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•   The 44th U.S.S.R. (URS) Championship was held in Moscow, Russia in 1976.  (Google this topic.) 

•   It was a "Who's Who?" of chess, practically every name here is a legend.  

•   GM A. Karpov won this tournament going away (12.0 from 17)  ... as you can see from the above cross-table. 

•   Even his one loss - to GM E. Geller - was an enjoyable, fantastic and brilliant encounter.  

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Below is a listing of the players, their FIDE ratings ... and how they finished in this tournament.  

1. GM Anatoly E. Karpov (2695) 12.0 / 17

2. GM Yuri S. Balashov (2545) 11.0 / 17

3. GM Tigran V. Petrosian (2635) 10.5 / 17 

4. GM Lev Polugaevsky (2635) 10.5 / 17 

5. GM Josif D. Dorfman (2405) 9.5 / 17

6. GM Mikhail Tal (2615) 9.0 / 17 

7. GM Vassily Smyslov (2580) 9.0 / 17 

8. GM Efim P. Geller (2620) 8.5 / 17 

9. GM Evgeny Sveshnikov (2510) 8.5 / 17 

10. GM Oleg M. Romanishin (2560) 8.5 / 17 

11. GM Boris F. Gulko (2530) 8.0 / 17  

12. GM Rafael A. Vaganian (2550) 7.5 / 17

13. IM Karen A. Grigorian (2485) 7.5 / 17  

14. GM Mark E. Taimanov (2540) 7.0 / 17  

15. GM Nukhim N. Rashkovsky (2485) 7.0 / 17 

16. IM Alexander V. Zakharov (2435) 6.5 / 17  

17. GM Vitaly Tseshkovsky (2550) 6.5 / 17  

18. GM Viktor D. Kupreichik (2490) 6.0 / 17

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