1955 USSR Chess Championship

Soviet chess tournament 22nd Soviet Chess Championship (1955) Moscow Efim Geller 1954 USSR Chess Championship 1956 USSR Chess Championship The 1955 Soviet Chess Championship was the 22nd edition of USSR Chess Championship. Held from 11 February to 15 March 1955 in Moscow. The tournament was won by Efim Geller who defeats Smyslov in a play-off match (4-3). The final were preceded semifinals events at Leningrad, Gorky and Yerevan.Cafferty, Bernard. (2016). The Soviet Championships. London: Everyman Chess. p. 84http://worldcat.org/oclc/41940198 Soviet chess, 1917-1991 Soltis, Andy. 2000 McFarland & Co 0-7864-0676-3 41940198 It was the worst USSR Chess Championship of Korchnoi's career, despite having fought in each game, all showing the high level of the competition.Chess is my life. Autobiography and games Korchnoi, Viktor 1978 27 Arco Publishing thumb|300px|Efim Geller Table and results + 22nd Soviet Chess Championship (1955) Player 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 Total1URS Efim Geller - 0 1 0 ½ ½ ½ 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 ½ 1 1 1 1122URS Vasily Smyslov 1 - 1 ½ 0 ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 0 ½ 1 ½ ½ 1123URS Mikhail Botvinnik 0 0 - ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ 1 1 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 1 ½ 1 111½4URS Boris Spassky 1 ½ ½ - ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 0 0 0 ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 1 111½5URS Georgy Ilivitsky ½ 1 ½ ½ - ½ 1 0 ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 111½6URS Tigran Petrosian ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ - ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 ½ 111½7URS Paul Keres ½ 0 1 ½ 0 ½ - 1 0 ½ 0 ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ 1 1 ½ 1118URS Mark Taimanov 1 ½ ½ 0 1 0 0 - 1 1 ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 ½ 0 1 ½ ½119URS Vladas Mikenas 0 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 0 - ½ ½ 1 0 ½ 1 ½ 1 1 ½ 110½10URS Vladimir Antoshin 1 ½ 0 0 ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ - 1 0 1 ½ 0 ½ 1 1 ½ 11011URS Semyon Furman 0 ½ 0 1 0 ½ 1 ½ ½ 0 - 1 ½ 1 ½ ½ 0 1 ½ 11012URS Alexander Kotov 0 ½ 0 1 ½ ½ ½ 0 0 1 0 - 1 ½ 1 0 1 ½ 1 ½9½13URS Georgy Borisenko 1 0 ½ 1 ½ ½ 0 ½ 1 0 ½ 0 - ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ 1914URS Salo Flohr 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ - ½ 1 0 ½ 1 ½915URS Georgy Lisitsin 0 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 0 0 1 ½ 0 ½ ½ - ½ ½ 0 1 18½16URS Yuri Averbakh ½ ½ 0 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 0 ½ - ½ ½ ½ ½8½17URS Ilya Kan 0 0 0 ½ ½ 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 ½ 1 ½ ½ - 0 1 ½718URS Vladimir Simagin 0 ½ ½ 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ 1 - 1 06½19URS Viktor Korchnoi 0 ½ 0 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ 0 0 ½ 0 0 - 1620URS Vitaly Shcherbakov 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ½ 0 0 0 ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ 1 0 -3½ Play-off match + Moscow, April 1955 Player 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Total URS Efim Geller ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 4URS Vasily Smyslov ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 3 References Chess Soviet Union Category:USSR Chess Championships Category:1955 in chess Chess