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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 15; games 26-50 of 352  PGN Download
Game  ResultMoves YearEvent/LocaleOpening
26. Sakaev vs Dreev  ½-½531991USSR ChampionshipD47 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav
27. Dreev vs V Ruban  ½-½281991USSR ChampionshipD41 Queen's Gambit Declined, Semi-Tarrasch
28. Dreev vs Tiviakov 0-1331991USSR ChampionshipE12 Queen's Indian
29. Dreev vs A Frolov  ½-½341991USSR ChampionshipA48 King's Indian
30. S Ionov vs Dreev  ½-½161991USSR ChampionshipD43 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav
31. Minasian vs Dreev 1-0371991USSR ChampionshipC11 French
32. Dreev vs S Kiselev ½-½201991USSR ChampionshipE12 Queen's Indian
33. Dreev vs V Malaniuk 1-0391991USSR ChampionshipA81 Dutch
34. Kramnik vs V Ruban 0-1541991USSR ChampionshipD35 Queen's Gambit Declined
35. V Akopian vs Kramnik  ½-½191991USSR ChampionshipA90 Dutch
36. A Frolov vs Kramnik  ½-½261991USSR ChampionshipB30 Sicilian
37. Kramnik vs K Aseev  ½-½181991USSR ChampionshipA29 English, Four Knights, Kingside Fianchetto
38. Kramnik vs Krasenkow  ½-½531991USSR ChampionshipC53 Giuoco Piano
39. Kramnik vs N Rashkovsky 1-0311991USSR ChampionshipE33 Nimzo-Indian, Classical
40. Kramnik vs Sveshnikov  ½-½201991USSR ChampionshipD43 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav
41. Kramnik vs M Ulybin  ½-½281991USSR ChampionshipC05 French, Tarrasch
42. V Neverov vs Kramnik 0-1401991USSR ChampionshipD31 Queen's Gambit Declined
43. I Novikov vs Kramnik  ½-½191991USSR ChampionshipA90 Dutch
44. Tiviakov vs Kramnik  ½-½241991USSR ChampionshipC07 French, Tarrasch
45. A Graf vs Krasenkow 1-0381991USSR ChampionshipA11 English, Caro-Kann Defensive System
46. I Ibragimov vs Krasenkow  ½-½501991USSR ChampionshipD85 Grunfeld
47. Savon vs Krasenkow  ½-½471991USSR ChampionshipA05 Reti Opening
48. Krasenkow vs Serper  1-0391991USSR ChampionshipD45 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav
49. Krasenkow vs Shabalov 0-1381991USSR ChampionshipD10 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav
50. Rublevsky vs Krasenkow  ½-½311991USSR ChampionshipB23 Sicilian, Closed
 page 2 of 15; games 26-50 of 352  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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