1945 USSR Chess Championship
# 1945 USSR Chess Championship

The 1945 Soviet Chess Championship was the 14th edition of USSR Chess Championship. Held from 1 June to 3 July 1945 in Moscow. The tournament was won by Mikhail Botvinnik.

## Tables and results

14th Soviet Chess Championship (1945) :

| | Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | Total |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Mikhail Botvinnik | - | 1 | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 15 |
| 2 | Isaac Boleslavsky | 0 | - | ½ | 1 | 1 | ½ | ½ | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ½ | 1 | ½ | 1 | ½ | 1 | 1 | 12 |
| 3 | David Bronstein | ½ | ½ | - | 0 | 0 | ½ | ½ | 0 | 1 | ½ | ½ | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 10 |
| 4 | Alexander Kotov | ½ | 0 | 1 | - | 1 | ½ | 0 | 1 | 0 | ½ | 1 | ½ | 0 | ½ | 1 | ½ | ½ | 1 | 9½ |
| 5 | Igor Bondarevsky | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | - | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | 1 | ½ | 1 | ½ | 9½ |
| 6 | Alexander Konstantinopolsky | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | - | 0 | ½ | 0 | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | 1 | 9½ |
| 7 | Andor Lilienthal | 0 | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | 1 | - | 1 | 0 | 0 | ½ | 0 | 1 | 1 | ½ | 1 | 0 | ½ | 9 |
| 8 | Viacheslav Ragozin | ½ | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ½ | 0 | - | 0 | ½ | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ½ | 1 | 1 | 9 |
| 9 | Iosif Rudakovsky | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | ½ | 0 | ½ | 1 | 0 | ½ | 0 | 1 | 1 | 9 |
| 10 | Vitaly Chekhover | 0 | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | ½ | - | 1 | ½ | 0 | ½ | 1 | ½ | 1 | 0 | 8½ |
| 11 | Vassily Smyslov | 0 | 0 | ½ | 0 | ½ | 0 | ½ | 0 | 1 | 0 | - | ½ | 1 | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 8½ |
| 12 | Vladimir Alatortsev | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | 0 | 1 | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | - | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ½ | ½ | 7½ |
| 13 | Alexander Tolush | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | - | 1 | ½ | 1 | 0 | 1 | 7½ |
| 14 | Alexander Koblencs | 0 | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 0 | 1 | 1 | ½ | ½ | 1 | 0 | - | 0 | ½ | ½ | 0 | 7 |
| 15 | Peter Romanovsky | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | 0 | 0 | 1 | ½ | 1 | - | 1 | 1 | ½ | 6½ |
| 16 | Boris Ratner | 0 | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | 0 | 0 | ½ | 1 | ½ | 0 | 0 | 0 | ½ | 0 | - | 1 | 1 | 6 |
| 17 | Ilya Kan | 0 | 0 | 0 | ½ | 0 | ½ | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ½ | 1 | ½ | 0 | 0 | - | 1 | 5 |
| 18 | Grigory Goldberg | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ½ | 0 | ½ | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ½ | 0 | 1 | ½ | 0 | 0 | - | 4 |
