29th Soviet Chess Championship
LocationBaku
Champion
Boris Spassky

The 1961 Soviet Chess Championship - 29th edition was held from 16 November to 20 December 1961 in Baku. The tournament was won by Boris Spassky. The final were preceded by semifinals events at Batumi, Novgorod and Kyiv. 1961 was the year of two Soviet Chess Championships, the 28th and the 29th editions.[1][2]

Table and results

29th Soviet Chess Championship
Player123456789101112131415161718192021Total
1 Soviet Union Boris Spassky -1½1½½½1½½10½111½1½1114½
2 Soviet Union Lev Polugaevsky 0-½½1½10½½½11½11½111114
3 Soviet Union David Bronstein ½½-101½½½½1½½1½½½1½1½12½
4 Soviet Union Mikhail Tal 0½0-½1½½½½½11½11½10½112
5 Soviet Union Evgeni Vasiukov ½01½-½0½10½½½1½11½1½112
6 Soviet Union Mark Taimanov ½½00½-½1½1½110½1½01½111½
7 Soviet Union Yuri Averbakh ½0½½1½-½½½0½0½111111011½
8 Soviet Union Vassily Smyslov 01½½½0½-½101½½½0111½½11
9 Soviet Union Paul Keres ½½½½0½½½-½½½0111½1½½½11
10 Soviet Union Ratmir Kholmov ½½½½10½0½-½010011½11111
11 Soviet Union Aivars Gipslis 0½0½½½11½½-0½½½½11½½111
12 Soviet Union Leonid Shamkovich 10½0½0½0½11-01½1½½01110½
13 Soviet Union Abram Khasin ½0½0½01½10½1-1½0½0½½1
14 Soviet Union Yury Kots 0½0½01½½01½00-1½000118
15 Soviet Union Vladislav Shianovsky 00½0½½0½01½½½0-½½½1108
16 Soviet Union Boris Vladimirov 00½0000100½01½½-111018
17 Soviet Union Anatoly Lein ½½½½0½00½00½½1½0-01½½
18 Soviet Union Vladimir Savon 0000½1000½0½11½01-½½½
19 Soviet Union Rashid Nezhmetdinov ½0½10000½0½1½1000½-107
20 Soviet Union Vladimir Bagirov 000½½½0½½0½0½001½½0-½6
21 Soviet Union Bukhuti Gurgenidze 00½0001½½0000010½½1½-6


References

  1. Cafferty, Bernard (2016). The Soviet Championships. London: Everyman Chess. p. 113.
  2. Soltis, Andy. (2000). Soviet chess, 1917-1991. McFarland & Co. ISBN 0-7864-0676-3.
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