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USSR Championship (1947) 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.  page 1 of 8; games 1-25 of 190  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. Flohr vs Bronstein ½-½ 30 1947 USSR Championship A53 Old Indian 2. Kasparian vs Keres 0-1 30 1947 USSR Championship B23 Sicilian, Closed 3. Ufimtsev vs Levenfish   ½-½ 40 1947 USSR Championship A34 English, Symmetrical 4. Bondarevsky vs Lilienthal   ½-½ 27 1947 USSR Championship D85 Grunfeld 5. Aronin vs Ragozin   ½-½ 35 1947 USSR Championship A22 English 6. Tolush vs Smyslov 0-1 27 1947 USSR Championship D15 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav 7. V Makogonov vs M Yudovich Sr.   0-1 55 1947 USSR Championship C68 Ruy Lopez, Exchange 8. B Goldenov vs P Dubinin   1-0 72 1947 USSR Championship C77 Ruy Lopez 9. Boleslavsky vs Alatortsev 1-0 75 1947 USSR Championship C77 Ruy Lopez 10. I Kan vs K Klaman   ½-½ 67 1947 USSR Championship D28 Queen's Gambit Accepted, Classical 11. Bronstein vs Tolush ½-½ 34 1947 USSR Championship D55 Queen's Gambit Declined 12. Alatortsev vs Flohr   0-1 35 1947 USSR Championship D71 Neo-Grunfeld 13. Keres vs Ragozin 1-0 87 1947 USSR Championship D50 Queen's Gambit Declined 14. Levenfish vs V Makogonov ½-½ 50 1947 USSR Championship D59 Queen's Gambit Declined, Tartakower 15. Lilienthal vs I Kan ½-½ 66 1947 USSR Championship E04 Catalan, Open, 5.Nf3 16. Kasparian vs Ufimtsev   1-0 49 1947 USSR Championship A12 English with b3 17. M Yudovich Sr. vs Boleslavsky   ½-½ 51 1947 USSR Championship A48 King's Indian 18. K Klaman vs Aronin   0-1 48 1947 USSR Championship B20 Sicilian 19. P Dubinin vs Bondarevsky   0-1 53 1947 USSR Championship C17 French, Winawer, Advance 20. Smyslov vs B Goldenov   ½-½ 32 1947 USSR Championship C75 Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense 21. B Goldenov vs Bronstein   ½-½ 33 1947 USSR Championship C17 French, Winawer, Advance 22. Ufimtsev vs Keres 0-1 69 1947 USSR Championship E28 Nimzo-Indian, Samisch Variation 23. Boleslavsky vs Levenfish   ½-½ 43 1947 USSR Championship C83 Ruy Lopez, Open 24. Aronin vs Lilienthal   ½-½ 34 1947 USSR Championship D91 Grunfeld, 5.Bg5 25. Ragozin vs K Klaman   1-0 40 1947 USSR Championship D27 Queen's Gambit Accepted, Classical  page 1 of 8; games 1-25 of 190    REFINE SEARCH:   White wins (1-0) | Black wins (0-1) | Draws (1/2-1/2)   Apr-03-19    Nosnibor: Klaman although sharing last place beat three Soviet Champions and drew with a forthcoming Champion (Smyslov). 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