1949 USSR Chess Championship

The 1949 Soviet Chess Championship was the 17th edition of USSR Chess Championship. Held from 16 October to 20 November 1949 in Moscow. The tournament was won by Vassily Smyslov and David Bronstein. Mikhail Botvinnik did not participate in the championship again, he was to take a three-year break, to work on his doctorate. Semifinals tournaments were played in the cities of Moscow, Leningrad, Tbilisi and Vilnius.^[1]

Vassily Smyslov

David Bronstein

17th Soviet Chess Championship (1949)
Location	Moscow
Champion
Vassily Smyslov David Bronstein
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Table and results

17th Soviet Chess Championship (1949)

	Player	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	Total
1	Vassily Smyslov	-	1	½	½	0	½	½	½	1	1	1	½	1	½	½	1	1	0	1	1	13
2	David Bronstein	0	-	½	½	½	½	½	1	½	1	½	1	½	1	1	½	1	1	½	1	13
3	Efim Geller	½	½	-	½	1	1	1	0	½	0	1	0	0	½	1	1	1	1	1	1	12½
4	Mark Taimanov	½	½	½	-	0	½	½	1	1	½	½	1	½	1	1	½	½	½	1	1	12½
5	Semyon Furman	1	½	0	1	-	1	0	1	½	½	½	½	1	0	0	1	0	1	1	1	11½
6	Isaac Boleslavsky	½	½	0	½	0	-	½	½	1	1	½	½	½	1	1	½	1	½	1	½	11½
7	Alexander Kotov	½	½	0	½	1	½	-	½	0	½	1	0	½	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	11½
8	Paul Keres	½	0	1	0	0	½	½	-	½	½	½	1	1	1	½	1	1	1	0	½	11
9	Lev Aronin	0	½	½	0	½	0	1	½	-	½	½	½	½	1	1	½	½	1	½	½	10
10	Ratmir Kholmov	0	0	1	½	½	0	½	½	½	-	½	0	1	½	1	½	½	1	1	½	10
11	Salo Flohr	0	½	0	½	½	½	0	½	½	½	-	½	1	½	½	1	½	1	0	½	9
12	Alexey Sokolsky	½	0	1	0	½	½	1	0	½	1	½	-	½	½	0	½	½	0	½	½	8½
13	Andor Lilienthal	0	½	1	½	0	½	½	0	½	0	0	½	-	½	1	0	1	½	½	½	8
14	Vladas Mikenas	½	0	½	0	1	0	1	0	0	½	½	½	½	-	0	0	1	½	½	1	8
15	Nikolai Kopilov	½	0	0	0	1	0	0	½	0	0	½	1	0	1	-	½	1	½	½	1	8
16	Tigran Petrosian	0	½	0	½	0	½	0	0	½	½	0	½	1	1	½	-	0	1	1	0	7½
17	Viacheslav Ragozin	0	0	0	½	1	0	0	0	½	½	½	½	0	0	0	1	-	½	½	1	6½
18	Grigory Levenfish	1	0	0	½	0	½	0	0	0	0	0	1	½	½	½	0	½	-	1	0	6
19	Victor Liublinsky	0	½	0	0	0	0	0	1	½	0	1	½	½	½	½	0	½	0	-	½	6
20	Grigory Goldberg	0	0	0	0	0	½	0	½	½	½	½	½	½	0	0	1	0	1	½	-	6