1947 USSR Chess Championship

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15th Soviet Chess Championship (1947)
LocationLeningrad
Champion
Paul Keres

The 1947 Soviet Chess Championship was the 15th edition of USSR Chess Championship. Held from 2 February to 8 March 1947 in Leningrad. The tournament was won by Paul Keres. Mikhail Botvinnik was absent as a sign of his displeasure over the lack of good faith by the Soviet authorities in negotiating for a World Championship match-tournament.[1]

Paul Keres

Tables and results[edit]

15th Soviet Chess Championship (1947)
Player 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 Total
1 Soviet Union Paul Keres - ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 1 1 1 ½ ½ 1 1 ½ 1 0 1 14
2 Soviet Union Isaac Boleslavsky ½ - ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 1 ½ 1 1 ½ 13
3 Soviet Union Vassily Smyslov 0 ½ - ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 1 ½ ½ 1 1 1 0 ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ 12
4 Soviet Union Igor Bondarevsky ½ ½ ½ - ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 1 ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ 0 1 11½
5 Soviet Union David Bronstein ½ ½ ½ ½ - ½ ½ 0 ½ 1 1 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 1 11
6 Soviet Union Alexander Tolush 0 0 0 ½ - ½ 1 1 ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 1 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 11
7 Soviet Union Salo Flohr ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ - ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 10½
8 Soviet Union Andor Lilienthal ½ ½ 0 ½ 1 0 ½ - 1 ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 10½
9 Soviet Union Viacheslav Ragozin 0 0 0 0 ½ 0 ½ 0 - ½ ½ 1 1 ½ 1 1 ½ 1 1 1 10
10 Soviet Union Vladimir Makogonov 0 ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ - ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 1 ½ 9
11 Soviet Union Grigory Levenfish 0 ½ ½ 0 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ - 0 ½ ½ ½ 1 1 1 0 1 9
12 Soviet Union Genrikh Kasparian 0 ½ 0 0 1 0 ½ 0 0 ½ 1 - 1 0 1 ½ 1 0 1 1 9
13 Soviet Union Mikhail Yudovich ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 1 ½ 0 - ½ ½ 0 0 ½ 1 ½ 8
14 Soviet Union Ilya Kan ½ 0 0 ½ ½ 0 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ - 0 0 1 ½ ½ 0 8
15 Soviet Union Anatoly Ufimtsev 0 0 1 0 ½ 0 1 ½ 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ 1 - 0 ½ ½ 1 ½ 8
16 Soviet Union Vladimir Alatortsev 0 0 ½ ½ ½ 0 0 ½ 0 0 0 ½ 1 1 1 - 1 ½ ½ 0
17 Soviet Union Lev Aronin ½ ½ 0 0 0 ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ 0 0 1 0 ½ 0 - ½ 1 0 7
18 Soviet Union Boris Goldenov 0 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ 0 0 0 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ - 0 1 7
19 Soviet Union Konstantin Klaman 1 0 ½ 1 0 ½ 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 ½ 0 ½ 0 1 - ½
20 Soviet Union Peter Dubinin 0 ½ ½ 0 0 0 0 ½ 0 ½ 0 0 ½ 1 ½ 1 1 0 ½ -


References[edit]

  1. ^ Cafferty, Bernard. (2016). The Soviet Championships. Londres: Everyman Chess. p. 59