Chigorin Memorial — Sochi 1977
Incomplete record. This archive holds 119 of the 120 games played; 1 is missing.
Mikhail Tal won the 1977 Chigorin Memorial in Sochi with 11/15, one point ahead of Efim Geller and Alexey Suetin. Sixteen players met in a single round robin. The archive has 119 of the 120 played games.
Tal a point clear
Tal scored eight wins, six draws and one loss to finish on 11 points. Geller and Suetin shared second with 10 each, followed by Nikolai Krogius on 9½. The Russian chess federation organized the memorial, which opened in Sochi on 31 August.
Tigran Petrosian joined Tal and Geller among the former world-championship contenders in the field. Petrosian went unbeaten and finished in a five-way tie on nine points.
The missing round-ten draw
The 365Chess round ledger preserves 120 played results. Mega2024 contains 119 of them, matching every available pairing, color, round and result. The absent game is Adorjan–Geller, a draw in round ten. Their only other 1977 MasterDB meeting was a separate European Team Championship game in Moscow and is not part of this event.
Geller's official 10/15 and Andras Adorjan's 9/15 each include that half point. Their fourteen archived scores add to 9½ and 8½; all other players' archived totals equal the published standings.
Final standings
| # | Player | Score | Record | Games |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tal, Mikhail | 11/15 | +8 -1 =6 | games |
| =2 | Geller, Efim P | 10/15 | +6 -1 =8 | games |
| =2 | Suetin, Alexey S | 10/15 | +6 -1 =8 | games |
| 4 | Krogius, Nikolai V | 9½/15 | +5 -1 =9 | games |
| =5 | Adorjan, Andras | 9/15 | +4 -1 =10 | games |
| =5 | Panchenko, Alexander N | 9/15 | +5 -2 =8 | games |
| =5 | Petrosian, Tigran V | 9/15 | +3 -0 =12 | games |
| =5 | Rashkovsky, Nukhim N | 9/15 | +5 -2 =8 | games |
| =5 | Zhuravlev, Valery Ivanovich | 9/15 | +5 -2 =8 | games |
| 10 | Zaitsev, Igor A | 7/15 | +4 -5 =6 | games |
| =11 | Ftacnik, Lubomir | 6/15 | +4 -7 =4 | games |
| =11 | Spassov, Liuben | 6/15 | +3 -6 =6 | games |
| 13 | Suba, Mihai | 5½/15 | +2 -6 =7 | games |
| =14 | Durao, Joaquim Manuel | 3½/15 | +1 -9 =5 | games |
| =14 | Karner, Hillar | 3½/15 | +1 -9 =5 | games |
| 16 | Klaric, Zlatko | 3/15 | +1 -10 =4 | games |
Cross Table
| Rank | Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tal, Mikhail | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
| 2 | Geller, Efim P | ½ | ½ | ½ | · | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | 1 | 0 | 1 | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
| 3 | Suetin, Alexey S | 1 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | 1 | 1 | ½ | 1 | 1 | |
| 4 | Krogius, Nikolai V | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ½ | |
| 5 | Adorjan, Andras | ½ | · | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | 1 | 1 | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | |
| 6 | Panchenko, Alexander N | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | ½ | 0 | ½ | 1 | 1 | |
| 7 | Petrosian, Tigran V | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | ½ | 1 | |
| 8 | Rashkovsky, Nukhim N | 0 | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
| 9 | Zhuravlev, Valery Ivanovich | 0 | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | 1 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | |
| 10 | Zaitsev, Igor A | 0 | 0 | 0 | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
| 11 | Ftacnik, Lubomir | ½ | 1 | ½ | 0 | 0 | 0 | ½ | ½ | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 12 | Spassov, Liuben | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | 1 | ½ | 1 | |
| 13 | Suba, Mihai | 0 | ½ | 0 | 0 | ½ | 1 | 0 | ½ | ½ | 1 | 0 | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | |
| 14 | Durao, Joaquim Manuel | 0 | 0 | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | 0 | 0 | ½ | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ½ | 0 | |
| 15 | Karner, Hillar | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ½ | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | |
| 16 | Klaric, Zlatko | 0 | 0 | 0 | ½ | ½ | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ½ | 1 | ½ |
Each cell shows the row player's recorded results against the column player. ● = same player. · = game played but lost (not preserved in our source).