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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