Semyon Furman Memorial — St Petersburg 1995
Incomplete record. This archive holds 44 of the 45 games played; 1 is missing.
Evgeni Vasiukov and Mark Taimanov shared first with 5½/9 at the St Petersburg tournament honoring Semyon Furman on the 75th anniversary of his birth. Ten veterans played a nine-round memorial. The archive holds 44 of its 45 games.
A memorial for Furman
International arbiter Alexander Geller described the St Petersburg tournament as a tribute to Semyon Furman, the player, analyst and trainer whose 75th birthday fell in 1995. The contemporary report calls it a December meeting of veterans, without giving its exact playing days.
One score is missing
Mega2024 preserves four games in the first round and five in every later round. Its only missing pairing is Savon against Boris Vladimirov. Their eight archived games produce 4½ and 3 points respectively; Geller's final scores are 5 and 3½, establishing a missing draw. No movetext or reliable color order for that game was found, so the cross table marks its cell as unavailable.
Final standings
The standings below are the historical final result. Only 44 of the 45 games played survive in our source; the remaining 1 are lost and appear as · in the cross table.
| # | Player | Score | Record | Games |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| =1 | Vasiukov, Evgeni | 5½/9 | games | |
| =1 | Taimanov, Mark E | 5½/9 | games | |
| =3 | Bagirov, Vladimir | 5/9 | games | |
| =3 | Zaitsev, Igor A | 5/9 | games | |
| =3 | Savon, Vladimir A | 5/9 | games | |
| =3 | Smyslov, Vasily V | 5/9 | games | |
| 7 | Osnos, Viatcheslav | 4½/9 | games | |
| =8 | Vladimirov, Boris T | 3½/9 | games | |
| =8 | Gurgenidze, Bukhuti | 3½/9 | games | |
| 10 | Levitina, Irina S | 2½/9 | games |
Cross Table
| Rank | Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vasiukov, Evgeni | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | |
| 2 | Taimanov, Mark E | ½ | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | 1 | 1 | ½ | 1 | |
| 3 | Bagirov, Vladimir | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | |
| 4 | Zaitsev, Igor A | ½ | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | |
| 5 | Savon, Vladimir A | ½ | 1 | 0 | 1 | ½ | ½ | · | ½ | ½ | |
| 6 | Smyslov, Vasily V | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | |
| 7 | Osnos, Viatcheslav | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | ½ | |
| 8 | Vladimirov, Boris T | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | · | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | |
| 9 | Gurgenidze, Bukhuti | 0 | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | |
| 10 | Levitina, Irina S | 0 | 0 | ½ | 0 | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | 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).