| 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 |
| 51. Bronstein vs Aronin |
| 1-0 | 63 | 1947 | USSR Championship | A07 King's Indian Attack |
| 52. A Ufimtsev vs Flohr |
| 1-0 | 58 | 1947 | USSR Championship | A45 Queen's Pawn Game |
| 53. Keres vs Lilienthal |
| ½-½ | 23 | 1947 | USSR Championship | C49 Four Knights |
| 54. Levenfish vs B Goldenov |
| 1-0 | 71 | 1947 | USSR Championship | A16 English |
| 55. Smyslov vs Ragozin |
 | 1-0 | 26 | 1947 | USSR Championship | D44 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav |
| 56. G Kasparian vs Tolush |
| 0-1 | 37 | 1947 | USSR Championship | C00 French Defense |
| 57. P Dubinin vs K Klaman |
| ½-½ | 36 | 1947 | USSR Championship | C61 Ruy Lopez, Bird's Defense |
| 58. M Yudovich Sr vs Bondarevsky |
| ½-½ | 21 | 1947 | USSR Championship | C67 Ruy Lopez |
| 59. Alatortsev vs I Kan |
 | 1-0 | 38 | 1947 | USSR Championship | E68 King's Indian, Fianchetto, Classical Variation, 8.e4 |
| 60. V Makogonov vs Boleslavsky |
| ½-½ | 56 | 1947 | USSR Championship | E90 King's Indian |
| 61. Ragozin vs Bronstein |
| ½-½ | 21 | 1947 | USSR Championship | D27 Queen's Gambit Accepted, Classical |
| 62. Flohr vs V Makogonov |
| 1-0 | 55 | 1947 | USSR Championship | D54 Queen's Gambit Declined, Anti-Neo-Orthodox Variation |
| 63. Bondarevsky vs Levenfish |
| 1-0 | 65 | 1947 | USSR Championship | E48 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3 O-O 5.Bd3 d5 |
| 64. Lilienthal vs P Dubinin |
| ½-½ | 62 | 1947 | USSR Championship | E90 King's Indian |
| 65. K Klaman vs Smyslov |
| ½-½ | 19 | 1947 | USSR Championship | A47 Queen's Indian |
| 66. Tolush vs A Ufimtsev |
| 1-0 | 39 | 1947 | USSR Championship | B08 Pirc, Classical |
| 67. Aronin vs Alatortsev |
| 0-1 | 44 | 1947 | USSR Championship | A22 English |
| 68. B Goldenov vs G Kasparian |
| 1-0 | 31 | 1947 | USSR Championship | B07 Pirc |
| 69. I Kan vs M Yudovich Sr |
| ½-½ | 40 | 1947 | USSR Championship | D47 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav |
| 70. Boleslavsky vs Keres |
| ½-½ | 24 | 1947 | USSR Championship | C83 Ruy Lopez, Open |
| 71. Bronstein vs K Klaman |
| 1-0 | 56 | 1947 | USSR Championship | D23 Queen's Gambit Accepted |
| 72. Boleslavsky vs Flohr |
| ½-½ | 27 | 1947 | USSR Championship | C71 Ruy Lopez |
| 73. Keres vs P Dubinin |
| 1-0 | 63 | 1947 | USSR Championship | D96 Grunfeld, Russian Variation |
| 74. Levenfish vs I Kan |
| ½-½ | 40 | 1947 | USSR Championship | E59 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, Main line |
| 75. Smyslov vs Lilienthal |
| 1-0 | 65 | 1947 | USSR Championship | D96 Grunfeld, Russian Variation |
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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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