The 44th USSR Chess Championship was held from November 26 to December 24, 1976 in Moscow , at the Central House of Culture of Railway Workers . .
For the second time after 1952, the world champion became the champion of the USSR
Standings
| No. | Members | Rating | one | 2 | 3 | four | five | 6 | 7 | eight | 9 | ten | eleven | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | sixteen | 17 | 18 | Glasses | A place |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| one | Anatoly Karpov | 2695 | one | ½ | ½ | one | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | one | one | one | ½ | ½ | one | one | one | 12 | one | |
| 2 | Yuri Balashov | 2545 | 0 | ½ | one | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | one | one | one | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | one | one | eleven | 2 | |
| 3 | Tigran Petrosyan | 2635 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | one | one | one | 0 | ½ | ½ | one | ½ | one | one | 10½ | 3-4 | |
| four | Leo Polugaevsky | 2635 | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | one | ½ | ½ | 0 | one | ½ | one | one | ½ | one | ½ | one | 10½ | 3-4 | |
| five | Joseph Dorfman | 2405 | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 0 | 0 | one | one | one | ½ | one | one | ½ | 0 | one | 9½ | five | |
| 6 | Michael Tal | 2615 | ½ | ½ | one | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | one | one | 9 | 6-7 | |
| 7 | Vasily Smyslov | 2580 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | one | ½ | 0 | one | ½ | one | ½ | one | 0 | 9 | 6-7 | |
| eight | Yefim Geller | 2620 | one | ½ | ½ | ½ | one | ½ | ½ | 0 | 0 | ½ | one | one | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 0 | 8½ | 8-10 | |
| 9 | Evgeny Sveshnikov | 2510 | ½ | 0 | 0 | ½ | one | ½ | ½ | one | 0 | ½ | ½ | one | ½ | one | ½ | ½ | 0 | 8½ | 8-10 | |
| ten | Oleg Romanishin | 2560 | ½ | 0 | 0 | one | 0 | one | 0 | one | one | 0 | ½ | one | 0 | ½ | one | 0 | one | 8½ | 8-10 | |
| eleven | Boris Gulko | 2530 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | one | ½ | 0 | one | ½ | one | one | one | eight | eleven | |
| 12 | Rafael Vaganyan | 2550 | 0 | ½ | one | ½ | 0 | ½ | one | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | one | 0 | 0 | ½ | ½ | 7½ | 12-13 | |
| 13 | Karen Grigoryan | 2485 | 0 | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | one | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | one | ½ | ½ | ½ | one | ½ | one | 7½ | 12-13 | |
| 14 | Mark Taimanov | 2540 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 0 | 0 | ½ | ½ | one | ½ | one | 0 | 0 | ½ | 0 | one | ½ | 0 | 7 | 14-15 | |
| 15 | Naum Rashkovsky | 2485 | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | 0 | ½ | 0 | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | one | ½ | one | 0 | ½ | ½ | 7 | 14-15 | |
| sixteen | Alexander Zakharov | 2435 | 0 | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 0 | 0 | one | 0 | 0 | one | 0 | one | 6½ | 16-17 | |
| 17 | Vitaly Tseshkovsky | 2550 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ½ | one | 0 | 0 | ½ | ½ | one | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | one | 0 | 6½ | 16-17 | |
| 18 | Victor Kupreychik | 2490 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | one | one | one | 0 | 0 | ½ | 0 | one | ½ | 0 | one | 6 | 18 |
Literature
- Chess: Encyclopedic Dictionary / Ch. ed. A.E. Karpov . - M .: Soviet Encyclopedia , 1990 .-- S. 579. - 624 p. - 100,000 copies. - ISBN 5-85270-005-3 .