1963 USSR Chess Championship

The 1963 Soviet Chess Championship was the 31st edition of USSR Chess Championship. Held from 23 November to 27 December 1963 in Leningrad. The tournament was won by Leonid Stein. The final were preceded by semifinals events at Almaty, Kharkov, Moscow and Sverdlovsk.[1][2]

31st Soviet Chess Championship (1963)
LocationLeningrad
Champion
Leonid Stein

Table and results

31st Soviet Chess Championship
Player1234567891011121314151617181920Total
1 Leonid Stein -½1½½½½½½½01½½11½½1112
2 Boris Spassky ½-½½½½1½½½1½½½½1½½1112
3 Ratmir Kholmov 0½-1½½½½1½½½11½11½½½12
4 Alexey Suetin ½½0-½101½01½½11½011111½
5 Efim Geller ½½½½-½½0½½1½½1½½11½111½
6 David Bronstein ½½½0½-0½1½0111½½½11111½
7 Eduard Gufeld ½0½1½1-½0½½½11½01½1½11
8 Lev Polugaevsky ½½½01½½-½0½1½½½1½1½111
9 Aivars Gipslis ½½0½½01½-1½½0½½11½1½10½
10 Viktor Korchnoi ½½½1½½½10-½½½0½½01½110
11 Vladimir Bagirov 10½001½½½½-½0½½½½1½1
12 Yuri Averbakh 0½½½½0½0½½½-10½1½½1½9
13 Iivo Nei ½½0½½00½1½10-½½½10½19
14 Mark Taimanov ½½00000½½1½1½-10½1½½
15 Semyon Furman 0½½0½½½½½½½½½0-10101
16 Janis Klovans 000½½½100½½0½10-1½10
17 Alexander Zakharov ½½010½0½01½½0½10-½007
18 Igor Bondarevsky ½½½000½0½00½100½½-1½
19 Arkady Novopashin 00½0½00½0½½0½½1010-1
20 Viatcheslav Osnos 00½000½0½00½0½011½0-5

Playoff

31st Soviet Chess Championship - Playoff
Player123Total
1 Leonid Stein --½½
2 Boris Spassky --½12
3 Ratmir Kholmov ½½½0--

References

  1. Cafferty, Bernard (2016). The Soviet Championships. London: Everyman Chess. p. 120.
  2. Soltis, Andy. (2000). Soviet chess, 1917-1991. McFarland & Co. ISBN 0-7864-0676-3.
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