26th Soviet Chess Championship (1959) | |
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Location | Tbilisi |
Champion | |
Tigran Petrosian | |
← 1958 USSR Chess Championship1960 USSR Chess Championship → |
The 1959 Soviet Chess Championship was the 26th edition of USSR Chess Championship which was held from 9 January to 11 February 1959 in Tbilisi. The tournament was won by Tigran Petrosian. The final were preceded by semifinals events at Baku, Moscow, Rostov and Tashkent.
Table and results
Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | Total | |
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1 | Tigran Petrosian | - | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | 1 | ½ | 1 | ½ | 1 | 1 | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | ½ | 13½ |
2 | Mikhail Tal | ½ | - | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | 1 | 0 | ½ | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 12½ |
3 | Boris Spassky | ½ | ½ | - | ½ | 0 | 0 | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | 12½ |
4 | Ratmir Kholmov | ½ | ½ | ½ | - | 1 | ½ | 1 | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | 0 | ½ | 0 | 1 | 1 | ½ | 1 | ½ | ½ | 12 |
5 | Mark Taimanov | ½ | ½ | 1 | 0 | - | 0 | ½ | 1 | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | ½ | 1 | ½ | 1 | ½ | 1 | ½ | ½ | 12 |
6 | Lev Polugaevsky | ½ | 0 | 1 | ½ | 1 | - | 0 | ½ | 1 | ½ | 0 | ½ | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | 11 |
7 | Paul Keres | ½ | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | 1 | - | ½ | 1 | ½ | 0 | ½ | 1 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | 0 | 1 | ½ | 10½ |
8 | Yuri Averbakh | 0 | 0 | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | - | 1 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | ½ | 10½ |
9 | Viktor Korchnoi | ½ | 1 | 0 | ½ | ½ | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 1 | 1 | ½ | 1 | ½ | 0 | 1 | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | 10 |
10 | Anatoly Lutikov | 0 | ½ | 0 | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 0 | - | 1 | 1 | ½ | ½ | 1 | 0 | 1 | ½ | 1 | ½ | 9½ |
11 | Efim Geller | ½ | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ½ | 0 | 0 | - | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | 9½ |
12 | Eduard Gufeld | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | - | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 9 |
13 | David Bronstein | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | - | 1 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | 0 | 1 | 9 |
14 | Yacov Yuchtman | 0 | 1 | ½ | 1 | 0 | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | 0 | - | ½ | 0 | 1 | ½ | ½ | 1 | 8½ |
15 | Semyon Furman | 0 | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | 1 | 0 | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | - | ½ | 0 | ½ | 1 | 1 | 8 |
16 | Bukhuti Gurgenidze | ½ | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ½ | ½ | 0 | 1 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | - | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | 7 |
17 | Evgeni Vasiukov | 0 | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 0 | 0 | ½ | 0 | ½ | 0 | ½ | 0 | 1 | ½ | - | ½ | 1 | ½ | 7 |
18 | Nikolai Krogius | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ½ | 1 | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | - | ½ | ½ | 6½ |
19 | Rashid Nezhmetdinov | 0 | 0 | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ½ | 1 | ½ | 0 | 1 | 0 | ½ | - | 1 | 6 |
20 | Alexander Nikitin | ½ | 0 | 0 | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | 0 | 0 | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 0 | - | 5½ |
References
- Cafferty, Bernard (2016). The Soviet Championships. London: Everyman Chess. p. 99.
- Soltis, Andy. (2000). Soviet chess, 1917-1991. McFarland & Co. ISBN 0-7864-0676-3. OCLC 41940198.