16th Soviet Chess Championship (1948)
LocationMoscow
Champion
David Bronstein
Alexander Kotov

The 1948 Soviet Chess Championship was the 16th edition of USSR Chess Championship. Held from 10 November to 13 December 1948 in Moscow. The tournament was won by David Bronstein and Alexander Kotov. Mikhail Botvinnik did not participate in the championship again, as he had recently won the world title in the tournament at The Hague and Moscow. In fact he was to take a three-year break, to work on his doctorate. Quarterfinal tournaments were played in the cities of Tbilisi and Yaroslavl; and semifinals in Sverdlovsk, Leningrad and Moscow.[1]

Table and results

16th Soviet Chess Championship (1948)
Player12345678910111213141516171819Total
1 Soviet Union David Bronstein -½1½1½½½01½½½½11½1112
2 Soviet Union Alexander Kotov ½-½½00111½11010111112
3 Soviet Union Semyon Furman 0½-0010½10111½1111½11
4 Soviet Union Salo Flohr ½½1-½½1½½½½110½½½½½10½
5 Soviet Union Alexander Tolush 011½-10½½1½00½101½110
6 Soviet Union Alexander Konstantinopolsky ½10½0-½½10111½½½0½½
7 Soviet Union Georgy Lisitsin ½0101½-½0010½11½1½½
8 Soviet Union Igor Bondarevsky ½0½½½½½-½1½½01½01½1
9 Soviet Union Paul Keres 100½½01½-½½½10½1½½1
10 Soviet Union Georgy Ilivitsky 0½1½0110½-0101½½½½½9
11 Soviet Union Andor Lilienthal ½00½½00½½1-½0½11½119
12 Soviet Union Ratmir Kholmov ½000101½½0½-110½½½1
13 Soviet Union Grigory Levenfish ½10010½10110-½½01008
14 Soviet Union Viacheslav Ragozin ½0½1½½0010½0½-½½½½18
15 Soviet Union Yuri Averbakh 010½0½0½½½01½½-101½8
16 Soviet Union Vasily Panov 000½1½½10½0½1½0-½½½
17 Soviet Union Vladimir Alatortsev ½00½0100½½½½0½1½-1½
18 Soviet Union Mark Taimanov 000½½½½½½½0½1½0½0-06
19 Soviet Union Lev Aronin 00½½0½½00½0010½½½1-6

References

  1. Cafferty, Bernard. (2016). The Soviet Championships. Londres: Everyman Chess. p. 62
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