1948 USSR Chess Championship

The 1948 Soviet Chess Championship was the 16th edition of USSR Chess Championship. Held from 10 November to 13 December 1948 in Moscow. The tournament was won by David Bronstein and Alexander Kotov. Mikhail Botvinnik did not participate in the championship again, as he had recently won the world title in the tournament at The Hague and Moscow. In fact he was to take a three-year break, to work on his doctorate. Quarterfinal tournaments were played in the cities of Tbilisi and Yaroslavl; and semifinals in Sverdlovsk, Leningrad and Moscow.[1]

16th Soviet Chess Championship (1948)
LocationMoscow
Champion
David Bronstein
Alexander Kotov

Table and results

16th Soviet Chess Championship (1948)
Player12345678910111213141516171819Total
1 David Bronstein -½1½1½½½01½½½½11½1112
2 Alexander Kotov ½-½½00111½11010111112
3 Semyon Furman 0½-0010½10111½1111½11
4 Salo Flohr ½½1-½½1½½½½110½½½½½10½
5 Alexander Tolush 011½-10½½1½00½101½110
6 Alexander Konstantinopolsky ½10½0-½½10111½½½0½½
7 Georgy Lisitsin ½0101½-½0010½11½1½½
8 Igor Bondarevsky ½0½½½½½-½1½½01½01½1
9 Paul Keres 100½½01½-½½½10½1½½1
10 Georgy Ilivitsky 0½1½0110½-0101½½½½½9
11 Andor Lilienthal ½00½½00½½1-½0½11½119
12 Ratmir Kholmov ½000101½½0½-110½½½1
13 Grigory Levenfish ½10010½10110-½½01008
14 Viacheslav Ragozin ½0½1½½0010½0½-½½½½18
15 Yuri Averbakh 010½0½0½½½01½½-101½8
16 Vasily Panov 000½1½½10½0½1½0-½½½
17 Vladimir Alatortsev ½00½0100½½½½0½1½-1½
18 Mark Taimanov 000½½½½½½½0½1½0½0-06
19 Lev Aronin 00½½0½½00½0010½½½1-6

References

  1. Cafferty, Bernard. (2016). The Soviet Championships. Londres: Everyman Chess. p. 62
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