1952 USSR Chess Championship

Chess competition 20th Soviet Chess Championship (1952) Moscow Mikhail Botvinnik 1951 USSR Chess Championship 1954 USSR Chess Championship The 1952 Soviet Chess Championship was the 20th edition of the USSR Chess Championship. Held from 29 November to 29 December 1952 in Moscow. The tournament was won by Mikhail Botvinnik. Botvinnik and Mark Taimanov had a play-off match of six games in February 1953, which ended with the victory of Botvinnik 3½-2½, so bringing him his seventh title. The final were preceded by quarter-finals events and four semifinals (at Leningrad, Minsk, Riga and Sochi). For the first time in such events players were forbidden to agree a draw in under 30 moves unless they could get the arbiter's consent.Cafferty, Bernard. (2016). The Soviet Championships. London: Everyman Chess. p. 78 thumb|250px|Mikhail Botvinnik thumb|250px|Mark Taimanov, the runner up Table and results + 20th Soviet Chess Championship (1952) Player 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 Total1URS Mikhail Botvinnik - 0 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 1 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 1 ½ 1 ½ 113½2URS Mark Taimanov 1 - 0 ½ 0 1 1 ½ ½ 0 ½ 1 1 1 1 1 1 ½ 1 113½3URS Efim Geller 0 1 - 1 1 ½ ½ 0 0 ½ 1 ½ 1 1 1 ½ ½ 1 ½ ½124URS Alexander Tolush ½ ½ 0 - 1 ½ 0 1 1 ½ ½ 0 1 0 ½ 1 1 ½ 1 111½5URS Isaac Boleslavsky ½ 1 0 0 - ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ 0 0 1 ½ ½ 1 1 1 111½6URS Viktor Korchnoi ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ - 0 1 ½ 0 0 1 1 ½ 1 0 1 1 1 1117URS David Bronstein 0 0 ½ 1 ½ 1 - ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 ½10½8URS Vassily Smyslov ½ ½ 1 0 0 0 ½ - ½ 1 1 ½ 0 1 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ 110½9URS Oleg Moiseev 0 ½ 1 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ - 0 ½ ½ 1 1 ½ 1 1 ½ 1 ½10½10URS Alexey Suetin 0 1 ½ ½ 0 1 ½ 0 1 - 0 ½ 1 ½ ½ 0 0 1 1 ½9½11URS Paul Keres 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ 1 ½ 0 ½ 1 - ½ 0 ½ ½ 1 0 1 ½ 19½12URS Lev Aronin ½ 0 ½ 1 1 0 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ - ½ ½ 0 1 ½ ½ ½ ½913URS Vasily Byvshev ½ 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 ½ - 0 1 0 1 1 1 1914URS Vladimir Simagin ½ 0 0 1 0 ½ ½ 0 0 ½ ½ ½ 1 - 0 1 ½ ½ ½ 18½15URS Georgy Ilivitsky 0 0 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ 1 0 1 - 1 ½ ½ 1 ½8½16URS Alexander Konstantinopolsky 0 0 ½ 0 ½ 1 ½ ½ 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 - 1 ½ ½ ½7½17URS Isaac Lipnitsky ½ 0 ½ 0 0 0 ½ ½ 0 1 1 ½ 0 ½ ½ 0 - 1 ½ 0718URS Ilya Kan 0 ½ 0 ½ 0 0 ½ ½ ½ 0 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ 0 - 1 16½19URS Genrikh Kasparian ½ 0 ½ 0 0 0 1 ½ 0 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ 0 - ½5½20URS Boris Goldenov 0 0 ½ 0 0 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ 0 0 ½ ½ 1 0 ½ -5 Play-off match + 20th Soviet Chess Championship, Play-off match, Moscow, February 1953 Player 1 2 3 4 5 6 Total URS Mikhail Botvinnik 1 ½ ½ 1 0 ½ 3½ URS Mark Taimanov 0 ½ ½ 0 1 ½ 2½ References Chess Soviet Union Category:USSR Chess Championships Category:1952 in chess Chess