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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 top grandmasters were assembled to participate. Among them were the participants of the Saltsjöbaden 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 1 of 7; games 1-25 of 171  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. Keres vs Kholmov ½-½ 63 1948 USSR Championship C07 French, Tarrasch 2. Kotov vs Ragozin 1-0 31 1948 USSR Championship D94 Grunfeld 3. Bondarevsky vs Lilienthal   ½-½ 40 1948 USSR Championship D95 Grunfeld 4. Taimanov vs Aronin 0-1 86 1948 USSR Championship B56 Sicilian 5. Furman vs Lisitsin   0-1 42 1948 USSR Championship D31 Queen's Gambit Declined 6. Levenfish vs Bronstein ½-½ 23 1948 USSR Championship C48 Four Knights 7. Flohr vs Tolush   ½-½ 35 1948 USSR Championship D45 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav 8. Konstantinopolsky vs G Ilivitsky   0-1 59 1948 USSR Championship D94 Grunfeld 9. Alatortsev vs Panov   ½-½ 43 1948 USSR Championship E01 Catalan, Closed 10. Bronstein vs Alatortsev ½-½ 41 1948 USSR Championship C98 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin 11. Averbakh vs Flohr   ½-½ 42 1948 USSR Championship B10 Caro-Kann 12. Tolush vs Keres   ½-½ 29 1948 USSR Championship E00 Queen's Pawn Game 13. Lilienthal vs Furman 0-1 44 1948 USSR Championship D18 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, Dutch 14. Panov vs Konstantinopolsky   ½-½ 79 1948 USSR Championship B15 Caro-Kann 15. Aronin vs Kotov 0-1 55 1948 USSR Championship B51 Sicilian, Canal-Sokolsky (Rossolimo) Attack 16. Ragozin vs Levenfish   ½-½ 21 1948 USSR Championship D45 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav 17. Lisitsin vs Taimanov   ½-½ 20 1948 USSR Championship D46 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav 18. Kholmov vs Bondarevsky   ½-½ 31 1948 USSR Championship E39 Nimzo-Indian, Classical, Pirc Variation 19. Keres vs Averbakh   ½-½ 42 1948 USSR Championship D30 Queen's Gambit Declined 20. Kotov vs Lisitsin 1-0 41 1948 USSR Championship A93 Dutch, Stonewall, Botvinnik Variation 21. Taimanov vs Lilienthal 0-1 40 1948 USSR Championship C84 Ruy Lopez, Closed 22. Alatortsev vs Ragozin ½-½ 91 1948 USSR Championship E01 Catalan, Closed 23. G Ilivitsky vs Panov   ½-½ 34 1948 USSR Championship D31 Queen's Gambit Declined 24. Bondarevsky vs Tolush ½-½ 22 1948 USSR Championship B18 Caro-Kann, Classical 25. Furman vs Kholmov 1-0 114 1948 USSR Championship E47 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3 O-O 5.Bd3  page 1 of 7; games 1-25 of 171    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! 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. No spamming, advertising, duplicate, or gibberish posts. 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