The 1954 Soviet Chess Championship was the 21st edition of USSR Chess Championship. Held from 7 January to 7 February 1954 in Kiev. The tournament was won by Yuri Averbakh. The final were preceded semifinals events at Moscow, Leningrad, Rostov and Vilnius.[1][2]
Yuri Averbakh playing a chess game
^Cafferty, Bernard. (2016). The Soviet Championships. London: Everyman Chess. p. 81
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