1967 USSR Chess Championship

35th Soviet Chess Championship
LocationKharkov
Champion
Lev Polugaevsky
Mikhail Tal

The 1967 Soviet Chess Championship was the 35th edition of USSR Chess Championship. Held from 7 December to 26 December 1967 in Tbilisi. The tournament was won by Lev Polugaevsky and Mikhail Tal. For the first time the Soviet Chess Championship was played on a Swiss system organized as a 13 round tournament for 130 players.[1][2]

Lev Polugaevsky
Mikhail Tal
  1. ^ Cafferty, Bernard (2016). The Soviet Championships. London: Everyman Chess. p. 137.
  2. ^ Soltis, Andy. (2000). Soviet chess, 1917-1991. McFarland & Co. ISBN 0-7864-0676-3. OCLC 41940198.