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1977 USSR Chess Championship

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45th USSR Chess Championship
LocationLeningrad
Champion
Boris Gulko
Josif Dorfman
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The 1977 Soviet Chess Championship was the 45th edition of USSR Chess Championship. Held from 28 November to 22 December 1977 in Leningrad. Boris Gulko and Josif Dorfman shared the title after tying in the play-off. The qualifying tournaments took place in Bălți and Baku.

Boris Gulko and Josif Dorfman

Qualifying

Swiss Qualifying

The Swiss Qualifying was held in Bălți from 25 August to 14 September 1977 with 64 players. Lev Alburt won gaining a direct promotion to the final.

First League

The top six qualified for the final.

Baku, 3-30 October 1977
Player Rating 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 Total
1 Soviet Union Gennadi Kuzmin 2550 - 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 1 ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 11½
2 Soviet Union Vladimir Tukmakov 2540 0 - ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ 1 1 1 1 11
3 Soviet Union Boris Gulko 2585 ½ ½ - 1 ½ ½ 1 1 ½ 0 ½ ½ 0 1 1 ½ ½ 1 10½
4 Soviet Union Karen Grigorian 2465 ½ ½ 0 - ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 ½ 1 1 10½
5 Soviet Union Alexander Kochyev 2490 ½ 0 ½ ½ - ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½
6 Soviet Union Vladimir Bagirov 2480 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ - ½ ½ 0 1 ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 ½ 1
7 Soviet Union Gennadij Timoscenko 2505 0 ½ 0 0 ½ ½ - ½ ½ ½ 0 1 1 ½ 1 ½ 1 1 9
8 Soviet Union Vladimir Savon 2540 ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ - ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1
9 Soviet Union Yuri Razuvaev 2510 ½ 1 ½ ½ 0 1 ½ ½ - 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ 0 1 8
10 Soviet Union Alexander Beliavsky 2555 0 ½ 1 ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ 1 - ½ 1 ½ 0 0 ½ 1 0 8
11 Soviet Union Nukhim Rashkovsky 2510 ½ 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ - ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 8
12 Soviet Union Rafael Vaganian 2545 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ - 0 0 ½ 1 1 1 8
13 Soviet Union Lev Gutman 2395 0 0 1 ½ 0 0 0 ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 - 1 1 ½ ½ 0 8
14 Soviet Union Vitaly Tseshkovsky 2590 ½ ½ 0 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 0 - 0 1 0 ½
15 Soviet Union Vladimir Peresipkin 2395 ½ 0 0 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 0 1 - 1 1 0
16 Soviet Union Mark Taimanov 2530 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ 0 0 - ½ ½ 6
17 Soviet Union Arshak Petrosian 2345 0 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ 1 0 ½ 0 ½ 1 0 ½ - ½ 6
18 Soviet Union Alexander Petrushin 2345 ½ 0 0 0 ½ 0 0 0 0 1 ½ 0 1 ½ 1 ½ ½ - 6

Final

The final at Leningrad featured the qualifiers plus the players who entered directly for the historical performance in previous championships.

45th USSR Chess Championship
Player Rating 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Total
1 Soviet Union Boris Gulko 2585 - ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ 1 1 ½ ½
2 Soviet Union Josif Dorfman 2455 ½ - ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 1
3 Soviet Union Lev Polugaevsky 2620 ½ ½ - ½ ½ 1 1 ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ 9
4 Soviet Union Tigran Petrosian 2645 ½ ½ ½ - ½ ½ ½ 0 1 ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 1 9
5 Soviet Union Efim Geller 2590 ½ ½ ½ ½ - ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 8
6 Soviet Union Mikhail Tal 2620 ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ - ½ 1 ½ 1 0 ½ 0 1 1 ½ 8
7 Soviet Union Vladimir Bagirov 2480 ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ - ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 8
8 Soviet Union Gennadi Kuzmin 2550 ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 0 ½ - ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 0 ½ ½
9 Soviet Union Oleg Romanishin 2595 0 0 0 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ - ½ 1 1 ½ 1 1 ½
10 Soviet Union Evgeny Sveshnikov 2520 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ - ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ 1 7
11 Soviet Union Yuri Balashov 2565 0 ½ 0 0 ½ 1 ½ ½ 0 ½ - 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 7
12 Soviet Union Alexander Kochyev 2490 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 0 ½ 0 - 1 ½ ½ ½
13 Soviet Union Vassily Smyslov 2595 0 0 ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 - 1 0 ½
14 Soviet Union Vladimir Tukmakov 2540 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ 1 0 1 ½ ½ 0 - ½ ½
15 Soviet Union Karen Grigorian 2465 ½ 0 1 0 0 0 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ - ½
16 Soviet Union Lev Alburt 2505 ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ 0 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ - 5

Play-off

Moscow
Player Rating 1 2 3 4 5 6 Total
Soviet Union Boris Gulko 2575 ½ 1 ½ 0 ½ ½ 3
Soviet Union Josif Dorfman 2550 ½ 0 ½ 1 ½ ½ 3


References

  1. Cafferty, Bernard; Taimanov, Mark (2016). The Soviet Championships. London: Everyman Chess. p. 176.
  2. Soltis, Andy (2000). Soviet chess, 1917-1991. McFarland & Co. ISBN 0-7864-0676-3. OCLC 41940198.
  3. "Rusbase".
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