The 1951 Soviet Chess Championship was the 19th edition of USSR Chess Championship. Held from 11 November to 14 December 1951 in Moscow. The tournament was won by Paul Keres. The final were preceded by quarter-finals events and four semifinals (at Leningrad, Baku, Sverdlovsky and Lvov).Cafferty, Bernard. (2016). The Soviet Championships. London: Everyman Chess. p. 74
Table and results
+19th Soviet Chess Championship (1951)Player123456789101112131415161718Total1 Paul Keres -½11½½½1½100½11111122 Tigran Petrosian ½ -½1½½½1½00111½11111½3 Efim Geller 0½ -01½010111½1111111½4 Vassily Smyslov 001 -10111½1½½1½101115 Mikhail Botvinnik ½½00 -½1½½10½½½1111106 Yuri Averbakh ½½½1½ -00½1½½1½½0119½7 David Bronstein ½½1001 -1½010½½½½119½8 Mark Taimanov 0000½10 -½½1½1½11119½9 Salo Flohr ½½10½½½½ -0½1½½1½01910 Lev Aronin 010½001½1 -1½0½½11½911 Nikolai Kopilov 11001½00½0 -011011½8½12 Alexander Kotov 100½½½1½0½1 -½½½010813 Igor Bondarevsky ½0½½½0½0½10½ -½1011814 Vladimir Simagin 0000½½½½½½0½½ -1½117½15 Oleg Moiseev 0½0½0½½00½1½00 -½116½16 Isaac Lipnitsky 000001½0½0011½½ -½16½17 Nikolay Novotelnov 000100001000000½ -½318 Evgeny Terpugov 000000000½½10000½ -2½
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