1944 USSR Chess Championship

13th Soviet Chess Championship (1944)
13th Soviet Chess Championship (1944)
Location	Moscow
Date	21 May – 17 June 1944
Champion
	Mikhail Botvinnik
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LocationMoscow

Date21 May – 17 June 1944

The 1944 Soviet Chess Championship was the 13th edition of USSR Chess Championship, and the first to be held since 1940. The tournament was won by Mikhail Botvinnik.^[1]

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	Player	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	Total
1	Mikhail Botvinnik	-	1	1	1	1	½	0	1	½	1	½	1	1	1	0	1	1	12½
2	Vassily Smyslov	0	-	0	½	1	1	1	0	½	1	1	1	½	1	½	½	1	10½
3	Isaac Boleslavsky	0	1	-	½	½	½	1	1	0	½	½	1	1	1	½	½	½	10
4	Salo Flohr	0	½	½	-	½	½	1	½	½	½	0	½	1	1	1	½	1	9½
5	Vladas Mikenas	0	0	½	½	-	½	1	0	1	½	1	1	1	0	1	0	1	9
6	Vladimir Makogonov	½	0	½	½	½	-	0	0	1	0	1	½	1	1	½	1	1	9
7	Alexander Tolush	1	0	0	0	0	1	-	½	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	1	1	8½
8	Andor Lilienthal	0	1	0	½	1	1	½	-	½	½	0	0	1	½	0	½	½	7½
9	Alexey Sokolsky	½	½	1	½	0	0	0	½	-	0	0	½	1	1	1	1	0	7½
10	Gavriil Veresov	0	0	½	½	½	1	0	½	1	-	1	0	0	0	1	1	½	7½
11	Viacheslav Ragozin	½	0	½	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	-	0	1	½	0	½	1	7
12	Alexander Kotov	0	0	0	½	0	½	0	1	½	1	1	-	0	½	1	1	0	7
13	Abram Khavin	0	½	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	-	1	1	1	½	7
14	Georgy Lisitsin	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	½	0	1	½	½	0	-	½	1	1	7
15	David Bronstein	1	½	½	0	0	½	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	½	-	0	½	6½
16	Vladimir Alatortsev	0	½	½	½	1	0	0	½	0	0	½	0	0	0	1	-	1	5½
17	Grigory Ravinsky	0	0	½	0	0	0	0	½	1	½	0	1	½	0	½	0	-	4½

1944 USSR Chess Championship

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