1961 USSR Chess Championship (28th)
The 1961 Soviet Chess Championship - 28th edition was held from 11 January to 11 February 1961 in Moscow. The tournament was won by Tigran Petrosian. The final were preceded by semifinals events at Odessa, Rostov and Vilnius. This was also a Zonal tournament with four Interzonal places on offer. 1961 was the year of two Soviet Chess Championships, the 28th and the 29th editions.[1][2]
| 28th Soviet Chess Championship | |
|---|---|
| Location | Moscow |
| Champion | |
| Tigran Petrosian | |
Table and results
| Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Tigran Petrosian |
- | 1 | 0 | ½ | 1 | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | 1 | 1 | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | 13½ |
| 2 | Viktor Korchnoi |
0 | - | ½ | ½ | 0 | 1 | ½ | 1 | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | ½ | 1 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | 13 |
| 3 | Leonid Stein |
1 | ½ | - | 1 | ½ | 1 | ½ | 0 | 0 | ½ | 0 | 1 | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | ½ | ½ | 1 | 12 |
| 4 | Efim Geller |
½ | ½ | 0 | - | 1 | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ½ | 1 | ½ | 1 | 1 | ½ | ½ | 1 | 12 |
| 5 | Vassily Smyslov |
0 | 1 | ½ | 0 | - | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | ½ | 11 |
| 6 | Boris Spassky |
½ | 0 | 0 | ½ | ½ | - | 1 | 0 | 0 | ½ | 1 | 1 | ½ | 1 | ½ | 1 | ½ | 1 | ½ | 1 | 11 |
| 7 | Yuri Averbakh |
½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 0 | - | ½ | 0 | 1 | 1 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | 10½ |
| 8 | Lev Polugaevsky |
0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ½ | 1 | ½ | - | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | 1 | ½ | 1 | 1 | ½ | 10½ |
| 9 | Vladimir Simagin |
½ | ½ | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ½ | ½ | 10 |
| 10 | Mark Taimanov |
0 | 0 | ½ | 0 | 0 | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ½ | 10 |
| 11 | Semyon Furman |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ½ | 0 | 0 | ½ | ½ | 0 | - | ½ | 1 | 1 | ½ | ½ | 1 | 0 | ½ | 1 | 9½ |
| 12 | David Bronstein |
½ | 0 | 0 | 1 | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | 1 | 0 | ½ | - | 1 | 0 | 1 | ½ | ½ | 0 | 1 | ½ | 9 |
| 13 | Isaac Boleslavsky |
½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | 1 | 9 |
| 14 | Eduard Gufeld |
0 | 0 | ½ | 0 | ½ | 0 | ½ | 0 | ½ | 1 | 0 | 1 | ½ | - | 1 | ½ | 0 | ½ | 1 | ½ | 8 |
| 15 | Alexander Cherepkov |
0 | ½ | 0 | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | 0 | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ½ | 7½ |
| 16 | Anatoly Lutikov |
0 | ½ | 0 | 0 | ½ | 0 | ½ | 0 | 1 | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 0 | - | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | 7½ |
| 17 | Vitaly Tarasov |
½ | ½ | 0 | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | 0 | 0 | ½ | ½ | 1 | 0 | ½ | - | 0 | 0 | ½ | 7 |
| 18 | Georgy Borisenko |
½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | 0 | 0 | ½ | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ½ | 0 | ½ | 1 | - | ½ | 0 | 6½ |
| 19 | Abram Khasin |
0 | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 0 | 0 | ½ | 0 | ½ | 0 | ½ | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ½ | - | ½ | 6½ |
| 20 | Anatoly Bannik |
½ | 0 | 0 | 0 | ½ | 0 | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | 1 | ½ | - | 6 |
References
- Cafferty, Bernard (2016). The Soviet Championships. London: Everyman Chess. p. 107.
- Soltis, Andy. (2000). Soviet chess, 1917-1991. McFarland & Co. ISBN 0-7864-0676-3.
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