21ST USSR CHAMPIONSHIP — KIEV 1954

TOURNAMENT · ROUND ORDER

Replay all 188 chess games from 21st USSR Championship — Kiev 1954. This collection follows the event's recorded round order; search by player, opening, or date and download any game as PGN. Read about 21st USSR Championship — Kiev 1954 →

ROUND ORDER PLAYERS RESULT MOVES OPENINGS ROUND
1954.01.07
Lilienthal, Andor vs Livshin, Iosif M
1-0 55 Ruy Lopez: Closed, Delayed Exchange ROUND 1
1954.01.07
Averbakh, Yuri L vs Flohr, Salo
1/2-1/2 26 Nimzo-Indian Defense: Normal Variation, Bernstein Defense ROUND 1
1954.01.07
Suetin, Alexey S vs Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich
1-0 44 Sicilian Defense: Open ROUND 1
1954.01.07
Kholmov, Ratmir D vs Nezhmetdinov, Rashid
1-0 30 English Opening: Anglo-Indian Defense, Queen's Knight Variation ROUND 1
1954.01.07
Taimanov, Mark E vs Shamkovich, Leonid Alexandrovic
1/2-1/2 31 Queen's Gambit Declined: Queen's Knight Variation ROUND 1
1954.01.07
Byvshev, Vasily Mikhailovich vs Ilivitzki, Georgi A
0-1 37 Sicilian Defense: Accelerated Dragon, Maróczy Bind, Breyer Variation ROUND 1
1954.01.07
Lisitsin, Georgy M vs Ragozin, Viacheslav
1-0 44 King's Indian Defense: Orthodox Variation ROUND 1
1954.01.07
Furman, Semen Abramovich vs Borisenko, Georgy Konstantinov
1/2-1/2 35 King's Indian Defense: Normal Variation ROUND 1
1954.01.07
Petrosian, Tigran V vs Sokolsky, Alexey Pavlovich
1-0 60 Zukertort Opening ROUND 1
1954.01.07
Geller, Efim P vs Bannik, Anatolij
1-0 65 Zukertort Opening: Queen's Gambit Invitation ROUND 1
1954.01.08
Sokolsky, Alexey Pavlovich vs Furman, Semen Abramovich
0-1 49 Sicilian Defense: Classical Variation ROUND 2
1954.01.08
Shamkovich, Leonid Alexandrovic vs Byvshev, Vasily Mikhailovich
1/2-1/2 51 English Opening: Anglo-Indian Defense ROUND 2
1954.01.08
Lisitsin, Georgy M vs Kholmov, Ratmir D
1-0 55 Zukertort Opening ROUND 2
1954.01.08
Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich vs Geller, Efim P
1-0 25 Sicilian Defense: Richter-Rauzer Variation, Classical Variation ROUND 2
1954.01.08
Ilivitzki, Georgi A vs Lilienthal, Andor
1/2-1/2 27 Nimzo-Indian Defense: Normal Variation, Bernstein Defense ROUND 2
1954.01.08
Livshin, Iosif M vs Petrosian, Tigran V
1/2-1/2 48 Sicilian Defense: Moscow Variation, Main Line ROUND 2
1954.01.08
Bannik, Anatolij vs Taimanov, Mark E
0-1 59 Sicilian Defense: Sozin Attack, Leonhardt Variation ROUND 2
1954.01.08
Ragozin, Viacheslav vs Borisenko, Georgy Konstantinov
1/2-1/2 41 King's Indian Defense: Averbakh Variation, Benoni Defense ROUND 2
1954.01.08
Nezhmetdinov, Rashid vs Averbakh, Yuri L
1/2-1/2 18 English Opening: Anglo-Indian Defense ROUND 2
1954.01.10
Borisenko, Georgy Konstantinov vs Sokolsky, Alexey Pavlovich
1-0 64 Benoni Defense ROUND 3
1954.01.10
Petrosian, Tigran V vs Ilivitzki, Georgi A
1/2-1/2 41 English Opening: Anglo-Indian Defense, Queen's Knight Variation ROUND 3
1954.01.10
Taimanov, Mark E vs Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich
1/2-1/2 42 English Opening: Symmetrical Variation, Normal Variation ROUND 3
1954.01.10
Byvshev, Vasily Mikhailovich vs Bannik, Anatolij
1/2-1/2 42 French Defense: Winawer Variation, Advance Variation ROUND 3
1954.01.10
Suetin, Alexey S vs Nezhmetdinov, Rashid
1/2-1/2 31 Ruy Lopez: Closed, Chigorin Defense, Panov System ROUND 3
1954.01.10
Averbakh, Yuri L vs Lisitsin, Georgy M
1/2-1/2 62 Queen's Pawn Game ROUND 3
1954.01.10
Kholmov, Ratmir D vs Ragozin, Viacheslav
0-1 44 English Opening: Anglo-Indian Defense, Queen's Knight Variation ROUND 3
1954.01.10
Lilienthal, Andor vs Shamkovich, Leonid Alexandrovic
1-0 31 Benoni Defense: King's Pawn Line, with Bg5 ROUND 3
1954.01.10
Geller, Efim P vs Flohr, Salo
1-0 39 English Opening: King's English Variation, Four Knights Variation, Fianchetto Line, with Nb6 ROUND 3
1954.01.10
Furman, Semen Abramovich vs Livshin, Iosif M
1-0 54 Grünfeld Defense: Three Knights Variation, Hungarian Attack ROUND 3
1954.01.11
Bannik, Anatolij vs Lilienthal, Andor
1/2-1/2 43 Ruy Lopez: Closed, Chigorin Defense ROUND 4
1954.01.11
Shamkovich, Leonid Alexandrovic vs Petrosian, Tigran V
1/2-1/2 24 Queen's Indian Defense: Spassky System ROUND 4
1954.01.11
Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich vs Byvshev, Vasily Mikhailovich
1-0 32 English Opening: Anglo-Indian Defense ROUND 4
1954.01.11
Nezhmetdinov, Rashid vs Geller, Efim P
1-0 46 King's Indian Attack ROUND 4
1954.01.11
Ilivitzki, Georgi A vs Furman, Semen Abramovich
1/2-1/2 21 Queen's Indian Defense: Spassky System ROUND 4
1954.01.11
Livshin, Iosif M vs Borisenko, Georgy Konstantinov
1-0 56 Ruy Lopez: Morphy Defense, Steinitz Deferred ROUND 4
1954.01.11
Kholmov, Ratmir D vs Averbakh, Yuri L
1/2-1/2 47 English Opening: Mikenas-Carls, Sicilian ROUND 4
1954.01.11
Ragozin, Viacheslav vs Sokolsky, Alexey Pavlovich
1/2-1/2 26 Nimzo-Indian Defense: Sämisch Variation ROUND 4
1954.01.11
Flohr, Salo vs Taimanov, Mark E
1/2-1/2 20 Nimzo-Indian Defense: Normal Variation, Bernstein Defense ROUND 4
1954.01.11
Lisitsin, Georgy M vs Suetin, Alexey S
1-0 88 King's Indian Defense: Normal Variation, Rare Defenses ROUND 4
1954.01.14
Byvshev, Vasily Mikhailovich vs Flohr, Salo
1-0 32 Caro-Kann Defense ROUND 5
1954.01.14
Sokolsky, Alexey Pavlovich vs Livshin, Iosif M
1-0 41 Sicilian Defense: Richter-Rauzer Variation, Classical Variation ROUND 5
1954.01.14
Furman, Semen Abramovich vs Shamkovich, Leonid Alexandrovic
1-0 42 Semi-Slav Defense ROUND 5
1954.01.14
Lilienthal, Andor vs Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich
0-1 47 Grünfeld Defense: Exchange Variation, Classical Variation ROUND 5
1954.01.14
Taimanov, Mark E vs Nezhmetdinov, Rashid
1/2-1/2 65 Slav Defense: Modern Line ROUND 5
1954.01.14
Suetin, Alexey S vs Kholmov, Ratmir D
1/2-1/2 89 Ruy Lopez: Closed, Worrall Attack ROUND 5
1954.01.14
Averbakh, Yuri L vs Ragozin, Viacheslav
1-0 28 Dutch Defense: Classical Variation, Ilyin-Zhenevsky Variation, Winter Variation ROUND 5
1954.01.14
Borisenko, Georgy Konstantinov vs Ilivitzki, Georgi A
1/2-1/2 65 Queen's Gambit Declined: Tartakower Defense, Makogonov Exchange Variation ROUND 5
1954.01.14
Geller, Efim P vs Lisitsin, Georgy M
1/2-1/2 83 Nimzo-Indian Defense: Normal Variation, Schlechter Defense ROUND 5
1954.01.14
Petrosian, Tigran V vs Bannik, Anatolij
1-0 84 English Opening: King's English Variation, Four Knights Variation, Fianchetto Line ROUND 5
1954.01.15
Averbakh, Yuri L vs Suetin, Alexey S
1-0 58 English Opening: Anglo-Indian Defense, Queen's Knight Variation ROUND 6