1955 USSR Chess Championship

22nd Soviet Chess Championship (1955)
22nd Soviet Chess Championship (1955)
Location	Moscow
Champion
	Efim Geller
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The 1955 Soviet Chess Championship was the 22nd edition of USSR Chess Championship. Held from 11 February to 15 March 1955 in Moscow. The tournament was won by Efim Geller who defeats Smyslov in a play-off match (4-3). The final were preceded semifinals events at Leningrad, Gorky and Yerevan.^[1]^[2] It was the worst USSR Chess Championship of Korchnoi's career, despite having fought in each game, all showing the high level of the competition.^[3]

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	Player	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	Total
1	Efim Geller	-	0	1	0	½	½	½	0	1	0	1	1	0	1	1	½	1	1	1	1	12
2	Vassily Smyslov	1	-	1	½	0	½	1	½	1	½	½	½	1	½	0	½	1	½	½	1	12
3	Mikhail Botvinnik	0	0	-	½	½	½	0	½	½	1	1	1	½	½	½	1	1	½	1	1	11½
4	Boris Spassky	1	½	½	-	½	½	½	1	½	1	0	0	0	½	½	1	½	1	1	1	11½
5	Georgy Ilivitsky	½	1	½	½	-	½	1	0	½	½	1	½	½	½	½	½	½	1	½	1	11½
6	Tigran Petrosian	½	½	½	½	½	-	½	1	½	½	½	½	½	½	½	½	1	1	½	1	11½
7	Paul Keres	½	0	1	½	0	½	-	1	0	½	0	½	1	½	1	½	1	1	½	1	11
8	Mark Taimanov	1	½	½	0	1	0	0	-	1	1	½	1	½	½	1	½	0	1	½	½	11
9	Vladas Mikenas	0	0	½	½	½	½	1	0	-	½	½	1	0	½	1	½	1	1	½	1	10½
10	Vladimir Antoshin	1	½	0	0	½	½	½	0	½	-	1	0	1	½	0	½	1	1	½	1	10
11	Semyon Furman	0	½	0	1	0	½	1	½	½	0	-	1	½	1	½	½	0	1	½	1	10
12	Alexander Kotov	0	½	0	1	½	½	½	0	0	1	0	-	1	½	1	0	1	½	1	½	9½
13	Georgy Borisenko	1	0	½	1	½	½	0	½	1	0	½	0	-	½	½	½	½	0	½	1	9
14	Salo Flohr	0	½	½	½	½	½	½	½	½	½	0	½	½	-	½	1	0	½	1	½	9
15	Georgy Lisitsin	0	1	½	½	½	½	0	0	0	1	½	0	½	½	-	½	½	0	1	1	8½
16	Yuri Averbakh	½	½	0	0	½	½	½	½	½	½	½	1	½	0	½	-	½	½	½	½	8½
17	Ilya Kan	0	0	0	½	½	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	½	1	½	½	-	0	1	½	7
18	Vladimir Simagin	0	½	½	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	½	1	½	1	½	1	-	1	0	6½
19	Viktor Korchnoi	0	½	0	0	½	½	½	½	½	½	½	0	½	0	0	½	0	0	-	1	6
20	Vitaly Shcherbakov	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	½	0	0	0	½	0	½	0	½	½	1	0	-	3½

Player	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	Total
Efim Geller	½	½	½	½	½	½	1	4
Vassily Smyslov	½	½	½	½	½	½	0	3

1955 USSR Chess Championship

Play-off match

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