Tournaments
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Year Tournament Place Notes 1935 Warsaw Olympiad 1935 !6th Olympiad – +11−5=3 on first board for Estonia 1935 Helsinki 2 Frydman won 1936 Nauheim 1–2 shared 1–2 with Alekhine 1936 Dresden 8–9 Alekhine won 1936 Zandvoort 3–4 Fine won 1937 Margate 1–2 shared 1–2 with Fine 1937 Ostend 1–3 shared 1–3 with Grob and Fine 1937 Prague 1 ahead of Zinner 1937 Vienna 1 Quadrangular 1937 Kemeri 4–5 Reshevsky, Flohr, and Petrovs shared 1st–3rd 1937 Pärnu 2–4 Schmidt won 1937 Stockholm Olympiad 1937 !7th Olympiad – individual silver (+9−2=4) on first board for Estonia 1937 Semmering/Baden 1 ahead of Fine 1937/38 Hastings 2–3 Reshevsky won 1938 Noordwijk 2 Eliskases won 1938 AVRO 1–2 shared 1–2 with Fine, ahead of Botvinnik 1939 Leningrad–Moscow 12–13 Flohr won 1939 Margate 1 ahead of Capablanca and Flohr 1939 Buenos Aires Olympiad 1939 !8th Olympiad – +12−2=5 on first board for bronze medal winning Estonia 1939 Buenos Aires 1–2 shared 1–2 with Najdorf 1940 USSR Championship 1940 !12th USSR Championship 4 Lilienthal and Bondarevsky won 1941 USSR Championship 1941 !Absolute USSR Championship 2 behind Botvinnik 1942 Tallinn 1 Estonian Championship +15−0=0 1942 Salzburg 2 behind Alekhine 1942 Munich 2 "European Championship", behind Alekhine 1943 Prague 2 behind Alekhine 1943 Poznań 1 ahead of Grünfeld 1943 Salzburg 1–2 shared 1–2 with Alekhine 1943 Tallinn 1 Estonian Championship +6−1=4 1943 Madrid 1 1944 Lidköping 2 Swedish Championship 1944/45 Riga 1 Baltic Championship 1946 Tbilisi 1 Georgian Championship 1947 Pärnu 1 1947 USSR Championship 1947 !15th USSR Championship 1 1947 Moscow 6–7 1948 World Championship Tournament 3–4 Botvinnik 1st, Smyslov 2nd 1949 USSR Championship 1949 !17th USSR Championship 8 1950 Budapest 4 Candidates Tournament, Bronstein and Boleslavsky 1st–2nd, Smyslov 3rd 1950 Szczawno-Zdrój 1 1950 USSR Championship 1950 !18th USSR Championship 1 1951 USSR Championship 1951 !19th USSR Championship 1 1952 USSR Championship 1952 !20th USSR Championship 10–11 Botvinnik won 1952 Budapest 1 1952 Helsinki Olympiad 1952 !10th Olympiad – +3−2=7 on first board for gold medal USSR team 1953 Zürich 2–4 Candidates Tournament, Smyslov 1st 1954 Amsterdam Olympiad 1954 !11th Olympiad – individual gold (+13−0=1) on fourth board for gold medal USSR team 1954/55 Hastings 1–2 shared 1–2 with Smyslov 1955 USSR Championship 1955 !22nd USSR Championship 7–8 Geller won 1955 Göteborg 2 Interzonal, Bronstein won 1956 Amsterdam 2 Candidates Tournament, Smyslov won 1956 Moscow Olympiad 1956 !12th Olympiad – individual gold (+7−0=5) on third board for gold medal USSR team 1956 Moscow 7–8 1957 USSR Championship 1957 !24th USSR Championship 2–3 Tal won 1957 Mar del Plata 1 1957 Santiago 1 1957/58 Hastings 1 1958 Munich Olympiad 1958 !13th Olympiad – individual gold (+7−0=5) on third board for gold medal USSR team 1959 USSR Championship 1959 !26th USSR Championship 7–8 Petrosian won 1959 Zürich 3–4 Tal won 1959 Bled/Belgrade/Zagreb 2 Candidates Tournament, Tal won 1959/60 Stockholm 3 1960 Leipzig Olympiad 1960 !14th Olympiad – individual gold (+8−0=5) on third board for gold medal USSR team 1961 Zürich 1 1961 Bled 3–5 Tal won 1961 USSR Championship 1961 !29th USSR Championship 8–11 1962 Curaçao 2–3 1962 Candidates Tournament, Petrosian won 1962 Varna Olympiad 1962 !15th Olympiad − individual bronze (+6−0=7) on fourth board on gold medal USSR team 1963 Los Angeles 1–2 1st Piatigorsky Cup, tied with Petrosian for first 1964 Beverwijk 1–2 Hoogovens tournament, shared 1–2 with Nei 1964 Buenos Aires 1–2 shared 1–2 with Petrosian 1964 Tel Aviv Olympiad 1964 !16th Olympiad − individual gold (+9−1=2) on fourth board for gold medal USSR team 1964/65 Hastings 1 1965 Mariánské Lázně 1–2 shared 1–2 with Hort 1965 USSR Championship 1965 !33rd USSR Championship 6 Stein won 1966/67 Stockholm 1 1967 Moscow 9–12 1967 Winnipeg 3–4 1968 Bamberg 1 1969 Beverwijk 3–4 Hoogovens tournament, behind Botvinnik and Geller 1969 Tallinn 2–3 1970 Budapest 1 1971 Amsterdam 2–4 1971 Pärnu 2–3 1971 Tallinn 3–6 1972 Sarajevo 3–5 1972 San Antonio 5 Karpov, Petrosian, and Portisch shared 1st–3rd 1973 Tallinn 3–6 1973 Dortmund 6–7 1973 Petropolis 12–13 Interzonal, Mecking 1st; Geller, Polugaevsky, and Portisch 2nd–4th 1973 USSR Championship 1973 !41st USSR Championship 9–12 Spassky won 1975 Tallinn 1 1975 Vancouver 1
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