| 21st Russian Socialist Federal Soviet Republic's Chess Championship playoff :: Dubna 1961 |
| pos. | name | flag | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | pts | + | = | - | ||||
| 1.-2. | IM Nezhmetdinov, Rashid | |
● | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 2 | |
| 1.-2. | Lein, Anatoly | |
0 | 1 | ● | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 3 | |
| 3. | Antoshin, Vladimir | |
0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ● | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 4 | |
| 4. | Belov, Lev | |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ● | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | |
The championship was restricted to the Russian SFSR and excluded Moscow and Leningrad.
| 21st Russian Socialist Federal Soviet Republic's Chess Championship playoff | |
| Dates: | October 1961 |
| City: | Dubna (Soviet Union) |
| Venue: | |
| Organizers: | |
| Chief Arbiter: | |
| Players participating: | 4 (incl. 1 IM) |
| Games played: | 13 |
| Competition format: | round robin |
| Tie-breaks: | none |
| Time control: | |
| Other websites: | RUSBASE |
| PGN game file: | rus-1961playoff.pgn |