 Alekhine's Defense |
| 38. M Yudovich Sr vs Tolush |
| ½-½ | 21 | 1947 | USSR Championship | D56 Queen's Gambit Declined |
| 39. Alatortsev vs B Goldenov |
| ½-½ | 41 | 1947 | USSR Championship | E01 Catalan, Closed |
| 40. G Kasparian vs Boleslavsky |
| ½-½ | 19 | 1947 | USSR Championship | E60 King's Indian Defense |
| 41. I Kan vs Bronstein |
| ½-½ | 34 | 1947 | USSR Championship | A04 Reti Opening |
| 42. Flohr vs G Kasparian |
| ½-½ | 55 | 1947 | USSR Championship | D59 Queen's Gambit Declined, Tartakower |
| 43. V Makogonov vs Keres |
 | 0-1 | 51 | 1947 | USSR Championship | D38 Queen's Gambit Declined, Ragozin Variation |
| 44. Tolush vs Levenfish |
| ½-½ | 62 | 1947 | USSR Championship | D14 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, Exchange Variation |
| 45. Ragozin vs P Dubinin |
| 1-0 | 84 | 1947 | USSR Championship | C83 Ruy Lopez, Open |
| 46. Aronin vs Smyslov |
| 0-1 | 58 | 1947 | USSR Championship | C82 Ruy Lopez, Open |
| 47. Boleslavsky vs A Ufimtsev |
| 1-0 | 41 | 1947 | USSR Championship | B75 Sicilian, Dragon, Yugoslav Attack |
| 48. K Klaman vs Lilienthal |
| 0-1 | 48 | 1947 | USSR Championship | C26 Vienna |
| 49. B Goldenov vs M Yudovich Sr |
| ½-½ | 23 | 1947 | USSR Championship | C71 Ruy Lopez |
| 50. Bondarevsky vs Alatortsev |
| ½-½ | 57 | 1947 | USSR Championship | D22 Queen's Gambit Accepted |
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| Apr-03-19 | | Nosnibor: Klaman although sharing last place beat three Soviet Champions and drew with a forthcoming Champion (Smyslov). |
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Jan-27-25
 | | perfidious: Klaman then, curiously, was bottom marker at URS-ch sf Leningrad (1947) with Vladimir Kirillov. Till now, I had not known of Botvinnik's reason for not playing this event; it must be that he was enraged due to his carefully prepared regimen being upset by the decision to defer the world title fray to 1948. |
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