1975 USSR Chess Championship

The 1975 Soviet Chess Championship was the 43rd edition of USSR Chess Championship. Held from 28 November to 22 December 1975 in Yerevan. Former world champion Tigran Petrosian won his fourth title. The qualifying tournaments took place in Cheliabinsk and Kishinev.

Table and results + 43rd USSR Chess Championship Player Rating 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Total1 Tigran Petrosian 2645 - 0 1 ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 1102 Oleg Romanishin 2485 1 - 0 ½ ½ 1 1 1 0 ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 0 19½3 Boris Gulko 2480 0 1 - ½ 0 0 1 1 ½ ½ 1 1 1 ½ 1 ½9½4 Mikhail Tal 2645 ½ ½ ½ - ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 1 1 ½ ½ 1 1 19½5 Rafael Vaganian 2530 0 ½ 1 ½ - 0 0 ½ 1 1 1 ½ 1 ½ 1 19½6 Lev Polugaevsky 2645 ½ 0 1 ½ 1 - ½ 0 ½ 1 0 ½ ½ 1 1 ½8½7 Efim Geller 2600 ½ 0 0 ½ 1 ½ - 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ ½8½8 Yuri Balashov 2540 ½ 0 0 ½ ½ 1 0 - 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 1 1 ½8½9 David Bronstein 2590 ½ 1 ½ 1 0 ½ ½ 0 - 1 ½ ½ 0 0 ½ 17½10 Alexander Beliavsky 2500 0 ½ ½ 0 0 0 ½ ½ 0 - ½ 1 1 1 1 17½11 Mark Dvoretsky 2495 ½ ½ 0 0 0 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ - ½ 0 ½ ½ 16½12 Lev Alburt 2420 ½ 0 0 ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ - 1 ½ ½ ½613 Josif Dorfman 2380 0 ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ 0 1 0 1 0 - 1 0 ½5½14 Semyon Furman 2560 ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ 0 0 0 1 0 ½ ½ 0 - ½ 1515 Vladimir Doroshkievich 2425 0 1 0 0 0 0 ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ 1 ½ - 04½16 Janis Klovans 2500 0 0 ½ 0 0 ½ ½ ½ 0 0 0 ½ ½ 0 1 -4

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