1948 USSR Chess Championship

Soviet chess championship 16th Soviet Chess Championship (1948) Moscow David Bronstein Alexander Kotov 1947 USSR Chess Championship 1949 USSR Chess Championship The 1948 Soviet Chess Championship was the 16th edition of USSR Chess Championship. Held from 10 November to 13 December 1948 in Moscow. The tournament was won by David Bronstein and Alexander Kotov. Mikhail Botvinnik did not participate in the championship again, as he had recently won the world title in the tournament at The Hague and Moscow. In fact he was to take a three-year break, to work on his doctorate. Quarterfinal tournaments were played in the cities of Tbilisi and Yaroslavl; and semifinals in Sverdlovsk, Leningrad and Moscow.Cafferty, Bernard. (2016). The Soviet Championships. Londres: Everyman Chess. p. 62 250px|thumb|David Bronstein 250px|thumb|Alexander Kotov Table and results + 16th Soviet Chess Championship (1948) Player 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 Total1URS David Bronstein - ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ 0 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 ½ 1 1122URS Alexander Kotov ½ - ½ ½ 0 0 1 1 1 ½ 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 1123URS Semyon Furman 0 ½ - 0 0 1 0 ½ 1 0 1 1 1 ½ 1 1 1 1 ½114URS Salo Flohr ½ ½ 1 - ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½10½5URS Alexander Tolush 0 1 1 ½ - 1 0 ½ ½ 1 ½ 0 0 ½ 1 0 1 ½ 1106URS Alexander Konstantinopolsky ½ 1 0 ½ 0 - ½ ½ 1 0 1 1 1 ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ ½9½7URS Georgy Lisitsin ½ 0 1 0 1 ½ - ½ 0 0 1 0 ½ 1 1 ½ 1 ½ ½9½8URS Igor Bondarevsky ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ - ½ 1 ½ ½ 0 1 ½ 0 1 ½ 19½9URS Paul Keres 1 0 0 ½ ½ 0 1 ½ - ½ ½ ½ 1 0 ½ 1 ½ ½ 19½10URS Georgy Ilivitsky 0 ½ 1 ½ 0 1 1 0 ½ - 0 1 0 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½911URS Andor Lilienthal ½ 0 0 ½ ½ 0 0 ½ ½ 1 - ½ 0 ½ 1 1 ½ 1 1912URS Ratmir Kholmov ½ 0 0 0 1 0 1 ½ ½ 0 ½ - 1 1 0 ½ ½ ½ 18½13URS Grigory Levenfish ½ 1 0 0 1 0 ½ 1 0 1 1 0 - ½ ½ 0 1 0 0814URS Viacheslav Ragozin ½ 0 ½ 1 ½ ½ 0 0 1 0 ½ 0 ½ - ½ ½ ½ ½ 1815URS Yuri Averbakh 0 1 0 ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ 0 1 ½ ½ - 1 0 1 ½816URS Vasily Panov 0 0 0 ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 0 ½ 0 ½ 1 ½ 0 - ½ ½ ½7½17URS Vladimir Alatortsev ½ 0 0 ½ 0 1 0 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ 1 ½ - 1 ½7½18URS Mark Taimanov 0 0 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ 1 ½ 0 ½ 0 - 0619URS Lev Aronin 0 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ 0 0 ½ 0 0 1 0 ½ ½ ½ 1 -6 References Chess Soviet Union Category:USSR Chess Championships Category:1948 in chess Chess