1950 USSR Chess Championship

The 1950 Soviet Chess Championship was the 18th edition of USSR Chess Championship. Held from 10 November to 12 December 1950 in Moscow. The tournament was won by Paul Keres. Keres, Isaac Boleslavsky and Smyslov entered the final directly. The final were preceded by seven quarter-finals and five semifinals (at Leningrad, Tula, Tartu, Kiev and Gorky).Cafferty, Bernard. (2016). The Soviet Championships. Londres: Everyman Chess. p. 71

Table and results + 18th Soviet Chess Championship (1950) Player 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 Total1 Paul Keres - ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 0 1 1 1 1 0 ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ 111½2 Isaac Lipnitsky ½ - ½ 1 0 1 0 ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 0 1 1 1113 Alexander Tolush ½ ½ - 0 1 ½ 1 ½ 0 1 1 0 ½ 1 1 ½ 1 1114 Lev Aronin 0 0 1 - 1 0 ½ 1 0 1 1 1 ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 1115 Alexander Konstantinopolsky ½ 1 0 0 - ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 ½ 1 ½106 Vassily Smyslov ½ 0 ½ 1 ½ - ½ 0 ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ 1 0 1 1107 Vladimir Alatortsev 1 1 0 ½ ½ ½ - 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 0 198 Isaac Boleslavsky 0 ½ ½ 0 0 1 1 - 1 1 ½ ½ 0 1 ½ ½ ½ ½99 Efim Geller 0 0 1 1 ½ ½ ½ 0 - 0 ½ 1 1 1 0 0 1 1910 Salo Flohr 0 ½ 0 0 ½ ½ ½ 0 1 - 1 ½ 1 ½ 1 1 ½ ½911 Vladas Mikenas 0 ½ 0 0 ½ 0 1 ½ ½ 0 - 1 0 ½ 1 1 1 18½12 Tigran Petrosian 1 0 1 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ 0 - 1 0 0 1 ½ 1813 Igor Bondarevsky ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 - 1 1 ½ ½ ½814 Yuri Averbakh 0 0 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ 0 0 ½ ½ 1 0 - 1 ½ 1 1715 Alexey Suetin ½ 1 0 0 0 0 ½ ½ 1 0 0 1 0 0 - 1 1 06½16 Georgy Borisenko 0 0 ½ ½ ½ 1 0 ½ 1 0 0 0 ½ ½ 0 - 1 ½6½17 Alexey Sokolsky ½ 0 0 0 0 0 1 ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ 0 0 0 - ½418 Victor Liublinsky 0 0 0 0 ½ 0 0 ½ 0 ½ 0 0 ½ 0 1 ½ ½ -4

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