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🏆 USSR Championship (1949)

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The 17th USSR chess championship took place in the Soviet capital of Moscow from October 16th to November 20th, 1949. Twenty of the Soviet Union's best grandmasters and masters qualified or received invitations to participate in the round robin event. Twelve players qualified from semi-final tournaments held earlier in the year: ... [more]

Player: Isaac Boleslavsky

 page 1 of 1; 19 games  PGN Download 
Game  ResultMoves YearEvent/LocaleOpening
1. A Sokolsky vs Boleslavsky  ½-½221949USSR ChampionshipE32 Nimzo-Indian, Classical
2. Boleslavsky vs N Kopilov 1-0251949USSR ChampionshipB03 Alekhine's Defense
3. Taimanov vs Boleslavsky  ½-½311949USSR ChampionshipB59 Sicilian, Boleslavsky Variation, 7.Nb3
4. Boleslavsky vs Ragozin  1-0491949USSR ChampionshipC74 Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense
5. V Lyublinsky vs Boleslavsky  0-1791949USSR ChampionshipB60 Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer
6. Boleslavsky vs Kotov ½-½411949USSR ChampionshipB85 Sicilian, Scheveningen, Classical
7. Smyslov vs Boleslavsky  ½-½441949USSR ChampionshipD97 Grunfeld, Russian
8. Boleslavsky vs Flohr  ½-½181949USSR ChampionshipC91 Ruy Lopez, Closed
9. Geller vs Boleslavsky 1-0651949USSR ChampionshipD72 Neo-Grunfeld, 5.cd, Main line
10. Boleslavsky vs Keres  ½-½431949USSR ChampionshipC91 Ruy Lopez, Closed
11. Lilienthal vs Boleslavsky  ½-½301949USSR ChampionshipE60 King's Indian Defense
12. Boleslavsky vs Aronin 1-0321949USSR ChampionshipB88 Sicilian, Fischer-Sozin Attack
13. Petrosian vs Boleslavsky ½-½371949USSR ChampionshipD85 Grunfeld
14. Boleslavsky vs V Mikenas  1-0411949USSR ChampionshipC15 French, Winawer
15. G Goldberg vs Boleslavsky  ½-½411949USSR ChampionshipA15 English
16. Boleslavsky vs Bronstein ½-½201949USSR ChampionshipC79 Ruy Lopez, Steinitz Defense Deferred
17. Levenfish vs Boleslavsky  ½-½471949USSR ChampionshipE61 King's Indian
18. Kholmov vs Boleslavsky 0-1431949USSR ChampionshipB62 Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer
19. Boleslavsky vs Furman 0-1421949USSR ChampionshipC97 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin
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Kibitzer's Corner
Aug-06-13
Premium Chessgames Member
  GrahamClayton: Bronstein started the tournament with 6/11, but a run of 7/8 propelled him to the title.
Jul-25-16
Premium Chessgames Member
  Sally Simpson: Small error in the text.

"While this championship was Smyslov's first and last Soviet crown."

Smyslov shared it again in 1955.

Game Collection: USSR Championship 1955

Jul-26-16  ughaibu: But Smyslov lost the play-off, in 1955.

How did Bronstein come closer to being world champion, without succeeding, than Schlechter or Leko?

Jul-27-16  whiteshark: Fair question!
Jul-27-16
Premium Chessgames Member
  Sally Simpson: 'Smyslov lost the play-off'

Then the small error is in the Smyslov Bio.

USSR Championship (1949)

Soviet champion in 1955 sharing the first place with Efim Geller.

(no mention of a play-off.)

Apr-26-17
Premium Chessgames Member
  Chessical: Petrosian's first Soviet Championship, he qualified from the semi-final held in Tiflis.
Apr-26-17  Nosnibor: This was Geller`s debut and he scored 10 wins which exceeded both of the joint winners decisive games.Also noticeable is that he scored 4.5 points against the first six without losing a single game.
Sep-02-17  Arconax: Goldberg got lost in all the variations.
Sep-02-18
Premium Chessgames Member
  fiercebadger: Petrosian lost five games
Sep-02-18
Premium Chessgames Member
  Check It Out: <fiercebadger: Petrosian lost five games>

Not eight as listed here?

Sep-02-18  siimens: Well, closest probably because Bronstein didn't lose Botvinnik but tied the 1951 title match
Feb-16-19
Premium Chessgames Member
  perfidious: <fiercebadger: Petrosian lost five games>

He lost the first five.

Sep-30-21
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  kingscrusher: Petrosian got hammered in this tournament - no wonder if created a more defensive style later!

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