1979 USSR Chess Championship

Soviet chess tournament 47th USSR Chess Championship Minsk Efim Geller 1978 USSR Chess Championship 1980 USSR Chess Championship The 1979 Soviet Chess Championship was the 47th edition of USSR Chess Championship. Held from 29 November to 27 December 1979 in Minsk. The tournament was won by Efim Geller. He won it at the age of 54 and was the oldest player ever to have won the Championship, and did so in a field where young players abounded as never before. The qualifying tournaments took place in Bălți and Bishkek.Cafferty, Bernard Taimanov, Mark 2016 The Soviet Championships London Everyman Chess 183 Cafferty; Taimanov 2016 http://worldcat.org/oclc/41940198 Soviet chess, 1917-1991 Soltis, Andy 2000 McFarland & Co 0-7864-0676-3 41940198 thumb|200px|Efim Geller Qualifying Swiss Qualifying The Swiss Qualifying was held in Bălți from 8-28 August 1979 with 62 players. Nukhim Rashkovsky won gaining a direct promotion to the final. First League The top six qualified for the final.http://al20102007.narod.ru/ch_urs.html Russian Base + Bishkek, 2-29 October 1979 Player Rating 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 Total1URS Sergey Dolmatov2495 - 0 ½ ½ 1 0 ½ 0 ½ 1 1 1 ½ ½ 1 1 1 1112URS Sergey Makarichev2500 1 - ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 1 ½ 110½3URS Yuri Razuvaev2470 ½ ½ - ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 110½4URS Konstantin Lerner2475 ½ 1 ½ - ½ 1 ½ 0 1 ½ ½ 0 1 1 ½ 1 ½ 0105URS Yuri Anikaev2455 0 ½ ½ ½ - ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 0 ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 1106URS Artur Yusupov2490 1 ½ ½ 0 ½ - 1 ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ 1 ½ ½9½7URS Vladimir Tukmakov2575 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 - 1 ½ ½ 0 1 1 1 0 ½ 0 198URS Alexander Ivanov 1 ½ ½ 1 0 ½ 0 - 0 ½ ½ 1 ½ 0 ½ ½ 1 199URS Gennadij Timoscenko2530 ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ 1 - ½ 1 ½ 0 ½ 1 ½ 1 ½910URS Alexander Kochyev2545 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ - 0 0 ½ 1 ½ 1 1 1911URS Karen Grigorian2480 0 ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ 1 ½ 0 1 - 0 ½ ½ ½ 1 1 1912URS Lev Psakhis2480 0 0 0 1 1 ½ 0 0 ½ 1 1 - ½ 1 ½ 0 ½ 18½13URS Vladimir Bagirov2545 ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ - 0 ½ 1 ½ 18½14URS Adrian Mikhalchishin2480 ½ ½ ½ 0 0 1 0 1 ½ 0 ½ 0 1 - 0 ½ 1 1815URS Leonid Yurtaev 0 0 0 ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 - ½ 0 06½16URS Fikret Sideifzade2320 0 0 ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ 0 0 1 0 ½ ½ - ½ 0517URS Alvis Vītoliņš2430 0 ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ 1 0 0 0 0 ½ ½ 0 1 ½ - 0518URS Smbat Lputian 0 0 0 1 0 ½ 0 0 ½ 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 -5 Final The position after 11 rounds was exciting with Balashov, Geller, Kasparov, Kupreichik and Yusupov all sharing the lead on seven points. However, Geller finished like an express train. He had begun with seven draws before he won in rounds 8, 10, 11, 12, 14 and 15. Tal's result was catastrophic, and lost him 40 rating points. His poor form was largely due, according to chief judge Flohr in the bulletin, to the fact that he could not resist a wave of influenza which other participants threw off without too much difficulty.Cafferty; Taimanov 2016 183 + 47th USSR Chess Championship Player Rating 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 Total1URS Efim Geller2550 - ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 1 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 111½2URS Artur Yusupov2490 ½ - 0 ½ ½ 1 1 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 ½ 1 ½ 010½3URS Garry Kasparov ½ 1 - ½ ½ 1 1 1 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ 1 1 0 ½104URS Yuri Balashov2600 ½ ½ ½ - ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 1105URS Sergey Makarichev2500 ½ ½ ½ ½ - ½ 1 0 1 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 19½6URS Tamaz Giorgadze2535 ½ 0 0 ½ ½ - 1 1 ½ ½ 0 1 0 1 1 ½ ½ 19½7URS Viktor Kupreichik2365 ½ 0 0 ½ 0 0 - 1 1 1 ½ 1 1 ½ ½ 0 1 19½8URS Rafael Vaganian2570 ½ 0 0 ½ 1 0 0 - 1 ½ ½ 0 1 1 ½ 1 1 ½99URS Konstantin Lerner2475 0 ½ 1 ½ 0 ½ 0 0 - ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 1 ½ ½8½10URS Nukhim Rashkovsky2500 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ - 1 ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ ½811URS Alexander Beliavsky2595 0 ½ 1 ½ 1 1 ½ ½ 0 0 - ½ 0 0 0 1 1 ½812URS Yuri Razuvaev2470 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 0 1 ½ ½ ½ - ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ ½813URS Oleg Romanishin2560 0 0 ½ 0 ½ 1 0 0 ½ ½ 1 ½ - 1 1 ½ 0 1814URS Mikhail Tal2615 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ 1 ½ 0 - ½ 0 1 17½15URS Sergey Dolmatov2495 ½ ½ 0 ½ 0 0 ½ ½ 0 1 1 0 0 ½ - 1 1 ½7½16URS Evgeny Sveshnikov2545 ½ 0 0 ½ ½ ½ 1 0 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ 1 0 - 1 ½717URS Yuri Anikaev2455 0 ½ 1 0 ½ ½ 0 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ 1 0 0 0 - ½5½18URS Vitaly Tseshkovsky2560 0 1 ½ 0 0 0 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 0 ½ ½ ½ -5½ References Chess Soviet Union Category:USSR Chess Championships USSR Championship Chess