1978 USSR Championship
Location: Tbilisi, USSR
December 01, 1978 to December 28, 1978
17 rounds
Round robin tournament
Winners: Mikhail Tal, Vitaly Tseshkovsky
December 01, 1978 to December 28, 1978
17 rounds
Round robin tournament
Winners: Mikhail Tal, Vitaly Tseshkovsky
| Place | Player | Score | W | L | D |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Mikhail Tal | 11.0 / 17 | 5 | 0 | 12 |
| 1. | Vitaly Tseshkovsky | 11.0 / 17 | 6 | 1 | 10 |
| 3. | Lev Polugaevsky | 10.0 / 17 | 4 | 1 | 12 |
| 4. | Tamaz Giorgadze | 9.5 / 17 | 2 | 0 | 15 |
| 5. | Alexander G Beliavsky | 9.0 / 17 | 5 | 4 | 8 |
| 5. | Efim P. Geller | 9.0 / 17 | 3 | 2 | 12 |
| 5. | Garry Kasparov | 9.0 / 17 | 4 | 3 | 10 |
| 5. | Oleg M Romanishin | 9.0 / 17 | 6 | 5 | 6 |
| 5. | Evgeny Sveshnikov | 9.0 / 17 | 3 | 2 | 12 |
| 10. | Vladimir Bagirov | 8.0 / 17 | 1 | 2 | 14 |
| 10. | Boris Gulko | 8.0 / 17 | 2 | 3 | 12 |
| 10. | Sergey Makarichev | 8.0 / 17 | 1 | 2 | 14 |
| 13. | Adrian Mikhalchishin | 7.5 / 17 | 3 | 5 | 9 |
| 13. | Yuri S. Razuvaev | 7.5 / 17 | 1 | 3 | 13 |
| 13. | Gennadij Timoscenko | 7.5 / 17 | 1 | 3 | 13 |
| 13. | Vladimir B Tukmakov | 7.5 / 17 | 1 | 3 | 13 |
| 17. | Iossif Dorfman | 6.5 / 17 | 1 | 5 | 11 |
| 18. | Gennadi P Kuzmin | 6.0 / 17 | 2 | 7 | 8 |