The 1958 Soviet Chess Championship was the 25th edition of USSR Chess Championship, held from 12 January to 14 February 1958 in Riga. The tournament was won by Mikhail Tal. The final was preceded by quarterfinals events at Tbilisi (won by Mark Taimanov, 16½ points in 19 games), Minsk (Aivar Gipslis, 14½/19) and Ashkhabad (A. Miroshnichenko, 13½/19); semifinals at Leningrad (Boris Spassky, 12½/19), Sverdlovsk (Viktor Korchnoi, 13½/19) and Kiev (Tigran Petrosian, 12½/19). [1][2][3][4]
25th Soviet Chess Championship (1958) | |
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Location | Riga |
Champion | |
Mikhail Tal | |
Table and results
editSemifinals
editPlayer | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | Total | |
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1 | Tigran Petrosian | - | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 0 | 1 | 1 | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | ½ | 1 | 12½ |
2 | Anatoly Bannik | ½ | - | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ½ | 1 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | 11½ |
3 | Efim Geller | ½ | ½ | - | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | 0 | 1 | ½ | 1 | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | ½ | 11½ |
4 | Semyon Furman | ½ | ½ | ½ | - | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | 1 | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | ½ | 11½ |
5 | Isaac Boleslavsky | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | - | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | ½ | 11½ |
6 | Alexander Kotov | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | - | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ½ | ½ | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 11 |
7 | Evgeni Vasiukov | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | - | ½ | ½ | ½ | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ½ | ½ | 0 | 1 | ½ | 1 | 10½ |
8 | Aron Reshko | 1 | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | - | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ½ | ½ | 0 | 1 | 10 |
9 | Vladislav Shianovsky | 0 | 1 | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | - | 1 | 0 | ½ | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ½ | 1 | ½ | 1 | 10 |
10 | Grigory Goldberg | 0 | 1 | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 0 | - | 1 | 0 | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | 0 | ½ | 1 | 1 | 10 |
11 | Rashid Nezhmetdinov | ½ | 1 | ½ | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | - | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9½ |
12 | Mikhail Osmolovsky | ½ | 0 | 1 | ½ | 0 | 1 | 0 | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | - | 0 | ½ | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ½ | 9½ |
13 | Vladas Mikenas | 0 | 0 | 0 | ½ | ½ | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ½ | 0 | 1 | - | ½ | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ½ | 9½ |
14 | Yuri Sakharov | 0 | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | - | 1 | ½ | ½ | 0 | 1 | 1 | 9 |
15 | Alexander Chistiakov | ½ | 0 | 0 | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | - | ½ | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 8½ |
16 | Alexey Sokolsky | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ½ | ½ | - | 0 | 1 | ½ | 1 | 8 |
17 | Abram Khasin | 0 | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | 0 | 1 | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ½ | 0 | 1 | - | ½ | 0 | 0 | 7½ |
18 | Yuri Nikolaevsky | 0 | ½ | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ½ | 0 | ½ | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ½ | - | 1 | ½ | 6½ |
19 | Alexander Blagidze | ½ | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ½ | 1 | ½ | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ½ | 1 | 0 | - | 0 | 6 |
20 | Georgy Bastrikov | 0 | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ½ | ½ | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ½ | 1 | - | 6 |
Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | Total | |
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1 | Boris Spassky | - | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | 1 | 1 | ½ | 1 | 0 | 12½ |
2 | Alexander Tolush | ½ | - | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | 0 | ½ | 1 | ½ | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 12½ |
3 | Mark Taimanov | ½ | ½ | - | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | ½ | 1 | 12 |
4 | Lev Aronin | 0 | 1 | ½ | - | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ½ | 12 |
5 | Nikolai Krogius | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | - | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | 11½ |
6 | Alexey Suetin | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | - | ½ | 1 | ½ | 1 | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | ½ | 11½ |
7 | Vladimir Antoshin | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | - | ½ | 1 | 0 | 1 | ½ | ½ | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ½ | 1 | 11½ |
8 | Alexander Nikitin | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | - | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | 1 | 11 |
9 | Leonid Shamkovich | ½ | 1 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | - | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ½ | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 10½ |
10 | Samuel Zhukhovitsky | 0 | ½ | 1 | ½ | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ½ | 0 | ½ | 1 | 10 |
11 | Grigory Ravinsky | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | 0 | ½ | 1 | 0 | - | 1 | ½ | 1 | ½ | ½ | 1 | 0 | 1 | ½ | 9½ |
12 | Alexander Cherepkov | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 1 | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 9½ |
13 | Vladimir Bykov | ½ | 1 | 0 | 0 | ½ | 0 | ½ | 0 | 1 | 0 | ½ | 1 | - | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | 9 |
14 | Viacheslav Ragozin | 0 | 0 | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ½ | - | 1 | 0 | ½ | 0 | 1 | 1 | 8½ |
15 | Yakov Estrin | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ½ | ½ | 1 | 0 | - | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 8½ |
16 | Efim Stoliar | 0 | 0 | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | - | 0 | ½ | ½ | 0 | 7½ |
17 | Konstantin Klaman | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | 1 | ½ | 0 | 0 | ½ | ½ | 0 | 1 | - | 1 | 0 | 1 | 7 |
18 | Israel Zilber | ½ | 0 | 0 | 0 | ½ | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ½ | 1 | 0 | ½ | 0 | - | ½ | ½ | 6 |
19 | Abram Poliak | 0 | 0 | ½ | 0 | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ½ | 1 | ½ | - | ½ | 5 |
20 | Eduard Mnatsakanian | 1 | 0 | 0 | ½ | 0 | ½ | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ½ | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ½ | ½ | - | 4½ |
Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | Total | |
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1 | Viktor Korchnoi | - | ½ | 1 | ½ | 1 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | 1 | 1 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | 1 | 1 | ½ | 13½ |
2 | Lev Polugaevsky | ½ | - | ½ | 1 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 12 |
3 | Bukhuti Gurgenidze | 0 | ½ | - | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | 0 | 1 | 1 | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ½ | 12 |
4 | Aivars Gipslis | ½ | 0 | ½ | - | ½ | 1 | ½ | 1 | 0 | ½ | 1 | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | 1 | ½ | 1 | 0 | 1 | 11½ |
5 | Yuri Averbakh | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | - | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ½ | 11½ |
6 | Georgy Borisenko | ½ | ½ | 1 | 0 | ½ | - | ½ | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | 11 |
7 | Ratmir Kholmov | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | - | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | 1 | 0 | 1 | 10 |
8 | Boris Vladimirov | ½ | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ½ | - | 1 | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | 1 | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | 10 |
9 | Vladimir Simagin | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ½ | 0 | ½ | 0 | - | ½ | 1 | 1 | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ½ | 10 |
10 | Georgy Ilivitsky | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | 0 | 1 | ½ | ½ | - | ½ | ½ | ½ | 0 | 0 | 1 | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | 9½ |
11 | Jacob Yukhtman | 0 | ½ | ½ | 0 | 1 | 0 | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | - | 0 | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | ½ | 9½ |
12 | Anatoly Lutikov | 0 | 0 | 0 | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | 1 | 0 | ½ | 1 | - | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | 9½ |
13 | Vladimir Bagirov | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | - | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | 0 | 1 | 1 | 9 |
14 | Yury Kots | ½ | ½ | 0 | 0 | 1 | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | 1 | ½ | 0 | ½ | - | ½ | ½ | 0 | 1 | ½ | 1 | 9 |
15 | Lev Aronson | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | 0 | 1 | ½ | ½ | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ½ | ½ | - | 0 | ½ | 1 | 1 | ½ | 8½ |
16 | Oleg Kaminsky | 0 | ½ | 0 | 0 | 0 | ½ | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ½ | 0 | 1 | ½ | 1 | - | ½ | 1 | 1 | ½ | 8 |
17 | Vitaly Tarasov | ½ | 0 | 0 | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | ½ | - | 0 | ½ | ½ | 7 |
18 | Taras Prokhorovich | 0 | ½ | 0 | 0 | 0 | ½ | 0 | ½ | 1 | ½ | 0 | ½ | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | - | 0 | 1 | 6½ |
19 | Kurban Khanov | 0 | ½ | 1 | 1 | 0 | ½ | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ½ | 0 | 0 | ½ | 1 | - | 0 | 6 |
20 | Marat Muhutdinov | ½ | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | 0 | 0 | 0 | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | 0 | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 0 | 1 | - | 6 |
Final
editThe semifinals qualifiers joined Tal and Bronstein (who entered the final directly by ranking criteria of the Soviet Federation) to play the final in Riga.
Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | Total | |
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1 | Mikhail Tal | - | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | ½ | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ½ | 1 | 1 | ½ | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 12½ |
2 | Tigran Petrosian | ½ | - | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 12 |
3 | David Bronstein | ½ | ½ | - | ½ | 0 | 1 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | ½ | ½ | 1 | 0 | 1 | ½ | 1 | 1 | 11½ |
4 | Yuri Averbakh | 0 | ½ | ½ | - | ½ | 1 | ½ | 1 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 0 | 1 | 1 | ½ | 1 | ½ | ½ | 1 | 11 |
5 | Boris Spassky | 0 | ½ | 1 | ½ | - | 1 | 0 | 0 | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | 0 | 1 | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | 10½ |
6 | Lev Polugaevsky | ½ | ½ | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 1 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | 10½ |
7 | Efim Geller | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | 0 | - | ½ | 0 | ½ | 1 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | 1 | 1 | 10 |
8 | Bukhuti Gurgenidze | 0 | ½ | ½ | 0 | 1 | ½ | ½ | - | 0 | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | 0 | 1 | 1 | ½ | 1 | 1 | 10 |
9 | Viktor Korchnoi | 1 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | - | 0 | 1 | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | 0 | 1 | 9½ |
10 | Isaac Boleslavsky | 1 | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | - | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | 9½ |
11 | Nikolai Krogius | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | 0 | ½ | 0 | ½ | 0 | 1 | - | 1 | 1 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | ½ | 9½ |
12 | Mark Taimanov | 0 | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 0 | 1 | ½ | 0 | - | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9 |
13 | Alexander Kotov | 0 | ½ | ½ | 0 | 1 | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 0 | 0 | - | 1 | ½ | 1 | ½ | 1 | 1 | 9 |
14 | Alexey Suetin | ½ | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ½ | 1 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | 0 | - | 1 | ½ | 1 | 1 | 0 | 8 |
15 | Aivars Gipslis | 0 | 0 | 1 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | 0 | - | 1 | 0 | 1 | ½ | 7½ |
16 | Anatoly Bannik | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ½ | ½ | 0 | 0 | 1 | ½ | ½ | 0 | 0 | ½ | 0 | - | 1 | ½ | 1 | 7 |
17 | Semyon Furman | 0 | 0 | ½ | ½ | 0 | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 0 | 1 | ½ | 0 | 1 | 0 | - | 0 | ½ | 6 |
18 | Alexander Tolush | 0 | 0 | 0 | ½ | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ½ | 1 | - | 0 | 4 |
19 | Georgy Borisenko | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ½ | ½ | 0 | 0 | 1 | ½ | 0 | ½ | 1 | - | 4 |
References
edit- ^ Cafferty, Bernard. (2016). The Soviet Championships. London: Everyman Chess. p. 96
- ^ Soltis, Andy. (2000). Soviet chess, 1917-1991. McFarland & Co. ISBN 0-7864-0676-3. OCLC 41940198.
- ^ "Rusbase 1809-1994".
- ^ De Felice, Gino (2010). Chess Results, 1956-1960: A Comprehensive Record. McFarland & Company. ISBN 9780786448036.