1945 USSR Chess Championship

14th Soviet Chess Championship (1945)
14th Soviet Chess Championship (1945)
Location	Moscow
Champion
	Mikhail Botvinnik
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The 1945 Soviet Chess Championship was the 14th edition of USSR Chess Championship. Held from 1 June to 3 July 1945 in Moscow. The tournament was won by Mikhail Botvinnik.^[1]

	Player	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	Total
1	Mikhail Botvinnik	-	1	½	½	1	1	1	½	1	1	1	½	1	1	1	1	1	1	15
2	Isaac Boleslavsky	0	-	½	1	1	½	½	0	1	1	1	½	1	½	1	½	1	1	12
3	David Bronstein	½	½	-	0	0	½	½	0	1	½	½	1	0	1	1	1	1	1	10
4	Alexander Kotov	½	0	1	-	1	½	0	1	0	½	1	½	0	½	1	½	½	1	9½
5	Igor Bondarevsky	0	0	1	0	-	½	½	1	½	½	½	½	1	½	1	½	1	½	9½
6	Alexander Konstantinopolsky	0	½	½	½	½	-	0	½	0	½	1	1	1	½	½	1	½	1	9½
7	Andor Lilienthal	0	½	½	1	½	1	-	1	0	0	½	0	1	1	½	1	0	½	9
8	Viacheslav Ragozin	½	1	1	0	0	½	0	-	0	½	1	1	0	0	1	½	1	1	9
9	Iosif Rudakovsky	0	0	0	1	½	1	1	1	-	½	0	½	1	0	½	0	1	1	9
10	Vitaly Chekhover	0	0	½	½	½	½	1	½	½	-	1	½	0	½	1	½	1	0	8½
11	Vassily Smyslov	0	0	½	0	½	0	½	0	1	0	-	½	1	½	1	1	1	1	8½
12	Vladimir Alatortsev	½	½	0	½	½	0	1	0	½	½	½	-	1	0	0	1	½	½	7½
13	Alexander Tolush	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	-	1	½	1	0	1	7½
14	Alexander Koblencs	0	½	0	½	½	½	0	1	1	½	½	1	0	-	0	½	½	0	7
15	Peter Romanovsky	0	0	0	0	0	½	½	0	½	0	0	1	½	1	-	1	1	½	6½
16	Boris Ratner	0	½	0	½	½	0	0	½	1	½	0	0	0	½	0	-	1	1	6
17	Ilya Kan	0	0	0	½	0	½	1	0	0	0	0	½	1	½	0	0	-	1	5
18	Grigory Goldberg	0	0	0	0	½	0	½	0	0	1	0	½	0	1	½	0	0	-	4

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