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USSR Championship 1984
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The 51st Soviet Chess Championship was a category X event held in the city of Lvov from April 2nd to the 28th, 1984. Eighteen of the Soviet Union's best grandmasters and masters participated in the round robin event. Fourteen qualified from semi-final tournaments played earlier the previous year. The fourteen qualifiers were (with ELO at the time of the championship): Alexander Beliavsky (2565), Alexey Myzvanavin (2470), and Vereslav Eingorn (2475) from Minsk; Smbat Lputian (2540), Alexander Chernin (2475), and Valery Chekhov (2535) from Irkutsk; Konstantin Aseev (2390), Adrian Mikhalchishin (2480), Andrei Sokolov (2495), Valery Salov (2440), and Konstantin Lerner (2485) from Nikolaev; and Evgeni Sveshnikov, Igor Novikov (2420), and Jaan Ehlvest (2480) from Volgodonsk. Because Karpov would not attend as returning champion and he and Kasparov had an extended world championship match that year, four wild card seats were presented to four top finishers of the Soviet League Championship played in Tallinn at the end of 1983. The four wild cards went to Josif Dorfman (2515), Lev Psakhis (2535), Andrei Kharitonov (2455), and Yuri Balashov (2535). Sveshnikov was unable to participate and his seat was given to Vladimir Tukmakov (2550). With the exception of Tukmakov, the entire line up of players had qualified for the championship, a format not seen in the Soviet crown's long history. The tournament was also surprising in terms of the results. The more egalitarian field finished quite differently than ratings would otherwise indicate. The talented, but young Sokolov finished clear first, having gone undefeated. The top six bucked convention by being some of the lower rated players of the events, and only one (Lputian, at sixth place) was rated over 2500. Previous winners of the Soviet crown, such as Psakhis and Dorfman, finished in the lower half of the field. The final standings and crosstable are as follow:

1 Sokolov 12.5/17 * = = 1 = 1 1 1 1 = 1 = = = = 1 = 1

2 Lerner 11.5/17 = * = = = = 0 1 1 1 1 = = = 1 1 = 1

3 Eingorn 10.5/17 = = * 1 1 = 1 0 = = = = 1 = = 1 = =

4 Mikhalchishin 9.5/17 0 = 0 * 1 = = = = = = 1 = 1 1 = = =

5 Lputian 9/17 = = 0 0 * = = = 1 1 = = = = 1 = = =

6 Novikov 9/17 0 = = = = * 1 = 1 = = = 0 = 1 0 = 1

7 Tukmakov 9/17 0 1 0 = = 0 * = 1 = = = 1 = 1 1 0 =

8 Beliavsky 9/17 0 0 1 = = = = * 0 0 = 1 = 1 = 1 = 1

9 Vyzmanavin 8.5/17 0 0 = = 0 0 0 1 * 1 1 0 = 1 1 = 1 =

10 Ehlvest 8/17 = 0 = = 0 = = 1 0 * = 0 1 1 0 1 = =

11 Chernin 8/17 0 0 = = = = = = 0 = * = = = 1 = = 1

12 Psakhis 7.5/17 = = = 0 = = = 0 1 1 = * = = 0 0 = =

13 Dorfman 7.5/17 = = 0 = = 1 0 = = 0 = = * = = = 1 0

14 Salov 7/17 = = = 0 = = = 0 0 0 = = = * = = 1 =

15 Aseev 7/17 = 0 = 0 0 0 0 = 0 1 0 1 = = * = 1 1

16 Chekhov 7/17 0 0 0 = = 1 0 0 = 0 = 1 = = = * 1 =

17 Balashov 6.5/17 = = = = = = 1 = 0 = = = 0 0 0 0 * =

18 Kharitonov 6/17 0 0 = = = 0 = 0 = = 0 = 1 = 0 = = *

*This collection would not have been possible without the work and time of <Phony Benoni>. He has my eternal gratitude.

Round One
V Eingorn vs A V Kharitonov, 1984
(E11) Bogo-Indian Defense, 54 moves, 1/2-1/2
K Lerner vs Ehlvest, 1984
(D94) Grunfeld, 42 moves, 1-0
A Sokolov vs I Novikov, 1984
(B93) Sicilian, Najdorf, 6.f4, 43 moves, 1-0
Tukmakov vs A Beliavsky, 1984
(E17) Queen's Indian, 13 moves, 1/2-1/2
K Aseev vs Dorfman, 1984
(C92) Ruy Lopez, Closed, 41 moves, 1/2-1/2
Balashov vs Chernin, 1984
(B17) Caro-Kann, Steinitz Variation, 18 moves, 1/2-1/2
Salov vs Psakhis, 1984
(E15) Queen's Indian, 18 moves, 1/2-1/2
Lputian vs A Mikhalchishin, 1984
(A45) Queen's Pawn Game, 48 moves, 0-1
V Chekhov vs Vyzmanavin, 1984
(E41) Nimzo-Indian, 20 moves, 1/2-1/2
Round Two
A V Kharitonov vs Vyzmanavin, 1984
(A13) English, 23 moves, 1/2-1/2
A Mikhalchishin vs V Chekhov, 1984
(D20) Queen's Gambit Accepted, 20 moves, 1/2-1/2
Psakhis vs Lputian, 1984
(D55) Queen's Gambit Declined, 55 moves, 1/2-1/2
Chernin vs Salov, 1984
(E42) Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3 c5, 5.Ne2 (Rubinstein), 41 moves, 1/2-1/2
Dorfman vs Balashov, 1984
(E97) King's Indian, 27 moves, 1-0
A Beliavsky vs K Aseev, 1984
(A73) Benoni, Classical, 9.O-O, 43 moves, 1/2-1/2
I Novikov vs Tukmakov, 1984
(D85) Grunfeld, 60 moves, 1-0
Ehlvest vs A Sokolov, 1984
(E48) Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3 O-O 5.Bd3 d5, 37 moves, 1/2-1/2
V Eingorn vs K Lerner, 1984
(E15) Queen's Indian, 62 moves, 1/2-1/2
Round Three
K Lerner vs A V Kharitonov, 1984
(D27) Queen's Gambit Accepted, Classical, 36 moves, 1-0
A Sokolov vs V Eingorn, 1984
(C03) French, Tarrasch, 51 moves, 1/2-1/2
Tukmakov vs Ehlvest, 1984
(E12) Queen's Indian, 38 moves, 1/2-1/2
K Aseev vs I Novikov, 1984
(E04) Catalan, Open, 5.Nf3, 35 moves, 0-1
Balashov vs A Beliavsky, 1984
(C92) Ruy Lopez, Closed, 38 moves, 1/2-1/2
Salov vs Dorfman, 1984
(E83) King's Indian, Samisch, 28 moves, 1/2-1/2
Lputian vs Chernin, 1984
(E32) Nimzo-Indian, Classical, 34 moves, 1/2-1/2
V Chekhov vs Psakhis, 1984
(A79) Benoni, Classical, 11.f3, 41 moves, 1-0
Vyzmanavin vs A Mikhalchishin, 1984
(A15) English, 21 moves, 1/2-1/2
Round Four
A V Kharitonov vs A Mikhalchishin, 1984
(A15) English, 41 moves, 1/2-1/2
Psakhis vs Vyzmanavin, 1984
(E11) Bogo-Indian Defense, 34 moves, 1-0
Chernin vs V Chekhov, 1984
(E80) King's Indian, Samisch Variation, 24 moves, 1/2-1/2
Dorfman vs Lputian, 1984
(D55) Queen's Gambit Declined, 29 moves, 1/2-1/2
A Beliavsky vs Salov, 1984
(E42) Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3 c5, 5.Ne2 (Rubinstein), 41 moves, 1-0
I Novikov vs Balashov, 1984
(E11) Bogo-Indian Defense, 26 moves, 1/2-1/2
Ehlvest vs K Aseev, 1984
(E12) Queen's Indian, 61 moves, 0-1
V Eingorn vs Tukmakov, 1984
(D85) Grunfeld, 37 moves, 1-0
K Lerner vs A Sokolov, 1984
(E48) Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3 O-O 5.Bd3 d5, 55 moves, 1/2-1/2
Round Five
A Sokolov vs A V Kharitonov, 1984
(C64) Ruy Lopez, Classical, 37 moves, 1-0
Tukmakov vs K Lerner, 1984
(E12) Queen's Indian, 41 moves, 1-0
K Aseev vs V Eingorn, 1984
(C03) French, Tarrasch, 54 moves, 1/2-1/2
Balashov vs Ehlvest, 1984
(B81) Sicilian, Scheveningen, Keres Attack, 47 moves, 1/2-1/2
Salov vs I Novikov, 1984
(D43) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, 53 moves, 1/2-1/2
Lputian vs A Beliavsky, 1984
(E12) Queen's Indian, 72 moves, 1/2-1/2
V Chekhov vs Dorfman, 1984
(E41) Nimzo-Indian, 17 moves, 1/2-1/2
Vyzmanavin vs Chernin, 1984
(E26) Nimzo-Indian, Samisch, 42 moves, 1-0
A Mikhalchishin vs Psakhis, 1984
(E15) Queen's Indian, 62 moves, 1-0
Round Six
A V Kharitonov vs Psakhis, 1984
(E12) Queen's Indian, 36 moves, 1/2-1/2
Chernin vs A Mikhalchishin, 1984
(A16) English, 47 moves, 1/2-1/2
Dorfman vs Vyzmanavin, 1984
(E15) Queen's Indian, 41 moves, 1/2-1/2
A Beliavsky vs V Chekhov, 1984
(D20) Queen's Gambit Accepted, 49 moves, 1-0
I Novikov vs Lputian, 1984
(D58) Queen's Gambit Declined, Tartakower (Makagonov-Bondarevsky) Syst, 19 moves, 1/2-1/2
Ehlvest vs Salov, 1984
(B82) Sicilian, Scheveningen, 28 moves, 1-0
V Eingorn vs Balashov, 1984
(E15) Queen's Indian, 58 moves, 1/2-1/2
K Lerner vs K Aseev, 1984
(E47) Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3 O-O 5.Bd3, 36 moves, 1-0
A Sokolov vs Tukmakov, 1984
(B89) Sicilian, 25 moves, 1-0
Round Seven
Tukmakov vs A V Kharitonov, 1984
(D55) Queen's Gambit Declined, 38 moves, 1/2-1/2
K Aseev vs A Sokolov, 1984
(B81) Sicilian, Scheveningen, Keres Attack, 54 moves, 1/2-1/2
Balashov vs K Lerner, 1984
(B62) Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer, 26 moves, 1/2-1/2
Salov vs V Eingorn, 1984
(E15) Queen's Indian, 46 moves, 1/2-1/2
Lputian vs Ehlvest, 1984
(A45) Queen's Pawn Game, 55 moves, 1-0
V Chekhov vs I Novikov, 1984
(D32) Queen's Gambit Declined, Tarrasch, 31 moves, 1-0
Vyzmanavin vs A Beliavsky, 1984
(E26) Nimzo-Indian, Samisch, 42 moves, 1-0
A Mikhalchishin vs Dorfman, 1984
(C92) Ruy Lopez, Closed, 15 moves, 1/2-1/2
Psakhis vs Chernin, 1984
(D19) Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, Dutch, 41 moves, 1/2-1/2
Round Eight
A V Kharitonov vs Chernin, 1984
(E14) Queen's Indian, 42 moves, 0-1
Dorfman vs Psakhis, 1984
(A30) English, Symmetrical, 49 moves, 1/2-1/2
A Beliavsky vs A Mikhalchishin, 1984
(D27) Queen's Gambit Accepted, Classical, 50 moves, 1/2-1/2
I Novikov vs Vyzmanavin, 1984
(E15) Queen's Indian, 42 moves, 1-0
Ehlvest vs V Chekhov, 1984
(D24) Queen's Gambit Accepted, 38 moves, 1-0
V Eingorn vs Lputian, 1984
(D58) Queen's Gambit Declined, Tartakower (Makagonov-Bondarevsky) Syst, 78 moves, 1-0
K Lerner vs Salov, 1984
(A17) English, 61 moves, 1/2-1/2
A Sokolov vs Balashov, 1984
(C92) Ruy Lopez, Closed, 45 moves, 1/2-1/2
Tukmakov vs K Aseev, 1984
(E12) Queen's Indian, 31 moves, 1-0
Round Nine
K Aseev vs A V Kharitonov, 1984
(C83) Ruy Lopez, Open, 25 moves, 1-0
Balashov vs Tukmakov, 1984
(A53) Old Indian, 70 moves, 1-0
Salov vs A Sokolov, 1984
(A16) English, 44 moves, 1/2-1/2
Lputian vs K Lerner, 1984
(A53) Old Indian, 27 moves, 1/2-1/2
V Chekhov vs V Eingorn, 1984
(E41) Nimzo-Indian, 59 moves, 0-1
Vyzmanavin vs Ehlvest, 1984
(A45) Queen's Pawn Game, 35 moves, 1-0
A Mikhalchishin vs I Novikov, 1984
(A14) English, 43 moves, 1/2-1/2
Psakhis vs A Beliavsky, 1984
(D02) Queen's Pawn Game, 33 moves, 0-1
Chernin vs Dorfman, 1984
(A30) English, Symmetrical, 37 moves, 1/2-1/2
Round Ten
A V Kharitonov vs Dorfman, 1984
(E13) Queen's Indian, 4.Nc3, Main line, 30 moves, 1-0
A Beliavsky vs Chernin, 1984
(C05) French, Tarrasch, 24 moves, 1/2-1/2
I Novikov vs Psakhis, 1984
(A93) Dutch, Stonewall, Botvinnik Variation, 16 moves, 1/2-1/2
Ehlvest vs A Mikhalchishin, 1984
(C42) Petrov Defense, 41 moves, 1/2-1/2
V Eingorn vs Vyzmanavin, 1984
(A17) English, 35 moves, 1/2-1/2
K Lerner vs V Chekhov, 1984
(A46) Queen's Pawn Game, 29 moves, 1-0
A Sokolov vs Lputian, 1984
(C09) French, Tarrasch, Open Variation, Main line, 24 moves, 1/2-1/2
Tukmakov vs Salov, 1984
(E11) Bogo-Indian Defense, 41 moves, 1/2-1/2
K Aseev vs Balashov, 1984
(C97) Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin, 62 moves, 1-0
Round Eleven
Balashov vs A V Kharitonov, 1984
(B17) Caro-Kann, Steinitz Variation, 18 moves, 1/2-1/2
Salov vs K Aseev, 1984
(E12) Queen's Indian, 31 moves, 1/2-1/2
Lputian vs Tukmakov, 1984
(D85) Grunfeld, 26 moves, 1/2-1/2
V Chekhov vs A Sokolov, 1984
(E29) Nimzo-Indian, Samisch, 30 moves, 0-1
Vyzmanavin vs K Lerner, 1984
(D31) Queen's Gambit Declined, 76 moves, 0-1
A Mikhalchishin vs V Eingorn, 1984
(A46) Queen's Pawn Game, 70 moves, 0-1
Psakhis vs Ehlvest, 1984
(D32) Queen's Gambit Declined, Tarrasch, 106 moves, 1-0
Chernin vs I Novikov, 1984
(E42) Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3 c5, 5.Ne2 (Rubinstein), 38 moves, 1/2-1/2
Dorfman vs A Beliavsky, 1984
(A17) English, 41 moves, 1/2-1/2
Round Twelve
A V Kharitonov vs A Beliavsky, 1984
(E12) Queen's Indian, 40 moves, 0-1
I Novikov vs Dorfman, 1984
(A53) Old Indian, 30 moves, 0-1
Ehlvest vs Chernin, 1984
(C19) French, Winawer, Advance, 41 moves, 1/2-1/2
V Eingorn vs Psakhis, 1984
(C05) French, Tarrasch, 45 moves, 1/2-1/2
K Lerner vs A Mikhalchishin, 1984
(D85) Grunfeld, 31 moves, 1/2-1/2
A Sokolov vs Vyzmanavin, 1984
(B46) Sicilian, Taimanov Variation, 29 moves, 1-0
Tukmakov vs V Chekhov, 1984
(A53) Old Indian, 26 moves, 1-0
K Aseev vs Lputian, 1984
(C05) French, Tarrasch, 41 moves, 0-1
Balashov vs Salov, 1984
(B64) Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer Attack, 52 moves, 0-1
Round Thirteen
Salov vs A V Kharitonov, 1984
(E46) Nimzo-Indian, 19 moves, 1/2-1/2
Lputian vs Balashov, 1984
(E11) Bogo-Indian Defense, 55 moves, 1/2-1/2
V Chekhov vs K Aseev, 1984
(D41) Queen's Gambit Declined, Semi-Tarrasch, 40 moves, 1/2-1/2
Vyzmanavin vs Tukmakov, 1984
(A45) Queen's Pawn Game, 31 moves, 0-1
A Mikhalchishin vs A Sokolov, 1984
(B81) Sicilian, Scheveningen, Keres Attack, 40 moves, 0-1
Psakhis vs K Lerner, 1984
(E12) Queen's Indian, 46 moves, 1/2-1/2
Chernin vs V Eingorn, 1984
(E42) Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3 c5, 5.Ne2 (Rubinstein), 17 moves, 1/2-1/2
Dorfman vs Ehlvest, 1984
(D90) Grunfeld, 57 moves, 0-1
A Beliavsky vs I Novikov, 1984
(E15) Queen's Indian, 25 moves, 1/2-1/2
Round Fourteen
A V Kharitonov vs I Novikov, 1984
(A46) Queen's Pawn Game, 30 moves, 0-1
Ehlvest vs A Beliavsky, 1984
(C92) Ruy Lopez, Closed, 34 moves, 1-0
V Eingorn vs Dorfman, 1984
(B39) Sicilian, Accelerated Fianchetto, Breyer Variation, 26 moves, 1-0
K Lerner vs Chernin, 1984
(D44) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, 84 moves, 1-0
A Sokolov vs Psakhis, 1984
(C03) French, Tarrasch, 26 moves, 1/2-1/2
Tukmakov vs A Mikhalchishin, 1984
(A33) English, Symmetrical, 28 moves, 1/2-1/2
K Aseev vs Vyzmanavin, 1984
(B17) Caro-Kann, Steinitz Variation, 31 moves, 0-1
Balashov vs V Chekhov, 1984
(A53) Old Indian, 32 moves, 0-1
Salov vs Lputian, 1984
(D34) Queen's Gambit Declined, Tarrasch, 50 moves, 1/2-1/2
Round Fifteen
Lputian vs A V Kharitonov, 1984
(A45) Queen's Pawn Game, 41 moves, 1/2-1/2
V Chekhov vs Salov, 1984
(E17) Queen's Indian, 41 moves, 1/2-1/2
Vyzmanavin vs Balashov, 1984
(E11) Bogo-Indian Defense, 40 moves, 1-0
A Mikhalchishin vs K Aseev, 1984
(E15) Queen's Indian, 39 moves, 1-0
Psakhis vs Tukmakov, 1984
(E12) Queen's Indian, 20 moves, 1/2-1/2
Chernin vs A Sokolov, 1984
(E15) Queen's Indian, 41 moves, 0-1
Dorfman vs K Lerner, 1984
(E15) Queen's Indian, 62 moves, 1/2-1/2
A Beliavsky vs V Eingorn, 1984
(C03) French, Tarrasch, 64 moves, 1-0
I Novikov vs Ehlvest, 1984
(E81) King's Indian, Samisch, 43 moves, 1/2-1/2
Round Sixteen
A V Kharitonov vs Ehlvest, 1984
(E12) Queen's Indian, 29 moves, 1/2-1/2
V Eingorn vs I Novikov, 1984
(E15) Queen's Indian, 33 moves, 1/2-1/2
K Lerner vs A Beliavsky, 1984
(A85) Dutch, with c4 & Nc3, 40 moves, 1-0
A Sokolov vs Dorfman, 1984
(C92) Ruy Lopez, Closed, 15 moves, 1/2-1/2
Tukmakov vs Chernin, 1984
(E12) Queen's Indian, 23 moves, 1/2-1/2
K Aseev vs Psakhis, 1984
(B80) Sicilian, Scheveningen, 37 moves, 1-0
Balashov vs A Mikhalchishin, 1984
(D87) Grunfeld, Exchange, 34 moves, 1/2-1/2
Salov vs Vyzmanavin, 1984
(E11) Bogo-Indian Defense, 36 moves, 0-1
Lputian vs V Chekhov, 1984
(B08) Pirc, Classical, 29 moves, 1/2-1/2
Round Seventeen
V Chekhov vs A V Kharitonov, 1984
(A15) English, 36 moves, 1/2-1/2
Vyzmanavin vs Lputian, 1984
(A07) King's Indian Attack, 56 moves, 0-1
A Mikhalchishin vs Salov, 1984
(C67) Ruy Lopez, 44 moves, 1-0
Psakhis vs Balashov, 1984
(D20) Queen's Gambit Accepted, 22 moves, 1/2-1/2
Chernin vs K Aseev, 1984
(E46) Nimzo-Indian, 41 moves, 1-0
Dorfman vs Tukmakov, 1984
(A15) English, 42 moves, 0-1
A Beliavsky vs A Sokolov, 1984
(B46) Sicilian, Taimanov Variation, 34 moves, 0-1
I Novikov vs K Lerner, 1984
(A53) Old Indian, 76 moves, 1/2-1/2
Ehlvest vs V Eingorn, 1984
(C03) French, Tarrasch, 22 moves, 1/2-1/2
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