8th Soviet Team Chess Championship: Leningrad 1962

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Basic data

8th Soviet Team Chess Championship
(see all-time tournament summary)
Date: Final group: 20th October - 2nd November 1962
Lower group: 15th - 27th October 1962
City: Final group: Leningrad, Russian SFSR
Lower group: Alma Ata, Kazakh SSR
Venue: N/A
Tournament Director: N/A
Chief Arbiter: N/A
Teams participating: Final group: 9
Lower group: 8
Players participating: Final group: 99 (incl. 16 GMs, 3 IMs and 5 WIMs)
Lower group: 80
Games played: Final group: 360
Lower group: 280
Competition format: Two group ten board round robin.
Seven best teams from 1960 Team Championship and two qualifiers from the lower group earned right to participate in the final group, while the rest competed in the lower group.
Final order decided by: 1. Game points; 2. Match points
Time control: N/A
Websites: RusBase
Downloadable game file: 62sov_team.zip


Tournament review

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Best board results

1st Board
no. name code pts gms %
1. GM Spassky, Boris SPET 6 8 75.0
2. GM Geller, Efim UKR 5 7 71.4
3. GM Keres, Paul EST 3½ 5 70.0

2nd Board
no. name code pts gms %
1. Ģipslis, Aivars LAT 5½ 8 68.8
2. GM Korchnoi, Viktor SPET 5 8 62.5
2. Suetin, Alexander BLR 5 8 62.5

3rd Board
no. name code pts gms %
1. Klovāns, Jānis LAT 6 8 75.0
2. Gufeld, Eduard UKR 5 7 71.4
2. GM Averbakh, Yury MOSC 5 7 71.4

4th Board
no. name code pts gms %
1. Antoshin, Vladimir RUS 5 7 71.4
2. Zilbers, Israel LAT 5½ 8 68.8
3. Etruk, Rein EST 5 8 62.5

5th Board
no. name code pts gms %
1. GM Kotov, Alexander MOSC 5½ 7 78.6
2. Lein, Anatoly RUS 6 8 75.0
3. Pētersons, Andrejs LAT 4½ 8 56.3

6th Board
no. name code pts gms %
1. Shestoperov, Alexei RUS 6 8 75.0
2. Novopashin, Arkady UKR 4 6 66.7
3. Osnos, Viacheslav SPET 4½ 8 56.3

Boys' Board
no. name code pts gms %
1. Faibisovich, Vadim SPET 5½ 8 68.8
1. Zakharov, Alexander RUS 5½ 8 68.8
3. Kapengut, Albert BLR 5 8 62.5

1st Women's Board
no. name code pts gms %
1. WIM Kushnir, Alla MOSC 5½ 8 68.8
2. WIM Volpert, Larisa SPET 5 8 62.5
3. WIM Borisenko, Valentina RUS 4½ 8 56.3
3. Mosionzhik, Bronislava MDA 4½ 8 56.3

2nd Women's Board
no. name code pts gms %
1. Bishard, Ekaterina SPET 7½ 8 93.8
2. Archakova, Galina BLR 5 8 62.5
3. Stern, I. MDA 4½ 8 56.3

Girls' Board
no. name code pts gms %
1. Kristol, Luba SPET 5½ 8 68.8
1. Ērgle, Astra LAT 5½ 8 68.8
3. Golovei, Tamara BLR 5 8 62.5


Interesting games


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