43rd USSR Championship, Yerevan, 1975
November 28 - December 22

                                   1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6
 1. Petrosian, Tigran        2645  x 0 1 ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 1  10 - 5
 2. Romanishin, Oleg         2485  1 x 0 ½ ½ 1 1 1 0 ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 0 1   9½- 5½  69.75
 3. Gulko, Boris             2480  0 1 x ½ 0 0 1 1 ½ ½ 1 1 1 ½ 1 ½   9½- 5½  65.75
 4. Tal, Mikhail             2645  ½ ½ ½ x ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 1 1 ½ ½ 1 1 1   9½- 5½  65.25
 5. Vaganian, Rafael         2530  0 ½ 1 ½ x 0 0 ½ 1 1 1 ½ 1 ½ 1 1   9½- 5½  64.25
 6. Polugaevsky, Lev         2645  ½ 0 1 ½ 1 x ½ 0 ½ 1 0 ½ ½ 1 1 ½   8½- 6½  61.50
 7. Geller, Efim             2600  ½ 0 0 ½ 1 ½ x 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ ½   8½- 6½  60.75
 8. Balashov, Yuri           2540  ½ 0 0 ½ ½ 1 0 x 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 1 1 ½   8½- 6½  57.50
 9. Bronstein, David         2590  ½ 1 ½ 1 0 ½ ½ 0 x 1 ½ ½ 0 0 ½ 1   7½- 7½  57.25
10. Beliavsky, Alexander     2500  0 ½ ½ 0 0 0 ½ ½ 0 x ½ 1 1 1 1 1   7½- 7½  46.25
11. Dvoretzky, Mark          2495  ½ ½ 0 0 0 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ x ½ 0 ½ ½ 1   6½- 8½  
12. Alburt, Lev              2420  ½ 0 0 ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ x 1 ½ ½ ½   6 - 9
13. Dorfman, Josif           2380  0 ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ 0 1 0 1 0 x 1 0 ½   5½- 9½
14. Furman, Semen            2560  ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ 0 0 0 1 0 ½ ½ 0 x ½ 1   5 -10
15. Doroshkievich, Vladimir  2425  0 1 0 0 0 0 ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ 1 ½ x 0   4½-10½
16. Klovans, Janis           2500  0 0 ½ 0 0 ½ ½ ½ 0 0 0 ½ ½ 0 1 x   4 -11

  Average Elo: 2527 <=> Cat: 12 gm = 9.00 m = 6.00





THE PLAYERS

 1. Petrosian, Tigran Vartanovich
 2. Romanishin, Oleg M
 3. Gulko, Boris F
 4. Tal, Mikhail Nekhemzovitch
 5. Vaganian, Rafael A
 6. Polugaevsky, Lev
 7. Geller, Efim P
 8. Balashov, Yuri S
 9. Bronstein, David I
10. Beliavsky, Alexander G
11. Dvoretzky, Mark
12. Alburt, Lev O
13. Dorfman, Josif D
14. Furman, Semen Abramovich
15. Doroshkievich, Vladimir K
16. Klovans, Janis





  • As in 1964, the Soviet Championship was not a Zonal this year. A Soviet Zonal was held in Vilna, from which Tseshovsky, Balashov, and Gulko qualified for the 1976 Interzonals. Petrosian, Spassky and Polugaevsky were already seeded to play. Geller, Tal and Kuzmin were selected by a FIDE Committee consisting of Euwe, Averbakh, Matanovic, Elo and Golombek. Kuzmin apparently withdrew and was replaced by Smyslov.


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