Ukrainian Championship 1959
Efim Geller won the 28th Ukrainian Championship with an unbeaten 18/21. The 22-player field completed every scheduled pairing, leaving a 231-game record of one of the championship's most emphatic victories.
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Twenty-two players met once each across 21 rounds. That structure requires 231 games, and all 231 official played scores are present in the archive.
The Ukrainian Chess Federation's championship roll independently identifies the 1959 event as the 28th edition, held in Kiev as a 22-player round robin, with Geller scoring 18/21.
Geller by two clear points
Geller won fifteen games and drew six without a loss. Yuri Nikolaevsky finished second on 16, while Leonid Stein took third on 13½; Geller's margin over the runner-up was two full points.
It was Geller's fourth Ukrainian title and his third in succession, following his victories in 1957 and 1958.
The games
There were 126 decisive games and 105 draws. The standings give all 22 scores, including Geller's unbeaten total and the clear order of the top three.
Final standings
| # | Player | Score | Record | Games |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Geller, Efim P | 18/21 | +15 -0 =6 | games |
| 2 | Nikolaevsky, Yuri V | 16/21 | +12 -1 =8 | games |
| 3 | Stein, Leonid | 13½/21 | +8 -2 =11 | games |
| =4 | Sakharov, Yuri N | 13/21 | +8 -3 =10 | games |
| =4 | Shianovsky, Vladislav I | 13/21 | +8 -3 =10 | games |
| =6 | Ousatchi, Mark | 12½/21 | +7 -3 =11 | games |
| =6 | Savon, Vladimir A | 12½/21 | +6 -2 =13 | games |
| =6 | Zurakhov, Vladlen Y | 12½/21 | +6 -2 =13 | games |
| 9 | Rotstein, Jefim | 12/21 | +6 -3 =12 | games |
| 10 | Bannik, Anatolij | 11½/21 | +6 -4 =11 | games |
| 11 | Gufeld, Eduard | 11/21 | +4 -3 =14 | games |
| 12 | Kwiatkowski, S | 10½/21 | +3 -3 =15 | games |
| 13 | Kostiuchenko, Alexander I | 10/21 | +4 -5 =12 | games |
| =14 | Zamikhovsky, Abram Davidovich | 9/21 | +6 -9 =6 | games |
| =14 | Pogrebissky, Iosif | 9/21 | +4 -7 =10 | games |
| =16 | Poliak, Evsey | 8½/21 | +5 -9 =7 | games |
| =16 | Levin, Mikhail Eduardovich | 8½/21 | +2 -6 =13 | games |
| 18 | Levin, Naum L | 8/21 | +6 -11 =4 | games |
| =19 | Voltschok, Alexander | 7/21 | +5 -12 =4 | games |
| =19 | Makarov, Arkady Alexandrovic | 7/21 | +3 -10 =8 | games |
| 21 | Korsakov, Boris | 5/21 | +1 -12 =8 | games |
| 22 | Feldman, S | 3/21 | +1 -16 =4 | games |
Cross Table
| Rank | Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Geller, Efim P | 1 | 1 | ½ | 1 | 1 | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | ½ | 1 | ½ | 1 | 1 | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
| 2 | Nikolaevsky, Yuri V | 0 | ½ | 1 | ½ | 1 | ½ | 1 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
| 3 | Stein, Leonid | 0 | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | ½ | 1 | |
| 4 | Sakharov, Yuri N | ½ | 0 | ½ | 1 | ½ | 1 | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | ½ | 0 | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
| 5 | Shianovsky, Vladislav I | 0 | ½ | 0 | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | 1 | 1 | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | ½ | 1 | 1 | |
| 6 | Ousatchi, Mark | 0 | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
| 7 | Savon, Vladimir A | ½ | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | 1 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ½ | ½ | 1 | |
| 8 | Zurakhov, Vladlen Y | ½ | 0 | ½ | 1 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | ½ | ½ | 0 | |
| 9 | Rotstein, Jefim | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ½ | 1 | 1 | |
| 10 | Bannik, Anatolij | 0 | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | ½ | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ½ | |
| 11 | Gufeld, Eduard | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | 0 | ½ | 1 | 1 | |
| 12 | Kwiatkowski, S | 0 | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | 1 | 1 | |
| 13 | Kostiuchenko, Alexander I | ½ | 0 | 0 | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | 1 | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
| 14 | Zamikhovsky, Abram Davidovich | 0 | ½ | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | 1 | ½ | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 15 | Pogrebissky, Iosif | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 0 | 1 | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | ½ | ½ | |
| 16 | Poliak, Evsey | ½ | 0 | 1 | 0 | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | 0 | 0 | ½ | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ½ | ½ | |
| 17 | Levin, Mikhail Eduardovich | 0 | 0 | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | 0 | 0 | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | |
| 18 | Levin, Naum L | 0 | 0 | ½ | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ½ | ½ | 0 | 0 | 1 | ½ | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
| 19 | Voltschok, Alexander | 0 | 0 | 0 | ½ | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ½ | 0 | 0 | 1 | ½ | 1 | 0 | ½ | 1 | |
| 20 | Makarov, Arkady Alexandrovic | 0 | 0 | ½ | 0 | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ½ | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 21 | Korsakov, Boris | 0 | 0 | ½ | 0 | 0 | 0 | ½ | ½ | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | 1 | ½ | |
| 22 | Feldman, S | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ½ | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ½ | ½ | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ½ |
Each cell shows the row player's recorded results against the column player. ● = same player.