1975 USSR Chess Championship

The 1975 Soviet Chess Championship was the 43rd edition of USSR Chess Championship. Held from 28 November to 22 December 1975 in Yerevan. Former world champion Tigran Petrosian won his fourth title. The qualifying tournaments took place in Cheliabinsk and Kishinev.[1][2]

43rd USSR Chess Championship
LocationYerevan
Champion
Tigran Petrosian
Tigran Petrosian

Table and results edit

43rd USSR Chess Championship
Player Rating 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Total
1   Tigran Petrosian 2645 - 0 1 ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 1 10
2   Oleg Romanishin 2485 1 - 0 ½ ½ 1 1 1 0 ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 0 1
3   Boris Gulko 2480 0 1 - ½ 0 0 1 1 ½ ½ 1 1 1 ½ 1 ½
4   Mikhail Tal 2645 ½ ½ ½ - ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 1 1 ½ ½ 1 1 1
5   Rafael Vaganian 2530 0 ½ 1 ½ - 0 0 ½ 1 1 1 ½ 1 ½ 1 1
6   Lev Polugaevsky 2645 ½ 0 1 ½ 1 - ½ 0 ½ 1 0 ½ ½ 1 1 ½
7   Efim Geller 2600 ½ 0 0 ½ 1 ½ - 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ ½
8   Yuri Balashov 2540 ½ 0 0 ½ ½ 1 0 - 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 1 1 ½
9   David Bronstein 2590 ½ 1 ½ 1 0 ½ ½ 0 - 1 ½ ½ 0 0 ½ 1
10   Alexander Beliavsky 2500 0 ½ ½ 0 0 0 ½ ½ 0 - ½ 1 1 1 1 1
11   Mark Dvoretsky 2495 ½ ½ 0 0 0 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ - ½ 0 ½ ½ 1
12   Lev Alburt 2420 ½ 0 0 ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ - 1 ½ ½ ½ 6
13   Josif Dorfman 2380 0 ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ 0 1 0 1 0 - 1 0 ½
14   Semyon Furman 2560 ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ 0 0 0 1 0 ½ ½ 0 - ½ 1 5
15   Vladimir Doroshkievich 2425 0 1 0 0 0 0 ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ 1 ½ - 0
16   Janis Klovans 2500 0 0 ½ 0 0 ½ ½ ½ 0 0 0 ½ ½ 0 1 - 4

References edit

  1. ^ Cafferty, Bernard; Taimanov, Mark (2016). The Soviet Championships. London: Everyman Chess. p. 171.
  2. ^ Soltis, Andy (2000). Soviet chess, 1917-1991. McFarland & Co. ISBN 0-7864-0676-3.