Moscow Championship 1952
Vladimir Zagorovsky won the 1952 Moscow Championship with 10/15. He finished half a point ahead of Vladimir Antoshin, Alexander Kotov, and Vladimir Simagin in a complete 16-player, 120-game round robin.
Sixteen across fifteen rounds
The championship used a single round robin: every player met the other fifteen once, producing 120 official played games. The archive contains all 120 and retains the source's round order.
The field included established masters such as Salo Flohr, Andor Lilienthal, Yuri Averbakh, Kotov, and Simagin alongside the eventual champion.
Zagorovsky's city title
Zagorovsky scored six wins, eight draws, and one loss for 10 points. Antoshin, Kotov, and Simagin shared the next score on 9½; the winning margin was therefore half a point.
He had finished second in the 1951 Moscow Championship before taking the title in 1952. Zagorovsky later became the fourth ICCF World Correspondence Chess Champion, reigning from 1962 to 1965.
The games
There were 74 decisive games and 46 draws. The standings give Zagorovsky's 10/15, the three-way tie just behind him and all 16 final scores.
Final standings
| # | Player | Score | Record | Games |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Zagorovsky, Vladimir Pavlovich | 10/15 | +6 -1 =8 | games |
| =2 | Antoshin, Vladimir S | 9½/15 | +7 -3 =5 | games |
| =2 | Simagin, Vladimir Pavlovich | 9½/15 | +7 -3 =5 | games |
| =2 | Kotov, Alexander | 9½/15 | +5 -1 =9 | games |
| =5 | Chistiakov, Alexander Nikolaevi | 8½/15 | +5 -3 =7 | games |
| =5 | Estrin, Yakov Borisovich | 8½/15 | +5 -3 =7 | games |
| =5 | Flohr, Salo | 8½/15 | +4 -2 =9 | games |
| 8 | Yudovich, Mikhail Mikhailovic | 8/15 | +4 -3 =8 | games |
| 9 | Baranov, Boris Fedorovich | 7½/15 | +5 -5 =5 | games |
| 10 | Lilienthal, Andor | 7/15 | +4 -5 =6 | games |
| =11 | Glotov, Vladimir Georgievic | 6½/15 | +4 -6 =5 | games |
| =11 | Gusev, Yuri S | 6½/15 | +4 -6 =5 | games |
| 13 | Averbakh, Yuri L | 6/15 | +5 -8 =2 | games |
| 14 | Ravinsky, Grigory Ionovich | 5½/15 | +4 -8 =3 | games |
| 15 | Liublinsky, Victor Alexandrovic | 5/15 | +3 -8 =4 | games |
| 16 | Kogan, Solomon Moisevich | 4/15 | +2 -9 =4 | games |
Cross Table
| Rank | Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Zagorovsky, Vladimir Pavlovich | ½ | 1 | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | ½ | 1 | 0 | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | 1 | ½ | |
| 2 | Antoshin, Vladimir S | ½ | ½ | ½ | 0 | 0 | ½ | 1 | 1 | ½ | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
| 3 | Simagin, Vladimir Pavlovich | 0 | ½ | 0 | ½ | 1 | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
| 4 | Kotov, Alexander | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
| 5 | Chistiakov, Alexander Nikolaevi | ½ | 1 | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ½ | 0 | ½ | |
| 6 | Estrin, Yakov Borisovich | 0 | 1 | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | 0 | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | ½ | |
| 7 | Flohr, Salo | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | ½ | 1 | 1 | |
| 8 | Yudovich, Mikhail Mikhailovic | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | 1 | 1 | 0 | ½ | 0 | ½ | 1 | |
| 9 | Baranov, Boris Fedorovich | 0 | 0 | 1 | ½ | 0 | 0 | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | ½ | 0 | 1 | ½ | 1 | |
| 10 | Lilienthal, Andor | 1 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 0 | 1 | ½ | 0 | 0 | 0 | ½ | 1 | 1 | ½ | 0 | |
| 11 | Glotov, Vladimir Georgievic | ½ | 1 | 0 | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | 0 | 0 | 1 | ½ | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 12 | Gusev, Yuri S | ½ | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ½ | 0 | 1 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
| 13 | Averbakh, Yuri L | 0 | 0 | 0 | ½ | 1 | 0 | 0 | ½ | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 14 | Ravinsky, Grigory Ionovich | ½ | 0 | 0 | 0 | ½ | 0 | ½ | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
| 15 | Liublinsky, Victor Alexandrovic | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ½ | |
| 16 | Kogan, Solomon Moisevich | ½ | 0 | 0 | 0 | ½ | ½ | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ½ |
Each cell shows the row player's recorded results against the column player. ● = same player.