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. Kopylov, 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.
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