USSR Championship Semifinal — Novgorod 1961
Games from a qualifier for the USSR Championship
These are the 136 surviving games from USSR Championship Semifinal — Novgorod 1961. Missing rounds and results have not been filled in.
The games
The source database files these 136 games as “URS-ch29 Semifinal” (Novgorod, 1961).
About these games
The USSR Championship had a deep qualifying system, and far fewer games survive from the preliminary groups than from the finals. This page lists the games that survive and does not try to reconstruct an official table from them.
Standings worked out from these games cover only the games that survive. Unless a cited source gives the full result, they are not the event's final table.
Final standings
| # | Player | Score | Record | Games |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kholmov, Ratmir D | 13/16 | +11 -1 =4 | games |
| 2 | Savon, Vladimir A | 11½/16 | +9 -2 =5 | games |
| 3 | Veresov, Gavriil N | 11/16 | +8 -2 =6 | games |
| 4 | Suetin, Alexey S | 10½/16 | +7 -2 =7 | games |
| =5 | Heuer, Valter | 9/16 | +8 -6 =2 | games |
| =5 | Cesnauskas, Antonas A | 9/16 | +5 -3 =8 | games |
| =5 | Zilber, Josif | 9/16 | +5 -3 =8 | games |
| 8 | Smits, Anatolijs | 8/16 | +4 -4 =8 | games |
| 9 | Giterman, Shlomo | 7½/16 | +4 -5 =7 | games |
| =10 | Gusev, Yuri S | 6½/16 | +6 -9 =1 | games |
| =10 | Seoev, Robert | 6½/16 | +5 -8 =3 | games |
| =10 | Lapienis, Donatas P | 6½/16 | +4 -7 =5 | games |
| =13 | Muratov, Vladimir A | 6/16 | +5 -9 =2 | games |
| =13 | Katalymov, Boris N | 6/16 | +4 -8 =4 | games |
| =15 | Hasidovski, Arnold | 5½/16 | +3 -8 =5 | games |
| =15 | Rosenfeld, Isai K | 5½/16 | +3 -8 =5 | games |
| 17 | Ilinsky, Yaroslav | 5/16 | +3 -9 =4 | games |
Cross Table
| Rank | Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kholmov, Ratmir D | ½ | ½ | 0 | 1 | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
| 2 | Savon, Vladimir A | ½ | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ½ | |
| 3 | Veresov, Gavriil N | ½ | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | 1 | 1 | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ½ | 1 | |
| 4 | Suetin, Alexey S | 1 | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
| 5 | Heuer, Valter | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ½ | ½ | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
| 6 | Cesnauskas, Antonas A | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | |
| 7 | Zilber, Josif | ½ | 0 | 0 | ½ | 1 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
| 8 | Smits, Anatolijs | 0 | 0 | 0 | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | ½ | 1 | 0 | ½ | 1 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | |
| 9 | Giterman, Shlomo | 0 | 0 | ½ | 0 | ½ | 1 | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | ½ | 1 | 0 | 0 | ½ | ½ | |
| 10 | Gusev, Yuri S | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ½ | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
| 11 | Seoev, Robert | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ½ | 1 | 0 | 1 | ½ | 0 | 1 | ½ | 1 | 0 | |
| 12 | Lapienis, Donatas P | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
| 13 | Muratov, Vladimir A | 0 | 0 | 1 | ½ | 0 | 0 | ½ | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 14 | Katalymov, Boris N | 0 | 1 | 0 | ½ | 0 | ½ | 0 | ½ | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ½ | |
| 15 | Hasidovski, Arnold | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ½ | 0 | ½ | 1 | 0 | ½ | 0 | 1 | 1 | ½ | ½ | |
| 16 | Rosenfeld, Isai K | 0 | 0 | ½ | 0 | 0 | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ½ | 1 | |
| 17 | Ilinsky, Yaroslav | 0 | ½ | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ½ | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ½ | ½ | 0 |
Each cell shows the row player's recorded results against the column player. ● = same player.