USSR Championship 1964/65 |
The 32nd USSR Championship was held in Kiev from December 25, 1964 through January 27, 1965, with a field of twenty players: Yuri Averbakh ; Nikolay Bakulin ; Anatolij Bannik ; Georgy Borisenko ; David Bronstein ; Boris Goldenov ;
Ratmir Kholmov ;
Viktor Korchnoi ;
Nikolai Krogius ;
Anatoly Lein ; Vladimir Liavdansky ; Anatoly Lutikov ;
Viacheslav Osnos ;
Andrejs Petersons ;
Yuri Sakharov ;
Leonid Shamkovich ; Leonid Stein ; Alexey Suetin ; Mikhail Tal ;
Evgeni Vasiukov . It saw an interruption in the dominance of Leonid Stein, as Korchnoi came both hungry and in good form. By round 7 he had 6 1/2 points and was already 1 1/2 ahead points of the field. By round 11, he had stretched these totals to 10 points and a 2 1/2 point lead. After that, everybody kept a safe distance away and Korchnoi eased up a bit, still clinching first place with two rounds to go. Kiev, Soviet Union (Ukraine), 25 December 1964 - 27 January 1965 (1, 2) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0
1 Korchnoi * 1 1 ½ 1 1 1 ½ 1 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 1 1 ½ ½ 15.0
2 Bronstein 0 * 1 0 0 ½ ½ ½ 1 1 1 1 1 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 1 1 13.0
3 Tal 0 0 * ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 0 1 1 ½ 1 1 ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 1 12.5
4 Stein ½ 1 ½ * ½ ½ 0 1 1 ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 0 1 ½ ½ 1 ½ 12.0
5 Kholmov 0 1 ½ ½ * ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 1 ½ ½ 11.5
6 Shamkovich 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ * 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 0 1 1 ½ 1 1 1 ½ 11.5
7 Lein 0 ½ ½ 1 0 0 * ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 1 11.0
8 Krogius ½ ½ 0 0 ½ ½ ½ * ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ 1 10.5
9 Lutikov 0 0 1 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ * ½ 1 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 10.5
10 Averbakh 0 0 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ * 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ 9.0
11 Osnos ½ 0 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 0 * ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 9.0
12 Borisenko ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ 0 0 ½ ½ * 1 0 ½ 1 1 1 ½ ½ 8.5
13 Suetin ½ 0 0 ½ ½ 1 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 * ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ 1 8.0
14 Vasiukov 0 0 0 0 ½ 0 0 ½ ½ ½ 0 1 ½ * 1 1 1 0 ½ 1 8.0
15 Bannik ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 0 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 * ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ 7.5
16 Petersons 0 ½ ½ 0 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ 0 1 0 ½ * ½ ½ 1 ½ 7.5
17 Sakharov 0 ½ 0 ½ 0 0 ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ 0 1 ½ * 1 1 ½ 7.5
18 Goldenov 0 0 ½ ½ 0 0 ½ 0 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ 1 ½ ½ 0 * ½ 1 6.5
19 Liavdansky ½ 0 0 0 ½ 0 0 ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ 1 0 0 ½ * 0 5.5
20 Bakulin ½ 0 0 ½ ½ ½ 0 0 0 ½ 0 ½ 0 0 ½ ½ ½ 0 1 * 5.5 1 Bernard Cafferty and Mark Taimanov, The Soviet Championships (Cadogan 1998), pp. 124-127.
2 Rounds and game dates from: Alexander Khalifman (ed.), Mikhail Tal Games II (Chess Stars 1995), pp. 82-93.Original collection: Game Collection: USSR Championship 1964/65, by User: Phony Benoni.
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Game |
| Result | Moves |
Year | Event/Locale | Opening |
176. G Borisenko vs Kholmov |
| ½-½ | 20 | 1965 | USSR Championship 1964/65 | E40 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3 |
177. Vasiukov vs B Goldenov |
| 0-1 | 47 | 1965 | USSR Championship 1964/65 | C12 French, McCutcheon |
178. Lutikov vs V Osnos |
  | 1-0 | 25 | 1965 | USSR Championship 1964/65 | B27 Sicilian |
179. N Krogius vs A Lein |
| ½-½ | 19 | 1965 | USSR Championship 1964/65 | D58 Queen's Gambit Declined, Tartakower (Makagonov-Bondarevsky) Syst |
180. Y Sakharov vs N Bakulin |
| ½-½ | 94 | 1965 | USSR Championship 1964/65 | C72 Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense, 5.O-O |
181. Bronstein vs G Borisenko |
 | 1-0 | 47 | 1965 | USSR Championship 1964/65 | A48 King's Indian |
182. A Bannik vs Korchnoi |
| ½-½ | 20 | 1965 | USSR Championship 1964/65 | D41 Queen's Gambit Declined, Semi-Tarrasch |
183. Kholmov vs Tal |
| ½-½ | 24 | 1965 | USSR Championship 1964/65 | A07 King's Indian Attack |
184. Shamkovich vs Stein |
| ½-½ | 38 | 1965 | USSR Championship 1964/65 | B32 Sicilian |
185. A Lein vs Suetin |
| 1-0 | 41 | 1965 | USSR Championship 1964/65 | B48 Sicilian, Taimanov Variation |
186. Averbakh vs Vasiukov |
| ½-½ | 43 | 1965 | USSR Championship 1964/65 | A49 King's Indian, Fianchetto without c4 |
187. V Osnos vs N Krogius |
| ½-½ | 43 | 1965 | USSR Championship 1964/65 | D32 Queen's Gambit Declined, Tarrasch |
188. B Goldenov vs Lutikov |
  | 0-1 | 26 | 1965 | USSR Championship 1964/65 | B06 Robatsch |
189. N Bakulin vs A Petersons |
| ½-½ | 49 | 1965 | USSR Championship 1964/65 | B45 Sicilian, Taimanov |
190. V Liavdansky vs Y Sakharov |
 | 0-1 | 43 | 1965 | USSR Championship 1964/65 | A06 Reti Opening |
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Dec-30-12 | | Kikoman: First! |
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Dec-30-12 | | Kikoman: Great performance by Viktor Korchnoi in this tournament, the only undefeated player in the field. :O |
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Dec-30-12
 | | perfidious: <Kikoman> In two of his other three wins in the Soviet final (the exception being 1960), Korchnoi won with ease. For those who might object that Korchnoi won by only a half-point in 1962, that is true, but he had 12/14 and the runners-up only got within shouting distance after Korchnoi's loss to Mikenas in round 16. Even then, Korchnoi maintained a lead of a full point entering the last round. |
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Aug-26-13 | | Everett: One of Bronstein's last excellent tournament results at the highest level. |
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Apr-08-15 | | Howard: It was also one of Shamkovich's best performances in a Soviet championship. |
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Apr-08-15 | | bobthebob: I think Korchnoi will win this.
How does it affect his live rating? |
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Apr-08-15 | | Jim Bartle: Nice. |
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Apr-08-15
 | | offramp: <Jim Bartle: Nice.> Please avoid one word |
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Apr-09-15
 | | offramp: comments. |
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Jun-22-15 | | Howard: This was probably Shamkovich's best performance in a Soviet championship. |
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Mar-23-17 | | Marmot PFL: The absence of strong players such as Spassky, Petrosian, Geller, Keres and Taimanov helped Korchnoi win more games than usual but still a great result. |
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Jul-19-18 | | ewan14: Korchnoi beat world champion Petrosian twice in 1965 and the others were not a threat at this time |
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Jul-19-18 | | ewan14: Apologies , Keres and Taimanov at the USSR championship 1965 |
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