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USSR Championship (1954) The 21st Soviet Chess Championshp was held in the city of Kiev from January 7th to February 7th in 1954. Twenty of the Soviet Union's best chess masters qualified or were invited to participate in the final tournament of the chess championship. Georgy Ilivitsky, Vasily Byvshev, Georgy Lisitsin, and Georgy Borisenko qualified from the semi-final in Leningrad. Ratmir Kholmov, Alexei Suetin, Viktor Korchnoi, and Leonid Shamkovich qualified from the semi-final in Vilnius. Iosif Livshin, Semyon Furman, Anatolij Bannik, and Rashid Nezhmetdinov qualified from the semi-final in Rostov-on-Don. Viacheslav Ragozin, Vladimir Simagin, Alexey Sokolsky, and Andor Lilienthal qualified from qualified from the semi-final in Moscow. Simagin couldn't attend, however, and so his seat was given to 5th place Moscow finisher Salo Flohr. The remaining four seats of the championship were given to Yuri Averbakh, Efim Geller, Tigran Petrosian, and Mark Taimanov. Taimanov and Geller were probably invited because of their superior performances of equal first and third (respectively) at the 20th championship in '52. Who knows why Averbakh and Petrosian were invited? But it turned out to be good timing for Averbakh. He had an astounding tournament performance, finishing undefeated with ten wins. He beat half the field over the board. Taimanov also finished undefeated in second, but only managed +7. Korchnoi also won 10 games, but three losses put him tied for second with Taimanov. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 Pts. 01 Averbakh * = = = = = 1 1 = 1 1 = = 1 1 1 = 1 1 1 14.5 02 Taimanov = * = = = = 1 = = 1 1 = = 1 = = = 1 1 1 13.0 115.75 03 Korchnoi = = * 0 = = 0 = 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 = 1 1 13.0 113.00 04 Lisitsin = = 1 * = 1 1 = 1 0 = = 0 = = 1 1 1 = 1 12.5 114.50 05 Petrosian = = = = * = = = 1 = 1 = 1 1 = 1 = = = 1 12.5 113.25 06 Kholmov = = = 0 = * = 0 1 1 1 = 1 = = = = 0 1 = 10.5 07 Suetin 0 0 1 0 = = * 1 = 1 = = 1 = 1 0 1 = 0 = 10.0 90.75 08 Furman 0 = = = = 1 0 * 1 0 0 = = = = 0 1 1 1 1 10.0 86.50 09 Nezhmetdinov = = 0 0 0 0 = 0 * = 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 = 1 = 10.0 84.25 10 Byvshev 0 0 0 1 = 0 0 1 = * 0 1 = = 0 1 = 1 1 1 9.5 79.25 11 Geller 0 0 0 = 0 0 = 1 0 1 * 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 = 9.5 78.25 12 Flohr = = 0 = = = = = 0 0 0 * = 1 = = = = 1 = 8.5 76.75 13 Borisenko = = 0 1 0 0 0 = 0 = 1 = * = = = 1 = 0 1 8.5 76.50 14 Bannik 0 0 1 = 0 = = = 1 = 0 0 = * 1 = 0 0 = 1 8.0 73.50 15 Ilivitsky 0 = 0 = = = 0 = 0 1 0 = = 0 * = 1 = = 1 8.0 69.00 16 Lilienthal 0 = 0 0 0 = 1 1 0 0 0 = = = = * 1 = 1 = 8.0 66.50 17 Shamkovich = = 0 0 = = 0 0 0 = 1 = 0 1 0 0 * 1 0 = 6.5 60.75 18 Ragozin 0 0 = 0 = 1 = 0 = 0 0 = = 1 = = 0 * 0 = 6.5 60.25 19 Livshin 0 0 0 = = 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 = = 0 1 1 * 0 6.0 20 Sokolsky 0 0 0 0 0 = = 0 = 0 = = 0 0 0 = = = 1 * 5.0  page 1 of 8; games 1-25 of 190  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. Suetin vs Korchnoi 1-0 44 1954 USSR Championship B32 Sicilian 2. Kholmov vs R Nezhmetdinov 1-0 30 1954 USSR Championship A16 English 3. Lilienthal vs I Livshin   1-0 55 1954 USSR Championship C85 Ruy Lopez, Exchange Variation Doubly Deferred (DERLD) 4. Furman vs G Borisenko   ½-½ 35 1954 USSR Championship E70 King's Indian 5. Taimanov vs Shamkovich   ½-½ 31 1954 USSR Championship D31 Queen's Gambit Declined 6. Geller vs A Bannik   1-0 65 1954 USSR Championship A07 King's Indian Attack 7. Averbakh vs Flohr   ½-½ 26 1954 USSR Championship E59 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, Main line 8. V Byvshev vs G Ilivitsky   0-1 37 1954 USSR Championship B39 Sicilian, Accelerated Fianchetto, Breyer Variation 9. Lisitsin vs Ragozin 1-0 44 1954 USSR Championship E92 King's Indian 10. Petrosian vs Sokolsky 1-0 60 1954 USSR Championship A07 King's Indian Attack 11. Korchnoi vs Geller 1-0 25 1954 USSR Championship B64 Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer Attack 12. R Nezhmetdinov vs Averbakh   ½-½ 31 1954 USSR Championship B88 Sicilian, Fischer-Sozin Attack 13. Flohr vs Suetin ½-½ 18 1954 USSR Championship A15 English 14. A Bannik vs Taimanov 0-1 59 1954 USSR Championship B88 Sicilian, Fischer-Sozin Attack 15. I Livshin vs Petrosian ½-½ 48 1954 USSR Championship B52 Sicilian, Canal-Sokolsky (Rossolimo) Attack 16. Ragozin vs G Borisenko   ½-½ 41 1954 USSR Championship E75 King's Indian, Averbakh, Main line 17. Lisitsin vs Kholmov 1-0 55 1954 USSR Championship A06 Reti Opening 18. G Ilivitsky vs Lilienthal   ½-½ 27 1954 USSR Championship E59 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, Main line 19. Shamkovich vs V Byvshev   ½-½ 51 1954 USSR Championship A15 English 20. Sokolsky vs Furman   0-1 49 1954 USSR Championship B58 Sicilian 21. Geller vs Flohr 1-0 39 1954 USSR Championship A22 English 22. Taimanov vs Korchnoi ½-½ 42 1954 USSR Championship A34 English, Symmetrical 23. Lilienthal vs Shamkovich   1-0 31 1954 USSR Championship E80 King's Indian, Samisch Variation 24. Suetin vs R Nezhmetdinov   ½-½ 31 1954 USSR Championship C99 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin, 12...cd 25. Kholmov vs Ragozin 0-1 44 1954 USSR Championship A16 English  page 1 of 8; games 1-25 of 190    REFINE SEARCH:   White wins (1-0) | Black wins (0-1) | Draws (1/2-1/2)     There is no kibitzing for this page, yet.   NOTE: Create an account today to post replies and access other powerful features which are available only to registered users. 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