TOURNAMENT
23rd USSR Championship — Leningrad 1956
1956 · Leningrad
Taimanov won with 11½/17
Format
Tournament
Dates
1956
Venue
Leningrad
Games
152
◈Final Standings
| # | Player | Score | Record | Games |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Taimanov, Mark E | 11½/17 | +8 -2 =7 | games → |
| =2 | Averbakh, Yuri L | 11½/17 | +7 -1 =9 | games → |
| =2 | Spassky, Boris Vasilievich | 11½/17 | +7 -1 =9 | games → |
| 4 | Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich | 11/17 | +6 -1 =10 | games → |
| 5 | Polugaevsky, Lev | 10½/17 | +8 -4 =5 | games → |
| 6 | Tal, Mihail | 10½/17 | +6 -2 =9 | games → |
| 7 | Kholmov, Ratmir D | 10½/17 | +5 -1 =11 | games → |
| 8 | Boleslavsky, Isaak | 9/17 | +5 -4 =8 | games → |
| 9 | Zurakhov, Vladlen Y | 8½/17 | +4 -4 =9 | games → |
| 10 | Antoshin, Vladimir S | 8/17 | +4 -5 =8 | games → |
| 11 | Bannik, Anatolij | 7½/17 | +3 -5 =9 | games → |
| 12 | Ragozin, Viacheslav | 7/17 | +5 -8 =4 | games → |
| 13 | Simagin, Vladimir Pavlovich | 6½/17 | +4 -8 =5 | games → |
| =14 | Byvshev, Vasily Mikhailovich | 6½/16 | +3 -6 =7 | games → |
| =14 | Tolush, Alexander V | 6½/17 | +3 -7 =7 | games → |
| 16 | Borisenko, Georgy Konstantinov | 6/17 | +3 -8 =6 | games → |
| 17 | Khasin, Abram Iosifovich | 5½/17 | +2 -8 =7 | games → |
| 18 | Lisitsin, Georgy M | 4/16 | +0 -8 =8 | games → |
Cross Table
| Rank | Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Taimanov, Mark E | ½ | 0 | ½ | 1 | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | ½ | 0 | 1 | 1 | ½ | 1 | 1 | ½ | |
| 2 | Averbakh, Yuri L | ½ | 0 | ½ | 1 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
| 3 | Spassky, Boris Vasilievich | 1 | 1 | 0 | ½ | 1 | ½ | 1 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | 1 | |
| 4 | Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | |
| 5 | Polugaevsky, Lev | 0 | 0 | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ½ | 1 | ½ | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 6 | Tal, Mihail | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | ½ | 1 | ½ | 1 | 1 | |
| 7 | Kholmov, Ratmir D | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | 1 | 1 | ½ | 1 | 1 | ½ | 1 | ½ | ½ | |
| 8 | Boleslavsky, Isaak | 0 | ½ | 0 | ½ | 0 | ½ | 1 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | 0 | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
| 9 | Zurakhov, Vladlen Y | 0 | ½ | ½ | 0 | 0 | 1 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 0 | 1 | ½ | 1 | 1 | ½ | ½ | |
| 10 | Antoshin, Vladimir S | 0 | 0 | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 0 | 1 | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | ½ | |
| 11 | Bannik, Anatolij | ½ | ½ | ½ | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | 0 | ½ | 1 | ½ | ½ | 1 | |
| 12 | Ragozin, Viacheslav | 1 | ½ | 0 | 1 | ½ | 0 | ½ | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ½ | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 13 | Simagin, Vladimir Pavlovich | 0 | ½ | ½ | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ½ | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ½ | ½ | 0 | 1 | |
| 14 | Byvshev, Vasily Mikhailovich | 0 | 0 | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | 0 | 1 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
| 15 | Tolush, Alexander V | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | 0 | 0 | ½ | ½ | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ½ | 1 | 0 | 1 | ½ | |
| 16 | Borisenko, Georgy Konstantinov | 0 | 0 | 0 | ½ | 1 | ½ | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ½ | 1 | ½ | 0 | 1 | ½ | ½ | |
| 17 | Khasin, Abram Iosifovich | 0 | 0 | ½ | ½ | 0 | 0 | ½ | 0 | ½ | 0 | ½ | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ½ | ½ | |
| 18 | Lisitsin, Georgy M | ½ | 0 | 0 | ½ | 0 | 0 | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | 0 | 0 | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ |
Each cell shows the row player's per-game results against the column player (in round order). ● = same player.