The V USSR Championship in Russian drafts among women was held July 12-21, 1961 in Tallinn . 16 athletes participated in the final. The championship, unlike the previous ones, was held according to the Swiss system in 10 rounds.
Maya Freidson from Kharkov became the champion of the USSR.
Final position
| A place | Name | Region | Glasses |
|---|---|---|---|
| one | Maya Freidson | Kharkiv | 7½ |
| 2 | Rebekah Esterkin | Leningrad | 7 |
| 3 | Alina Velikovskaya | Kiev | 7 |
| four | Tatyana Stepanova | Kalinin | 6½ |
| 5 | V. Filippova | Moscow | 6½ |
| 6 | Lyudmila Benderskaya | Kishinev | 6½ |
| 7-9 | Kukushkina | Leningrad | 6 |
| 7-9 | Warm | Sverdlovsk | 6 |
| 7-9 | Yye Kundver | Tallinn | 6 |
| 10-12 | Polina Gurevich | Bender | 5½ |
| 10-12 | Margarita Dubova | Baku | 5½ |
| 10-12 | Julia Ruzhanskaya | Nalchik | 5½ |
| 13-18 | Irina Parpulova | Taraclia | 5 |
| 13-18 | Johanna Belskaya | Riga | 5 |
| 13-18 | A. Shergalite | Mazheiki | 5 |
| 13-18 | Makushkina | Moscow | 5 |
| 13-18 | Sofia Tarhanova | Ufa | 5 |
| 13-18 | V. Kovzan | Minsk | 5 |
| 19-21 | Shmeleva | Leningrad | 4½ |
| 19-21 | Kanevskaya | Kharkiv | 4½ |
| 19-21 | L. Lesina | Minsk | 4½ |
| 22-26 | Emma Pogrebetskaya | Kharkiv | four |
| 22-26 | Stanga | Riga | four |
| 22-26 | Linda Piper | Tallinn | four |
| 22-26 | Yye Tuvekine | Viandra | four |
| 22-26 | Basin | Tashkent | four |
| 27-28 | Kaganovskaya | Ashgabat | 3 |
| 27-28 | Shusman | Baku | 3 |
| 29-30 | Sultanbekova | Alma-ata | 2½ |
| 29-30 | Bashkite | Vilnius | 2½ |