Smbat Lputian, Alexander Chernin and Valery Chekhov shared first with 11/17 in an eighteen-player USSR Championship semifinal. The three leaders qualified for the higher league.
A full result grid
The archive represents all 153 pairings and matches every final score in the contemporary table. Of those records, 151 contain substantive moves; Chekhov–Kuzmin and Chernin–Lputian retain only 1.d4. Their physical-play status is unknown.
The qualifying places
Places four through seven qualified for the first league. Berger separated the players on 9½ points for the final qualifying places. No playoff is reported.
Final standings
| # | Player | Score | Record | Games |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| =1 | Chekhov, Valery A | 11/17 | +7 -2 =8 | games |
| =1 | Lputian, Smbat G | 11/17 | +7 -2 =8 | games |
| =1 | Chernin, Alexander | 11/17 | +6 -1 =10 | games |
| 4 | Pigusov, Evgeny | 10½/17 | +5 -1 =11 | games |
| 5 | Kharitonov, Andrei Y | 10/17 | +5 -2 =10 | games |
| =6 | Psakhis, Lev | 9½/17 | +4 -2 =11 | games |
| =6 | Timoscenko, Gennadij A | 9½/17 | +4 -2 =11 | games |
| =6 | Polovodin, Igor A | 9½/17 | +3 -1 =13 | games |
| =9 | Vladimirov, Yevgeniy | 9/17 | +6 -5 =6 | games |
| =9 | Kuzmin, Gennadi P | 9/17 | +3 -2 =12 | games |
| 11 | Tseshkovsky, Vitaly | 8½/17 | +1 -1 =15 | games |
| 12 | Kaidanov, Gregory S | 8/17 | +2 -3 =12 | games |
| 13 | Palatnik, Semon | 7/17 | +4 -7 =6 | games |
| =14 | Bykhovsky, Avigdor | 6½/17 | +3 -7 =7 | games |
| =14 | Panchenko, Alexander N | 6½/17 | +2 -6 =9 | games |
| =16 | Arbakov, Valentin | 6/17 | +2 -7 =8 | games |
| =16 | Tavadian, Ragik | 6/17 | +1 -6 =10 | games |
| 18 | Zilberstein, Valery I | 4½/17 | +1 -9 =7 | games |
Cross Table
| Rank | Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chekhov, Valery A | ½ | ½ | 0 | 0 | 1 | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ½ | 1 | |
| 2 | Lputian, Smbat G | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | ½ | 1 | ½ | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
| 3 | Chernin, Alexander | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ½ | 1 | |
| 4 | Pigusov, Evgeny | 1 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | ½ | 1 | 1 | ½ | |
| 5 | Kharitonov, Andrei Y | 1 | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | 1 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | ½ | |
| 6 | Psakhis, Lev | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | ½ | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 7 | Timoscenko, Gennadij A | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | ½ | 0 | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | |
| 8 | Polovodin, Igor A | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | |
| 9 | Vladimirov, Yevgeniy | 0 | 0 | ½ | 1 | 0 | ½ | 0 | 1 | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | ½ | 1 | 1 | ½ | 0 | |
| 10 | Kuzmin, Gennadi P | ½ | 0 | 1 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | ½ | 1 | |
| 11 | Tseshkovsky, Vitaly | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | |
| 12 | Kaidanov, Gregory S | ½ | 0 | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | 1 | |
| 13 | Palatnik, Semon | 0 | ½ | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 14 | Bykhovsky, Avigdor | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ½ | 0 | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | 0 | 1 | ½ | ½ | 1 | |
| 15 | Panchenko, Alexander N | 0 | 1 | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | 0 | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | 0 | ½ | |
| 16 | Arbakov, Valentin | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | 0 | 1 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | |
| 17 | Tavadian, Ragik | ½ | 0 | ½ | 0 | 0 | 0 | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | 1 | ½ | ½ | |
| 18 | Zilberstein, Valery I | 0 | 0 | 0 | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | 0 | 1 | 0 | ½ | 0 | 0 | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ |
Each cell shows the row player's recorded results against the column player. ● = same player.