13th Soviet Team Championship — Riga 1975
The Russian SFSR won the championship group of the 13th Soviet Team Championship with 30 board points, six and a half ahead of Ukraine. The standout result was an 8½–½ win over a Moscow team led by former world champions Tigran Petrosian and Vasily Smyslov.
A lopsided championship group
Russia's final-group match scores were 4–5 against Ukraine, 4½–4½ against Leningrad, 6½–2½ against Georgia, 8½–½ against Moscow, and 6½–2½ against Latvia. The resulting 30 points dwarfed Ukraine's 23½; Leningrad followed on 22½, Georgia 20½, Moscow 20, and Latvia 18½.
Boris Spassky, Lev Polugaevsky, Efim Geller, Nikolai Krogius, Vitaly Tseshkovsky, Alexey Suetin, and Evgeny Sveshnikov formed the core of the Russian lineup. World Champion Anatoly Karpov represented Leningrad and produced the best top-board result, 5½/7.
Four rounds preserved
Six teams playing five rounds on nine boards produce 135 Final A games. The archive contains 108, exactly the four rounds from round two through round five; round one is absent. The official standings remain complete because the published board-point totals, not the partial PGN sum, drive the team table.
Final standings
Official final standings of the top-division final group (source: OlimpBase). The games are those that survive from the final group; team points are the published board-point totals.
| # | Team | Points |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Russian SFSR | 30 |
| 2 | Ukraine | 23½ |
| 3 | Leningrad | 22½ |
| 4 | Georgia | 20½ |
| 5 | Moscow | 20 |
| 6 | Latvia | 18½ |