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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 1 of 1; 18 games    Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. I Rabinovich vs Ragozin   ½-½ 76 1932 Leningrad Championship A13 English 2. V Chekhover vs L Savitsky   ½-½ 31 1932 Leningrad Championship C01 French, Exchange 3. G Miasoedov vs Alatortsev   ½-½ 86 1932 Leningrad Championship D11 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav 4. A Ilyin-Zhenevsky vs L Savitsky ½-½ 43 1932 Leningrad Championship C90 Ruy Lopez, Closed 5. A Budo vs Lisitsin   ½-½ 50 1932 Leningrad Championship D30 Queen's Gambit Declined 6. I Rabinovich vs V Chekhover   ½-½ 42 1932 Leningrad Championship E11 Bogo-Indian Defense 7. A Model vs Lisitsin   ½-½ 57 1932 Leningrad Championship D52 Queen's Gambit Declined 8. A Budo vs I Rabinovich   ½-½ 45 1932 Leningrad Championship E11 Bogo-Indian Defense 9. Ragozin vs L Savitsky ½-½ 82 1932 Leningrad Championship C15 French, Winawer 10. Alatortsev vs V Chekhover   ½-½ 32 1932 Leningrad Championship E21 Nimzo-Indian, Three Knights 11. A Ilyin-Zhenevsky vs Botvinnik ½-½ 46 1932 Leningrad Championship C07 French, Tarrasch 12. Ragozin vs Lisitsin ½-½ 69 1932 Leningrad Championship D37 Queen's Gambit Declined 13. I Rabinovich vs G Goldberg   ½-½ 56 1932 Leningrad Championship A53 Old Indian 14. Lisitsin vs G Miasoedov   ½-½ 33 1932 Leningrad Championship A30 English, Symmetrical 15. G Goldberg vs Botvinnik ½-½ 62 1932 Leningrad Championship E34 Nimzo-Indian, Classical, Noa Variation 16. A Ilyin-Zhenevsky vs V Chekhover ½-½ 54 1932 Leningrad Championship C41 Philidor Defense 17. L Savitsky vs Alatortsev   ½-½ 46 1932 Leningrad Championship E60 King's Indian Defense 18. A Ilyin-Zhenevsky vs Ragozin   ½-½ 47 1932 Leningrad Championship C61 Ruy Lopez, Bird's Defense  page 1 of 1; 18 games      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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