Ukrainian Champion, Soviet Runner-up
Lipnitsky won the Ukrainian Championship in 1949 at Kiev, with a very strong 15.5/19 (+14 =3 -2). This earned him the Master title. Efim Geller was second; Geller later became a world-class Grandmaster.
Lipnitsky had by far the best result of his career at Moscow in 1950 at the URS-ch18, where he scored a superb 11/17 (+8 =6 -3), to tie for 2nd-4th places, along with Lev Aronin and Alexander Tolush, only half a point behind champion Paul Keres.
In the 1950 Ukrainian Championship at Kiev, Lipnitsky scored 12/17 to place a strong second. In the 1952 Ukrainian Championship at Kiev, Lipnitsky finished in a tied 5th-6th place with 8.5/15. Then in the 1953 Ukrainian Championship at Kiev, he ended up in a tied 3rd-4th place, with 8.5/13.
Lipnitsky did not do anywhere near as well in the next two Soviet Championships, however. In URS-ch19, Moscow 1951, Lipnitsky scored just 6.5/17 (+4 =5 -8), for a tied 15th-16th place, and a 2588 performance. At URS-ch20, Moscow 1952, Lipnitsky made only 7/19 (+3 =8 -8), for 17th place, and a 2567 performance.
Lipnitsky scored a very good 7/10 in the 1954 USSR Team Championship at Riga. He won the Ukrainian Championship again in 1956 at Kiev with 15/19, this time a point ahead of Bannik, who was second.
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