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Leningrad Championship (1932) A city championship might not sound very significant, but those in Moscow or Leningrad could be as strong as national championships in many countries. Perhaps some of these names might not be familiar: Vladimir Alatortsev; Mikhail Botvinnik; Alexander S Budo; Vitaly Chekhover; Grigory Abramovich Goldberg; Alexander Ilyin-Zhenevsky; Georgy Lisitsin; Grigory Miasoedov; Abram Yakovlevich Model; Ilya Leontievich Rabinovich; Viacheslav Ragozin; Leonid Savitsky. But eleven of the twelve players would compete in the finals of the USSR Championship, several contending for top prizes. Also, nine of the twelve players were under 25 years old, boding well for the future. The young group included reigning USSR champion Botvinnik, and he showed some extra class by winning his first six games while the rest of the field was busy beating up on each other. Alatortsev pulled away from the pack to finish second, but the rest of the field was bunched up; there was more distance between 1st and 3rd than between 3rd and 12th. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 01 Botvinnik * 1 ½ 1 1 ½ 1 1 1 1 1 1 10.0 02 Alatortsev 0 * 1 ½ ½ 1 1 1 0 1 1 ½ 7.5 03 Ilyin-Zhenevsky ½ 0 * ½ ½ 1 ½ 0 1 0 1 1 6.0 04 Savitsky 0 ½ ½ * ½ 0 ½ 1 0 1 1 1 6.0 05 Chekhover 0 ½ ½ ½ * 0 0 1 1 ½ 1 1 6.0 06 Goldberg ½ 0 0 1 1 * 0 0 1 ½ 0 1 5.0 07 Ragozin 0 0 ½ ½ 1 1 * ½ 0 ½ 0 1 5.0 08 Lisitsin 0 0 1 0 0 1 ½ * ½ 1 ½ ½ 5.0 09 Model 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 ½ * 1 0 0 4.5 10 Rabinovich 0 0 1 0 ½ ½ ½ 0 0 * ½ 1 4.0 11 Budo 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 ½ 1 ½ * 0 4.0 12 Miasoedov 0 ½ 0 0 0 0 0 ½ 1 0 1 * 3.0 Original collection: Game Collection: Leningrad Championship 1932, by User: Phony Benoni.  page 3 of 3; games 51-66 of 66  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 51. A Budo vs Ragozin   1-0 47 1932 Leningrad Championship A92 Dutch 52. A Model vs Alatortsev   1-0 58 1932 Leningrad Championship E61 King's Indian 53. G Goldberg vs Botvinnik ½-½ 62 1932 Leningrad Championship E34 Nimzo-Indian, Classical, Noa Variation 54. A Ilyin-Zhenevsky vs V Chekhover ½-½ 54 1932 Leningrad Championship C41 Philidor Defense 55. I Rabinovich vs Lisitsin   0-1 53 1932 Leningrad Championship D52 Queen's Gambit Declined 56. A Budo vs A Ilyin-Zhenevsky   0-1 53 1932 Leningrad Championship A96 Dutch, Classical Variation 57. Botvinnik vs L Savitsky 1-0 19 1932 Leningrad Championship E23 Nimzo-Indian, Spielmann 58. Ragozin vs G Miasoedov 1-0 68 1932 Leningrad Championship D52 Queen's Gambit Declined 59. Alatortsev vs G Goldberg 1-0 48 1932 Leningrad Championship E21 Nimzo-Indian, Three Knights 60. V Chekhover vs A Model 1-0 23 1932 Leningrad Championship A95 Dutch, Stonewall 61. Lisitsin vs Botvinnik 0-1 44 1932 Leningrad Championship A04 Reti Opening 62. A Ilyin-Zhenevsky vs Ragozin   ½-½ 47 1932 Leningrad Championship C61 Ruy Lopez, Bird's Defense 63. G Goldberg vs V Chekhover   1-0 50 1932 Leningrad Championship E38 Nimzo-Indian, Classical, 4...c5 64. L Savitsky vs Alatortsev   ½-½ 46 1932 Leningrad Championship E60 King's Indian Defense 65. A Model vs A Budo   0-1 63 1932 Leningrad Championship D67 Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox Defense, Bd3 line 66. G Miasoedov vs I Rabinovich   0-1 23 1932 Leningrad Championship A45 Queen's Pawn Game  page 3 of 3; games 51-66 of 66    REFINE SEARCH:   White wins (1-0) | Black wins (0-1) | Draws (1/2-1/2)     There is no kibitzing for this page, yet.   NOTE: Create an account today to post replies and access other powerful features which are available only to registered users. 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