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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 7 of 8; games 151-175 of 190  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 151. G Agzamov vs Balashov   ½-½ 57 1985 USSR Championship D25 Queen's Gambit Accepted 152. A Sokolov vs Geller   ½-½ 41 1985 USSR Championship C92 Ruy Lopez, Closed 153. Sveshnikov vs Gulko 1-0 31 1985 USSR Championship C02 French, Advance 154. Kupreichik vs Lputian   0-1 63 1985 USSR Championship C00 French Defense 155. Psakhis vs M Gurevich ½-½ 92 1985 USSR Championship E29 Nimzo-Indian, Samisch 156. Razuvaev vs B Gurgenidze   ½-½ 28 1985 USSR Championship E12 Queen's Indian 157. K Lerner vs Smagin   0-1 48 1985 USSR Championship D14 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, Exchange Variation 158. Tukmakov vs V Eingorn   ½-½ 57 1985 USSR Championship B42 Sicilian, Kan 159. Chernin vs Gavrikov   ½-½ 14 1985 USSR Championship A20 English 160. A Mikhalchishin vs A Petrosian   ½-½ 19 1985 USSR Championship B97 Sicilian, Najdorf 161. Balashov vs K Lerner   ½-½ 42 1985 USSR Championship E26 Nimzo-Indian, Samisch 162. Geller vs G Agzamov   ½-½ 67 1985 USSR Championship C80 Ruy Lopez, Open 163. Gulko vs Razuvaev   ½-½ 16 1985 USSR Championship C42 Petrov Defense 164. Gavrikov vs Kupreichik 0-1 42 1985 USSR Championship D44 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav 165. V Eingorn vs Psakhis   ½-½ 21 1985 USSR Championship A60 Benoni Defense 166. Lputian vs Tukmakov   0-1 49 1985 USSR Championship D85 Grunfeld 167. Smagin vs Sveshnikov   ½-½ 13 1985 USSR Championship B33 Sicilian 168. A Petrosian vs A Sokolov   ½-½ 32 1985 USSR Championship E12 Queen's Indian 169. B Gurgenidze vs Chernin 0-1 55 1985 USSR Championship C19 French, Winawer, Advance 170. M Gurevich vs A Mikhalchishin   ½-½ 12 1985 USSR Championship A16 English 171. K Lerner vs Geller 0-1 41 1985 USSR Championship D31 Queen's Gambit Declined 172. B Gurgenidze vs Gulko   ½-½ 25 1985 USSR Championship C19 French, Winawer, Advance 173. Chernin vs Kupreichik 1-0 40 1985 USSR Championship A10 English 174. Psakhis vs Lputian 1-0 57 1985 USSR Championship D34 Queen's Gambit Declined, Tarrasch 175. Razuvaev vs Smagin   ½-½ 36 1985 USSR Championship D52 Queen's Gambit Declined  page 7 of 8; games 151-175 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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