 He then tied for sixth place in the Moscow championship of 1947 with a score of 7½/14.He placed second in the Russian Championship at Kuibyshev with 7½/13, behind only Nikolay Novotelnov.Then, at Leningrad 1947, the Soviet qualifying semifinal for the next final, he tied for first place with Mark Taimanov, scoring 10½/15, and qualified for his second Soviet final.