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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 8; games 51-75 of 190  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 51. A Petrosian vs Balashov   ½-½ 19 1985 USSR Championship D37 Queen's Gambit Declined 52. Chernin vs Geller   ½-½ 21 1985 USSR Championship D37 Queen's Gambit Declined 53. V Eingorn vs Gulko   ½-½ 30 1985 USSR Championship D27 Queen's Gambit Accepted, Classical 54. Kupreichik vs Sveshnikov   1-0 39 1985 USSR Championship D44 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav 55. Psakhis vs G Agzamov   0-1 40 1985 USSR Championship A14 English 56. Gavrikov vs Razuvaev   ½-½ 19 1985 USSR Championship C92 Ruy Lopez, Closed 57. Lputian vs B Gurgenidze   ½-½ 23 1985 USSR Championship D21 Queen's Gambit Accepted 58. M Gurevich vs Smagin   ½-½ 54 1985 USSR Championship B10 Caro-Kann 59. Tukmakov vs K Lerner   ½-½ 20 1985 USSR Championship D34 Queen's Gambit Declined, Tarrasch 60. A Mikhalchishin vs A Sokolov   ½-½ 22 1985 USSR Championship E15 Queen's Indian 61. Balashov vs M Gurevich   ½-½ 27 1985 USSR Championship E41 Nimzo-Indian 62. Geller vs A Petrosian 1-0 37 1985 USSR Championship B92 Sicilian, Najdorf, Opocensky Variation 63. Gulko vs Lputian   ½-½ 40 1985 USSR Championship D34 Queen's Gambit Declined, Tarrasch 64. Razuvaev vs Kupreichik   0-1 36 1985 USSR Championship D30 Queen's Gambit Declined 65. K Lerner vs Psakhis 0-1 64 1985 USSR Championship A15 English 66. Smagin vs V Eingorn   ½-½ 17 1985 USSR Championship C85 Ruy Lopez, Exchange Variation Doubly Deferred (DERLD) 67. Sveshnikov vs Tukmakov   ½-½ 23 1985 USSR Championship B22 Sicilian, Alapin 68. G Agzamov vs A Mikhalchishin   1-0 60 1985 USSR Championship D85 Grunfeld 69. B Gurgenidze vs Gavrikov   ½-½ 18 1985 USSR Championship B52 Sicilian, Canal-Sokolsky (Rossolimo) Attack 70. A Sokolov vs Chernin 1-0 57 1985 USSR Championship C03 French, Tarrasch 71. V Eingorn vs Balashov 1-0 33 1985 USSR Championship D63 Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox Defense 72. M Gurevich vs Geller   ½-½ 28 1985 USSR Championship E46 Nimzo-Indian 73. Gavrikov vs Gulko 1-0 59 1985 USSR Championship A55 Old Indian, Main line 74. Kupreichik vs B Gurgenidze   0-1 106 1985 USSR Championship B20 Sicilian 75. Psakhis vs Sveshnikov   ½-½ 23 1985 USSR Championship A13 English  page 3 of 8; games 51-75 of 190    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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