3rd Soviet Team Chess Cup: Moscow 1961

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Basic data

3rd Soviet Team Chess Cup
(see all-time tournament summary)
Date: 22nd - 28th December 1961
City: Moscow, Russian SFSR
Venue: M. V. Frunze Soviet Army Central Palace
(Центральный Дом Советской Армии им. М. В. Фрунзе)
Tournament Director: N/A
Chief Arbiter: N/A
Teams participating: 20
Players participating: Finals: 65 (incl. 11 GMs, 6 IMs and 5 WIMs)
Preliminaries: N/A
Games played: Finals: 150
Preliminaries: 570
Competition format: Two stage ten board round robin.
Teams were split into three preliminary groups. Top two teams from each group qualified to the final. There was no consolation final.
Final order decided by: 1. Game points; 2. Match points
Time control: N/A
Websites: RusBase
Downloadable game file: 61sov_cup.zip (only 43 games are available).

Tournament review

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Best board results

1st Board
no. name code pts gms %
1. GM Korchnoi, Viktor TRUD 3 5 60.0
1. GM Geller, Efim SOVA 3 5 60.0
1. GM Smyslov, Vassily BURE 3 5 60.0

2nd Board
no. name code pts gms %
1. GM Kholmov, Ratmir SPAR 3½ 5 70.0
2. GM Taimanov, Mark BURE 3½ 5 70.0
3. Kots, Yury AVAN 3 5 60.0

3rd Board
no. name code pts gms %
1. Klovāns, Jānis DAUG 3½ 5 70.0
1. IM Polugaevsky, Lev BURE 3½ 5 70.0
3. Shianovsky, Vladislav AVAN 3 5 60.0

4th Board
no. name code pts gms %
1. GM Vasiukov, Evgeny TRUD 3 4 75.0
2. GM Boleslavsky, Isaak BURE 3½ 5 70.0
3. Zhilin, V. SOVA 2½ 5 50.0
3. Sakharov, Yury AVAN 2½ 5 50.0

5th Board
no. name code pts gms %
1. Shamkovich, Leonid TRUD 3 4 75.0
2. Byvshev, Vassily BURE 2½ 4 62.5
3. Zurakhov, Vladen AVAN 3 5 60.0

6th Board
no. name code pts gms %
1. Vladimirov, Boris TRUD 2 3 66.7
2. Lutikov, Anatoly SPAR 3 5 60.0
2. Lazarev, Efrim AVAN 3 5 60.0

Boys' Board
no. name code pts gms %
1. Khodos, German BURE 4 5 80.0
2. Šmits, Anatolijs DAUG 3 5 60.0
2. Bykov, Vladimir AVAN 3 5 60.0

1st Women's Board
no. name code pts gms %
1. WIM Zvorykina, Kira SOVA 4 5 80.0
2. WIM Volpert, Larisa TRUD 3 5 60.0
3. Togonidze, Manana SPAR 2½ 5 50.0
3. WIM Bykova, Elizaveta BURE 2½ 5 50.0

2nd Women's Board
no. name code pts gms %
1. Antonova, R. AVAN 3½ 5 70.0
2. Voitsik, Nina SPAR 3 5 60.0
3. Lauberte, Milda DAUG 2½ 5 50.0
3. WIM Zatulovskaya, Tatiana BURE 2½ 5 50.0

Girls' Board
no. name code pts gms %
1. WIM Gaprindashvili, Nona BURE 5 5 100.0
2. Kushnir, Alla TRUD 3½ 5 70.0
3. Kantorovich, L. SPAR 3 5 60.0

Interesting games


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