1959 USSR Chess Championship

26th Soviet Chess Championship (1959)
LocationTbilisi
Champion
Tigran Petrosian

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.[1][2]

Tigran Petrosian

Table and results

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26th Soviet Chess Championship (1959)
Player 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 Total
1 Soviet Union Tigran Petrosian - ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ 1 1 ½ 1 1 1 ½ 13½
2 Soviet Union Mikhail Tal ½ - ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 0 ½ 1 0 1 0 ½ 1 1 1 1 1 12½
3 Soviet Union Boris Spassky ½ ½ - ½ 0 0 ½ ½ 1 1 1 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 1 1 12½
4 Soviet Union Ratmir Kholmov ½ ½ ½ - 1 ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 1 0 ½ 0 1 1 ½ 1 ½ ½ 12
5 Soviet Union Mark Taimanov ½ ½ 1 0 - 0 ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 1 ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ ½ 12
6 Soviet Union Lev Polugaevsky ½ 0 1 ½ 1 - 0 ½ 1 ½ 0 ½ 0 1 1 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 11
7 Soviet Union Paul Keres ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ 1 - ½ 1 ½ 0 ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 0 1 ½ 10½
8 Soviet Union Yuri Averbakh 0 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ - 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 1 1 ½ 10½
9 Soviet Union Viktor Korchnoi ½ 1 0 ½ ½ 0 0 0 - 1 1 ½ 1 ½ 0 1 ½ ½ 1 ½ 10
10 Soviet Union Anatoly Lutikov 0 ½ 0 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 - 1 1 ½ ½ 1 0 1 ½ 1 ½
11 Soviet Union Efim Geller ½ 0 0 0 0 1 1 ½ 0 0 - ½ ½ 1 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 1
12 Soviet Union Eduard Gufeld 0 1 0 1 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ - ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ 9
13 Soviet Union David Bronstein ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ 1 0 0 0 ½ ½ ½ - 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 0 1 9
14 Soviet Union Yacov Yuchtman 0 1 ½ 1 0 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ 0 - ½ 0 1 ½ ½ 1
15 Soviet Union Semyon Furman 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ 1 0 0 ½ ½ ½ - ½ 0 ½ 1 1 8
16 Soviet Union Bukhuti Gurgenidze ½ 0 0 0 0 0 ½ ½ 0 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ - ½ ½ 0 ½ 7
17 Soviet Union Evgeni Vasiukov 0 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 0 ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ 0 1 ½ - ½ 1 ½ 7
18 Soviet Union Nikolai Krogius 0 0 0 0 0 ½ 1 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ - ½ ½
19 Soviet Union Rashid Nezhmetdinov 0 0 0 ½ ½ ½ 0 0 0 0 0 ½ 1 ½ 0 1 0 ½ - 1 6
20 Soviet Union Alexander Nikitin ½ 0 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ 0 0 0 ½ ½ ½ 0 -

References

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  1. ^ Cafferty, Bernard (2016). The Soviet Championships. London: Everyman Chess. p. 99.
  2. ^ Soltis, Andy. (2000). Soviet chess, 1917-1991. McFarland & Co. ISBN 0-7864-0676-3. OCLC 41940198.