19th USSR Championship and Zonal, Moscow 1951
November 11 - December 14
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
1. Keres, Paul x 1 ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 1 ½ 0 ½ 0 1 1 1 1 1 12 - 5
2. Geller, Efim 0 x ½ 0 1 ½ 0 1 1 0 1 ½ 1 1 1 1 1 1 11½- 5½
3. Petrosian, Tigran ½ ½ x 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 0 ½ 0 1 1 1 1 ½ 1 1 11½- 5½
4. Smyslov, Vassily 0 1 0 x 1 0 1 1 ½ 1 1 ½ ½ 1 1 ½ 0 1 11 - 6
5. Botvinnik, Mikhail ½ 0 ½ 0 x ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ 1 1 1 1 10 - 7
6. Averbakh, Yuri ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ x 0 0 1 ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 0 ½ 1 1 9½- 7½
7. Bronstein, David ½ 1 ½ 0 0 1 x 1 0 ½ 1 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ 1 1 9½- 7½
8. Taimanov, Mark 0 0 0 0 ½ 1 0 x ½ ½ 1 1 ½ ½ 1 1 1 1 9½- 7½
9. Aronin, Lev 0 0 1 ½ 0 0 1 ½ x 1 1 0 ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ 9 - 8
10. Flohr, Salo ½ 1 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 x ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 0 1 9 - 8
11. Kopilov, Nikolai 1 0 1 0 1 ½ 0 0 0 ½ x 1 0 1 1 0 1 ½ 8½- 8½
12. Bondarevsky, Igor ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ 0 1 ½ 0 x ½ ½ 0 1 1 1 8 - 9
13. Kotov, Alexander 1 0 0 ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 0 1 ½ x ½ 0 ½ 1 0 8 - 9
14. Simagin, Vladimir 0 0 0 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ x ½ 1 1 1 7½- 9½
15. Lipnitsky, Isaac 0 0 0 0 0 1 ½ 0 0 ½ 0 1 1 ½ x ½ ½ 1 6½-10½
16. Moiseev, Oleg 0 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ 0 1 0 ½ 0 ½ x 1 1 6½-10½
17. Novotelnov, Nikolai 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 ½ 0 x ½ 3 -14
18. Terpugov, Evgeny 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ½ 0 ½ 0 1 0 0 0 ½ x 2½-14½
This tournament was also a World Championship Zonal qualifier.
As a result, Geller, Petrosian, Averbakh and Taimanov qualified for the
1952 Stockholm Interzonal.
Keres, Smyslov and Bronstein were already qualified for the
1953 Candidates, and
Botvinnik, as World Champion, was not eligible.
Some sources make Kopilov's name as "Kopylov".
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