36TH USSR CHAMPIONSHIP — ALMA-ATA 1968/69

TOURNAMENT · ROUND ORDER

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ROUND ORDER PLAYERS RESULT MOVES OPENINGS ROUND
1968.12.30
Zaitsev, Alexander N vs Tseshkovsky, Vitaly
1-0 42 Indian Defense: Knights Variation ROUND 1
1969.01.03
Tal, Mihail vs Zaitsev, Igor A
1-0 49 Ruy Lopez: Closed, Smyslov Defense ROUND 1
1969.01.01
Tseshkovsky, Vitaly vs Gurgenidze, Bukhuti
0-1 34 Caro-Kann Defense ROUND 2
1969.01.05
Zaitsev, Alexander N vs Tal, Mihail
1/2-1/2 23 King's Indian Defense ROUND 2
1969.01.09
Tal, Mihail vs Tseshkovsky, Vitaly
1-0 28 English Opening: King's English Variation, Bremen-Hort Variation ROUND 3
1969.01.04
Tal, Mihail vs Kholmov, Ratmir D
1/2-1/2 32 Petrov's Defense: Modern Attack ROUND 4
1969.01.04
Tseshkovsky, Vitaly vs Osnos, Viatcheslav
1/2-1/2 26 Sicilian Defense: Taimanov Variation ROUND 4
1969.01.07
Kholmov, Ratmir D vs Tseshkovsky, Vitaly
1/2-1/2 41 Indian Defense: Knights Variation ROUND 5
1969.01.07
Lein, Anatoly vs Tal, Mihail
1/2-1/2 24 Benoni Defense ROUND 5
1969.01.07
Osnos, Viatcheslav vs Liberzon, Vladimir Mikhailovi
1/2-1/2 43 Catalan Opening: Closed ROUND 5
1969.01.08
Tseshkovsky, Vitaly vs Liberzon, Vladimir Mikhailovi
1-0 36 Sicilian Defense: Najdorf Variation, Opocensky Variation ROUND 6
1969.01.08
Tal, Mihail vs Cherepkov, Alexander V
1-0 32 Ruy Lopez: Closed, Chigorin Defense ROUND 6
1969.01.10
Lein, Anatoly vs Tseshkovsky, Vitaly
1-0 38 Nimzo-Indian Defense: St. Petersburg Variation, Fischer Variation ROUND 7
1969.01.10
Bagirov, Vladimir vs Tal, Mihail
1/2-1/2 23 Sicilian Defense: Richter-Rauzer Variation, Modern Variation ROUND 7
1969.01.11
Lein, Anatoly vs Cherepkov, Alexander V
1/2-1/2 66 Catalan Opening: Closed ROUND 8
1969.01.11
Tal, Mihail vs Platonov, Igor V
0-1 57 Sicilian Defense: Najdorf Variation ROUND 8
1969.01.11
Tseshkovsky, Vitaly vs Lutikov, Anatoly S
1-0 24 Philidor Defense ROUND 8
1969.01.14
Lutikov, Anatoly S vs Vasiukov, Evgeni
0-1 93 Italian Game: Classical Variation ROUND 9
1969.01.14
Klovans, Janis vs Tal, Mihail
1-0 58 Sicilian Defense: Najdorf Variation, Opocensky Variation ROUND 9
1969.01.14
Cherepkov, Alexander V vs Tseshkovsky, Vitaly
0-1 41 Nimzo-Indian Defense: Normal Variation, Bernstein Defense ROUND 9
1969.01.15
Tseshkovsky, Vitaly vs Vasiukov, Evgeni
1-0 60 Ruy Lopez: Closed, Yates Variation ROUND 10
1969.01.15
Tal, Mihail vs Averbakh, Yuri L
1/2-1/2 38 Ruy Lopez: Closed, Chigorin Defense ROUND 10
1969.01.18
Bagirov, Vladimir vs Tseshkovsky, Vitaly
0-1 75 Italian Game ROUND 11
1969.01.18
Nikitin, Yury M vs Tal, Mihail
0-1 30 Pterodactyl Defense: Eastern, Benoni ROUND 11
1969.01.19
Tseshkovsky, Vitaly vs Podgaets, Mikhail
1/2-1/2 28 Caro-Kann Defense: Panov Attack ROUND 12
1969.01.19
Tal, Mihail vs Gurgenidze, Bukhuti
1-0 34 Caro-Kann Defense: Gurgenidze Counterattack ROUND 12
1969.01.21
Platonov, Igor V vs Tseshkovsky, Vitaly
1-0 25 Nimzo-Indian Defense: St. Petersburg Variation, Fischer Variation ROUND 13
1969.01.23
Osnos, Viatcheslav vs Tal, Mihail
0-1 41 Benoni Defense: Fianchetto Variation, Hastings Defense, Main Line ROUND 13
1969.01.22
Tseshkovsky, Vitaly vs Sakharov, Yuri N
1-0 68 French Defense ROUND 14
1969.01.22
Kholmov, Ratmir D vs Osnos, Viatcheslav
1-0 32 English Opening: Agincourt Defense, Neo-Catalan Declined ROUND 14
1969.01.22
Tal, Mihail vs Liberzon, Vladimir Mikhailovi
1/2-1/2 82 Ruy Lopez: Morphy Defense, Modern Steinitz Defense ROUND 14
1969.01.25
Klovans, Janis vs Tseshkovsky, Vitaly
1/2-1/2 59 Ruy Lopez: Morphy Defense, Modern Steinitz Defense ROUND 15
1969.01.25
Lutikov, Anatoly S vs Tal, Mihail
1-0 42 Sicilian Defense: Taimanov Variation, Bastrikov Variation, English Attack ROUND 15
1969.01.27
Tseshkovsky, Vitaly vs Polugaevsky, Lev
1/2-1/2 25 Sicilian Defense: Najdorf Variation, Opocensky Variation ROUND 16
1969.01.27
Tal, Mihail vs Vasiukov, Evgeni
0-1 41 Ruy Lopez: Closed, Chigorin Defense ROUND 16
1969.01.28
Podgaets, Mikhail vs Tal, Mihail
1/2-1/2 74 Zukertort Opening ROUND 17
1969.01.28
Averbakh, Yuri L vs Tseshkovsky, Vitaly
1/2-1/2 19 Nimzo-Indian Defense: St. Petersburg Variation ROUND 17
1969.01.29
Tal, Mihail vs Sakharov, Yuri N
1/2-1/2 41 Sicilian Defense: Najdorf Variation, Poisoned Pawn Variation ROUND 18
1969.01.29
Tseshkovsky, Vitaly vs Zaitsev, Igor A
1-0 39 Ruy Lopez: Marshall Attack ROUND 18
1969.01.31
Sakharov, Yuri N vs Kholmov, Ratmir D
1/2-1/2 59 Italian Game ROUND 19
1969.01.31
Polugaevsky, Lev vs Tal, Mihail
1/2-1/2 18 Benoni Defense: Fianchetto Variation, Hastings Defense, Main Line ROUND 19
1969.01.31
Nikitin, Yury M vs Tseshkovsky, Vitaly
0-1 41 Vienna Game: Vienna Gambit ROUND 19