| 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 strongst 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 +10 to win by two full points, but his road was far from easy, as he began with a loss to Ilyin-Zhenevsky, with a defeat at the hands of Sozin leaving him well off the torrid pace set by Riumin. A run of 6.5/7 brought Botvinnik to within a half point of first to set the scene for the clash of the leaders, in which Botvinnik prevailed. Another victory in the next round would clinch the first of what would be six Soviet chess crowns for the future world champion, as Riumin lost once more. The final standings and crosstable:
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Pts
1 Botvinnik * 1 1 1 1 ½ 1 1 1 ½ 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 ½ 13½
2 Riumin 0 * 1 ½ ½ 1 ½ 0 ½ 1 0 1 1 1 ½ 1 1 1 11½
=3 Verlinsky 0 0 * ½ 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 10
=3 Alatortsev 0 ½ ½ * 1 0 ½ ½ 1 0 ½ 1 1 1 1 ½ 0 1 10
=3 Yudovich Sr. 0 ½ 0 0 * 1 1 0 1 ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 1 ½ ½ 1 10
=3 Bohatirchuk ½ 0 0 1 0 * ½ ½ 0 ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 1 1 1 1 10
7 Kan 0 ½ 1 ½ 0 ½ * ½ 0 0 1 1 ½ ½ 1 1 1 ½ 9½
=8 Rauzer 0 1 0 ½ 1 ½ ½ * 0 ½ ½ 0 1 1 1 ½ ½ ½ 9
=8 Mazel 0 ½ 0 0 0 1 1 1 * ½ 1 1 0 0 ½ 1 1 ½ 9
=10 Lisitsin ½ 0 1 1 ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ * 0 ½ 0 0 1 1 0 ½ 8½
=10 Kirillov 0 1 0 ½ ½ 0 0 ½ 0 1 * 1 ½ 1 0 ½ 1 1 8½
=10 Ilyin Zhenevsky 1 0 0 0 0 ½ 0 1 0 ½ 0 * 1 1 ½ 1 1 1 8½
13 Sorokin 0 0 1 0 ½ ½ ½ 0 1 1 ½ 0 * 1 ½ 0 ½ 0 7
14 Zamikhovsky 0 0 ½ 0 0 0 ½ 0 1 1 0 0 0 * ½ 1 1 1 6½
15 Goglidze 0 ½ ½ 0 0 0 0 0 ½ 0 1 ½ ½ ½ * 0 1 1 6
16 Sozin 1 0 0 ½ ½ 0 0 ½ 0 0 ½ 0 1 0 1 * ½ 0 5½
=17 Kasparian 0 0 ½ 1 ½ 0 0 ½ 0 1 0 0 ½ 0 0 ½ * ½ 5
=17 Budo ½ 0 0 0 0 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 0 1 0 0 1 ½ * 5
This collection would not have been possible without the efforts of <Phony Benoni>.Original collection: Game Collection: USSR Championship 1931, by User: suenteus po 147.
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| Result | Moves |
Year | Event/Locale | Opening |
| 26. V Goglidze vs M Yudovich Sr |
 | 0-1 | 48 | 1931 | USSR Championship | D78 Neo-Grunfeld, 6.O-O c6 |
| 27. Lisitsin vs V Rauzer |
| ½-½ | 39 | 1931 | USSR Championship | A06 Reti Opening |
| 28. Botvinnik vs V Goglidze |
 | 1-0 | 48 | 1931 | USSR Championship | D94 Grunfeld |
| 29. A Zamikhovsky vs V Sozin |
| 1-0 | 23 | 1931 | USSR Championship | D34 Queen's Gambit Declined, Tarrasch |
| 30. V Rauzer vs B Verlinsky |
| 0-1 | 62 | 1931 | USSR Championship | D51 Queen's Gambit Declined |
| 31. I Kan vs Alatortsev |
| ½-½ | 47 | 1931 | USSR Championship | C15 French, Winawer |
| 32. Lisitsin vs A Ilyin-Zhenevsky |
| ½-½ | 34 | 1931 | USSR Championship | A04 Reti Opening |
| 33. F Bohatirchuk vs I Mazel |
| 0-1 | 53 | 1931 | USSR Championship | A04 Reti Opening |
| 34. N Riumin vs G Kasparian |
| 1-0 | 56 | 1931 | USSR Championship | B13 Caro-Kann, Exchange |
| 35. V Kirillov vs N Sorokin |
| ½-½ | 39 | 1931 | USSR Championship | D63 Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox Defense |
| 36. M Yudovich Sr vs A Budo |
| 1-0 | 47 | 1931 | USSR Championship | A46 Queen's Pawn Game |
| 37. A Budo vs Botvinnik |
| ½-½ | 32 | 1931 | USSR Championship | E11 Bogo-Indian Defense |
| 38. Alatortsev vs A Zamikhovsky |
| 1-0 | 27 | 1931 | USSR Championship | D46 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav |
| 39. V Sozin vs F Bohatirchuk |
| 0-1 | 90 | 1931 | USSR Championship | C46 Three Knights |
| 40. B Verlinsky vs I Kan |
| 0-1 | 64 | 1931 | USSR Championship | E12 Queen's Indian |
| 41. A Ilyin-Zhenevsky vs V Rauzer |
| 1-0 | 29 | 1931 | USSR Championship | C11 French |
| 42. V Goglidze vs N Riumin |
| ½-½ | 29 | 1931 | USSR Championship | C41 Philidor Defense |
| 43. G Kasparian vs V Kirillov |
| 0-1 | 33 | 1931 | USSR Championship | D31 Queen's Gambit Declined |
| 44. I Mazel vs M Yudovich Sr |
| 0-1 | 44 | 1931 | USSR Championship | A35 English, Symmetrical |
| 45. N Sorokin vs Lisitsin |
| 1-0 | 55 | 1931 | USSR Championship | A46 Queen's Pawn Game |
| 46. Botvinnik vs I Mazel |
| 1-0 | 36 | 1931 | USSR Championship | E23 Nimzo-Indian, Spielmann |
| 47. A Zamikhovsky vs B Verlinsky |
| ½-½ | 58 | 1931 | USSR Championship | E83 King's Indian, Samisch |
| 48. M Yudovich Sr vs V Sozin |
| ½-½ | 30 | 1931 | USSR Championship | A46 Queen's Pawn Game |
| 49. F Bohatirchuk vs Alatortsev |
| 1-0 | 28 | 1931 | USSR Championship | C19 French, Winawer, Advance |
| 50. A Ilyin-Zhenevsky vs N Sorokin |
| 1-0 | 58 | 1931 | USSR Championship | C01 French, Exchange |
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| May-05-13 | | wordfunph: "I got drunk one on vodka when I first became Soviet champion, in 1931. I didn't feel very well afterwards and didn't do it again. I smoked for two months but gave it up because I realised it was harmful." - Mikhail Botvinnik
Source: Curse of Kirsan - Adventures in the Chess Underworld by Sarah Hurst the book was a birthday gift from my good-humored friend <nanobrain>. |
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