3rd Soviet Team Chess Championship: Leningrad 1953

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Basic data

3rd Soviet Team Chess Championship
(see all-time tournament summary)
Date: Final: 9th - 30th September 1953
Preliminaries: September 1953
City: Leningrad, Russian SFSR
Venue: N/A
Tournament Director: N/A
Chief Arbiter: N/A
Teams participating: Final: 8
Preliminaries:17
Players participating: Final: 80 (incl. 5 IMs and 3 WIMs)
Preliminaries: N/A
Games played: Final: 280
Preliminaries: 640
Competition format: Preliminaries: teams were split into two groups where they played ten board round robin. Four best teams from each preliminary group qualified to the final.
Final: Ten board round robin.
Final order decided by: 1. Game points; 2. Match points
Time control: N/A
Other websites: RusBase
Downloadable game file: 53sov_team.zip (only 53 games are available)

Tournament review

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Best board results

1st Board
no. name code pts gms %
1. Lipnitsky, Isaak UKR 5 7 71.4
2. Furman, Semen SPET 4 7 57.1
2. Shishov, Mikhail GEO 4 7 57.1

2nd Board
no. name code pts gms %
1. Tāls, Mihails LAT 4½ 7 64.3
1. IM Kasparian, Genrik GEO 4½ 7 64.3
3. Korchnoi, Viktor SPET 4 7 57.1
3. Ilivitsky, Grigory RUS 4 7 57.1
3. Saigin, Vladimir BLR 4 7 57.1

3rd Board
no. name code pts gms %
1. Kļaviņš, Jānis LAT 6 7 85.7
2. Byvshev, Vassily SPET 4½ 7 64.3
3. Goldenov, Boris BLR 4 7 57.1

4th Board
no. name code pts gms %
1. Chistiakov, Alexander MOSC 5 7 71.4
2. Krogius, Nikolai RUS 4 7 57.1
3. Ratner, Boris UKR 3½ 7 50.0
3. Borisenko, Grigory SPET 3½ 7 50.0
3. IM Veresov, Gavril BLR 3½ 7 50.0

5th Board
no. name code pts gms %
1. IM Chekhover, Vitaly SPET 5½ 7 78.6
1. Shamkovich, Leonid RUS 5½ 7 78.6
3. Baranov, Boris MOSC 4 7 57.1

6th Board
no. name code pts gms %
1. Polugaevsky, Lev RUS 6½ 7 92.9
2. Kopylov, Nikolai SPET 4½ 7 64.3
3. Khavin, Abram UKR 4 7 57.1
3. Sorokin, Nikolai GEO 4 7 57.1

7th Board
no. name code pts gms %
1. Goldberg, Grigory SPET 6 7 85.7
2. Zilbers, Israel LAT 5 7 71.4
3. Uusi, Gunnar MOSC 4½ 7 64.3

8th Board
no. name code pts gms %
1. Stoliar, Efim RUS 5½ 7 78.6
2. Shamaev, Leonid SPET 5 7 71.4
3. Vasiukov, Evgeny MOSC 4½ 7 64.3

1st Women's Board
no. name code pts gms %
1. WIM Borisenko, Valentina SPET 5 7 71.4
2. Kogan, L. UKR 4½ 7 64.3
2. Rootare, Salme EST 4½ 7 64.3

2nd Women's Board
no. name code pts gms %
1. Ignatieva, Olga MOSC 6½ 7 92.9
2. Biglova, Evgenia SPET 4 7 57.1
3. Gurfinkel, Iosifa RUS 3½ 7 50.0
3. Nevidomskaya, G. BLR 3½ 7 50.0

Interesting games


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