29TH USSR CHAMPIONSHIP — BAKU 1961

TOURNAMENT · ROUND ORDER

Replay all 21 chess games from 29th USSR Championship — Baku 1961. This collection follows the event's recorded round order; search by player, opening, or date and download any game as PGN. Read about 29th USSR Championship — Baku 1961 →

ROUND ORDER PLAYERS RESULT MOVES OPENINGS ROUND
1961.11.17
Kots, Yury Isakovich vs Spassky, Boris Vasilievich
0-1 24 Ruy Lopez: Closed, Averbakh Variation ROUND 1
1961.11.18
Spassky, Boris Vasilievich vs Gipslis, Aivars P
1-0 30 Sicilian Defense: Closed ROUND 2
1961.11.19
Savon, Vladimir A vs Spassky, Boris Vasilievich
0-1 44 King's Indian Attack: French Variation ROUND 3
1961.11.21
Spassky, Boris Vasilievich vs Keres, Paul
1/2-1/2 70 Ruy Lopez: Closed ROUND 4
1961.11.22
Smyslov, Vassily V vs Spassky, Boris Vasilievich
0-1 37 King's Indian Attack ROUND 5
1961.11.25
Spassky, Boris Vasilievich vs Kholmov, Ratmir D
1/2-1/2 52 Ruy Lopez: Schliemann Defense ROUND 6
1961.11.26
Bronstein, David Ionovich vs Spassky, Boris Vasilievich
1/2-1/2 17 Nimzo-Indian Defense: St. Petersburg Variation ROUND 7
1961.11.27
Spassky, Boris Vasilievich vs Polugaevsky, Lev
1-0 42 Queen's Indian Defense: Kasparov Variation ROUND 8
1961.11.29
Lein, Anatoly vs Spassky, Boris Vasilievich
1/2-1/2 40 Ruy Lopez: Morphy Defense, Modern Steinitz Defense ROUND 9
1961.11.30
Spassky, Boris Vasilievich vs Nezhmetdinov, Rashid
1/2-1/2 41 King's Indian Defense: Sämisch Variation, Yates Defense ROUND 10
1961.12.03
Gurgenidze, Bukhuti vs Spassky, Boris Vasilievich
0-1 60 Ruy Lopez: Morphy Defense, Steinitz Deferred ROUND 11
1961.12.04
Averbakh, Yuri L vs Keres, Paul
1/2-1/2 18 Queen's Indian Defense: Spassky System ROUND 12
1961.12.05
Spassky, Boris Vasilievich vs Khasin, Abram Iosifovich
1/2-1/2 42 Nimzo-Indian Defense: Leningrad Variation ROUND 13
1961.12.06
Taimanov, Mark E vs Spassky, Boris Vasilievich
1/2-1/2 15 Nimzo-Indian Defense: St. Petersburg Variation, Fischer Variation ROUND 14
1961.12.08
Spassky, Boris Vasilievich vs Vladimirov, Boris T
1-0 25 Sicilian Defense: Najdorf Variation ROUND 15
1961.12.11
Shamkovich, Leonid Alexandrovic vs Spassky, Boris Vasilievich
1-0 62 Ruy Lopez: Closed, Averbakh Variation ROUND 16
1961.12.12
Spassky, Boris Vasilievich vs Tal, Mihail
1-0 35 King's Indian Defense: Fianchetto Variation, Yugoslav Variation, Exchange Line ROUND 17
1961.12.13
Bagirov, Vladimir vs Spassky, Boris Vasilievich
0-1 72 Ruy Lopez: Morphy Defense, Modern Steinitz Defense ROUND 18
1961.12.15
Spassky, Boris Vasilievich vs Shianovsky, Vladislav I
1-0 31 Indian Defense: Przepiorka Variation ROUND 19
1961.12.16
Averbakh, Yuri L vs Spassky, Boris Vasilievich
1/2-1/2 19 Queen's Indian Defense: Spassky System ROUND 20
1961.12.19
Spassky, Boris Vasilievich vs Vasiukov, Evgeni
1/2-1/2 15 Four Knights Game: Spanish Variation ROUND 21