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USSR Championship Tournament

Artashes Minasian8.5/11(+7 -1 =3)[games]
Elmar Magerramov8.5/11(+6 -0 =5)[games]
Vladimir Epishin7.5/11(+4 -0 =7)[games]
Sergey F Kiselev7/11(+5 -2 =4)[games]
Sergei Rublevsky7/11(+4 -1 =6)[games]
Victor Bologan7/11(+4 -1 =6)[games]
Vadim Ruban7/11(+4 -1 =6)[games]
Alexander Graf7/11(+4 -1 =6)[games]
Alexey Vyzmanavin7/11(+4 -1 =6)[games]
Sergei Tiviakov6.5/11(+3 -1 =7)[games]
Andrei Kharlov6.5/11(+4 -2 =5)[games]
Alexey Shirov6.5/11(+4 -2 =5)[games]
Rafael Vaganian6.5/11(+5 -3 =3)[games]
Artur Frolov6.5/11(+4 -2 =5)[games]
Valery Chekhov6/11(+3 -2 =6)[games]
Igor Novikov6/11(+1 -0 =10)[games]
Vladimir Akopian6/11(+2 -1 =8)[games]
Alexey Kuzmin6/11(+2 -1 =8)[games]
Michal Krasenkow6/11(+3 -2 =6)[games]
Vladimir Kramnik6/11(+2 -1 =8)[games]
Sergey Makarichev6/11(+2 -1 =8)[games]
Vladimir Malaniuk6/11(+3 -2 =6)[games]
Konstantin Aseev5.5/11(+3 -3 =5)[games]
Maxim Sorokin5.5/11(+3 -3 =5)[games]
Alexander Shabalov5.5/11(+3 -3 =5)[games]
Aleksey Dreev5.5/11(+2 -2 =7)[games]
Ildar Ibragimov5.5/11(+3 -3 =5)[games]
Yury Dokhoian5.5/11(+1 -1 =9)[games]
Oleg Nikolenko5.5/11(+2 -2 =7)[games]
Grigory Serper5.5/11(+2 -2 =7)[games]
Evgeny Sveshnikov5.5/11(+1 -1 =9)[games]
Yuri Yakovich5.5/11(+4 -4 =3)[games]
* (65 players total; 33 players not shown. Click here for longer list.)

Chessgames.com Chess Event Description
USSR Championship (1991)

The last championship of the Wikipedia article: Soviet Union. Minasian won this Swiss-style tournament on tiebreak over Elmar Magerramov.

 page 2 of 3; games 26-50 of 68  PGN Download
Game  ResultMoves YearEvent/LocaleOpening
26. B Kantsler vs Tiviakov  0-1331991USSR ChampionshipE15 Queen's Indian
27. B Kantsler vs Bologan  0-1311991USSR ChampionshipE97 King's Indian
28. A Lukin vs Yudasin  0-1361991USSR ChampionshipB93 Sicilian, Najdorf, 6.f4
29. A Lukin vs A G Panchenko  0-1231991USSR ChampionshipB02 Alekhine's Defense
30. M Novik vs I Ibragimov 0-1441991USSR ChampionshipC90 Ruy Lopez, Closed
31. Sakaev vs K Lerner  0-1231991USSR ChampionshipE20 Nimzo-Indian
32. N Rashkovsky vs A Frolov  0-1511991USSR ChampionshipA49 King's Indian, Fianchetto without c4
33. Dvoirys vs Epishin  0-1391991USSR ChampionshipB17 Caro-Kann, Steinitz Variation
34. M Novik vs J Meister  0-1361991USSR ChampionshipC61 Ruy Lopez, Bird's Defense
35. Shabalov vs Vaganian 0-1381991USSR ChampionshipC01 French, Exchange
36. A Panchenko vs Vaganian  0-1581991USSR ChampionshipD37 Queen's Gambit Declined
37. Vaganian vs B Kantsler  0-1471991USSR ChampionshipA04 Reti Opening
38. Vaganian vs Minasian 0-1571991USSR ChampionshipA30 English, Symmetrical
39. Tal vs V Chekhov 0-1411991USSR ChampionshipA42 Modern Defense, Averbakh System
40. P Korzubov vs Tal 0-1611991USSR ChampionshipA04 Reti Opening
41. M Brodsky vs Shabalov  0-1261991USSR ChampionshipB96 Sicilian, Najdorf
42. Shabalov vs E Magerramov  0-1431991USSR ChampionshipB97 Sicilian, Najdorf
43. I Ibragimov vs Shabalov  0-1591991USSR ChampionshipD11 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav
44. Y Kruppa vs Vaganian  0-1381991USSR ChampionshipC16 French, Winawer
45. Yudasin vs Rublevsky 0-1371991USSR ChampionshipB44 Sicilian
46. Krasenkow vs Shabalov 0-1381991USSR ChampionshipD10 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav
47. V Neverov vs Kramnik 0-1401991USSR ChampionshipD31 Queen's Gambit Declined
48. Kramnik vs V Ruban 0-1541991USSR ChampionshipD35 Queen's Gambit Declined
49. Dreev vs Tiviakov 0-1331991USSR ChampionshipE12 Queen's Indian
50. Balashov vs I Naumkin 0-1481991USSR ChampionshipC19 French, Winawer, Advance
 page 2 of 3; games 26-50 of 68  PGN Download
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Kibitzer's Corner
May-12-22  Helios727: The USSR championships seem to have the highest drawing percentages (50%-68%) of tournaments. Is this because the Soviets were trained to play defensively?

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