1973 USSR Chess Championship
{{Short description|USSR Chess Championship}}
{{Infobox sports competition event
| event = 41st USSR Chess Championship
| location = Moscow
| champion = Boris Spassky
| previous = 1972 USSR Chess Championship
| next = 1974 USSR Chess Championship
}}
The 1973 Soviet Chess Championship was the 41st edition of USSR Chess Championship. Held from 2–26 October 1973 in Moscow. The tournament was won by Boris Spassky. The final were preceded by semifinals events at Frunze, Kirovabad, Lvov and Voronezh.{{cite book|last=Cafferty, Bernard|year=2016|title=The Soviet Championships|place=London|publisher=Everyman Chess|page=161|ref={{harvid|Cafferty|2016}} }}{{cite book|url=http://worldcat.org/oclc/41940198|title=Soviet chess, 1917-1991|last=Soltis, Andy.|year=2000|publisher=McFarland & Co|isbn=0-7864-0676-3|oclc=41940198 }}
Image:IBM-schaaktoernooi, Petrosjan (links) en Spasski, Bestanddeelnr 926-5584.jpg playing Tigran Petrosian]]
Table and results
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|+ 41st USSR Chess Championship ! N° !! Jogador !! 1 !! 2 !! 3 !! 4 !! 5 !! 6 !! 7 !! 8 !! 9 !! 10 !! 11 !! 12 !! 13 !! 14 !! 15 !! 16 !! 17 !! 18 !! Total | |||||||||||||||||||
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|1 |align=left|{{flagicon|URS}} Boris Spassky | - | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | 0 | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | align=center|11½ |
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|2 |align=left|{{flagicon|URS}} Anatoly Karpov | ½ | - | 0 | ½ | 1 | 1 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | align=center|10½ |
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|3 |align=left|{{flagicon|URS}} Tigran Petrosian | ½ | 1 | - | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | align=center|10½ |
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|4 |align=left|{{flagicon|URS}} Lev Polugaevsky | ½ | ½ | ½ | - | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | 1 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | align=center|10½ |
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|5 |align=left|{{flagicon|URS}} Viktor Korchnoi | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | - | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | 1 | 1 | ½ | 1 | 1 | ½ | align=center|10½ |
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|6 |align=left|{{flagicon|URS}} Gennadi Kuzmin | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | - | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | ½ | align=center|10½ |
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|7 |align=left|{{flagicon|URS}} Efim Geller | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | - | ½ | 1 | 0 | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | 0 | align=center|8½ |
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|8 |align=left|{{flagicon|URS}} Karen Grigorian | ½ | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | - | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | ½ | ½ | 0 | 0 | ½ | align=center|8½ |
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|9 |align=left|{{flagicon|URS}} Paul Keres | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | - | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | align=center|8 |
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|10 |align=left|{{flagicon|URS}} Mark Taimanov | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 0 | 1 | ½ | ½ | - | ½ | 1 | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | align=center|8 |
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|11 |align=left|{{flagicon|URS}} Vladimir Savon | 1 | 0 | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | - | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | align=center|8 |
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|12 |align=left|{{flagicon|URS}} Mikhail Tal | ½ | ½ | 0 | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 0 | 1 | 0 | ½ | - | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | ½ | 1 | align=center|8 |
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|13 |align=left|{{flagicon|URS}} Vladimir Tukmakov | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | - | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | align=center|7½ |
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|14 |align=left|{{flagicon|URS}} Nukhim Rashkovsky | 0 | 0 | ½ | 0 | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | ½ | ½ | - | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | align=center|7½ |
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|15 |align=left|{{flagicon|URS}} Orest Averkin | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | - | ½ | 0 | 1 | align=center|7 |
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|16 |align=left|{{flagicon|URS}} Vassily Smyslov | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | - | ½ | ½ | align=center|7 |
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|17 |align=left|{{flagicon|URS}} Evgeny Sveshnikov | 0 | ½ | 0 | ½ | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | - | 0 | align=center|6½ |
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|18 |align=left|{{flagicon|URS}} Alexander Beliavsky | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | 0 | ½ | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ½ | 1 | - | align=center|4½ |
References
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{{USSR Chess Championship}}
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