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1976 USSR Chess Championship

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44th USSR Chess Championship
LocationMoscow
Champion
Anatoly Karpov

The 1976 Soviet Chess Championship was the 44th edition of USSR Chess Championship. Held from 26 November to 24 December 1976 in Moscow. The world champion Anatoly Karpov won his first USSR Chess Championship title. The qualifying tournaments took place in Minsk and Rostov-on-Don.[1][2]

Anatoly Karpov

Table and results

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44th USSR Chess Championship
Player Rating 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 Total
1 Soviet Union Anatoly Karpov 2695 - 1 ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ 1 1 1 ½ ½ 1 1 1 12
2 Soviet Union Yuri Balashov 2545 0 - ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 11
3 Soviet Union Tigran Petrosian 2635 ½ ½ - ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ 1 1 1 0 ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 1 10½
4 Soviet Union Lev Polugaevsky 2635 ½ 0 ½ - ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 0 1 ½ 1 1 ½ 1 ½ 1 10½
5 Soviet Union Josif Dorfman 2405 0 ½ ½ ½ - ½ ½ 0 0 1 1 1 ½ 1 1 ½ 0 1
6 Soviet Union Mikhail Tal 2615 ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ - ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ 1 1 9
7 Soviet Union Vassily Smyslov 2580 ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ - ½ ½ 1 ½ 0 1 ½ 1 ½ 1 0 9
8 Soviet Union Efim Geller 2620 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ - 0 0 ½ 1 1 0 ½ ½ ½ 0
9 Soviet Union Evgeny Sveshnikov 2510 ½ 0 0 ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 - 0 ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ ½ 0
10 Soviet Union Oleg Romanishin 2560 ½ 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 - 0 ½ 1 0 ½ 1 0 1
11 Soviet Union Boris Gulko 2530 0 0 0 0 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 - ½ 0 1 ½ 1 1 1 8
12 Soviet Union Rafael Vaganian 2550 0 ½ 1 ½ 0 ½ 1 0 ½ ½ ½ - ½ 1 0 0 ½ ½
13 Soviet Union Karen Grigorian 2485 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ 1 0 0 0 0 1 ½ - ½ ½ 1 ½ 1
14 Soviet Union Mark Taimanov 2540 ½ ½ ½ 0 0 ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 0 0 ½ - 0 1 ½ 0 7
15 Soviet Union Nukhim Rashkovsky 2485 ½ ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 - 0 ½ ½ 7
16 Soviet Union Alexander Zakharov 2435 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 0 1 0 0 1 - 0 1
17 Soviet Union Vitaly Tseshkovsky 2550 0 0 0 ½ 1 0 0 ½ ½ 1 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 - 0
18 Soviet Union Viktor Kupreichik 2490 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 ½ 0 1 ½ 0 1 - 6


References

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  1. ^ Cafferty, Bernard; Taimanov, Mark (2016). The Soviet Championships. London: Everyman Chess. p. 171.
  2. ^ Soltis, Andy (2000). Soviet chess, 1917-1991. McFarland & Co. ISBN 0-7864-0676-3. OCLC 41940198.