David Bronstein won the 1946 Moscow Championship with 11½/15, half a point ahead of Vladimir Simagin in a complete sixteen-player round-robin.
A full city championship
All 120 pairings are present: sixteen players meeting once over fifteen rounds. The archive score totals match the independent crosstable from first place through the entire field.
A close finish
Bronstein's ten wins carried him to 11½ points. Simagin finished immediately behind on 11, while Alexander Kotov, Vladimir Alatortsev, Vasily Panov and Vasily Smyslov all scored 8½. Contemporary reporting identified the twenty-two-year-old Bronstein as the new Moscow champion.
Final standings
| # | Player | Score | Record | Games |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bronstein, David Ionovich | 11½/15 | +10 -2 =3 | games |
| 2 | Simagin, Vladimir Pavlovich | 11/15 | +8 -1 =6 | games |
| =3 | Alatortsev, Vladimir | 8½/15 | +7 -5 =3 | games |
| =3 | Smyslov, Vasily V | 8½/15 | +7 -5 =3 | games |
| =3 | Kotov, Alexander | 8½/15 | +5 -3 =7 | games |
| =3 | Panov, Vasily N | 8½/15 | +5 -3 =7 | games |
| 7 | Ravinsky, Grigory Ionovich | 8/15 | +7 -6 =2 | games |
| =8 | Averbakh, Yuri L | 7½/15 | +5 -5 =5 | games |
| =8 | Bondarevsky, Igor Tsakharovich | 7½/15 | +5 -5 =5 | games |
| =8 | Kamishov, Mikhail Pavlovich | 7½/15 | +5 -5 =5 | games |
| =8 | Lilienthal, Andor | 7½/15 | +3 -3 =9 | games |
| =12 | Chistiakov, Alexander Nikolaevi | 6/15 | +4 -7 =4 | games |
| =12 | Estrin, Yakov Borisovich | 6/15 | +4 -7 =4 | games |
| =14 | Baturinsky, Victor Davidovich | 5/15 | +4 -9 =2 | games |
| =14 | Bonch Osmolovsky, Mikhail | 5/15 | +2 -7 =6 | games |
| 16 | Solntsev, Yury | 3½/15 | +2 -10 =3 | games |
Cross Table
| Rank | Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bronstein, David Ionovich | ½ | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
| 2 | Simagin, Vladimir Pavlovich | ½ | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | 1 | ½ | 1 | ½ | 1 | |
| 3 | Alatortsev, Vladimir | 1 | 0 | 0 | ½ | 0 | ½ | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ½ | |
| 4 | Smyslov, Vasily V | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ½ | 0 | 1 | 1 | ½ | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ½ | 1 | |
| 5 | Kotov, Alexander | 0 | 0 | ½ | 0 | ½ | 1 | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | ½ | |
| 6 | Panov, Vasily N | 0 | 0 | 1 | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | 0 | 1 | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | ½ | ½ | |
| 7 | Ravinsky, Grigory Ionovich | 0 | 0 | ½ | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ½ | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
| 8 | Averbakh, Yuri L | 0 | ½ | 1 | 0 | ½ | ½ | 0 | 1 | 0 | ½ | 1 | 0 | 1 | ½ | 1 | |
| 9 | Bondarevsky, Igor Tsakharovich | 1 | ½ | 0 | 0 | ½ | 1 | 0 | 0 | ½ | ½ | 1 | 0 | 1 | ½ | 1 | |
| 10 | Kamishov, Mikhail Pavlovich | ½ | 0 | 1 | ½ | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ½ | 0 | ½ | 1 | ½ | 1 | 1 | |
| 11 | Lilienthal, Andor | ½ | ½ | 0 | 1 | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | |
| 12 | Chistiakov, Alexander Nikolaevi | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ½ | ½ | 1 | 0 | 0 | ½ | 1 | ½ | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 13 | Estrin, Yakov Borisovich | 0 | ½ | 0 | 0 | ½ | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ½ | ½ | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 14 | Baturinsky, Victor Davidovich | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
| 15 | Bonch Osmolovsky, Mikhail | 0 | ½ | 0 | ½ | 0 | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| 16 | Solntsev, Yury | 0 | 0 | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Each cell shows the row player's recorded results against the column player. ● = same player.