1979 USSR Championship
Location: Minsk, USSR
November 29, 1979 to December 27, 1979
Category XII (average rating 2526 - 2550)
17 rounds
Round robin tournament
Winner: Efim P. Geller
November 29, 1979 to December 27, 1979
Category XII (average rating 2526 - 2550)
17 rounds
Round robin tournament
Winner: Efim P. Geller
| Place | Player | Score | W | L | D |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Efim P. Geller | 11.5 / 17 | 6 | 0 | 11 |
| 2. | Artur Jussupow | 10.5 / 17 | 6 | 2 | 9 |
| 3. | Yuri S Balashov | 10.0 / 17 | 3 | 0 | 14 |
| 3. | Garry Kasparov | 10.0 / 17 | 6 | 3 | 8 |
| 5. | Tamaz Giorgadze | 9.5 / 17 | 6 | 4 | 7 |
| 5. | Viktor D Kupreichik | 9.5 / 17 | 7 | 5 | 5 |
| 5. | Sergey Makarichev | 9.5 / 17 | 4 | 2 | 11 |
| 8. | Rafael A Vaganian | 9.0 / 17 | 6 | 5 | 6 |
| 9. | Konstantin Z. Lerner | 8.5 / 17 | 4 | 4 | 9 |
| 10. | Alexander G Beliavsky | 8.0 / 17 | 5 | 6 | 6 |
| 10. | Nukhim N Rashkovsky | 8.0 / 17 | 1 | 2 | 14 |
| 10. | Yuri S. Razuvaev | 8.0 / 17 | 2 | 3 | 12 |
| 10. | Oleg M Romanishin | 8.0 / 17 | 5 | 6 | 6 |
| 14. | Sergey Dolmatov | 7.5 / 17 | 4 | 6 | 7 |
| 14. | Mikhail Tal | 7.5 / 17 | 3 | 5 | 9 |
| 16. | Evgeny Sveshnikov | 7.0 / 17 | 3 | 6 | 8 |
| 17. | Yuri N Anikaev | 5.5 / 17 | 2 | 8 | 7 |
| 17. | Vitaly Tseshkovsky | 5.5 / 17 | 1 | 7 | 9 |