1969 USSR Chess Championship

37th Soviet Chess Championship
LocationMoscow
Champion
Tigran Petrosian

The 1969 Soviet Chess Championship was the 37th edition of USSR Chess Championship. Held from 7 September to 12 October 1969 in Moscow. The tournament was won by Tigran Petrosian who defeats Lev Polugaevsky in a play-off match. The final were preceded by semifinals events at Barnaul, Kiev, Rostov-on-Don and Voronezh. This Championship saw a return to a strong event with the unprecedented entry of 23 players. Petrosian made a come-back after having lost his world title to Spassky the year before. A big surprise in the semifinals was the failure of David Bronstein to qualify from the Kiev event.[1][2]

Tigran Petrosian

Table and results

37th Soviet Chess Championship
Player 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 Total
1 Soviet Union Tigran Petrosian - ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 ½ 1 1 ½ 1 ½ 14
2 Soviet Union Lev Polugaevsky ½ - ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 1 1 1 ½ ½ 1 1 ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ 14
3 Soviet Union Efim Geller ½ ½ - ½ 1 ½ 0 ½ ½ 1 0 0 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 1 1 1 ½ ½ 1 13½
4 Soviet Union Vassily Smyslov ½ ½ ½ - ½ 1 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ ½ 13½
5 Soviet Union Mark Taimanov ½ ½ 0 ½ - ½ 1 ½ 1 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ 13½
6 Soviet Union Leonid Stein ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ - ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 13
7 Soviet Union Igor Platonov ½ 0 1 1 0 ½ - 0 ½ 1 ½ 0 0 1 0 ½ 1 1 ½ 1 1 ½ 1 12½
8 Soviet Union Yuri Balashov ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 - ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 0 0 ½ 1 1 ½ 12½
9 Soviet Union Ratmir Kholmov ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ - ½ ½ ½ 1 0 ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 1 1 ½ 12½
10 Soviet Union Vladimir Savon 0 ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ - ½ ½ ½ 1 1 1 1 ½ ½ 0 1 1 1 12
11 Soviet Union Aivars Gipslis ½ 0 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ - 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 1 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ 12
12 Soviet Union Orest Averkin ½ 0 1 ½ ½ 0 1 ½ ½ ½ 0 - ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ 1 1 11½
13 Soviet Union Samuel Zhukhovitsky ½ 0 0 0 ½ 0 1 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ - ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 1 11
14 Soviet Union Mikhail Tal ½ 0 ½ 0 0 ½ 0 0 1 0 ½ ½ ½ - ½ 1 ½ 1 1 ½ 1 0 1 10½
15 Soviet Union Vladimir Liberzon ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ - ½ ½ 0 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 10½
16 Soviet Union Evgeni Vasiukov 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ - ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 0 1 9½
17 Soviet Union Eduard Gufeld 0 0 0 ½ ½ ½ 0 0 0 0 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ - 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 9
18 Soviet Union Alexander Zaitsev ½ 0 0 ½ 0 ½ 0 1 ½ ½ 0 1 ½ 0 1 0 0 - 1 ½ ½ 1 0 9
19 Soviet Union Anatoly Lutikov 0 ½ 0 0 0 ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ 0 0 ½ ½ 0 - 1 ½ 1 1 9
20 Soviet Union Igor Zaitsev 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ 0 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 - ½ 1 0 9
21 Soviet Union Vladimir Tukmakov ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ 0 0 0 0 ½ ½ 0 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ - ½ 1 7½
22 Soviet Union Semyon Furman 0 1 ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ 0 0 0 ½ 0 0 1 ½ 1 ½ 0 0 0 ½ - 0 7
23 Soviet Union Viktor Kupreichik ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ 0 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 - 6½

Play-off

Moscow Central Chess Club, 19-29 January 1970
Player 1 2 3 4 5 Total
Soviet Union Tigran Petrosian 1 ½ ½ 1 ½ 3½
Soviet Union Lev Polugaevsky 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ 1½


References

  1. ^ Cafferty, Bernard (2016). The Soviet Championships. London: Everyman Chess. p. 144.
  2. ^ Soltis, Andy. (2000). Soviet chess, 1917-1991. McFarland & Co. ISBN 0-7864-0676-3. OCLC 41940198.
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