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1978 USSR Chess Championship

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Summary

1978 USSR Chess Championship is an USSR Chess Championship[1]. It is known by 5 alternative names across languages and contexts.[2]

Key Facts

  • Winner: Mikhail Tal[3], Vitaly Tseshkovsky[4]
  • Country: Soviet Union[5]
  • Follows: 1977 USSR Chess Championship[6]
  • Followed by: 1979 USSR Chess Championship[7]
  • Location: Tbilisi[8]
  • Start time: December 1, 1978[9]
  • End time: December 28, 1978[10]
  • Point in time: 1978[11]
  • Sport: chess[12]
  • Number of participants: 18[13]
  • Sports season of league or competition: USSR Chess Championship[14]

FAQs

What awards did 1978 USSR Chess Championship receive?

Honors received include Mikhail Tal[3] and Vitaly Tseshkovsky[4].

Related Entities

Mikhail Tal

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Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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