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USSR Championship 1931
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The 7th USSR Chess Championship was held in the Soviet capital of Moscow from October 24th to November 14th, 1931. Eighteen of the Soviet Union's best masters qualified for the round robin event through eight championship semi-finals held earlier in the year. The qualifiers for 7th championship were: Vsevolod Rauzer and Mikhail Yudovich Sr. qualified from group 1; Viktor Goglidze, Ilia Kan, and Abram Zamikhovsky qualified from group 2; Alexander Ilyin-Zhenevsky and Isaak Mazel qualified from group 3; Genrikh Kasparian and Mikhail Botvinnik qualified from group 4; Nikolay Sorokin, Vladimir Alatortsev, and Fedor Bohatirchuk qualified from group 5; Alexander Budo and Nikolay Riumin qualified from group 6; Vladimir Kirillov qualified from group 7; and Veniamin Sozin, Georgy Lisitsin, and Boris Verlinsky from group 8. Young Botvinnik finished clear first with a dominating +10 at the final. It was the first of what would be six Soviet chess crowns for the future world champion.

The final standings and crosstable:

1st Botvinnik 13½/17 * 1 1 1 1 ½ 1 1 1 ½ 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 ½

2nd Riumin 11½/17 0 * 1 ½ ½ 1 ½ 0 ½ 1 0 1 1 1 ½ 1 1 1

=3rd Verlinsky 10/17 0 0 * ½ 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 ½ ½ 1 ½ 11

=3rd Alatortsev 10/17 0 ½ ½ * 1 0 ½ ½ 1 0 ½ 1 1 1 1 ½ 0 1

=3rd Yudovich Sr. 10/17 0 ½ 0 0 * 1 1 0 1 ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 1 ½ ½ 1

=3rd Bohatirchuk 10/17 ½ 0 0 1 0 * ½ ½ 0 ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 1 1 1 1

7th Kan 9½/17 0 ½ 1 ½ 0 ½ * ½ 0 0 1 1 ½ ½ 1 1 1 ½

=8th Rauzer 9/17 0 1 0 ½ 1 ½ ½ * 0 ½ ½ 0 1 1 1 ½ ½ ½

=8th Mazel 9/17 0 ½ 0 0 0 1 1 1 * ½ 1 1 0 0 ½ 1 1 ½

=10th Lisitsin 8½/17 ½ 0 1 1 ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ * 0 ½ 0 0 1 1 0 ½

=10th Kirillov 8½/17 0 1 0 ½ ½ 0 0 ½ 0 1 * 1 ½ 1 0 ½ 1 1

=10th Ilyin Zhenevsky 8½/17 1 0 0 0 0 ½ 0 1 0 ½ 0 * 1 1 ½ 1 1 1

13th Sorokin 7/17 0 0 1 0 ½ ½ ½ 0 1 1 ½ 0 * 1 ½ 0 ½ 0

14th Zamikhovsky 6½/17 0 0 ½ 0 0 0 ½ 0 1 1 0 0 0 * ½ 1 1 1

15th Goglidze 6/17 0 ½ ½ 0 0 0 0 0 ½ 0 1 ½ ½ ½ * 0 1 1

16th Sozin 5½/17 1 0 0 ½ ½ 0 0 ½ 0 0 ½ 0 1 0 1 * ½ 0

=17th Kasparian 5/17 0 0 ½ 1 ½ 0 0 ½ 0 1 0 0 ½ 0 0 ½ * ½

=17th Budo 5/17 ½ 0 0 0 0 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 0 1 0 0 1 ½ *

*This collection would not have been possible without the efforts of <Phony Benoni>.

Round One
V Kirillov vs V Rauzer, 1931
(C01) French, Exchange, 36 moves, 1/2-1/2
Lisitsin vs N Riumin, 1931
(A04) Reti Opening, 46 moves, 0-1
A Ilyin-Zhenevsky vs Botvinnik, 1931
(C90) Ruy Lopez, Closed, 36 moves, 1-0
N Sorokin vs M Yudovich Sr, 1931
(D17) Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, 36 moves, 1/2-1/2
G Kasparian vs F Bohatirchuk, 1931
(A46) Queen's Pawn Game, 70 moves, 0-1
V Goglidze vs A Zamikhovsky, 1931
(D43) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, 48 moves, 1/2-1/2
A Budo vs I Kan, 1931
(E11) Bogo-Indian Defense, 48 moves, 1/2-1/2
I Mazel vs B Verlinsky, 1931
(A06) Reti Opening, 44 moves, 0-1
V Sozin vs Alatortsev, 1931
(C01) French, Exchange, 67 moves, 1/2-1/2
Round Two
V Rauzer vs Alatortsev, 1931
(D93) Grunfeld, with Bf4 & e3, 69 moves, 1/2-1/2
B Verlinsky vs V Sozin, 1931
(D32) Queen's Gambit Declined, Tarrasch, 46 moves, 1-0
I Kan vs I Mazel, 1931
(A15) English, 40 moves, 0-1
A Zamikhovsky vs A Budo, 1931
(E11) Bogo-Indian Defense, 51 moves, 1-0
F Bohatirchuk vs V Goglidze, 1931
(A04) Reti Opening, 35 moves, 1-0
M Yudovich Sr vs G Kasparian, 1931
(B14) Caro-Kann, Panov-Botvinnik Attack, 31 moves, 1/2-1/2
Botvinnik vs N Sorokin, 1931
(D60) Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox Defense, 55 moves, 1-0
N Riumin vs A Ilyin-Zhenevsky, 1931
(D02) Queen's Pawn Game, 60 moves, 1-0
V Kirillov vs Lisitsin, 1931
(B32) Sicilian, 32 moves, 1-0
Round Three
Lisitsin vs V Rauzer, 1931
(A06) Reti Opening, 39 moves, 1/2-1/2
A Ilyin-Zhenevsky vs V Kirillov, 1931
(B73) Sicilian, Dragon, Classical, 42 moves, 0-1
N Sorokin vs N Riumin, 1931
(A46) Queen's Pawn Game, 46 moves, 0-1
G Kasparian vs Botvinnik, 1931
(B40) Sicilian, 47 moves, 0-1
V Goglidze vs M Yudovich Sr, 1931
(D78) Neo-Grunfeld, 6.O-O c6, 48 moves, 0-1
A Budo vs F Bohatirchuk, 1931
(A53) Old Indian, 44 moves, 0-1
I Mazel vs A Zamikhovsky, 1931
(A12) English with b3, 33 moves, 0-1
V Sozin vs I Kan, 1931
(B88) Sicilian, Fischer-Sozin Attack, 57 moves, 0-1
Alatortsev vs B Verlinsky, 1931
(D31) Queen's Gambit Declined, 57 moves, 1/2-1/2
Round Four
V Rauzer vs B Verlinsky, 1931
(D51) Queen's Gambit Declined, 62 moves, 0-1
I Kan vs Alatortsev, 1931
(C15) French, Winawer, 47 moves, 1/2-1/2
A Zamikhovsky vs V Sozin, 1931
(D34) Queen's Gambit Declined, Tarrasch, 23 moves, 1-0
F Bohatirchuk vs I Mazel, 1931
(A04) Reti Opening, 53 moves, 0-1
M Yudovich Sr vs A Budo, 1931
(A46) Queen's Pawn Game, 47 moves, 1-0
Botvinnik vs V Goglidze, 1931
(D94) Grunfeld, 48 moves, 1-0
N Riumin vs G Kasparian, 1931
(B13) Caro-Kann, Exchange, 56 moves, 1-0
V Kirillov vs N Sorokin, 1931
(D63) Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox Defense, 39 moves, 1/2-1/2
Lisitsin vs A Ilyin-Zhenevsky, 1931
(A04) Reti Opening, 34 moves, 1/2-1/2
Round Five
A Ilyin-Zhenevsky vs V Rauzer, 1931
(C11) French, 29 moves, 1-0
N Sorokin vs Lisitsin, 1931
(A46) Queen's Pawn Game, 55 moves, 1-0
G Kasparian vs V Kirillov, 1931
(D31) Queen's Gambit Declined, 33 moves, 0-1
V Goglidze vs N Riumin, 1931
(C41) Philidor Defense, 29 moves, 1/2-1/2
A Budo vs Botvinnik, 1931
(E11) Bogo-Indian Defense, 32 moves, 1/2-1/2
I Mazel vs M Yudovich Sr, 1931
(A35) English, Symmetrical, 44 moves, 0-1
V Sozin vs F Bohatirchuk, 1931
(C46) Three Knights, 90 moves, 0-1
Alatortsev vs A Zamikhovsky, 1931
(D46) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, 27 moves, 1-0
B Verlinsky vs I Kan, 1931
(E12) Queen's Indian, 64 moves, 0-1
Round Six
V Rauzer vs I Kan, 1931
(E38) Nimzo-Indian, Classical, 4...c5, 29 moves, 1/2-1/2
A Zamikhovsky vs B Verlinsky, 1931
(E83) King's Indian, Samisch, 58 moves, 1/2-1/2
F Bohatirchuk vs Alatortsev, 1931
(C19) French, Winawer, Advance, 28 moves, 1-0
M Yudovich Sr vs V Sozin, 1931
(A46) Queen's Pawn Game, 30 moves, 1/2-1/2
Botvinnik vs I Mazel, 1931
(E23) Nimzo-Indian, Spielmann, 36 moves, 1-0
N Riumin vs A Budo, 1931
(D05) Queen's Pawn Game, 25 moves, 1-0
V Kirillov vs V Goglidze, 1931
(B83) Sicilian, 39 moves, 0-1
Lisitsin vs G Kasparian, 1931
(A15) English, 28 moves, 0-1
A Ilyin-Zhenevsky vs N Sorokin, 1931
(C01) French, Exchange, 58 moves, 1-0
Round Seven
N Sorokin vs V Rauzer, 1931
(D63) Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox Defense, 28 moves, 0-1
G Kasparian vs A Ilyin-Zhenevsky, 1931
(A40) Queen's Pawn Game, 26 moves, 0-1
V Goglidze vs Lisitsin, 1931
(D05) Queen's Pawn Game, 42 moves, 0-1
A Budo vs V Kirillov, 1931
(D30) Queen's Gambit Declined, 34 moves, 0-1
I Mazel vs N Riumin, 1931
(A27) English, Three Knights System, 35 moves, 1/2-1/2
V Sozin vs Botvinnik, 1931
(B80) Sicilian, Scheveningen, 65 moves, 1-0
Alatortsev vs M Yudovich Sr, 1931
(E12) Queen's Indian, 27 moves, 1-0
B Verlinsky vs F Bohatirchuk, 1931
(C71) Ruy Lopez, 68 moves, 1-0
I Kan vs A Zamikhovsky, 1931
(B02) Alekhine's Defense, 58 moves, 1/2-1/2
Round Eight
V Rauzer vs A Zamikhovsky, 1931
(D43) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, 57 moves, 1-0
F Bohatirchuk vs I Kan, 1931
(B32) Sicilian, 81 moves, 1/2-1/2
M Yudovich Sr vs B Verlinsky, 1931
(D63) Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox Defense, 49 moves, 0-1
Botvinnik vs Alatortsev, 1931
(E85) King's Indian, Samisch, Orthodox Variation, 27 moves, 1-0
N Riumin vs V Sozin, 1931
(A46) Queen's Pawn Game, 34 moves, 1-0
V Kirillov vs I Mazel, 1931
(C00) French Defense, 23 moves, 0-1
Lisitsin vs A Budo, 1931
(A12) English with b3, 54 moves, 1/2-1/2
A Ilyin-Zhenevsky vs V Goglidze, 1931
(B83) Sicilian, 40 moves, 1/2-1/2
N Sorokin vs G Kasparian, 1931
(D02) Queen's Pawn Game, 33 moves, 1/2-1/2
Round Nine
G Kasparian vs V Rauzer, 1931
(A13) English, 32 moves, 1/2-1/2
V Goglidze vs N Sorokin, 1931
(E16) Queen's Indian, 33 moves, 1/2-1/2
A Budo vs A Ilyin-Zhenevsky, 1931
(A96) Dutch, Classical Variation, 28 moves, 0-1
I Mazel vs Lisitsin, 1931
(A29) English, Four Knights, Kingside Fianchetto, 27 moves, 1/2-1/2
V Sozin vs V Kirillov, 1931
(B29) Sicilian, Nimzovich-Rubinstein, 50 moves, 1/2-1/2
Alatortsev vs N Riumin, 1931
(D52) Queen's Gambit Declined, 52 moves, 1/2-1/2
B Verlinsky vs Botvinnik, 1931
(C15) French, Winawer, 38 moves, 0-1
I Kan vs M Yudovich Sr, 1931
(D11) Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, 40 moves, 0-1
A Zamikhovsky vs F Bohatirchuk, 1931
(A90) Dutch, 56 moves, 0-1
Round Ten
V Rauzer vs F Bohatirchuk, 1931
(A84) Dutch, 49 moves, 1/2-1/2
M Yudovich Sr vs A Zamikhovsky, 1931
(B02) Alekhine's Defense, 47 moves, 1-0
Botvinnik vs I Kan, 1931
(A96) Dutch, Classical Variation, 38 moves, 1-0
N Riumin vs B Verlinsky, 1931
(D37) Queen's Gambit Declined, 29 moves, 1-0
V Kirillov vs Alatortsev, 1931
(A25) English, 74 moves, 1/2-1/2
Lisitsin vs V Sozin, 1931
(A06) Reti Opening, 33 moves, 1-0
A Ilyin-Zhenevsky vs I Mazel, 1931
(C11) French, 52 moves, 0-1
N Sorokin vs A Budo, 1931
(A46) Queen's Pawn Game, 57 moves, 0-1
G Kasparian vs V Goglidze, 1931
(A27) English, Three Knights System, 43 moves, 0-1
Round Eleven
V Goglidze vs V Rauzer, 1931
(C11) French, 47 moves, 0-1
A Budo vs G Kasparian, 1931
(E60) King's Indian Defense, 60 moves, 1/2-1/2
I Mazel vs N Sorokin, 1931
(A06) Reti Opening, 50 moves, 0-1
V Sozin vs A Ilyin-Zhenevsky, 1931
(B88) Sicilian, Fischer-Sozin Attack, 28 moves, 0-1
Alatortsev vs Lisitsin, 1931
(E21) Nimzo-Indian, Three Knights, 31 moves, 0-1
B Verlinsky vs V Kirillov, 1931
(E38) Nimzo-Indian, Classical, 4...c5, 34 moves, 1-0
I Kan vs N Riumin, 1931
(C41) Philidor Defense, 27 moves, 1/2-1/2
A Zamikhovsky vs Botvinnik, 1931
(E17) Queen's Indian, 46 moves, 0-1
F Bohatirchuk vs M Yudovich Sr, 1931
(B10) Caro-Kann, 61 moves, 0-1
Round Twelve
V Rauzer vs M Yudovich Sr, 1931
(D50) Queen's Gambit Declined, 53 moves, 1-0
Botvinnik vs F Bohatirchuk, 1931
(D43) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, 41 moves, 1/2-1/2
N Riumin vs A Zamikhovsky, 1931
(C01) French, Exchange, 73 moves, 1-0
V Kirillov vs I Kan, 1931
(B13) Caro-Kann, Exchange, 68 moves, 0-1
Lisitsin vs B Verlinsky, 1931
(A13) English, 35 moves, 1-0
A Ilyin-Zhenevsky vs Alatortsev, 1931
(C01) French, Exchange, 50 moves, 0-1
N Sorokin vs V Sozin, 1931
(A48) King's Indian, 49 moves, 0-1
G Kasparian vs I Mazel, 1931
(E11) Bogo-Indian Defense, 56 moves, 0-1
V Goglidze vs A Budo, 1931
(E32) Nimzo-Indian, Classical, 42 moves, 1-0
Round Thirteen
A Budo vs V Rauzer, 1931
(D65) Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox, Rubinstein Attack, Main line, 49 moves, 1/2-1/2
I Mazel vs V Goglidze, 1931
(A27) English, Three Knights System, 33 moves, 1/2-1/2
V Sozin vs G Kasparian, 1931
(E90) King's Indian, 53 moves, 1/2-1/2
Alatortsev vs N Sorokin, 1931
(A40) Queen's Pawn Game, 23 moves, 1-0
B Verlinsky vs A Ilyin-Zhenevsky, 1931
(C11) French, 36 moves, 1-0
I Kan vs Lisitsin, 1931
(B58) Sicilian, 100 moves, 0-1
A Zamikhovsky vs V Kirillov, 1931
(E38) Nimzo-Indian, Classical, 4...c5, 35 moves, 0-1
F Bohatirchuk vs N Riumin, 1931
(B80) Sicilian, Scheveningen, 39 moves, 0-1
M Yudovich Sr vs Botvinnik, 1931
(C17) French, Winawer, Advance, 44 moves, 0-1
Round Fourteen
V Rauzer vs Botvinnik, 1931
(D51) Queen's Gambit Declined, 31 moves, 0-1
N Riumin vs M Yudovich Sr, 1931
(C01) French, Exchange, 45 moves, 1/2-1/2
V Kirillov vs F Bohatirchuk, 1931
(D67) Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox Defense, Bd3 line, 70 moves, 0-1
Lisitsin vs A Zamikhovsky, 1931
(A06) Reti Opening, 30 moves, 0-1
A Ilyin-Zhenevsky vs I Kan, 1931
(B16) Caro-Kann, Bronstein-Larsen Variation, 55 moves, 0-1
N Sorokin vs B Verlinsky, 1931
(C49) Four Knights, 65 moves, 1-0
G Kasparian vs Alatortsev, 1931
(D15) Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, 53 moves, 1-0
V Goglidze vs V Sozin, 1931
(D05) Queen's Pawn Game, 27 moves, 0-1
A Budo vs I Mazel, 1931
(E11) Bogo-Indian Defense, 47 moves, 1/2-1/2
Round Fifteen
I Mazel vs V Rauzer, 1931
(C01) French, Exchange, 22 moves, 1-0
V Sozin vs A Budo, 1931
(A45) Queen's Pawn Game, 46 moves, 0-1
Alatortsev vs V Goglidze, 1931
(D37) Queen's Gambit Declined, 34 moves, 1-0
B Verlinsky vs G Kasparian, 1931
(E80) King's Indian, Samisch Variation, 70 moves, 1/2-1/2
I Kan vs N Sorokin, 1931
(E23) Nimzo-Indian, Spielmann, 80 moves, 1/2-1/2
A Zamikhovsky vs A Ilyin-Zhenevsky, 1931
(A84) Dutch, 42 moves, 0-1
F Bohatirchuk vs Lisitsin, 1931
(B32) Sicilian, 48 moves, 1/2-1/2
M Yudovich Sr vs V Kirillov, 1931
(D05) Queen's Pawn Game, 34 moves, 1/2-1/2
Botvinnik vs N Riumin, 1931
(D11) Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, 32 moves, 1-0
Round Sixteen
V Rauzer vs N Riumin, 1931
(D70) Neo-Grunfeld Defense, 48 moves, 1-0
V Kirillov vs Botvinnik, 1931
(A34) English, Symmetrical, 32 moves, 0-1
Lisitsin vs M Yudovich Sr, 1931
(A15) English, 77 moves, 1/2-1/2
A Ilyin-Zhenevsky vs F Bohatirchuk, 1931
(C73) Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense, 62 moves, 1/2-1/2
N Sorokin vs A Zamikhovsky, 1931
(B04) Alekhine's Defense, Modern, 52 moves, 1-0
G Kasparian vs I Kan, 1931
(E38) Nimzo-Indian, Classical, 4...c5, 56 moves, 0-1
V Goglidze vs B Verlinsky, 1931
(D44) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, 53 moves, 1/2-1/2
A Budo vs Alatortsev, 1931
(D10) Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, 42 moves, 0-1
I Mazel vs V Sozin, 1931
(A13) English, 46 moves, 1-0
Round Seventeen
V Sozin vs V Rauzer, 1931
(D63) Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox Defense, 36 moves, 1/2-1/2
Alatortsev vs I Mazel, 1931
(A40) Queen's Pawn Game, 22 moves, 1-0
B Verlinsky vs A Budo, 1931
(B14) Caro-Kann, Panov-Botvinnik Attack, 25 moves, 1-0
I Kan vs V Goglidze, 1931
(B83) Sicilian, 49 moves, 1-0
A Zamikhovsky vs G Kasparian, 1931
(D43) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, 66 moves, 1-0
F Bohatirchuk vs N Sorokin, 1931
(A02) Bird's Opening, 33 moves, 1/2-1/2
M Yudovich Sr vs A Ilyin-Zhenevsky, 1931
(C11) French, 40 moves, 1-0
Botvinnik vs Lisitsin, 1931
(D51) Queen's Gambit Declined, 31 moves, 1/2-1/2
N Riumin vs V Kirillov, 1931
(A07) King's Indian Attack, 30 moves, 0-1
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