| USSR Championship (1974) |
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The 42nd Soviet Chess Championship was a category XII event played in Leningrad from November 30 to December 23, 1974. Sixteen of the Soviet Union's strongest grandmasters and masters competed, including (in order of Elo): Mikhail Tal (2635), Lev Polugaevsky (2630), Gennadi Kuzmin (2600), Mark Taimanov (2580), Vladimir Savon (2575), Evgeni Vasiukov (2560), Vitaly Tseshkovsky (2545), Yuri Balashov (2540), Rafael Vaganian (2540), Karen Grigorian (2520), Mark Dvoretsky (2495), Oleg Romanishin (2470), Alexander Beliavsky (2460), Viktor Kupreichik (2460), Boris Gulko (2435), and Lev Alburt (2420). The 21 year old Beliavsky won his first Soviet crown and Tal won his fifth as they tied for first place at 9.5/15, after Beliavsky defeated Tal in the penultimate round to draw level with him, with both drawing their last round games. Leningrad, Soviet Union (Russia), 30 November - 23 December 1974 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6
=1 Beliavsky * 1 0 1 ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 0 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 9½
=1 Tal 0 * 0 ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 1 1 9½
=3 Polugaevsky 1 1 * ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 0 1 ½ 1 9
=3 Vaganian 0 ½ ½ * 0 ½ ½ 1 1 ½ 0 ½ 1 1 1 1 9
=5 Romanishin ½ ½ 1 1 * ½ ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ 1 ½ 0 1 1 8½
=5 Dvoretsky ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ * ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 8½
=5 Alburt 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ * ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 8½
8 Balashov ½ 0 ½ 0 1 ½ ½ * ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 8
9 Kuzmin 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ * ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 7½
=10 Vasiukov 1 ½ 0 ½ 1 0 0 ½ ½ * 1 1 ½ ½ 0 0 7
=10 Tseshkovsky 0 0 ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 * ½ 1 ½ 0 1 7
12 Savon ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ * ½ 1 ½ 0 6½
=13 Grigorian ½ ½ 1 0 ½ ½ 0 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ * 1 ½ 0 6
=13 Taimanov ½ 0 0 0 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 0 * 1 ½ 6
=13 Gulko ½ 0 ½ 0 0 0 ½ ½ 0 1 1 ½ ½ 0 * 1 6
16 Kupreichik 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 ½ 0 * 3½
Original collection: Game Collection: USSR Championship 1974, by User: suenteus po 147.
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| Result | Moves |
Year | Event/Locale | Opening |
| 1. Tal vs Polugaevsky |
  | 0-1 | 61 | 1974 | USSR Championship | E55 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, Gligoric System, Bronstein Variation |
| 2. Tseshkovsky vs Tal |
| 0-1 | 43 | 1974 | USSR Championship | C82 Ruy Lopez, Open |
| 3. Gulko vs Vaganian |
| 0-1 | 65 | 1974 | USSR Championship | B05 Alekhine's Defense, Modern |
| 4. K Grigorian vs Balashov |
| 0-1 | 33 | 1974 | USSR Championship | A84 Dutch |
| 5. Kupreichik vs A Beliavsky |
| 0-1 | 48 | 1974 | USSR Championship | B99 Sicilian, Najdorf, 7...Be7 Main line |
| 6. Vasiukov vs Gulko |
| 0-1 | 41 | 1974 | USSR Championship | B60 Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer |
| 7. Kupreichik vs Polugaevsky |
| 0-1 | 33 | 1974 | USSR Championship | B92 Sicilian, Najdorf, Opocensky Variation |
| 8. Vaganian vs Tseshkovsky |
| 0-1 | 21 | 1974 | USSR Championship | A04 Reti Opening |
| 9. K Grigorian vs Vaganian |
| 0-1 | 35 | 1974 | USSR Championship | D92 Grunfeld, 5.Bf4 |
| 10. Kupreichik vs M Dvoretzky |
| 0-1 | 26 | 1974 | USSR Championship | C43 Petrov, Modern Attack |
| 11. Vasiukov vs Kupreichik |
| 0-1 | 56 | 1974 | USSR Championship | B30 Sicilian |
| 12. Romanishin vs Taimanov |
| 0-1 | 42 | 1974 | USSR Championship | B46 Sicilian, Taimanov Variation |
| 13. Kupreichik vs Tal |
| 0-1 | 47 | 1974 | USSR Championship | B46 Sicilian, Taimanov Variation |
| 14. Savon vs Romanishin |
| 0-1 | 53 | 1974 | USSR Championship | B06 Robatsch |
| 15. A Beliavsky vs Vasiukov |
| 0-1 | 41 | 1974 | USSR Championship | A31 English, Symmetrical, Benoni Formation |
| 16. Taimanov vs Savon |
| 0-1 | 34 | 1974 | USSR Championship | A28 English |
| 17. Tal vs A Beliavsky |
| 0-1 | 40 | 1974 | USSR Championship | D32 Queen's Gambit Declined, Tarrasch |
| 18. Vasiukov vs Alburt |
| 0-1 | 38 | 1974 | USSR Championship | A07 King's Indian Attack |
| 19. Kupreichik vs Romanishin |
| 0-1 | 37 | 1974 | USSR Championship | C45 Scotch Game |
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| Aug-25-14 | | ughaibu: A USSR championship with only one world champion competing. I guess there were a handful, in the 20s, without any. |
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| Nov-06-14 | | Caissanist: The majority of the 1980s events didn't have any either. |
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Nov-06-14
 | | alexmagnus: "Without any champions" - do future champions count? Anyway, here all Soviet championships without (past or future) world champions: 1923, 1924, 1925, 1934/5, 1937, 1948, 1965, 1980/1, 1984, 1985, (1986), (1987), 1989, (1990). The three bracketed championships had no classical world champions, but the future FIDE champion Khalifman was there. |
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| Nov-08-14 | | Caissanist: I guess technically you're right, but there's something about the words "world champion Alexander Khalifman" that kind of inspire a smirk and an eyeroll in me. YMMV, I guess. |
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Nov-08-14
 | | perfidious: <Caissanist> Same as Kasimdzhanov, Ponomariov et al. Noting the above, small wonder--sometimes seems as though all Karpov and Kasparov did was battle each other for the crown during the eighties. One of the toughest Soviet title bouts came in 1988 when both super GMs participated. |
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| Oct-09-17 | | Howard: Probably the reason why WC's (past and present) didn't take part in the Soviet Championship is because they had little to prove by doing so. They'd already proved their mettle against the world's best players--so, there probably would not have been much point in playing in their own country's championship. |
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| Aug-28-19 | | Chesgambit: Alexander Beliavsky high performance |
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Feb-27-20
 | | An Englishman: Good Evening: Meanwhile, Polugaevsky is grumbling, "I beat Beliavsky *and* Tal, and they finished *ahead* of me??!!" |
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Feb-27-20
| | perfidious: Let him whinge--Polugaevsky only scored +1 against the rest of the field--not that making a plus score in a Soviet championship was a bad result. |
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| Feb-27-20 | | Petrosianic: Polugaevsky played in 20 Soviet Championships, and had a winning score in every one. Nobody else ever matched that. |
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Feb-27-20
 | | MissScarlett: True, nobody ever won 20 Soviet championships. |
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| Feb-27-20 | | N0B0DY: <<N0B0DY> ever won 20 Soviet championships.> True! |
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