1971 USSR Chess Championship

Soviet chess tournament 39th Soviet Chess Championship Leningrad Vladimir Savon 1970 USSR Chess Championship 1972 USSR Chess Championship The 1971 Soviet Chess Championship was the 39th edition of USSR Chess Championship. Held from 15 September to 18 October 1971 in Leningrad. The tournament was won by Vladimir Savon. It was an amazing result, the title fell to the little-known international master Savon. He only learned the moves at the late age of 13, and lived in a small country settlement where he could find no strong opposition. The final were preceded by semifinals events at Daugavpils, Ivano Frankivsk, Novosibirsk and Perm.Cafferty, Bernard 2016 The Soviet Championships London Everyman Chess 155 Cafferty 2016 http://worldcat.org/oclc/41940198 Soviet chess, 1917-1991 Soltis, Andy. 2000 McFarland & Co 0-7864-0676-3 41940198 thumb|300px|Vladimir Savon Table and results + 39th 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 Total1URS Vladimir Savon - ½ ½ ½ 1 1 ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 1 1 ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1152URS Vassily Smyslov ½ - ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 1 1 ½ 113½3URS Mikhail Tal ½ ½ - ½ 0 1 1 0 ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 1 ½ 0 1 1 1 ½ ½ 113½4URS Anatoly Karpov ½ 0 ½ - 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 0 1 1 1 ½ 1135URS Leonid Stein 0 ½ 1 0 - 0 ½ 1 1 0 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 0 1 1126URS Yuri Balashov 0 ½ 0 ½ 1 - 1 ½ ½ 0 0 ½ 0 ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ 1 1 1 1127URS David Bronstein ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ 0 - 1 ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 1 0 1 1 0 ½ 0 ½ 111½8URS Lev Polugaevsky 0 ½ 1 ½ 0 ½ 0 - 1 1 ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ 011½9URS Mark Taimanov ½ ½ ½ 0 0 ½ ½ 0 - 1 1 ½ 0 1 ½ ½ 1 ½ 0 1 ½ 11110URS Albert Kapengut ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 0 0 0 - ½ ½ 0 0 ½ ½ ½ 1 0 1 1 110½11URS Nikolai Krogius 0 ½ 0 ½ 0 1 ½ ½ 0 ½ - 0 ½ 1 1 ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ ½ ½10½12URS Igor Platonov 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 - ½ ½ 0 0 0 1 ½ 1 1 01013URS Anatoly Lein 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ 1 0 0 1 1 ½ ½ - 0 1 0 ½ 0 1 ½ ½ 11014URS Efim Geller ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ 0 1 0 ½ 1 - 1 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ 19½15URS Vladimir Karasev ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ 0 1 ½ ½ ½ 0 1 0 0 - 1 ½ ½ ½ 0 1 0916URS Leonid Shamkovich 0 ½ 1 0 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 1 0 - 0 ½ 0 1 ½ 0917URS Rafael Vaganian ½ ½ 0 1 ½ 0 0 ½ 0 ½ 0 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 - 0 0 ½ 1 08½18URS Vladimir Tukmakov ½ 0 0 0 ½ ½ 1 0 ½ 0 ½ 0 1 1 ½ ½ 1 - 0 ½ 0 ½8½19URS Yuri Nikolaevsky ½ 0 0 0 0 0 ½ ½ 1 1 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ 1 1 1 - 0 ½ 08½20URS Karen Grigorian ½ 0 ½ 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ 1 0 ½ ½ 1 - 0 ½821URS Roman Dzindzichashvili 0 ½ ½ ½ 0 0 ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ 0 1 ½ 1 - ½822URS Mark Tseitlin 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 ½ 1 0 0 1 1 1 ½ 1 ½ ½ -8 References Chess Soviet Union Category:USSR Chess Championships Category:1971 in chess Chess