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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 3 of 4; games 51-75 of 77  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 51. Bronstein vs Kholmov ½-½ 21 1948 USSR Championship B14 Caro-Kann, Panov-Botvinnik Attack 52. A Konstantinopolsky vs Flohr   ½-½ 24 1948 USSR Championship B17 Caro-Kann, Steinitz Variation 53. Alatortsev vs Keres   ½-½ 31 1948 USSR Championship E04 Catalan, Open, 5.Nf3 54. Flohr vs G Ilivitsky   ½-½ 57 1948 USSR Championship E32 Nimzo-Indian, Classical 55. Panov vs Flohr   ½-½ 34 1948 USSR Championship B17 Caro-Kann, Steinitz Variation 56. A Konstantinopolsky vs Bondarevsky   ½-½ 27 1948 USSR Championship C92 Ruy Lopez, Closed 57. Ragozin vs Tolush   ½-½ 56 1948 USSR Championship E59 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, Main line 58. G Ilivitsky vs Keres   ½-½ 27 1948 USSR Championship E00 Queen's Pawn Game 59. Averbakh vs Ragozin   ½-½ 69 1948 USSR Championship B60 Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer 60. Flohr vs Bronstein ½-½ 21 1948 USSR Championship D22 Queen's Gambit Accepted 61. Aronin vs Averbakh ½-½ 41 1948 USSR Championship C92 Ruy Lopez, Closed 62. A Konstantinopolsky vs Taimanov   ½-½ 28 1948 USSR Championship A31 English, Symmetrical, Benoni Formation 63. Lilienthal vs Kholmov   ½-½ 28 1948 USSR Championship D30 Queen's Gambit Declined 64. Flohr vs Aronin ½-½ 35 1948 USSR Championship E92 King's Indian 65. Tolush vs Lilienthal   ½-½ 49 1948 USSR Championship E90 King's Indian 66. Bondarevsky vs Bronstein ½-½ 52 1948 USSR Championship E90 King's Indian 67. Taimanov vs G Ilivitsky   ½-½ 55 1948 USSR Championship B73 Sicilian, Dragon, Classical 68. G Ilivitsky vs Kotov ½-½ 24 1948 USSR Championship D45 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav 69. Panov vs Taimanov ½-½ 40 1948 USSR Championship C72 Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense, 5.O-O 70. Flohr vs Lilienthal   ½-½ 21 1948 USSR Championship A54 Old Indian, Ukrainian Variation, 4.Nf3 71. Furman vs Ragozin ½-½ 57 1948 USSR Championship E44 Nimzo-Indian, Fischer Variation, 5.Ne2 72. Lisitsin vs Bondarevsky   ½-½ 26 1948 USSR Championship E44 Nimzo-Indian, Fischer Variation, 5.Ne2 73. Aronin vs Furman   ½-½ 27 1948 USSR Championship C05 French, Tarrasch 74. G Ilivitsky vs Alatortsev   ½-½ 41 1948 USSR Championship A25 English 75. Ragozin vs Taimanov ½-½ 37 1948 USSR Championship E26 Nimzo-Indian, Samisch  page 3 of 4; games 51-75 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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