USSR Championship (1954) |
The 21st Soviet Chess Championshp was held in the city of Kiev from January 7 to February 7, 1954. Twenty of the Soviet Union's strongest masters qualified or were invited to participate in the final tournament of the chess championship. Georgy Ilivitsky, Vasily Byvshev, Georgy Lisitsin, and Georgy Borisenko qualified from the semi-final in Leningrad. Ratmir Kholmov, Alexei Suetin, Viktor Korchnoi, and Leonid Shamkovich qualified from the semi-final in Vilnius. Iosif Livshin, Semyon Furman, Anatolij Bannik, and Rashid Nezhmetdinov qualified from the semi-final in Rostov-on-Don. Viacheslav Ragozin, Vladimir Simagin, Alexey Sokolsky, and Andor Lilienthal qualified from qualified from the semi-final in Moscow. Simagin couldn't attend, however, so his seat was given to fifth place Moscow finisher Salo Flohr. The remaining four seats of the championship were given to Yuri Averbakh, Efim Geller, Tigran Petrosian, and Mark Taimanov. Averbakh had an astounding tournament performance, finishing undefeated with ten wins. He beat half the field over the board. Taimanov also finished undefeated in equal second, but only managed +7. Korchnoi also won 10 games, but three losses put him tied for second with Taimanov. The previous title event: USSR Championship (1952) The next: USSR Championship (1955) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 Pts.
01 Averbakh * = = = = = 1 1 = 1 1 = = 1 1 1 = 1 1 1 14.5
02 Taimanov = * = = = = 1 = = 1 1 = = 1 = = = 1 1 1 13.0 115.75
03 Korchnoi = = * 0 = = 0 = 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 = 1 1 13.0 113.00
04 Lisitsin = = 1 * = 1 1 = 1 0 = = 0 = = 1 1 1 = 1 12.5 114.50
05 Petrosian = = = = * = = = 1 = 1 = 1 1 = 1 = = = 1 12.5 113.25
06 Kholmov = = = 0 = * = 0 1 1 1 = 1 = = = = 0 1 = 10.5
07 Suetin 0 0 1 0 = = * 1 = 1 = = 1 = 1 0 1 = 0 = 10.0 90.75
08 Furman 0 = = = = 1 0 * 1 0 0 = = = = 0 1 1 1 1 10.0 86.50
09 Nezhmetdinov = = 0 0 0 0 = 0 * = 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 = 1 = 10.0 84.25
10 Byvshev 0 0 0 1 = 0 0 1 = * 0 1 = = 0 1 = 1 1 1 9.5 79.25
11 Geller 0 0 0 = 0 0 = 1 0 1 * 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 = 9.5 78.25
12 Flohr = = 0 = = = = = 0 0 0 * = 1 = = = = 1 = 8.5 76.75
13 Borisenko = = 0 1 0 0 0 = 0 = 1 = * = = = 1 = 0 1 8.5 76.50
14 Bannik 0 0 1 = 0 = = = 1 = 0 0 = * 1 = 0 0 = 1 8.0 73.50
15 Ilivitsky 0 = 0 = = = 0 = 0 1 0 = = 0 * = 1 = = 1 8.0 69.00
16 Lilienthal 0 = 0 0 0 = 1 1 0 0 0 = = = = * 1 = 1 = 8.0 66.50
17 Shamkovich = = 0 0 = = 0 0 0 = 1 = 0 1 0 0 * 1 0 = 6.5 60.75
18 Ragozin 0 0 = 0 = 1 = 0 = 0 0 = = 1 = = 0 * 0 = 6.5 60.25
19 Livshin 0 0 0 = = 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 = = 0 1 1 * 0 6.0
20 Sokolsky 0 0 0 0 0 = = 0 = 0 = = 0 0 0 = = = 1 * 5.0
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Game |
| Result | Moves |
Year | Event/Locale | Opening |
1. Suetin vs Korchnoi |
 | 1-0 | 44 | 1954 | USSR Championship | B32 Sicilian |
2. Kholmov vs R Nezhmetdinov |
 | 1-0 | 30 | 1954 | USSR Championship | A16 English |
3. Lilienthal vs I Livshin |
| 1-0 | 55 | 1954 | USSR Championship | C85 Ruy Lopez, Exchange Variation Doubly Deferred (DERLD) |
4. Furman vs G Borisenko |
| ½-½ | 35 | 1954 | USSR Championship | E70 King's Indian |
5. Taimanov vs Shamkovich |
| ½-½ | 31 | 1954 | USSR Championship | D31 Queen's Gambit Declined |
6. Geller vs A Bannik |
| 1-0 | 65 | 1954 | USSR Championship | A07 King's Indian Attack |
7. Averbakh vs Flohr |
| ½-½ | 26 | 1954 | USSR Championship | E59 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, Main line |
8. V Byvshev vs G Ilivitsky |
| 0-1 | 37 | 1954 | USSR Championship | B39 Sicilian, Accelerated Fianchetto, Breyer Variation |
9. Lisitsin vs Ragozin |
 | 1-0 | 44 | 1954 | USSR Championship | E92 King's Indian |
10. Petrosian vs A Sokolsky |
 | 1-0 | 60 | 1954 | USSR Championship | A07 King's Indian Attack |
11. Korchnoi vs Geller |
  | 1-0 | 25 | 1954 | USSR Championship | B64 Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer Attack |
12. R Nezhmetdinov vs Averbakh |
| ½-½ | 31 | 1954 | USSR Championship | B88 Sicilian, Fischer-Sozin Attack |
13. Flohr vs Suetin |
 | ½-½ | 18 | 1954 | USSR Championship | A15 English |
14. A Bannik vs Taimanov |
 | 0-1 | 59 | 1954 | USSR Championship | B88 Sicilian, Fischer-Sozin Attack |
15. I Livshin vs Petrosian |
 | ½-½ | 48 | 1954 | USSR Championship | B52 Sicilian, Canal-Sokolsky (Rossolimo) Attack |
16. Ragozin vs G Borisenko |
| ½-½ | 41 | 1954 | USSR Championship | E75 King's Indian, Averbakh, Main line |
17. Lisitsin vs Kholmov |
 | 1-0 | 55 | 1954 | USSR Championship | A06 Reti Opening |
18. G Ilivitsky vs Lilienthal |
| ½-½ | 27 | 1954 | USSR Championship | E59 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, Main line |
19. Shamkovich vs V Byvshev |
| ½-½ | 51 | 1954 | USSR Championship | A15 English |
20. A Sokolsky vs Furman |
| 0-1 | 49 | 1954 | USSR Championship | B58 Sicilian |
21. Geller vs Flohr |
 | 1-0 | 39 | 1954 | USSR Championship | A22 English |
22. Taimanov vs Korchnoi |
 | ½-½ | 42 | 1954 | USSR Championship | A34 English, Symmetrical |
23. Lilienthal vs Shamkovich |
| 1-0 | 31 | 1954 | USSR Championship | E80 King's Indian, Samisch Variation |
24. Suetin vs R Nezhmetdinov |
| ½-½ | 31 | 1954 | USSR Championship | C99 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin, 12...cd |
25. Kholmov vs Ragozin |
 | 0-1 | 44 | 1954 | USSR Championship | A16 English |
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