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1978 USSR Chess Championship

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46th USSR Chess Championship
LocationTbilisi
Champion
Mikhail Tal
Vitaly Tseshkovsky

The 1978 Soviet Chess Championship was the 46th edition of USSR Chess Championship. Held from 1–27 December 1978 in Tbilisi. Mikhail Tal and Vitaly Tseshkovsky shared the title. The qualifying tournaments took place in Daugavpils and Ashkhabad. This edition marked the debut of the future world champion Garry Kasparov in the Soviet championships.[1][2]

Mikhail Tal
Vitaly Tseshkovsky

Qualifying

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Swiss Qualifying

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The Swiss Qualifying was held in Daugavpils from 27 June to 16 July 1978 with 64 players. Garry Kasparov won gaining a direct promotion to the final.

First League

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The top seven qualified for the final.[3]

Ashkhabad, 8 October to 3 November 1978
Player Rating 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 Total
1 Soviet Union Vitaly Tseshkovsky 2570 - ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 1 ½ ½ 1 1 ½ ½ 1 0 ½ ½ 10½
2 Soviet Union Vladimir Tukmakov 2560 ½ - ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 1 ½ 1 ½ ½ 10½
3 Soviet Union Alexander Beliavsky 2545 0 ½ - ½ ½ ½ 1 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 0 1 1 1 10
4 Soviet Union Adrian Mikhalchishin 2460 ½ ½ ½ - ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 1 0 1 1 10
5 Soviet Union Sergey Makarichev 2495 ½ 0 ½ ½ - ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 9
6 Soviet Union Gennadij Timoscenko 2530 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ - ½ 0 1 ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 9
7 Soviet Union Yuri Razuvaev 2460 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ - ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 9
8 Soviet Union Artur Jussupow 2450 ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ 1 ½ - ½ 1 ½ 0 ½ 0 1 ½ ½ 8
9 Soviet Union Alexander Kochyev 2555 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ - 0 1 1 1 0 ½ ½ 1 8
10 Soviet Union Evgeny Sveshnikov 2565 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 0 1 - ½ 0 ½ 1 1 ½ 1 8
11 Soviet Union Vladimir Savon 2560 0 ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ - 1 ½ 1 ½ ½ ½
12 Soviet Union Viktor Kupreichik 2490 ½ 0 0 0 ½ 0 0 1 0 1 0 - 1 ½ 1 ½ 1 7
13 Soviet Union Lev Alburt 2510 ½ 0 ½ 0 0 ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ 0 - 1 1 1 0
14 Soviet Union Lev Gutman 0 ½ 1 0 ½ 0 ½ 1 1 0 0 ½ 0 - 0 1 0 6
15 Soviet Union Alexander Ivanov 1 0 0 1 ½ ½ 0 0 ½ 0 ½ 0 0 1 - ½ ½ 6
16 Soviet Union Albert Kapengut 2465 ½ ½ 0 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 0 ½ - 0
17 Soviet Union Amanmurad Kakageldyev 2415 ½ ½ 0 0 0 0 0 ½ 0 0 ½ 0 1 1 ½ 1 -


Final

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The final at Tbilisi featured the qualifiers plus Tamaz Giorgadze as the local Georgian representative and the players who were entered directly for their historical performance in previous championships.

46th USSR Chess Championship
Player Rating 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 Total
1 Soviet Union Mikhail Tal 2625 - ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 1 11
2 Soviet Union Vitaly Tseshkovsky 2570 ½ - ½ ½ ½ 1 1 ½ ½ 0 ½ 1 ½ 1 1 ½ 1 ½ 11
3 Soviet Union Lev Polugaevsky 2620 ½ ½ - ½ ½ ½ 0 1 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 10
4 Soviet Union Tamaz Giorgadze 2505 ½ ½ ½ - ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ ½
5 Soviet Union Evgeny Sveshnikov 2565 ½ ½ ½ ½ - ½ ½ 1 1 0 1 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 9
6 Soviet Union Alexander Beliavsky 2545 0 0 ½ ½ ½ - 0 1 ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 0 ½ 1 ½ 1 9
7 Soviet Union Garry Kasparov ½ 0 1 ½ ½ 1 - ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 0 ½ 1 1 9
8 Soviet Union Oleg Romanishin 2610 ½ ½ 0 ½ 0 0 ½ - 0 1 1 ½ 1 1 ½ 1 1 0 9
9 Soviet Union Efim Geller 2590 ½ ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ 1 - ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 9
10 Soviet Union Boris Gulko 2575 ½ 1 ½ 0 1 0 ½ 0 ½ - ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 8
11 Soviet Union Vladimir Bagirov 2495 ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ - ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 8
12 Soviet Union Sergey Makarichev 2495 0 0 ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ - ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 8
13 Soviet Union Gennadij Timoscenko 2530 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ - 0 ½ 1 ½ ½
14 Soviet Union Adrian Mikhalchishin 2460 0 0 ½ ½ ½ 1 1 0 0 ½ ½ ½ 1 - ½ 0 ½ ½
15 Soviet Union Yuri Razuvaev 2460 ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ - ½ ½ 0
16 Soviet Union Vladimir Tukmakov 2560 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 1 ½ - ½ ½
17 Soviet Union Josif Dorfman 2550 0 0 0 ½ ½ ½ 0 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ - 1
18 Soviet Union Gennadi Kuzmin 2535 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ 0 0 1 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 0 - 6

References

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  1. ^ Cafferty, Bernard; Taimanov, Mark (2016). The Soviet Championships. London: Everyman Chess. p. 179.
  2. ^ Soltis, Andy (2000). Soviet chess, 1917-1991. McFarland & Co. ISBN 0-7864-0676-3. OCLC 41940198.
  3. ^ "Russian Base".