Fizkultura i Sport, Moskva, 1955,  XXI pervenstvo SSSR Sbornik partji, In Russian language, hardcover, 405p., fair condition, no inscriptions.

The 21st Soviet Chess Championshp was held in the city of Kiev from January 7 to February 7, 1954. Twenty of the Soviet Union's strongest masters qualified or were invited to participate in the final tournament of the chess championship. Georgy Ilivitsky, Vasily Byvshev, Georgy Lisitsin, and Georgy Borisenko qualified from the semi-final in Leningrad. Ratmir Kholmov, Alexei Suetin, Viktor Korchnoi, and Leonid Shamkovich qualified from the semi-final in Vilnius. Iosif Livshin, Semyon Furman, Anatolij Bannik, and Rashid Nezhmetdinov qualified from the semi-final in Rostov-on-Don. Viacheslav Ragozin, Vladimir Simagin, Alexey Sokolsky, and Andor Lilienthal qualified from qualified from the semi-final in Moscow. Simagin couldn't attend, however, so his seat was given to fifth place Moscow finisher Salo Flohr. The remaining four seats of the championship were given to Yuri Averbakh, Efim Geller, Tigran Petrosian, and Mark Taimanov. Averbakh had an astounding tournament performance, finishing undefeated with ten wins. He beat half the field over the board. Taimanov also finished undefeated in equal second, but only managed +7. Korchnoi also won 10 games, but three losses put him tied for second with Taimanov.

All (190) games are analysed in depht.