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 strongest players were assembled to participate. Among them were the participants of the Saltsjobaden 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.
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| 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. A 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 A 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 |
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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. |
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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. |
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Jan-21-13
 | | HeMateMe: Kotov wins the event, with ten wins and four losses. He was thought to be somewhat eratic. |
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Jan-21-13
 | | Phony Benoni: <chessgames.com> Looks like everything is in order now. Thanks and praise to The Librarian! |
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Jul-17-22
 | | Open Defence: Forever indebted to the great work that <PB> did |
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