1954 USSR Chess Championship

Soviet chess tournament 21st Soviet Chess Championship (1954) Kiev Yuri Averbakh 1952 USSR Chess Championship 1955 USSR Chess Championship The 1954 Soviet Chess Championship was the 21st edition of USSR Chess Championship. Held from 7 January to 7 February 1954 in Kiev. The tournament was won by Yuri Averbakh. The final were preceded semifinals events at Moscow, Leningrad, Rostov and Vilnius.Cafferty, Bernard. (2016). The Soviet Championships. London: Everyman Chess. p. 81http://worldcat.org/oclc/41940198 Soviet chess, 1917-1991 Soltis, Andy. 2000 McFarland & Co 0-7864-0676-3 41940198 thumb|300px|Yuri Averbakh playing a chess game Table and results + 21st Soviet Chess Championship (1954) Player 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 Total1URS Yuri Averbakh - ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 ½ 1 1 ½ ½ 1 1 1 ½ 1 1 114½2URS Mark Taimanov ½ - ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 1 ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 1 1133URS Viktor Korchnoi ½ ½ - 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 ½ 1 1134URS Georgy Lisitsin ½ ½ 1 - ½ 1 1 ½ 1 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ 1 1 1 ½ 112½5URS Tigran Petrosian ½ ½ ½ ½ - ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ 1 1 ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ 112½6URS Ratmir Kholmov ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ - ½ 0 1 1 1 ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 1 ½10½7URS Alexey Suetin 0 0 1 0 ½ ½ - 1 ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 0 1 ½ 0 ½108URS Semyon Furman 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 0 - 1 0 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 1 1 1 1109URS Rashid Nezhmetdinov ½ ½ 0 0 0 0 ½ 0 - ½ 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 ½ 1 ½1010URS Vasily Byvshev 0 0 0 1 ½ 0 0 1 ½ - 0 1 ½ ½ 0 1 ½ 1 1 19½11URS Efim Geller 0 0 0 ½ 0 0 ½ 1 0 1 - 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 ½9½12URS Salo Flohr ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 0 0 - ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½8½13URS Georgy Borisenko ½ ½ 0 1 0 0 0 ½ 0 ½ 1 ½ - ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 0 18½14URS Anatoly Bannik 0 0 1 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 0 0 ½ - 1 ½ 0 0 ½ 1815URS Georgy Ilivitsky 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ 0 1 0 ½ ½ 0 - ½ 1 ½ ½ 1816URS Andor Lilienthal 0 ½ 0 0 0 ½ 1 1 0 0 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ - 1 ½ 1 ½817URS Leonid Shamkovich ½ ½ 0 0 ½ ½ 0 0 0 ½ 1 ½ 0 1 0 0 - 1 0 ½6½18URS Viacheslav Ragozin 0 0 ½ 0 ½ 1 ½ 0 ½ 0 0 ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 0 - 0 ½6½19URS Iosif Livshin 0 0 0 ½ ½ 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 ½ ½ 0 1 1 - 0620URS Alexey Sokolsky 0 0 0 0 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ 0 0 0 ½ ½ ½ 1 -5 References Chess Soviet Union Category:USSR Chess Championships Category:1954 in chess Chess