TOURNAMENT
USSR Championship Semifinal — Tbilisi 1949
1949 · Tbilisi
Geller won the group with 11½/16, half a point ahead of Petrosian
Format
Tournament
Dates
1949
Venue
Tbilisi
Games
135
◈Final Standings
The standings below are the historical final result. Only 135 of the 136 games played survive in our source; the remaining 1 are lost and appear as · in the cross table.
| # | Player | Score | Record | Games |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Geller, Efim P | 11½/16 | +8 -1 =7 | games → |
| 2 | Petrosian, Tigran V | 11/16 | +7 -1 =8 | games → |
| 3 | Kholmov, Ratmir D | 10/16 | +6 -2 =8 | games → |
| =4 | Novotelnov, Nikolay Alexandrovi | 9/16 | +6 -4 =6 | games → |
| =4 | Chistiakov, Alexander Nikolaevi | 9/16 | +6 -4 =6 | games → |
| =6 | Grechkin, Dmitry Makarovich | 8½/16 | +5 -4 =7 | games → |
| =6 | Ilivitzki, Georgi A | 8½/16 | +3 -2 =11 | games → |
| =6 | Makogonov, Vladimir Andreevich | 8½/16 | +5 -4 =7 | games → |
| =6 | Ebralidze, Archil Silovanovich | 8½/16 | +3 -2 =11 | games → |
| 10 | Vasiliev, Victor Andreevich | 8/16 | +3 -3 =10 | games → |
| 11 | Klaman, Konstantin | 7½/16 | +5 -6 =5 | games → |
| 12 | Nezhmetdinov, Rashid | 7/16 | +5 -7 =4 | games → |
| 13 | Kasparian, Genrikh Moiseevich | 6½/16 | +4 -7 =5 | games → |
| =14 | Lubienski, Tadeusz | 6/16 | +2 -6 =8 | games → |
| =14 | Solmanis, Zigfrids | 6/16 | +3 -7 =6 | games → |
| 16 | Pogrebissky, Iosif | 5½/16 | +2 -7 =7 | games → |
| 17 | Aramanovich, I | 5/16 | +1 -7 =8 | games → |
Cross Table
| Rank | Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Geller, Efim P | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ½ | 1 | 1 | |
| 2 | Petrosian, Tigran V | ½ | ½ | 1 | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ½ | 1 | 1 | |
| 3 | Kholmov, Ratmir D | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | ½ | 0 | 1 | 1 | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | 0 | 1 | ½ | |
| 4 | Novotelnov, Nikolay Alexandrovi | 1 | 0 | ½ | 0 | · | 1 | 1 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 0 | 1 | 1 | ½ | 1 | ½ | |
| 5 | Chistiakov, Alexander Nikolaevi | ½ | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ½ | 0 | 0 | 1 | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | ½ | |
| 6 | Grechkin, Dmitry Makarovich | ½ | ½ | 0 | · | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 0 | 1 | ½ | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
| 7 | Ilivitzki, Georgi A | 0 | ½ | ½ | 0 | 1 | ½ | 1 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | |
| 8 | Makogonov, Vladimir Andreevich | 0 | ½ | 1 | 0 | 0 | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
| 9 | Ebralidze, Archil Silovanovich | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | ½ | 0 | 1 | ½ | ½ | ½ | |
| 10 | Vasiliev, Victor Andreevich | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | 1 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 0 | 1 | 0 | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | ½ | |
| 11 | Klaman, Konstantin | 0 | 0 | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | ½ | ½ | 0 | 0 | ½ | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 12 | Nezhmetdinov, Rashid | 0 | 0 | ½ | 1 | 0 | 0 | ½ | 0 | ½ | 1 | ½ | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 13 | Kasparian, Genrikh Moiseevich | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | 1 | ½ | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ½ | 1 | |
| 14 | Lubienski, Tadeusz | 0 | 0 | ½ | 0 | ½ | 1 | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | 1 | 0 | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | |
| 15 | Solmanis, Zigfrids | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | 0 | 0 | ½ | 0 | ½ | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ½ | 1 | 0 | |
| 16 | Pogrebissky, Iosif | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ½ | 0 | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | |
| 17 | Aramanovich, I | 0 | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | 0 | 0 | 0 | ½ | 1 | ½ |
Each cell shows the row player's per-game results against the column player (in round order). ● = same player. · = game played but lost (not preserved in our source).