19TH USSR CHAMPIONSHIP — MOSCOW 1951

TOURNAMENT · ROUND ORDER

Replay all 18 chess games from 19th USSR Championship — Moscow 1951. This collection follows the event's recorded round order; search by player, opening, or date and download any game as PGN. Read about 19th USSR Championship — Moscow 1951 →

ROUND ORDER PLAYERS RESULT MOVES OPENINGS ROUND
1951.11.11
Smyslov, Vassily V vs Geller, Efim P
1-0 48 Sicilian Defense: Closed ROUND 1
1951.11.14
Geller, Efim P vs Simagin, Vladimir Pavlovich
1-0 32 Queen's Gambit Declined: Semi-Tarrasch Defense, Pillsbury Variation ROUND 2
1951.11.15
Petrosian, Tigran V vs Geller, Efim P
1/2-1/2 23 King's Indian Defense: Orthodox Variation ROUND 3
1951.11.18
Geller, Efim P vs Keres, Paul
0-1 31 Ruy Lopez: Closed, Chigorin Defense, Panov System ROUND 4
1951.11.19
Terpugov, Evgeny vs Geller, Efim P
0-1 33 Benoni Defense: Benoni-Indian Defense, Kingside Move Order ROUND 5
1951.11.21
Geller, Efim P vs Kopylov, Nikolai Georgievich
1-0 46 Semi-Slav Defense: Chigorin Defense ROUND 6
1951.11.22
Aronin, Lev Solomonovich vs Geller, Efim P
0-1 55 Ruy Lopez: Closed, Pilnik Variation ROUND 7
1951.11.26
Taimanov, Mark E vs Geller, Efim P
0-1 43 East Indian Defense ROUND 8
1951.11.28
Geller, Efim P vs Bondarevsky, Igor Tsakharovich
1/2-1/2 33 Queen's Gambit Declined ROUND 9
1951.11.29
Kotov, Alexander vs Geller, Efim P
0-1 39 King's Indian Defense: Fianchetto Variation, Classical Variation ROUND 10
1951.12.02
Geller, Efim P vs Averbakh, Yuri L
1/2-1/2 30 Queen's Gambit Declined ROUND 11
1951.12.03
Moiseev, Oleg Leonidovich vs Geller, Efim P
0-1 44 English Opening: Anglo-Indian Defense, King's Indian Formation ROUND 12
1951.12.06
Geller, Efim P vs Flohr, Salo
0-1 34 Slav Defense: Geller Gambit ROUND 13
1951.12.06
Petrosian, Tigran V vs Smyslov, Vassily V
1-0 51 Slav Defense: Geller Gambit ROUND 13
1951.12.07
Botvinnik, Mikhail vs Geller, Efim P
0-1 62 Indian Defense: Tartakower Attack ROUND 14
1951.12.09
Geller, Efim P vs Lipnitsky, Isaak
1-0 33 Nimzo-Indian Defense: Sämisch Variation ROUND 15
1951.12.10
Bronstein, David Ionovich vs Geller, Efim P
1-0 50 Ruy Lopez: Closed, Chigorin Defense, Panov System ROUND 16
1951.12.13
Geller, Efim P vs Novotelnov, Nikolay Alexandrovi
1-0 42 Semi-Slav Defense ROUND 17