14th USSR Championship, Moscow 1945
June 1 - July 3
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
1. Botvinnik, Mikhail x 1 ½ 1 1 ½ 1 ½ 1 1 1 ½ 1 1 1 1 1 1 15 - 2
2. Boleslavsky, Isaac 0 x ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ 0 1 1 1 ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ 1 1 12 - 5
3. Bronstein, David ½ ½ x 0 ½ 0 ½ 0 1 ½ ½ 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 10 - 7
4. Bondarevsky, Igor 0 0 1 x ½ 0 ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ 9½- 7½
5. Konstantinopolsky, Alexander 0 ½ ½ ½ x ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ 1 1 1 ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 9½- 7½
6. Kotov, Alexander ½ 0 1 1 ½ x 0 1 0 ½ 1 ½ 0 ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 9½- 7½
7. Lilienthal, Andre 0 ½ ½ ½ 1 1 x 1 0 0 ½ 0 1 1 ½ 1 0 ½ 9 - 8
8. Ragozin, Viacheslav ½ 1 1 0 ½ 0 0 x 0 ½ 1 1 0 0 1 ½ 1 1 9 - 8
9. Rudakovsky, Iosif 0 0 0 ½ 1 1 1 1 x ½ 0 ½ 1 0 ½ 0 1 1 9 - 8
10. Chekhover, Vitaly 0 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ x 1 ½ 0 ½ 1 ½ 1 0 8½- 8½
11. Smyslov, Vassily 0 0 ½ ½ 0 0 ½ 0 1 0 x ½ 1 ½ 1 1 1 1 8½- 8½
12. Alatortsev, Vladimir ½ ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ 1 0 ½ ½ ½ x 1 0 0 1 ½ ½ 7½- 9½
13. Tolush, Alexander 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 x 1 ½ 1 0 1 7½- 9½
14. Koblencs, Alexander 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ 0 1 1 ½ ½ 1 0 x 0 ½ ½ 0 7 -10
15. Romanovsky, Peter 0 0 0 0 ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ 0 0 1 ½ 1 x 1 1 ½ 6½-10½
16. Ratner, B 0 ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ 1 ½ 0 0 0 ½ 0 x 1 1 6 -11
17. Kan, Ilia 0 0 0 0 ½ ½ 1 0 0 0 0 ½ 1 ½ 0 0 x 1 5 -12
18. Goldberg, Grigory 0 0 0 ½ 0 0 ½ 0 0 1 0 ½ 0 1 ½ 0 0 x 4 -13
Salo Flohr began the tournament, but dropped out after 3 games, due to illness.
Since he played less than half his schedule, his win against Kan, and losses
against Botvinnik and Konstantinopolsky were nullified. (Chess Review, November 1945).
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