| 21st Soviet Chess Championship (1954) | |
|---|---|
| Location | Kiev | 
| Champion | |
| Yuri Averbakh | |
The 1954 Soviet Chess Championship was the 21st edition of USSR Chess Championship. Held from 7 January to 7 February 1954 in Kiev. The tournament was won by Yuri Averbakh. The final were preceded semifinals events at Moscow, Leningrad, Rostov and Vilnius.[1][2]

Yuri Averbakh playing a chess game
Table and results
| Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Yuri Averbakh | - | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | ½ | 1 | 1 | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | 14½ | 
| 2 |  Mark Taimanov | ½ | - | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 
| 3 |  Viktor Korchnoi | ½ | ½ | - | 0 | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ½ | 1 | 1 | 13 | 
| 4 |  Georgy Lisitsin | ½ | ½ | 1 | - | ½ | 1 | 1 | ½ | 1 | 0 | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | ½ | 1 | 12½ | 
| 5 |  Tigran Petrosian | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | - | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | 1 | ½ | 1 | 1 | ½ | 1 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | 12½ | 
| 6 |  Ratmir Kholmov | ½ | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | - | ½ | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ½ | 1 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 0 | 1 | ½ | 10½ | 
| 7 |  Alexey Suetin | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ½ | ½ | - | 1 | ½ | 1 | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | 1 | 0 | 1 | ½ | 0 | ½ | 10 | 
| 8 |  Semyon Furman | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | 0 | - | 1 | 0 | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 
| 9 |  Rashid Nezhmetdinov | ½ | ½ | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ½ | 0 | - | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ½ | 1 | ½ | 10 | 
| 10 |  Vasily Byvshev | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ½ | 0 | 0 | 1 | ½ | - | 0 | 1 | ½ | ½ | 0 | 1 | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | 9½ | 
| 11 |  Efim Geller | 0 | 0 | 0 | ½ | 0 | 0 | ½ | 1 | 0 | 1 | - | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ½ | 9½ | 
| 12 |  Salo Flohr | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | ½ | 1 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | 8½ | 
| 13 |  Georgy Borisenko | ½ | ½ | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ½ | 0 | ½ | 1 | ½ | - | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | 0 | 1 | 8½ | 
| 14 |  Anatoly Bannik | 0 | 0 | 1 | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | 0 | 0 | ½ | - | 1 | ½ | 0 | 0 | ½ | 1 | 8 | 
| 15 |  Georgy Ilivitsky | 0 | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | 0 | 1 | 0 | ½ | ½ | 0 | - | ½ | 1 | ½ | ½ | 1 | 8 | 
| 16 |  Andor Lilienthal | 0 | ½ | 0 | 0 | 0 | ½ | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | - | 1 | ½ | 1 | ½ | 8 | 
| 17 |  Leonid Shamkovich | ½ | ½ | 0 | 0 | ½ | ½ | 0 | 0 | 0 | ½ | 1 | ½ | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | - | 1 | 0 | ½ | 6½ | 
| 18 |  Viacheslav Ragozin | 0 | 0 | ½ | 0 | ½ | 1 | ½ | 0 | ½ | 0 | 0 | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | ½ | 0 | - | 0 | ½ | 6½ | 
| 19 |  Iosif Livshin | 0 | 0 | 0 | ½ | ½ | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ½ | ½ | 0 | 1 | 1 | - | 0 | 6 | 
| 20 |  Alexey Sokolsky | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | 0 | 0 | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | - | 5 | 
References
- ↑ Cafferty, Bernard. (2016). The Soviet Championships. London: Everyman Chess. p. 81
- ↑ Soltis, Andy. (2000). Soviet chess, 1917-1991. McFarland & Co. ISBN 0-7864-0676-3.
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