Incomplete record. This archive holds 63 of the 189 games played; 126 are missing. Only 63 of 182 main-tournament scores survive here. Another 119 main scores and all seven played title-playoff scores are missing; eight main-event defaults are excluded.
Augusts Strautmanis and Igors Zdanovs tied for first in the fifth Latvian SSR championship with 15 points from nineteen rounds. A later seven-game match gave Strautmanis the title by 4–3.
Two provincial leaders
Strautmanis represented Talsi and Zdanovs represented Cesvaine. Both finished on 15/19, ahead of Teodors Bergs on 13½. Aleksandrs Koblencs, Alfreds Akmentins and Georgs Bezruchko shared fourth with 12½.
In the final round, Strautmanis beat Koblencs. Zdanovs needed a win against Kruzkop to claim the title outright, but their game ended drawn after seven hours.
The title match
The match began on December 5 at Durbe sanatorium near Tukums. Zdanovs won the first and fifth games; Strautmanis won the second and sixth, with two draws between them. After six games the score stood at 3–3.
Strautmanis’s illness interrupted the match. Its seventh game was played at Riga Central Chess Club on January 16, 1949. Zdanovs lost on time during play, making Strautmanis champion by 4–3.
The surviving scores
The printed historical table records 182 main-event games played and eight awarded default results. The required title match adds seven games, making 189 played games in the complete event.
The archive preserves 63 main-event scores. Another 119 main scores and all seven title-match scores are missing. The complete main standings are shown separately from this surviving game record.
Result
Published standings give the main tournament, including awarded default points. The title playoff is separate: Strautmanis +3 =2 −2. Only 63 main-event game scores are preserved; eight default pairings are not missing played games.