1944 USSR Chess Championship

13th Soviet Chess Championship (1944)
Location	Moscow
Date	21 May – 17 June 1944
Champion
Mikhail Botvinnik

The 1944 Soviet Chess Championship was the 13th edition of USSR Chess Championship, and the first to be held since 1940. The tournament was won by Mikhail Botvinnik.

Tables and results

13th Soviet Chess Championship (1944)

	Player	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	Total
1	Mikhail Botvinnik	-	1	1	1	1	½	0	1	½	1	½	1	1	1	0	1	1	12½
2	Vassily Smyslov	0	-	0	½	1	1	1	0	½	1	1	1	½	1	½	½	1	10½
3	Isaac Boleslavsky	0	1	-	½	½	½	1	1	0	½	½	1	1	1	½	½	½	10
4	Salo Flohr	0	½	½	-	½	½	1	½	½	½	0	½	1	1	1	½	1	9½
5	Vladas Mikenas	0	0	½	½	-	½	1	0	1	½	1	1	1	0	1	0	1	9
6	Vladimir Makogonov	½	0	½	½	½	-	0	0	1	0	1	½	1	1	½	1	1	9
7	Alexander Tolush	1	0	0	0	0	1	-	½	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	1	1	8½
8	Andor Lilienthal	0	1	0	½	1	1	½	-	½	½	0	0	1	½	0	½	½	7½
9	Alexey Sokolsky	½	½	1	½	0	0	0	½	-	0	0	½	1	1	1	1	0	7½
10	Gavriil Veresov	0	0	½	½	½	1	0	½	1	-	1	0	0	0	1	1	½	7½
11	Viacheslav Ragozin	½	0	½	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	-	0	1	½	0	½	1	7
12	Alexander Kotov	0	0	0	½	0	½	0	1	½	1	1	-	0	½	1	1	0	7
13	Abram Khavin	0	½	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	-	1	1	1	½	7
14	Georgy Lisitsin	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	½	0	1	½	½	0	-	½	1	1	7
15	David Bronstein	1	½	½	0	0	½	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	½	-	0	½	6½
16	Vladimir Alatortsev	0	½	½	½	1	0	0	½	0	0	½	0	0	0	1	-	1	5½
17	Grigory Ravinsky	0	0	½	0	0	0	0	½	1	½	0	1	½	0	½	0	-	4½