1954 USSR Chess Championship

21st Soviet Chess Championship (1954)
21st Soviet Chess Championship (1954)
Location	Kiev
Champion
	Yuri Averbakh
	← 1952 USSR Chess Championship 1955 USSR Chess Championship →

The 1954 Soviet Chess Championship was the 21st edition of USSR Chess Championship. Held from 7 January to 7 February 1954 in Kiev. The tournament was won by Yuri Averbakh. The final were preceded semifinals events at Moscow, Leningrad, Rostov and Vilnius.^[1]^[2]

Yuri Averbakh playing a chess game

Table and results

21st Soviet Chess Championship (1954)
	Player	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	Total
1	Soviet Union Yuri Averbakh	-	½	½	½	½	½	1	1	½	1	1	½	½	1	1	1	½	1	1	1	14½
2	Soviet Union Mark Taimanov	½	-	½	½	½	½	1	½	½	1	1	½	½	1	½	½	½	1	1	1	13
3	Soviet Union Viktor Korchnoi	½	½	-	0	½	½	0	½	1	1	1	1	1	0	1	1	1	½	1	1	13
4	Soviet Union Georgy Lisitsin	½	½	1	-	½	1	1	½	1	0	½	½	0	½	½	1	1	1	½	1	12½
5	Soviet Union Tigran Petrosian	½	½	½	½	-	½	½	½	1	½	1	½	1	1	½	1	½	½	½	1	12½
6	Soviet Union Ratmir Kholmov	½	½	½	0	½	-	½	0	1	1	1	½	1	½	½	½	½	0	1	½	10½
7	Soviet Union Alexey Suetin	0	0	1	0	½	½	-	1	½	1	½	½	1	½	1	0	1	½	0	½	10
8	Soviet Union Semyon Furman	0	½	½	½	½	1	0	-	1	0	0	½	½	½	½	0	1	1	1	1	10
9	Soviet Union Rashid Nezhmetdinov	½	½	0	0	0	0	½	0	-	½	1	1	1	0	1	1	1	½	1	½	10
10	Soviet Union Vasily Byvshev	0	0	0	1	½	0	0	1	½	-	0	1	½	½	0	1	½	1	1	1	9½
11	Soviet Union Efim Geller	0	0	0	½	0	0	½	1	0	1	-	1	0	1	1	1	0	1	1	½	9½
12	Soviet Union Salo Flohr	½	½	0	½	½	½	½	½	0	0	0	-	½	1	½	½	½	½	1	½	8½
13	Soviet Union Georgy Borisenko	½	½	0	1	0	0	0	½	0	½	1	½	-	½	½	½	1	½	0	1	8½
14	Soviet Union Anatoly Bannik	0	0	1	½	0	½	½	½	1	½	0	0	½	-	1	½	0	0	½	1	8
15	Soviet Union Georgy Ilivitsky	0	½	0	½	½	½	0	½	0	1	0	½	½	0	-	½	1	½	½	1	8
16	Soviet Union Andor Lilienthal	0	½	0	0	0	½	1	1	0	0	0	½	½	½	½	-	1	½	1	½	8
17	Soviet Union Leonid Shamkovich	½	½	0	0	½	½	0	0	0	½	1	½	0	1	0	0	-	1	0	½	6½
18	Soviet Union Viacheslav Ragozin	0	0	½	0	½	1	½	0	½	0	0	½	½	1	½	½	0	-	0	½	6½
19	Soviet Union Iosif Livshin	0	0	0	½	½	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	½	½	0	1	1	-	0	6
20	Soviet Union Alexey Sokolsky	0	0	0	0	0	½	½	0	½	0	½	½	0	0	0	½	½	½	1	-	5

^ Cafferty, Bernard. (2016). The Soviet Championships. London: Everyman Chess. p. 81
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