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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 7; games 26-50 of 171  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 26. A Konstantinopolsky vs Bronstein ½-½ 19 1948 USSR Championship E67 King's Indian, Fianchetto 27. Levenfish vs Aronin   0-1 23 1948 USSR Championship E61 King's Indian 28. Flohr vs Keres   ½-½ 24 1948 USSR Championship E32 Nimzo-Indian, Classical 29. Lisitsin vs Levenfish ½-½ 86 1948 USSR Championship A15 English 30. Kholmov vs Taimanov   ½-½ 49 1948 USSR Championship A34 English, Symmetrical 31. Aronin vs Alatortsev   ½-½ 31 1948 USSR Championship A25 English 32. Tolush vs Furman   1-0 78 1948 USSR Championship A28 English 33. Averbakh vs Bondarevsky ½-½ 74 1948 USSR Championship C92 Ruy Lopez, Closed 34. Bronstein vs G Ilivitsky 1-0 33 1948 USSR Championship D41 Queen's Gambit Declined, Semi-Tarrasch 35. Ragozin vs A Konstantinopolsky   ½-½ 27 1948 USSR Championship D34 Queen's Gambit Declined, Tarrasch 36. Lilienthal vs Kotov 0-1 27 1948 USSR Championship D44 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav 37. Panov vs Bronstein 0-1 54 1948 USSR Championship C17 French, Winawer, Advance 38. Kotov vs Kholmov 1-0 41 1948 USSR Championship D08 Queen's Gambit Declined, Albin Counter Gambit 39. Levenfish vs Lilienthal 1-0 39 1948 USSR Championship D85 Grunfeld 40. Taimanov vs Tolush   ½-½ 37 1948 USSR Championship E53 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3 41. Bondarevsky vs Flohr   ½-½ 19 1948 USSR Championship D55 Queen's Gambit Declined 42. A Konstantinopolsky vs Aronin ½-½ 90 1948 USSR Championship E32 Nimzo-Indian, Classical 43. Furman vs Averbakh 1-0 36 1948 USSR Championship E37 Nimzo-Indian, Classical 44. G Ilivitsky vs Ragozin   1-0 44 1948 USSR Championship E44 Nimzo-Indian, Fischer Variation, 5.Ne2 45. Alatortsev vs Lisitsin 0-1 53 1948 USSR Championship E54 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, Gligoric System 46. Flohr vs Furman 1-0 41 1948 USSR Championship D19 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, Dutch 47. Keres vs Bondarevsky   ½-½ 41 1948 USSR Championship C07 French, Tarrasch 48. Kholmov vs Levenfish 1-0 68 1948 USSR Championship E19 Queen's Indian, Old Main line, 9.Qxc3 49. Ragozin vs Panov   ½-½ 46 1948 USSR Championship C53 Giuoco Piano 50. Averbakh vs Taimanov 1-0 65 1948 USSR Championship E29 Nimzo-Indian, Samisch  page 2 of 7; games 26-50 of 171    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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