28TH USSR CHAMPIONSHIP — MOSCOW 1961

TOURNAMENT · ROUND ORDER

Replay all 19 chess games from 28th USSR Championship — Moscow 1961. This collection follows the event's recorded round order; search by player, opening, or date and download any game as PGN. Read about 28th USSR Championship — Moscow 1961 →

ROUND ORDER PLAYERS RESULT MOVES OPENINGS ROUND
1961.01.10
Tarasov, Vitaly Georgievich vs Lutikov, Anatoly S
1/2-1/2 37 King's Indian Defense: Fianchetto Variation, Delayed Fianchetto ROUND 1
1961.01.12
Bannik, Anatolij vs Tarasov, Vitaly Georgievich
1/2-1/2 35 Nimzo-Indian Defense: St. Petersburg Variation ROUND 2
1961.01.14
Tarasov, Vitaly Georgievich vs Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich
1/2-1/2 39 Sicilian Defense: Najdorf Variation ROUND 3
1961.01.15
Stein, Leonid vs Tarasov, Vitaly Georgievich
1-0 39 Ruy Lopez: Closed, Karpov Variation ROUND 4
1961.01.17
Tarasov, Vitaly Georgievich vs Smyslov, Vassily V
1/2-1/2 20 Queen's Gambit Accepted: Alekhine Defense ROUND 5
1961.01.19
Cherepkov, Alexander V vs Tarasov, Vitaly Georgievich
1-0 74 Ruy Lopez: Closed ROUND 6
1961.01.21
Tarasov, Vitaly Georgievich vs Geller, Efim P
0-1 42 King's Indian Defense: Four Pawns Attack, Exchange Variation ROUND 7
1961.01.22
Furman, Semen Abramovich vs Tarasov, Vitaly Georgievich
1-0 41 Queen's Gambit Declined: Queen's Knight Variation ROUND 8
1961.01.25
Tarasov, Vitaly Georgievich vs Gufeld, Eduard
1-0 48 Indian Defense: Przepiorka Variation ROUND 9
1961.01.26
Averbakh, Yuri L vs Tarasov, Vitaly Georgievich
1/2-1/2 44 Sicilian Defense: O'Kelly Variation ROUND 10
1961.01.27
Tarasov, Vitaly Georgievich vs Bronstein, David Ionovich
1/2-1/2 72 King's Indian Defense: Fianchetto Variation, Delayed Fianchetto ROUND 11
1961.01.29
Khasin, Abram Iosifovich vs Tarasov, Vitaly Georgievich
1-0 57 Sicilian Defense: Accelerated Dragon, Maróczy Bind ROUND 12
1961.01.30
Tarasov, Vitaly Georgievich vs Spassky, Boris Vasilievich
1/2-1/2 34 Sicilian Defense: Moscow Variation, Main Line ROUND 13
1961.02.02
Polugaevsky, Lev vs Tarasov, Vitaly Georgievich
1/2-1/2 29 Queen's Gambit Declined: Three Knights Variation ROUND 14
1961.02.03
Tarasov, Vitaly Georgievich vs Taimanov, Mark E
0-1 32 Indian Defense: Przepiorka Variation ROUND 15
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
Tarasov, Vitaly Georgievich vs Boleslavsky, Isaak
1/2-1/2 32 Grünfeld Defense: Exchange Variation ROUND 17
1961.02.07
Tarasov, Vitaly Georgievich vs Simagin, Vladimir Pavlovich
1-0 47 East Indian Defense ROUND 18
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