39TH USSR CHAMPIONSHIP — LENINGRAD 1971

TOURNAMENT · ROUND ORDER

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ROUND ORDER PLAYERS RESULT MOVES OPENINGS ROUND
1971.10.05
Grigorian, Karen Ashotovich vs Tseitlin, Mark D
1/2-1/2 40 English Opening: King's English Variation, Four Knights Variation, Fianchetto Line ROUND 14
1971.10.05
Smyslov, Vassily V vs Karasev, Vladimir I
1-0 47 English Opening: King's English Variation, Two Knights Variation, Smyslov System ROUND 14
1971.10.05
Vaganian, Rafael A vs Tal, Mihail
0-1 33 Indian Defense: Anti-Nimzo-Indian ROUND 14
1971.10.05
Savon, Vladimir A vs Kapengut, Albert Z
1/2-1/2 22 Indian Defense: West Indian Defense ROUND 14
1971.10.06
Kapengut, Albert Z vs Dzindzichashvili, Roman
1-0 60 Sicilian Defense: Kan Variation, Modern Variation ROUND 15
1971.10.06
Nikolaevsky, Yuri V vs Stein, Leonid
0-1 43 English Opening: Anglo-Indian Defense, Anglo-Grünfeld Variation ROUND 15
1971.10.06
Tukmakov, Vladimir B vs Platonov, Igor V
0-1 28 English Opening: Symmetrical Variation, Anti-Benoni Variation, Spielmann Defense ROUND 15
1971.10.06
Bronstein, David Ionovich vs Smyslov, Vassily V
1/2-1/2 29 Petrov's Defense ROUND 15
1971.10.06
Tal, Mihail vs Lein, Anatoly
1-0 61 French Defense: Winawer Variation ROUND 15
1971.10.06
Tseitlin, Mark D vs Geller, Efim P
0-1 48 Scotch Game: Potter Variation ROUND 15
1971.10.06
Krogius, Nikolai V vs Karpov, Anatoly
1/2-1/2 12 Queen's Indian Defense: Classical Variation, Traditional Variation ROUND 15
1971.10.06
Shamkovich, Leonid Alexandrovic vs Grigorian, Karen Ashotovich
1-0 42 Sicilian Defense: Najdorf Variation, Main Line ROUND 15
1971.10.06
Polugaevsky, Lev vs Taimanov, Mark E
1-0 59 Slav Defense: Steiner Variation ROUND 15
1971.10.06
Karasev, Vladimir I vs Savon, Vladimir A
1/2-1/2 17 Neo-Grünfeld Defense: Delayed Exchange Variation ROUND 15
1971.10.06
Balashov, Yuri S vs Vaganian, Rafael A
1-0 65 French Defense: Tarrasch Variation, Open System, Main Line ROUND 15
1971.10.09
Karpov, Anatoly vs Tseitlin, Mark D
1-0 23 Ruy Lopez: Schliemann Defense, Dyckhoff Variation ROUND 16
1971.10.09
Savon, Vladimir A vs Bronstein, David Ionovich
1/2-1/2 17 Sicilian Defense: Chekhover Variation ROUND 16
1971.10.09
Lein, Anatoly vs Balashov, Yuri S
1-0 42 Caro-Kann Defense: Advance Variation ROUND 16
1971.10.09
Geller, Efim P vs Shamkovich, Leonid Alexandrovic
0-1 22 Sicilian Defense: Richter-Rauzer Variation, Traditional Variation ROUND 16
1971.10.09
Stein, Leonid vs Krogius, Nikolai V
1-0 61 Réti Opening: Anglo-Slav Variation, with g3 ROUND 16
1971.10.09
Vaganian, Rafael A vs Polugaevsky, Lev
1/2-1/2 41 English Opening: Symmetrical Variation, Normal Variation ROUND 16
1971.10.09
Grigorian, Karen Ashotovich vs Tukmakov, Vladimir B
1/2-1/2 44 Grünfeld Defense ROUND 16
1971.10.09
Platonov, Igor V vs Tal, Mihail
1/2-1/2 56 Sicilian Defense: Taimanov Variation ROUND 16
1971.10.09
Dzindzichashvili, Roman vs Taimanov, Mark E
1/2-1/2 68 Sicilian Defense: Taimanov Variation ROUND 16
1971.10.09
Kapengut, Albert Z vs Karasev, Vladimir I
1/2-1/2 100 Petrov's Defense: Modern Attack ROUND 16
1971.10.09
Smyslov, Vassily V vs Nikolaevsky, Yuri V
1-0 33 King's Indian Defense: Petrosian Variation, Stein Defense ROUND 16
1971.10.10
Balashov, Yuri S vs Platonov, Igor V
1/2-1/2 45 Benko Gambit ROUND 17
1971.10.10
Polugaevsky, Lev vs Lein, Anatoly
1-0 33 King's Indian Defense: Fianchetto Variation, Simagin Variation ROUND 17
1971.10.10
Karasev, Vladimir I vs Dzindzichashvili, Roman
1-0 56 Sicilian Defense: Accelerated Dragon, Maróczy Bind ROUND 17
1971.10.10
Taimanov, Mark E vs Vaganian, Rafael A
1-0 52 English Opening: Anglo-Indian Defense, Anglo-Grünfeld Variation ROUND 17
1971.10.10
Nikolaevsky, Yuri V vs Savon, Vladimir A
1/2-1/2 26 Queen's Indian Defense: Traditional Variation ROUND 17
1971.10.10
Shamkovich, Leonid Alexandrovic vs Karpov, Anatoly
0-1 50 English Opening: Symmetrical Variation, Three Knights Variation ROUND 17
1971.10.10
Tseitlin, Mark D vs Stein, Leonid
0-1 31 Sicilian Defense: Classical Variation, Anti-Sozin Variation ROUND 17
1971.10.10
Bronstein, David Ionovich vs Kapengut, Albert Z
1-0 29 Nimzo-Larsen Attack: Modern Variation ROUND 17
1971.10.10
Tukmakov, Vladimir B vs Geller, Efim P
1-0 42 Benoni Defense ROUND 17
1971.10.10
Tal, Mihail vs Grigorian, Karen Ashotovich
1/2-1/2 84 Sicilian Defense: Najdorf Variation, Opocensky Variation ROUND 17
1971.10.10
Krogius, Nikolai V vs Smyslov, Vassily V
1/2-1/2 11 Petrov's Defense ROUND 17
1971.10.11
Savon, Vladimir A vs Krogius, Nikolai V
1-0 41 English Opening: Agincourt Defense, Neo-Catalan Declined ROUND 18
1971.10.11
Platonov, Igor V vs Polugaevsky, Lev
1/2-1/2 17 Sicilian Defense: Moscow Variation, Main Line ROUND 18
1971.10.11
Grigorian, Karen Ashotovich vs Balashov, Yuri S
0-1 40 Queen's Indian Defense ROUND 18
1971.10.11
Smyslov, Vassily V vs Tseitlin, Mark D
1-0 67 English Opening: Great Snake Variation ROUND 18
1971.10.11
Dzindzichashvili, Roman vs Vaganian, Rafael A
0-1 44 Slav Defense: Exchange Variation ROUND 18
1971.10.11
Karasev, Vladimir I vs Bronstein, David Ionovich
1-0 42 Sicilian Defense: Najdorf Variation, Opocensky Variation ROUND 18
1971.10.11
Stein, Leonid vs Shamkovich, Leonid Alexandrovic
1-0 37 Réti Opening: Anglo-Slav Variation, with g3 ROUND 18
1971.10.11
Karpov, Anatoly vs Tukmakov, Vladimir B
1-0 55 Sicilian Defense: Taimanov Variation, Modern Line ROUND 18
1971.10.11
Geller, Efim P vs Tal, Mihail
0-1 58 Sicilian Defense: Taimanov Variation, Bastrikov Variation ROUND 18
1971.10.11
Lein, Anatoly vs Taimanov, Mark E
1-0 41 Indian Defense: Spielmann-Indian ROUND 18
1971.10.11
Kapengut, Albert Z vs Nikolaevsky, Yuri V
0-1 73 King's Pawn Game ROUND 18
1971.10.13
Tukmakov, Vladimir B vs Stein, Leonid
1/2-1/2 42 King's Indian Defense: Orthodox Variation ROUND 19
1971.10.13
Tseitlin, Mark D vs Savon, Vladimir A
0-1 42 Sicilian Defense: Najdorf Variation, Main Line ROUND 19