31st USSR Championship, Leningrad 1963 Score Sheet Ratmir Kholmov and Vladimir Bagirov

Author: Vladimir Bagirov (1936 - 2000) and Ratmir Dmitrievich Kholmov (1925 -2006) signedYear: 1963Publisher: Russian Chess FederationPlace: LeningradDescription:14 (10 1/4" x 5 1/2") original green score sheet in Vladimir Bagirov's hand. Signed by both contestants Ratmir Kholmov and Vladimir Bagirov. Game 84 in round 9, French open, Tarrasch variation, 43 moves, of the tournament which was a draw. Ratmir Kholmov tied for first, but lost out to Stein and Spassky in the play off. Vladimir Bagirov captured sole eleventhThe 31st Soviet Chess Championship was played in the city of Leningrad from November 23rd to December 27th, 1963. Twenty of the Soviet Union's best grandmasters competed in the round robin event, with only two noticeable absences: the newly crowned world champion Tigran Petrosian and the newly deposed Mikhail Botvinnik. As usual, the field was composed of players who had qualified from the very strong Soviet semi-finals held earlier in the year: Viacheslav Osnos, Boris Spa