1976 USSR Chess Championship

Soviet chess championship 44th USSR Chess Championship Moscow Anatoly Karpov 1975 USSR Chess Championship 1977 USSR Chess Championship The 1976 Soviet Chess Championship was the 44th edition of the USSR Chess Championship. Held from 26 November to 24 December 1976 in Moscow. The world champion Anatoly Karpov won his first USSR Chess Championship title. The qualifying tournaments took place in Minsk and Rostov-on-Don.Cafferty, Bernard Taimanov, Mark 2016 The Soviet Championships London Everyman Chess 171 Cafferty 2016 http://worldcat.org/oclc/41940198 Soviet chess, 1917-1991 Soltis, Andy 2000 McFarland & Co 0-7864-0676-3 41940198 Table and results + 44th USSR Chess Championship Player Rating 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 Total1URS Anatoly Karpov2695 - 1 ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ 1 1 1 ½ ½ 1 1 1122URS Yuri Balashov2545 0 - ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1113URS Tigran Petrosian2635 ½ ½ - ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ 1 1 1 0 ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 110½4URS Lev Polugaevsky2635 ½ 0 ½ - ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 0 1 ½ 1 1 ½ 1 ½ 110½5URS Josif Dorfman2405 0 ½ ½ ½ - ½ ½ 0 0 1 1 1 ½ 1 1 ½ 0 1 9½6URS Mikhail Tal2615 ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ - ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ 1 197URS Vassily Smyslov2580 ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ - ½ ½ 1 ½ 0 1 ½ 1 ½ 1 098URS Efim Geller2620 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ - 0 0 ½ 1 1 0 ½ ½ ½ 08½9URS Evgeny Sveshnikov2510 ½ 0 0 ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 - 0 ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ ½ 08½10URS Oleg Romanishin2560 ½ 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 - 0 ½ 1 0 ½ 1 0 18½11URS Boris Gulko2530 0 0 0 0 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 - ½ 0 1 ½ 1 1 1812URS Rafael Vaganian2550 0 ½ 1 ½ 0 ½ 1 0 ½ ½ ½ - ½ 1 0 0 ½ ½7½13URS Karen Grigorian2485 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ 1 0 0 0 0 1 ½ - ½ ½ 1 ½ 17½14URS Mark Taimanov2540 ½ ½ ½ 0 0 ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 0 0 ½ - 0 1 ½ 0715URS Nukhim Rashkovsky2485 ½ ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 - 0 ½ ½716URS Alexander Zakharov2435 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 0 1 0 0 1 - 0 1 6½17URS Vitaly Tseshkovsky2550 0 0 0 ½ 1 0 0 ½ ½ 1 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 - 06½18URS Viktor Kupreichik2490 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 ½ 0 1 ½ 0 1 -6 thumb|200px|Anatoly Karpov playing in the championship References Chess Soviet Union Category:USSR Chess Championships Category:1976 in chess Chess