4th Soviet Team Chess Championship: Voroshilovgrad 1955

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Basic data

4th Soviet Team Chess Championship
(see all-time tournament summary)
Date: Final: 4th - 27th September 1955
Preliminaries: 3rd - 14th September 1955
City: Voroshilovgrad (today Luhansk), Ukrainian SSR
Venue: N/A
Tournament Director: N/A
Chief Arbiter: N/A
Teams participating: Final: 10
Preliminaries: 17
Players participating: Final: 80 (incl. 3 GMs, 6 IMs and 1 WIM)
Preliminaries: N/A
Games played: Final: 360
Preliminaries: : 512
Competition format: Preliminaries: teams were split into two groups where they played ten board round robin. Five best teams from each preliminary group qualified to the final.
Final: Ten board round robin. Worst team was relegated.
Final order decided by: 1. Game points; 2. Match points
Time control: N/A
Websites: RusBase
Downloadable game file: 55sov_team.zip


Tournament review

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Best board results

1st Board
no. name code pts gms %
1. GM Taimanov, Mark SPET 9 72.2
2. GM Averbakh, Yury MOSC 6 9 66.7
3. Bannik, Anatoly UKR 9 61.1

2nd Board
no. name code pts gms %
1. IM Korchnoi, Viktor SPET 8 9 88.9
2. Lipnitsky, Isaak UKR 9 72.2
3. Tāls, Mihails LAT 9 61.1
3. Suetin, Alexander BLR 9 61.1

3rd Board
no. name code pts gms %
1. Shamkovich, Leonid RUS 7 9 77.8
2. Zamikhovsky, Abram UKR 6 9 66.7
2. Saigin, Vladimir BLR 6 9 66.7

4th Board
no. name code pts gms %
1. IM Nezhmetdinov, Rashid RUS 7 9 77.8
2. Mikkov, Uno EST 6 9 66.7
3. Cherepkov, Alexander SPET 9 61.1

5th Board
no. name code pts gms %
1. IM Chekhover, Vitaly SPET 6 9 66.7
1. Zurakhov, Vladen RUS 6 9 66.7
3. Shianovsky, Vladislav UKR 5 9 55.6
3. Višomirskis, Romanas LTU 5 9 55.6
3. Klovāns, Jānis LAT 5 9 55.6
3. Heuer, Valter EST 5 9 55.6

6th Board
no. name code pts gms %
1. Stoliar, Efim RUS 7 9 77.8
2. Kopylov, Nikolai SPET 6 9 66.7
3. Ravinsky, Grigory MOSC 5 9 55.6
3. Baršauskas, Vytautas LTU 5 9 55.6
3. Klasups, Kārlis LAT 5 9 55.6
3. Shagalovich, Abo BLR 5 9 55.6

1st Women's Board
no. name code pts gms %
1. Vitkovskaya, A. UKR 6 9 66.7
1. Lauberte, Milda LAT 6 9 66.7
3. Rootare, Salme EST 9 61.1

2nd Women's Board
no. name code pts gms %
1. Bondarenko, L. RUS 9 72.2
1. Voitsik, Nina MOSC 9 72.2
3. Nalting, Eevi EST 6 9 66.7


Interesting games


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