Match-Tournament of Three USSR Teams — Moscow 1973
Three USSR teams met in a Moscow double round-robin team tournament
Three ten-board Soviet teams, captained at board one by Spassky, Taimanov and Karpov, played a double round robin of team matches in Moscow in April 1973.
The tournament
Thirty of the strongest Soviet players, from the veterans around Spassky and Petrosian to the young players around Karpov, were divided into three teams that met twice each over ten boards.
The surviving games
All 60 games survive.
Final standings
All 60 games of the double round robin survive. The three sides are named after their board-one players.
| # | Team | Points | MP | Match record |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Team Spassky | 23 | 6 | +3 =0 -1 |
| 2 | Team Taimanov | 18½ | 4 | +2 =0 -2 |
| 3 | Team Karpov | 18½ | 2 | +1 =0 -3 |
Cross Table
| Rank | Team | 1 | 2 | 3 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Team Spassky | 11 | 12 | |
| 2 | Team Taimanov | 9 | 9½ | |
| 3 | Team Karpov | 8 | 10½ |
Each cell shows the row team's board (game) points in its match against the column team, out of the boards played. ● = same team. Ranking is by total board points; match points (2 for a match win, 1 for a draw) are the secondary column.