1972 USSR Chess Championship
# 1972 USSR Chess Championship

The 1972 Soviet Chess Championship was the 40th edition of USSR Chess Championship. Held from 16 November to 19 December 1972 in Baku. The tournament was won by Mikhail Tal. The final were preceded by semifinals events at Chelyabinsk, Uzhgorod, Kaliningrad and Odessa.

## Table and results

40th Soviet Chess Championship :

| | Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | Total |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Mikhail Tal | - | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | ½ | 1 | ½ | 1 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | 1 | 1 | 15 |
| 2 | Vladimir Tukmakov | ½ | - | ½ | 0 | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | ½ | 1 | 13 |
| 3 | Gennadi Kuzmin | ½ | ½ | - | ½ | 1 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | 1 | 0 | 1 | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | 1 | 1 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 12½ |
| 4 | Vladimir Savon | 0 | 1 | ½ | - | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | 0 | ½ | 1 | ½ | 1 | 12½ |
| 5 | Mikhail Mukhin | 0 | ½ | 0 | ½ | - | 1 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | ½ | 1 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 12½ |
| 6 | Evgeni Vasiukov | ½ | 1 | ½ | ½ | 0 | - | 1 | 1 | ½ | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | 11½ |
| 7 | Yuri Balashov | 0 | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | 0 | - | 1 | ½ | 1 | 1 | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | 1 | 0 | ½ | 11½ |
| 8 | Vladimir Bagirov | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 0 | 0 | - | 1 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | 0 | 11 |
| 9 | Semyon Furman | 0 | 0 | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 0 | - | 1 | 0 | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | 11 |
| 10 | Ratmir Kholmov | ½ | 1 | ½ | 0 | ½ | 1 | 0 | ½ | 0 | - | 1 | ½ | 0 | ½ | 0 | 1 | ½ | 1 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 10½ |
| 11 | Anatoly Lein | ½ | 0 | 0 | ½ | ½ | 1 | 0 | ½ | 1 | 0 | - | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | 1 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | 1 | 10½ |
| 12 | Yuri Razuvaev | ½ | 0 | 1 | ½ | 0 | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | - | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | 1 | 10 |
| 13 | Albert Kapengut | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | ½ | - | ½ | 1 | 0 | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 9½ |
| 14 | Roman Dzindzichashvili | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 0 | 0 | ½ | 0 | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | - | 1 | 0 | ½ | 0 | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | 9½ |
| 15 | Leonid Shamkovich | 0 | 0 | ½ | ½ | 0 | 1 | ½ | ½ | 0 | 1 | ½ | ½ | 0 | 0 | - | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | 1 | ½ | ½ | 9½ |
| 16 | David Bronstein | 0 | ½ | 1 | ½ | 0 | 0 | ½ | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ½ | 1 | 1 | ½ | - | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | 9½ |
| 17 | Eduard Gufeld | ½ | ½ | ½ | 0 | 0 | 1 | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | - | 1 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 0 | 9 |
| 18 | Karen Grigorian | ½ | 0 | 0 | 1 | ½ | 1 | 0 | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | 0 | ½ | 0 | - | 0 | ½ | ½ | 1 | 9 |
| 19 | Valery Zilberstein | 0 | 0 | 0 | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | - | ½ | 0 | 0 | 9 |
| 20 | Nukhim Rashkovsky | ½ | 0 | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | 0 | 0 | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | ½ | 0 | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | - | 1 | 1 | 9 |
| 21 | Valery Zhidkov | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | 0 | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | 1 | 0 | - | ½ | 8½ |
| 22 | Lev Alburt | 0 | 0 | ½ | 0 | ½ | 0 | ½ | 1 | ½ | ½ | 0 | 0 | ½ | 0 | ½ | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ½ | - | 7 |
