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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  page 3 of 5; games 51-75 of 119  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 51. Psakhis vs Sveshnikov   ½-½ 23 1985 USSR Championship A13 English 52. Tukmakov vs Razuvaev   ½-½ 28 1985 USSR Championship E17 Queen's Indian 53. Razuvaev vs Psakhis   ½-½ 13 1985 USSR Championship A58 Benko Gambit 54. B Gurgenidze vs Tukmakov   ½-½ 9 1985 USSR Championship B40 Sicilian 55. G Agzamov vs Chernin   ½-½ 58 1985 USSR Championship E00 Queen's Pawn Game 56. Smagin vs Gavrikov   ½-½ 14 1985 USSR Championship B52 Sicilian, Canal-Sokolsky (Rossolimo) Attack 57. Sveshnikov vs A Mikhalchishin ½-½ 90 1985 USSR Championship C21 Center Game 58. K Lerner vs A Sokolov   ½-½ 11 1985 USSR Championship B01 Scandinavian 59. Gavrikov vs Balashov   ½-½ 44 1985 USSR Championship D63 Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox Defense 60. Tukmakov vs Gulko   ½-½ 36 1985 USSR Championship D27 Queen's Gambit Accepted, Classical 61. Chernin vs M Gurevich   ½-½ 16 1985 USSR Championship C55 Two Knights Defense 62. A Mikhalchishin vs Razuvaev   ½-½ 15 1985 USSR Championship E17 Queen's Indian 63. V Eingorn vs A Petrosian   ½-½ 18 1985 USSR Championship D31 Queen's Gambit Declined 64. Balashov vs Kupreichik   ½-½ 17 1985 USSR Championship D27 Queen's Gambit Accepted, Classical 65. Gulko vs Psakhis   ½-½ 72 1985 USSR Championship C01 French, Exchange 66. Razuvaev vs A Sokolov   ½-½ 16 1985 USSR Championship E04 Catalan, Open, 5.Nf3 67. M Gurevich vs V Eingorn   ½-½ 38 1985 USSR Championship A45 Queen's Pawn Game 68. Sveshnikov vs G Agzamov ½-½ 46 1985 USSR Championship C44 King's Pawn Game 69. A Petrosian vs Lputian   ½-½ 15 1985 USSR Championship D47 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav 70. B Gurgenidze vs A Mikhalchishin   ½-½ 17 1985 USSR Championship C78 Ruy Lopez 71. Tukmakov vs Balashov   ½-½ 19 1985 USSR Championship D27 Queen's Gambit Accepted, Classical 72. A Mikhalchishin vs Gulko   ½-½ 15 1985 USSR Championship D20 Queen's Gambit Accepted 73. Psakhis vs Smagin   ½-½ 30 1985 USSR Championship D35 Queen's Gambit Declined 74. G Agzamov vs Razuvaev   ½-½ 24 1985 USSR Championship E15 Queen's Indian 75. Chernin vs V Eingorn ½-½ 14 1985 USSR Championship E15 Queen's Indian  page 3 of 5; games 51-75 of 119    REFINE SEARCH:   White wins (1-0) | Black wins (0-1) | Draws (1/2-1/2)   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. 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. 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. NOTE: Create an account today to post replies and access other powerful features which are available only to registered users. Becoming a member is free, anonymous, and takes less than 1 minute! If you already have a username, then simply login login under your username now to join the discussion. Please observe our posting guidelines: No obscene, racist, sexist, or profane language. No spamming, advertising, duplicate, or gibberish posts. No vitriolic or systematic personal attacks against other members. 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