1949 USSR Chess Championship

Soviet chess tournament 17th Soviet Chess Championship (1949) Moscow Vassily Smyslov David Bronstein 1948 USSR Chess Championship 1950 USSR Chess Championship The 1949 Soviet Chess Championship was the 17th edition of USSR Chess Championship. Held from 16 October to 20 November 1949 in Moscow. The tournament was won by Vassily Smyslov and David Bronstein. Mikhail Botvinnik did not participate in the championship again, he was to take a three-year break, to work on his doctorate. Semifinals tournaments were played in the cities of Moscow, Leningrad, Tbilisi and Vilnius.Cafferty, Bernard. (2016). The Soviet Championships. Londres: Everyman Chess. p. 67 200px|thumb|Vassily Smyslov 200px|thumb|David Bronstein Table and results + 17th Soviet Chess Championship (1949) Player 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 Total1URS Vassily Smyslov - 1 ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ 1 1 1 ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 1 0 1 1132URS David Bronstein 0 - ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ 1 1 ½ 1 1 ½ 1133URS Efim Geller ½ ½ - ½ 1 1 1 0 ½ 0 1 0 0 ½ 1 1 1 1 1 112½4URS Mark Taimanov ½ ½ ½ - 0 ½ ½ 1 1 ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 112½5URS Semyon Furman 1 ½ 0 1 - 1 0 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 111½6URS Isaac Boleslavsky ½ ½ 0 ½ 0 - ½ ½ 1 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 1 ½ 1 ½ 1 ½11½7URS Alexander Kotov ½ ½ 0 ½ 1 ½ - ½ 0 ½ 1 0 ½ 0 1 1 1 1 1 111½8URS Paul Keres ½ 0 1 0 0 ½ ½ - ½ ½ ½ 1 1 1 ½ 1 1 1 0 ½119URS Lev Aronin 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ 0 1 ½ - ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 ½ ½ 1 ½ ½1010URS Ratmir Kholmov 0 0 1 ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ - ½ 0 1 ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 1 ½1011URS Salo Flohr 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ - ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 0 ½912URS Alexey Sokolsky ½ 0 1 0 ½ ½ 1 0 ½ 1 ½ - ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ ½8½13URS Andor Lilienthal 0 ½ 1 ½ 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ 0 0 ½ - ½ 1 0 1 ½ ½ ½814URS Vladas Mikenas ½ 0 ½ 0 1 0 1 0 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ - 0 0 1 ½ ½ 1815URS Nikolai Kopilov ½ 0 0 0 1 0 0 ½ 0 0 ½ 1 0 1 - ½ 1 ½ ½ 1816URS Tigran Petrosian 0 ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ 0 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ 1 1 ½ - 0 1 1 07½17URS Viacheslav Ragozin 0 0 0 ½ 1 0 0 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 0 0 1 - ½ ½ 16½18URS Grigory Levenfish 1 0 0 ½ 0 ½ 0 0 0 0 0 1 ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ - 1 0619URS Victor Liublinsky 0 ½ 0 0 0 0 0 1 ½ 0 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ 0 - ½620URS Grigory Goldberg 0 0 0 0 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 0 1 0 1 ½ -6 References Chess Soviet Union Category:USSR Chess Championships Category:1949 in chess Chess