28TH USSR CHAMPIONSHIP — MOSCOW 1961

TOURNAMENT · ROUND ORDER

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ROUND ORDER PLAYERS RESULT MOVES OPENINGS ROUND
1961.02.04
Averbakh, Yuri L vs Stein, Leonid
1/2-1/2 38 Sicilian Defense: Accelerated Dragon, Maróczy Bind, Breyer Variation ROUND 16
1961.02.04
Boleslavsky, Isaak vs Geller, Efim P
1/2-1/2 18 Queen's Gambit Declined: Tartakower Defense, Makogonov Exchange Variation ROUND 16
1961.02.04
Khasin, Abram Iosifovich vs Bannik, Anatolij
1/2-1/2 25 Sicilian Defense: Taimanov Variation ROUND 16
1961.02.04
Furman, Semen Abramovich vs Cherepkov, Alexander V
1/2-1/2 43 Indian Defense: West Indian Defense ROUND 16
1961.02.04
Polugaevsky, Lev vs Petrosian, Tigran V
0-1 47 Nimzo-Indian Defense: Normal Variation, Gligoric System, Bronstein Variation ROUND 16
1961.02.04
Taimanov, Mark E vs Simagin, Vladimir Pavlovich
1/2-1/2 32 King's Indian Defense: Orthodox Variation, Aronin-Taimanov Defense ROUND 16
1961.02.04
Gufeld, Eduard vs Smyslov, Vassily V
1/2-1/2 41 Ruy Lopez: Closed, Chigorin Defense ROUND 16
1961.02.04
Spassky, Boris Vasilievich vs Lutikov, Anatoly S
1-0 44 Queen's Gambit Declined: Lasker Defense ROUND 16
1961.02.04
Bronstein, David Ionovich vs Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich
0-1 77 Grünfeld Defense: Exchange Variation ROUND 16
1961.02.04
Borisenko, Georgy Konstantinov vs Tarasov, Vitaly Georgievich
1-0 42 Queen's Gambit Declined: Lasker Defense, Main Line ROUND 16
1961.02.06
Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich vs Khasin, Abram Iosifovich
1-0 41 Queen's Gambit Declined: Ragozin Defense ROUND 17
1961.02.06
Lutikov, Anatoly S vs Polugaevsky, Lev
0-1 48 Sicilian Defense: Najdorf Variation ROUND 17
1961.02.06
Cherepkov, Alexander V vs Gufeld, Eduard
0-1 48 Sicilian Defense: Accelerated Dragon, Maróczy Bind, Breyer Variation ROUND 17
1961.02.06
Simagin, Vladimir Pavlovich vs Borisenko, Georgy Konstantinov
1-0 34 Grünfeld Defense: Russian Variation ROUND 17
1961.02.06
Bannik, Anatolij vs Spassky, Boris Vasilievich
0-1 62 Old Indian Defense: Normal Variation ROUND 17
1961.02.06
Geller, Efim P vs Furman, Semen Abramovich
0-1 42 Sicilian Defense: Dragon Variation, Yugoslav Attack, Early Deviations ROUND 17
1961.02.06
Tarasov, Vitaly Georgievich vs Boleslavsky, Isaak
1/2-1/2 32 Grünfeld Defense: Exchange Variation ROUND 17
1961.02.06
Smyslov, Vassily V vs Averbakh, Yuri L
1/2-1/2 34 Catalan Opening: Closed ROUND 17
1961.02.06
Stein, Leonid vs Bronstein, David Ionovich
1-0 35 Modern Defense: Standard Defense ROUND 17
1961.02.06
Petrosian, Tigran V vs Taimanov, Mark E
1-0 50 King's Indian Defense: Sämisch Variation, Yates Defense ROUND 17
1961.02.07
Taimanov, Mark E vs Lutikov, Anatoly S
1-0 37 Queen's Gambit Declined: Orthodox Defense, Rubinstein Variation, Flohr Line ROUND 18
1961.02.07
Gufeld, Eduard vs Geller, Efim P
0-1 40 Sicilian Defense: Nyezhmetdinov-Rossolimo Attack, Fianchetto Variation, Gufeld Gambit ROUND 18
1961.02.07
Spassky, Boris Vasilievich vs Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich
0-1 40 Sicilian Defense: Taimanov Variation ROUND 18
1961.02.07
Khasin, Abram Iosifovich vs Stein, Leonid
1/2-1/2 73 English Opening: Symmetrical Variation, Anti-Benoni Variation, Spielmann Defense ROUND 18
1961.02.07
Averbakh, Yuri L vs Cherepkov, Alexander V
1/2-1/2 51 English Opening: King's English Variation, Reversed Closed Sicilian ROUND 18
1961.02.07
Bronstein, David Ionovich vs Smyslov, Vassily V
1/2-1/2 13 Sicilian Defense: Modern Variations ROUND 18
1961.02.07
Tarasov, Vitaly Georgievich vs Simagin, Vladimir Pavlovich
1-0 47 East Indian Defense ROUND 18
1961.02.07
Boleslavsky, Isaak vs Furman, Semen Abramovich
0-1 38 Sicilian Defense: Richter-Rauzer Variation, Modern Variation ROUND 18
1961.02.07
Polugaevsky, Lev vs Bannik, Anatolij
1/2-1/2 48 Queen's Gambit Declined: Tartakower Defense ROUND 18
1961.02.07
Borisenko, Georgy Konstantinov vs Petrosian, Tigran V
1/2-1/2 41 Old Indian Defense: Normal Variation ROUND 18
1961.02.10
Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich vs Polugaevsky, Lev
1-0 41 Nimzo-Indian Defense: Normal Variation, Gligoric System, Bronstein Variation ROUND 19
1961.02.10
Petrosian, Tigran V vs Tarasov, Vitaly Georgievich
1/2-1/2 12 Queen's Gambit Accepted: Normal Variation, Traditional System ROUND 19
1961.02.10
Geller, Efim P vs Averbakh, Yuri L
1/2-1/2 16 Queen's Gambit Declined: Semi-Tarrasch Defense ROUND 19
1961.02.10
Bannik, Anatolij vs Taimanov, Mark E
1/2-1/2 47 King's Indian Defense: Orthodox Variation, Aronin-Taimanov Defense ROUND 19
1961.02.10
Lutikov, Anatoly S vs Borisenko, Georgy Konstantinov
1/2-1/2 20 Vienna Game: Frankenstein-Dracula Variation ROUND 19
1961.02.10
Simagin, Vladimir Pavlovich vs Boleslavsky, Isaak
1/2-1/2 66 King's Indian Defense: Petrosian Variation, Normal Defense ROUND 19
1961.02.10
Smyslov, Vassily V vs Khasin, Abram Iosifovich
1/2-1/2 53 King's Indian Attack ROUND 19
1961.02.10
Stein, Leonid vs Spassky, Boris Vasilievich
1-0 41 Ruy Lopez: Classical Variation, Central Variation ROUND 19
1961.02.10
Furman, Semen Abramovich vs Gufeld, Eduard
1-0 63 Benoni Defense ROUND 19
1961.02.10
Cherepkov, Alexander V vs Bronstein, David Ionovich
0-1 41 Ruy Lopez: Open ROUND 19