1968 USSR Chess Championship

36th Soviet Chess Championship
LocationAlma-Ata
Champion
Lev Polugaevsky

The 1968 Soviet Chess Championship was the 36th edition of USSR Chess Championship. Held from 30 December 1968 to 1 February 1969 in Alma-Ata. The tournament was won by Lev Polugaevsky who defeats Alexander Zaitsev in a play-off match. The non-attendance of stars such as David Bronstein, Tigran Petrosian, Boris Spassky, all away at foreign tournaments made it not too strong an event, especially in conjunction with the absence of Paul Keres. Mikhail Tal was ill again, after a year in which he spent a lot of time in hospital under observation.[1][2]

Table and results

36th Soviet Chess Championship
Player 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 Total
1 Alexander Zaitsev - ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 12½
2 Lev Polugaevsky ½ - 1 1 ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 1 12½
3 Anatoly Lutikov 0 0 - 0 0 ½ ½ 1 1 0 1 ½ 1 1 1 ½ ½ 1 1 1 11½
4 Vladimir Liberzon ½ 0 1 - 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 0 ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ ½ 11
5 Vitaly Tseshkovsky 0 ½ 1 1 - ½ ½ 0 ½ 1 0 ½ ½ 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 11
6 Ratmir Kholmov ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ - ½ ½ 0 1 ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 10½
7 Mikhail Podgaets ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ - ½ 1 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 ½ ½ 1 10½
8 Mikhail Tal ½ ½ 0 ½ 1 ½ ½ - 0 0 ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 1 0 1 1 10½
9 Janis Klovans 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ 1 0 1 - 1 ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ 1 0 1 1 1 10½
10 Evgeni Vasiukov ½ ½ 1 0 0 0 ½ 1 0 - ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ 1 1 1 1 1 10½
11 Anatoly Lein ½ ½ 0 0 1 ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ - 1 0 1 0 ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 10
12 Yuri Averbakh 0 1 ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 - ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ 1 1 ½ 10
13 Viatcheslav Osnos ½ 0 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ 1 1 ½ - 1 ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 10
14 Yuri Sakharov ½ ½ 0 0 0 ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 0 1 0 - 1 ½ 0 ½ 1 1 9
15 Vladimir Bagirov ½ ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 0 - 0 ½ ½ ½ 1 8½
16 Bukhuti Gurgenidze ½ ½ ½ 0 1 ½ 0 0 0 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 - ½ ½ 1 ½ 8½
17 Igor Zaitsev ½ 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ 0 0 1 0 ½ ½ 0 1 ½ ½ - 1 ½ 1 8½
18 Igor Platonov 0 ½ 0 0 1 0 ½ 1 0 0 0 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 - ½ 1 6½
19 Alexander Cherepkov ½ 0 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ 0 0 0 ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ - 0 4½
20 Yury Nikitin 0 0 0 ½ 0 ½ 0 0 0 0 ½ ½ 0 0 0 ½ 0 0 1 - 3½

Play-off

March 1969
Player 1 2 3 4 5 6 Total
Lev Polugaevsky ½ 0 ½ 1 ½ 1 3½
Alexander Zaitsev ½ 1 ½ 0 ½ 0 2½

References

  1. ^ Cafferty, Bernard (2016). The Soviet Championships. London: Everyman Chess. p. 140.
  2. ^ Soltis, Andy. (2000). Soviet chess, 1917-1991. McFarland & Co. ISBN 0-7864-0676-3. OCLC 41940198.
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