1950 USSR Chess Championship

Soviet chess tournament 18th Soviet Chess Championship (1950) Moscow Paul Keres 1949 USSR Chess Championship 1951 USSR Chess Championship The 1950 Soviet Chess Championship was the 18th edition of USSR Chess Championship. Held from 10 November to 12 December 1950 in Moscow. The tournament was won by Paul Keres. Keres, Isaac Boleslavsky and Smyslov entered the final directly. The final were preceded by seven quarter-finals and five semifinals (at Leningrad, Tula, Tartu, Kiev and Gorky).Cafferty, Bernard. (2016). The Soviet Championships. Londres: Everyman Chess. p. 71 Table and results + 18th Soviet Chess Championship (1950) Player 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 Total1URS Paul Keres - ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 0 1 1 1 1 0 ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ 111½2URS Isaac Lipnitsky ½ - ½ 1 0 1 0 ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 0 1 1 1113URS Alexander Tolush ½ ½ - 0 1 ½ 1 ½ 0 1 1 0 ½ 1 1 ½ 1 1114URS Lev Aronin 0 0 1 - 1 0 ½ 1 0 1 1 1 ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 1115URS Alexander Konstantinopolsky ½ 1 0 0 - ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 ½ 1 ½106URS Vassily Smyslov ½ 0 ½ 1 ½ - ½ 0 ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ 1 0 1 1107URS Vladimir Alatortsev 1 1 0 ½ ½ ½ - 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 0 198URS Isaac Boleslavsky 0 ½ ½ 0 0 1 1 - 1 1 ½ ½ 0 1 ½ ½ ½ ½99URS Efim Geller 0 0 1 1 ½ ½ ½ 0 - 0 ½ 1 1 1 0 0 1 1910URS Salo Flohr 0 ½ 0 0 ½ ½ ½ 0 1 - 1 ½ 1 ½ 1 1 ½ ½911URS Vladas Mikenas 0 ½ 0 0 ½ 0 1 ½ ½ 0 - 1 0 ½ 1 1 1 18½12URS Tigran Petrosian 1 0 1 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ 0 - 1 0 0 1 ½ 1813URS Igor Bondarevsky ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 - 1 1 ½ ½ ½814URS Yuri Averbakh 0 0 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ 0 0 ½ ½ 1 0 - 1 ½ 1 1715URS Alexey Suetin ½ 1 0 0 0 0 ½ ½ 1 0 0 1 0 0 - 1 1 06½16URS Georgy Borisenko 0 0 ½ ½ ½ 1 0 ½ 1 0 0 0 ½ ½ 0 - 1 ½6½17URS Alexey Sokolsky ½ 0 0 0 0 0 1 ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ 0 0 0 - ½418URS Victor Liublinsky 0 0 0 0 ½ 0 0 ½ 0 ½ 0 0 ½ 0 1 ½ ½ -4 References Chess Soviet Union Category:USSR Chess Championships Category:1950 in chess Chess