1968 USSR Chess Championship

Soviet chess tournament 36th Soviet Chess Championship Alma-Ata Lev Polugaevsky 1967 USSR Chess Championship 1969 USSR Chess Championship The 1968 Soviet Chess Championship was the 36th edition of USSR Chess Championship. Held from 30 December 1968 to 1 February 1969 in Alma-Ata. The tournament was won by Lev Polugaevsky who defeated Alexander Zaitsev in a play-off match. The non-attendance of stars such as David Bronstein, Tigran Petrosian, Boris Spassky, all away at foreign tournaments made it not too strong an event, especially in conjunction with the absence of Paul Keres. Mikhail Tal was ill again, after a year in which he spent a lot of time in hospital under observation.Cafferty, Bernard 2016 The Soviet Championships London Everyman Chess 140 Cafferty 2016 http://worldcat.org/oclc/41940198 Soviet chess, 1917-1991 Soltis, Andy. 2000 McFarland & Co 0-7864-0676-3 41940198 thumb|300px|Lev Polugaevsky Table and results + 36th Soviet Chess Championship Player 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 Total1URS Alexander Zaitsev - ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 112½2URS Lev Polugaevsky ½ - 1 1 ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 112½3URS Anatoly Lutikov 0 0 - 0 0 ½ ½ 1 1 0 1 ½ 1 1 1 ½ ½ 1 1 111½4URS Vladimir Liberzon ½ 0 1 - 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 0 ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ ½115URS Vitaly Tseshkovsky 0 ½ 1 1 - ½ ½ 0 ½ 1 0 ½ ½ 1 1 0 1 0 1 1116URS Ratmir Kholmov ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ - ½ ½ 0 1 ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ ½10½7URS Mikhail Podgaets ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ - ½ 1 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 ½ ½ 110½8URS Mikhail Tal ½ ½ 0 ½ 1 ½ ½ - 0 0 ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 1 0 1 110½9URS Janis Klovans 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ 1 0 1 - 1 ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ 1 0 1 1 110½10URS Evgeni Vasiukov ½ ½ 1 0 0 0 ½ 1 0 - ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ 1 1 1 1 110½11URS Anatoly Lein ½ ½ 0 0 1 ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ - 1 0 1 0 ½ ½ 1 ½ ½1012URS Yuri Averbakh 0 1 ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 - ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ 1 1 ½1013URS Viatcheslav Osnos ½ 0 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ 1 1 ½ - 1 ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 11014URS Yuri Sakharov ½ ½ 0 0 0 ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 0 1 0 - 1 ½ 0 ½ 1 1915URS Vladimir Bagirov ½ ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 0 - 0 ½ ½ ½ 18½16URS Bukhuti Gurgenidze ½ ½ ½ 0 1 ½ 0 0 0 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 - ½ ½ 1 ½8½17URS Igor Zaitsev ½ 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ 0 0 1 0 ½ ½ 0 1 ½ ½ - 1 ½ 18½18URS Igor Platonov 0 ½ 0 0 1 0 ½ 1 0 0 0 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 - ½ 16½19URS Alexander Cherepkov ½ 0 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ 0 0 0 ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ - 04½20URS Yury Nikitin (chess player) Yury Nikitin ru Никитин, Юрий Михайлович (шахматист) 0 0 0 ½ 0 ½ 0 0 0 0 ½ ½ 0 0 0 ½ 0 0 1 -3½ Play-off + March 1969 Player 1 2 3 4 5 6 Total URS Lev Polugaevsky ½ 0 ½ 1 ½ 1 3½URS Alexander Zaitsev ½ 1 ½ 0 ½ 0 2½ References Chess Soviet Union Category:USSR Chess Championships Category:1968 in chess Chess