USSR Zonal Tournament — Vilnius 1975

Four players tied for first in the Vilnius zonal and then tied their playoff
August 1975 · Vilnius, Lithuanian SSR
Tseshkovsky, Savon, Gulko and Balashov tied for first on 9/15; Taimanov and Gufeld 8½; Kholmov, Beliavsky and Alburt 8; Vasiukov 7½; Vaganian and Bronstein 7; Tukmakov and Dvoretzky 6; Romanishin 5; Grigorian 4½. The four leaders then scored 3/6 each in their playoff.
Event Index 132 GAMES

The 1975 USSR Zonal in Vilnius was a sixteen-player round robin in which Tseshkovsky, Savon, Gulko and Balashov tied for first.

The zonal

Sixteen Soviet masters met in Vilnius, among them Bronstein, Taimanov, Vaganian and Beliavsky. Four players finished level on 9 points and played a six-round double round robin, in which each scored 3 from 6.

Final standings

9/15
Tseshkovsky, Savon, Gulko and Balashov tied for first on 9/15; Taimanov and Gufeld 8½; Kholmov, Beliavsky and Alburt 8; Vasiukov 7½; Vaganian and Bronstein 7; Tukmakov and Dvoretzky 6; Romanishin 5; Grigorian 4½. The four leaders then scored 3/6 each in their playoff.
# Player Score Record
=1 Tseshkovsky, Vitaly 12/21 +8 -5 =8 games
=1 Balashov, Yuri S 12/21 +7 -4 =10 games
=1 Gulko, Boris F 12/21 +5 -2 =14 games
=1 Savon, Vladimir A 12/21 +5 -2 =14 games
=5 Gufeld, Eduard 8½/15 +5 -3 =7 games
=5 Taimanov, Mark E 8½/15 +3 -1 =11 games
=7 Alburt, Lev O 8/15 +5 -4 =6 games
=7 Kholmov, Ratmir D 8/15 +5 -4 =6 games
=7 Beliavsky, Alexander G 8/15 +4 -3 =8 games
10 Vasiukov, Evgeni 7½/15 +4 -4 =7 games
=11 Vaganian, Rafael A 7/15 +5 -6 =4 games
=11 Bronstein, David Ionovich 7/15 +3 -4 =8 games
=13 Dvoretzky, Mark 6/15 +1 -4 =10 games
=13 Tukmakov, Vladimir B 6/15 +1 -4 =10 games
15 Romanishin, Oleg M 5/15 +2 -7 =6 games
16 Grigorian, Karen Ashotovich 4½/15 +1 -7 =7 games

Cross Table

Player 12345678910111213141516
1 Tseshkovsky, Vitaly ½½1 ½½0 001 0 1 1 ½ 1 ½ 1 1 1 ½ 0 ½
2 Balashov, Yuri S ½½0 0½1 1½½ 1 0 ½ 0 ½ 1 1 ½ ½ 1 ½ 1
3 Gulko, Boris F ½½1 1½0 ½½½ 1 ½ 1 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ ½
4 Savon, Vladimir A 110 0½½ ½½½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 1
5 Gufeld, Eduard 1 0 0 ½ ½ 0 1 ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 1 ½ ½
6 Taimanov, Mark E 0 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 ½
7 Alburt, Lev O 0 ½ 0 ½ 1 ½ 0 ½ 0 1 1 ½ ½ 1 1
8 Kholmov, Ratmir D ½ 1 ½ ½ 0 ½ 1 0 1 1 0 ½ 1 ½ 0
9 Beliavsky, Alexander G 0 ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 0 ½ 1 ½ 0 1 ½
10 Vasiukov, Evgeni ½ 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ 1 0 1 0 ½ ½ ½ 1 1
11 Vaganian, Rafael A 0 0 ½ 0 ½ 0 0 0 ½ 1 1 ½ 1 1 1
12 Bronstein, David Ionovich 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 1 0 ½ 0 1 ½ ½ 1
13 Dvoretzky, Mark 0 ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ 1 ½
14 Tukmakov, Vladimir B ½ 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ 0 1 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ ½
15 Romanishin, Oleg M 1 ½ ½ 0 ½ 0 0 ½ 0 0 0 ½ 0 ½ 1
16 Grigorian, Karen Ashotovich ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ 0 1 ½ 0 0 0 ½ ½ 0

Each cell shows the row player's recorded results against the column player. ● = same player.

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