1950 USSR Chess Championship

18th Soviet Chess Championship (1950)
Location	Moscow
Champion
Paul Keres

The 1950 Soviet Chess Championship was the 18th edition of USSR Chess Championship. Held from 10 November to 12 December 1950 in Moscow. The tournament was won by Paul Keres. Keres, Isaac Boleslavsky and Smyslov entered the final directly. The final were preceded by seven quarter-finals and five semifinals (at Leningrad, Tula, Tartu, Kiev and Gorky).

Table and results

18th Soviet Chess Championship (1950)

	Player	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	Total
1	Paul Keres	-	½	½	1	½	½	0	1	1	1	1	0	½	1	½	1	½	1	11½
2	Isaac Lipnitsky	½	-	½	1	0	1	0	½	1	½	½	1	½	1	0	1	1	1	11
3	Alexander Tolush	½	½	-	0	1	½	1	½	0	1	1	0	½	1	1	½	1	1	11
4	Lev Aronin	0	0	1	-	1	0	½	1	0	1	1	1	½	½	1	½	1	1	11
5	Alexander Konstantinopolsky	½	1	0	0	-	½	½	1	½	½	½	½	½	1	1	½	1	½	10
6	Vassily Smyslov	½	0	½	1	½	-	½	0	½	½	1	½	1	½	1	0	1	1	10
7	Vladimir Alatortsev	1	1	0	½	½	½	-	0	½	½	0	½	1	½	½	1	0	1	9
8	Isaac Boleslavsky	0	½	½	0	0	1	1	-	1	1	½	½	0	1	½	½	½	½	9
9	Efim Geller	0	0	1	1	½	½	½	0	-	0	½	1	1	1	0	0	1	1	9
10	Salo Flohr	0	½	0	0	½	½	½	0	1	-	1	½	1	½	1	1	½	½	9
11	Vladas Mikenas	0	½	0	0	½	0	1	½	½	0	-	1	0	½	1	1	1	1	8½
12	Tigran Petrosian	1	0	1	0	½	½	½	½	0	½	0	-	1	0	0	1	½	1	8
13	Igor Bondarevsky	½	½	½	½	½	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	-	1	1	½	½	½	8
14	Yuri Averbakh	0	0	0	½	0	½	½	0	0	½	½	1	0	-	1	½	1	1	7
15	Alexey Suetin	½	1	0	0	0	0	½	½	1	0	0	1	0	0	-	1	1	0	6½
16	Georgy Borisenko	0	0	½	½	½	1	0	½	1	0	0	0	½	½	0	-	1	½	6½
17	Alexey Sokolsky	½	0	0	0	0	0	1	½	0	½	0	½	½	0	0	0	-	½	4
18	Victor Liublinsky	0	0	0	0	½	0	0	½	0	½	0	0	½	0	1	½	½	-	4