1963 USSR Chess Championship
# 1963 USSR Chess Championship

The 1963 Soviet Chess Championship was the 31st edition of USSR Chess Championship. Held from 23 November to 27 December 1963 in Leningrad. The tournament was won by Leonid Stein. The final were preceded by semifinals events at Almaty, Kharkov, Moscow and Sverdlovsk.

## Table and results

31st Soviet Chess Championship :

| | Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | Total |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Leonid Stein | - | ½ | 1 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 0 | 1 | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | 12 |
| 2 | Boris Spassky | ½ | - | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | 12 |
| 3 | Ratmir Kholmov | 0 | ½ | - | 1 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | ½ | 1 | 1 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 12 |
| 4 | Alexey Suetin | ½ | ½ | 0 | - | ½ | 1 | 0 | 1 | ½ | 0 | 1 | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | ½ | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 11½ |
| 5 | Efim Geller | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | - | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | ½ | 1 | 11½ |
| 6 | David Bronstein | ½ | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | - | 0 | ½ | 1 | ½ | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | 11½ |
| 7 | Eduard Gufeld | ½ | 0 | ½ | 1 | ½ | 1 | - | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | ½ | 0 | 1 | ½ | 1 | ½ | 11 |
| 8 | Lev Polugaevsky | ½ | ½ | ½ | 0 | 1 | ½ | ½ | - | ½ | 0 | ½ | 1 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | 1 | ½ | 1 | 11 |
| 9 | Aivars Gipslis | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | 0 | 1 | ½ | - | 1 | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | ½ | 1 | ½ | 10½ |
| 10 | Viktor Korchnoi | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | 0 | - | ½ | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | 0 | 1 | ½ | 1 | 10 |
| 11 | Vladimir Bagirov | 1 | 0 | ½ | 0 | 0 | 1 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | - | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | 1 | 9½ |
| 12 | Yuri Averbakh | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | - | 1 | 0 | ½ | 1 | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | 9 |
| 13 | Iivo Nei | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | 0 | 0 | ½ | 1 | ½ | 1 | 0 | - | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | 0 | ½ | 1 | 9 |
| 14 | Mark Taimanov | ½ | ½ | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | 1 | ½ | - | 1 | 0 | ½ | 1 | ½ | ½ | 8½ |
| 15 | Semyon Furman | 0 | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 0 | - | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 8½ |
| 16 | Janis Klovans | 0 | 0 | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | 0 | 0 | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | 1 | 0 | - | 1 | ½ | 1 | 0 | 7½ |
| 17 | Alexander Zakharov | ½ | ½ | 0 | 1 | 0 | ½ | 0 | ½ | 0 | 1 | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | 1 | 0 | - | ½ | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| 18 | Igor Bondarevsky | ½ | ½ | ½ | 0 | 0 | 0 | ½ | 0 | ½ | 0 | 0 | ½ | 1 | 0 | 0 | ½ | ½ | - | 1 | ½ | 6½ |
| 19 | Arkady Novopashin | 0 | 0 | ½ | 0 | ½ | 0 | 0 | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | - | 1 | 6½ |
| 20 | Viatcheslav Osnos | 0 | 0 | ½ | 0 | 0 | 0 | ½ | 0 | ½ | 0 | 0 | ½ | 0 | ½ | 0 | 1 | 1 | ½ | 0 | - | 5 |

### Playoff

31st Soviet Chess Championship - Playoff :

| | Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | Total |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Leonid Stein | -- | 1½ | ½½ | 2½ |
| 2 | Boris Spassky | 0½ | -- | ½1 | 2 |
| 3 | Ratmir Kholmov | ½½ | ½0 | -- | 1½ |
