USSR Championship (1985) |
First place was shared by Gavrikov, Gurevich and Chernin. The USSR Championship playoff (1985) saw all games end in draws. While the chess officials were pondering what to do next, a journalist announced that there would be no further play and Gurevich would be winner on tie-break from the final contest, what was accepted. So Mikhail Gurevich received the gold medal. Mark Taimanov notes that superior tie-break in the final had never been taken into account before. Source: Wikipedia article: 1985 USSR Chess Championship
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| Result | Moves |
Year | Event/Locale | Opening |
26. Psakhis vs A Mikhalchishin |
| ½-½ | 16 | 1985 | USSR Championship | A15 English |
27. V Eingorn vs Razuvaev |
| ½-½ | 20 | 1985 | USSR Championship | E12 Queen's Indian |
28. Tukmakov vs A Sokolov |
| ½-½ | 21 | 1985 | USSR Championship | E52 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, Main line with ...b6 |
29. Gavrikov vs K Lerner |
| ½-½ | 26 | 1985 | USSR Championship | E15 Queen's Indian |
30. Lputian vs Sveshnikov |
| ½-½ | 32 | 1985 | USSR Championship | D44 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav |
31. Balashov vs Geller |
| ½-½ | 13 | 1985 | USSR Championship | C84 Ruy Lopez, Closed |
32. K Lerner vs Kupreichik |
| ½-½ | 41 | 1985 | USSR Championship | D10 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav |
33. Razuvaev vs Lputian |
| ½-½ | 24 | 1985 | USSR Championship | D34 Queen's Gambit Declined, Tarrasch |
34. Smagin vs A Petrosian |
| ½-½ | 18 | 1985 | USSR Championship | A07 King's Indian Attack |
35. Sveshnikov vs Gavrikov |
| ½-½ | 40 | 1985 | USSR Championship | B22 Sicilian, Alapin |
36. A Mikhalchishin vs Chernin |
| ½-½ | 20 | 1985 | USSR Championship | D12 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav |
37. A Petrosian vs Balashov |
| ½-½ | 19 | 1985 | USSR Championship | D37 Queen's Gambit Declined |
38. Chernin vs Geller |
| ½-½ | 21 | 1985 | USSR Championship | D37 Queen's Gambit Declined |
39. V Eingorn vs Gulko |
| ½-½ | 30 | 1985 | USSR Championship | D27 Queen's Gambit Accepted, Classical |
40. Gavrikov vs Razuvaev |
| ½-½ | 19 | 1985 | USSR Championship | C92 Ruy Lopez, Closed |
41. Lputian vs B Gurgenidze |
| ½-½ | 23 | 1985 | USSR Championship | D21 Queen's Gambit Accepted |
42. M Gurevich vs Smagin |
| ½-½ | 54 | 1985 | USSR Championship | B10 Caro-Kann |
43. Tukmakov vs K Lerner |
| ½-½ | 20 | 1985 | USSR Championship | D34 Queen's Gambit Declined, Tarrasch |
44. A Mikhalchishin vs A Sokolov |
| ½-½ | 22 | 1985 | USSR Championship | E15 Queen's Indian |
45. Balashov vs M Gurevich |
| ½-½ | 27 | 1985 | USSR Championship | E41 Nimzo-Indian |
46. Gulko vs Lputian |
| ½-½ | 40 | 1985 | USSR Championship | D34 Queen's Gambit Declined, Tarrasch |
47. Smagin vs V Eingorn |
| ½-½ | 17 | 1985 | USSR Championship | C85 Ruy Lopez, Exchange Variation Doubly Deferred (DERLD) |
48. Sveshnikov vs Tukmakov |
| ½-½ | 23 | 1985 | USSR Championship | B22 Sicilian, Alapin |
49. B Gurgenidze vs Gavrikov |
| ½-½ | 18 | 1985 | USSR Championship | B52 Sicilian, Canal-Sokolsky (Rossolimo) Attack |
50. M Gurevich vs Geller |
| ½-½ | 28 | 1985 | USSR Championship | E46 Nimzo-Indian |
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Dec-27-22
 | | FSR: Razuvaev with 18 draws and 1 loss may have come as close as anyone to drawing all of his games at a Soviet championship. AFAIK, that has never been achieved. Arthur Bisguier in 1975 became the only player to draw every game in a U.S. Championship. |
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Dec-27-22
 | | perfidious: <FSR>, if Kupreichik had drawn a few more games, he might have contended for an interzonal slot at least, rather than tying for bottom marker. |
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Dec-27-22
 | | FSR: <perfidious> True. He had five wins, a number that only Gurevich exceeded. But he had nine losses. If he had drawn seven of those, he'd have tied for first. |
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