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USSR Championship (1965) The 33rd Soviet Chess Championship was held in the city of Tallinn, Estonia from November 21 to December 24, 1965, featuring twenty of the Soviet Union's strongest players, including reigning champion Viktor Korchnoi. Six seats to the championship were won in USSR semi-final tournaments held earlier in the year: Evgeni Vasiukov and Gennadi Kuzmin qualified from Kaliningrad, Semyon Abramovich Furman and Vladas Mikenas qualified from Leningrad, while Eduard Gufeld and Yuri Nikolaevich Sakharov qualified from Omsk. Korchnoi performed well below expectation, due to losing more games (seven) than he won (six). Leonid Stein, on the other hand, won his second of three career Soviet titles here. The final standings and crosstable: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 Pts 1 Stein * 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 ½ 1 14 2 Polugaevsky 0 * ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 1 1 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 1 1 13½ 3 Taimanov ½ ½ * 0 ½ 1 1 ½ 1 1 ½ 1 1 0 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 1 13 =4 Furman ½ 0 1 * 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 1 1 1 ½ 1 ½ 1 0 11½ =4 Suetin ½ ½ ½ 1 * 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ 0 1 1 1 ½ 1 11½ 6 Keres ½ ½ 0 ½ 1 * ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ ½ 11 7 Sakharov 1 ½ 0 1 ½ ½ * ½ 1 0 1 0 1 ½ 0 ½ ½ 1 0 1 10½ 8 Osnos 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ * ½ ½ 0 0 1 ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 10 9 Bronstein ½ 0 0 ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ * ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 9½ =10 Simagin ½ ½ 0 0 ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ * 0 0 0 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 1 ½ 9 =10 Bykhovsky ½ 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ 0 1 0 1 * ½ 0 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 0 1 9 =10 Korchnoi 0 0 0 0 ½ 0 1 1 ½ 1 ½ * ½ ½ 0 0 1 ½ 1 1 9 13 Khasin 0 0 0 0 ½ ½ 0 0 ½ 1 1 ½ * 0 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 1 8½ =14 Vasiukov 0 0 1 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 0 ½ 1 * 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 8 =14 Bukhman 0 ½ 0 0 1 ½ 1 0 ½ ½ ½ 1 0 0 * 1 0 ½ 0 1 8 =14 Liavdansky 0 ½ ½ ½ 0 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 0 * 0 ½ 1 ½ 8 =14 Gufeld 0 ½ ½ 0 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ 1 1 * 0 ½ ½ 8 18 Kuzmin 0 0 ½ ½ 0 0 0 0 ½ 0 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 * 1 1 7 19 Mikenas ½ 0 0 0 ½ ½ 1 ½ 0 0 1 0 0 ½ 1 0 ½ 0 * ½ 6½ 20 Lepeshkin 0 0 0 1 0 ½ 0 0 0 ½ 0 0 0 1 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ * 4½ Original collection: Game Collection: USSR Championship 1965, by User: suenteus po 147.  page 1 of 8; games 1-25 of 190  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. Bronstein vs Gufeld   ½-½ 14 1965 USSR Championship B90 Sicilian, Najdorf 2. Korchnoi vs Keres 0-1 40 1965 USSR Championship A46 Queen's Pawn Game 3. V Liavdansky vs V Mikenas   1-0 50 1965 USSR Championship D02 Queen's Pawn Game 4. Vasiukov vs Polugaevsky 0-1 32 1965 USSR Championship B88 Sicilian, Fischer-Sozin Attack 5. Simagin vs A Khasin   0-1 64 1965 USSR Championship E59 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, Main line 6. Y Sakharov vs Stein 1-0 41 1965 USSR Championship B27 Sicilian 7. E Bukhman vs Suetin   1-0 42 1965 USSR Championship A36 English 8. Furman vs Taimanov 1-0 65 1965 USSR Championship E40 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3 9. V Osnos vs V Lepeshkin 1-0 39 1965 USSR Championship D78 Neo-Grunfeld, 6.O-O c6 10. A A Bikhovsky vs G Kuzmin 1-0 75 1965 USSR Championship B92 Sicilian, Najdorf, Opocensky Variation 11. V Mikenas vs Bronstein 0-1 24 1965 USSR Championship A53 Old Indian 12. Suetin vs Keres   0-1 41 1965 USSR Championship C90 Ruy Lopez, Closed 13. Polugaevsky vs Korchnoi 1-0 36 1965 USSR Championship A36 English 14. Stein vs Simagin ½-½ 23 1965 USSR Championship B62 Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer 15. Taimanov vs A A Bikhovsky   ½-½ 24 1965 USSR Championship D37 Queen's Gambit Declined 16. Gufeld vs Vasiukov ½-½ 43 1965 USSR Championship C65 Ruy Lopez, Berlin Defense 17. A Khasin vs V Osnos   0-1 57 1965 USSR Championship B44 Sicilian 18. V Lepeshkin vs Furman   1-0 39 1965 USSR Championship B46 Sicilian, Taimanov Variation 19. G Kuzmin vs V Liavdansky   ½-½ 42 1965 USSR Championship D32 Queen's Gambit Declined, Tarrasch 20. E Bukhman vs Y Sakharov 1-0 93 1965 USSR Championship A28 English 21. Bronstein vs G Kuzmin   ½-½ 21 1965 USSR Championship A02 Bird's Opening 22. Keres vs Polugaevsky   ½-½ 15 1965 USSR Championship E14 Queen's Indian 23. Korchnoi vs Gufeld 1-0 38 1965 USSR Championship E62 King's Indian, Fianchetto 24. Vasiukov vs V Mikenas   ½-½ 41 1965 USSR Championship B03 Alekhine's Defense 25. Simagin vs E Bukhman   ½-½ 22 1965 USSR Championship B45 Sicilian, Taimanov  page 1 of 8; games 1-25 of 190    REFINE SEARCH:   White wins (1-0) | Black wins (0-1) | Draws (1/2-1/2)   Dec-30-12    Kikoman: First! One of the three USSR Championship of GM Leonid Stein. Dec-30-12    kia0708: Polugaevsky was pretty strong during that times. Jun-12-16    EdZelli: Another inaccurate/half-baked and incomplete intro. 'Twenty of the Soviet Union's best masters and grandmasters competed' How about Thee Very Best (ie. World Champ in 1965). Why isn't his name mentioned? Jun-12-16    keypusher: <EdZelli: Another inaccurate/half-baked and incomplete intro. 'Twenty of the Soviet Union's best masters and grandmasters competed' How about Thee Very Best (ie. World Champ in 1965). Why isn't his name mentioned?> Because he didn't participate? Jun-13-16    Howard: Agreed, keypusher. Besides, the "intro" merely states that twenty of the Soviet Union's best players took part--no effort was made to imply that there were THE top-20. Spassky, Geller, and Botvinnik, incidentally, weren't there either. So why single out Petrosian? Nov-27-16    ughaibu: Neither were Tal or Smyslov. Dec-10-17    ZonszeinP: They were focused on their candidate matches. That was their main event that year NOTE: Create an account today to post replies and access other powerful features which are available only to registered users. Becoming a member is free, anonymous, and takes less than 1 minute! If you already have a username, then simply login login under your username now to join the discussion. Please observe our posting guidelines: No obscene, racist, sexist, or profane language. No spamming, advertising, duplicate, or gibberish posts. No vitriolic or systematic personal attacks against other members. Nothing in violation of United States law. No cyberstalking or malicious posting of negative or private information (doxing/doxxing) of members. No trolling. The use of "sock puppet" accounts to circumvent disciplinary action taken by moderators, create a false impression of consensus or support, or stage conversations, is prohibited. 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