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TOURNAMENT STANDINGS
USSR Championship Tournament

Grigory Levenfish12.5/19(+9 -3 =7)[games]
Viacheslav Ragozin12/19(+7 -2 =10)[games]
Alexander Konstantinopolsky12/19(+6 -1 =12)[games]
Vladimir Makogonov11.5/19(+8 -4 =7)[games]
Georgy Lisitsin11/19(+7 -4 =8)[games]
Sergey Belavenets11/19(+6 -3 =10)[games]
Viktor Goglidze11/19(+5 -2 =12)[games]
Vsevolod Rauzer10.5/19(+7 -5 =7)[games]
Mikhail Yudovich Sr10/19(+4 -3 =12)[games]
Vladimir Alatortsev9.5/19(+6 -6 =7)[games]
Igor Bondarevsky9.5/19(+5 -5 =9)[games]
Ilya Rabinovich9.5/19(+4 -4 =11)[games]
Ilia Kan9/19(+4 -5 =10)[games]
Andre Lilienthal8.5/19(+2 -4 =13)[games]
Vasily Panov8/19(+6 -9 =4)[games]
Alexander Ilyin-Zhenevsky7.5/19(+3 -7 =9)[games]
Vitaly Chekhover7.5/19(+4 -8 =7)[games]
Alexander Budo7.5/19(+4 -8 =7)[games]
Genrikh Kasparian7/19(+3 -8 =8)[games]
Archil Ebralidze5/19(+0 -9 =10)[games]

 page 1 of 2; games 1-25 of 34  PGN Download
Game  ResultMoves YearEvent/LocaleOpening
1. I Kan vs M Yudovich Sr 0-1441937USSR ChampionshipA25 English
2. I Rabinovich vs S Belavenets  0-1471937USSR ChampionshipC07 French, Tarrasch
3. Lilienthal vs V Makogonov  0-1571937USSR ChampionshipD59 Queen's Gambit Declined, Tartakower
4. A Ebralidze vs Ragozin 0-1451937USSR ChampionshipE60 King's Indian Defense
5. V Chekhover vs A Budo  0-1601937USSR ChampionshipE11 Bogo-Indian Defense
6. V Rauzer vs A Ilyin-Zhenevsky 0-1181937USSR ChampionshipC41 Philidor Defense
7. A Ilyin-Zhenevsky vs I Rabinovich  0-1451937USSR ChampionshipB03 Alekhine's Defense
8. G Kasparian vs Levenfish 0-1341937USSR ChampionshipB64 Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer Attack
9. Panov vs M Yudovich Sr 0-1261937USSR ChampionshipC13 French
10. V Makogonov vs V Chekhover 0-1371937USSR ChampionshipE32 Nimzo-Indian, Classical
11. Alatortsev vs Levenfish 0-1491937USSR ChampionshipE00 Queen's Pawn Game
12. A Ebralidze vs V Makogonov  0-1721937USSR ChampionshipD14 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, Exchange Variation
13. Bondarevsky vs Lisitsin  0-1311937USSR ChampionshipB72 Sicilian, Dragon
14. Panov vs I Kan 0-1301937USSR ChampionshipB70 Sicilian, Dragon Variation
15. A Budo vs M Yudovich Sr  0-1401937USSR ChampionshipD15 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav
16. S Belavenets vs V Makogonov 0-1411937USSR ChampionshipA15 English
17. I Rabinovich vs Ragozin  0-1651937USSR ChampionshipD38 Queen's Gambit Declined, Ragozin Variation
18. A Ilyin-Zhenevsky vs Lilienthal  0-1421937USSR ChampionshipC00 French Defense
19. V Chekhover vs S Belavenets  0-1481937USSR ChampionshipD11 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav
20. A Budo vs I Rabinovich  0-1581937USSR ChampionshipD52 Queen's Gambit Declined
21. I Kan vs V Makogonov  0-1301937USSR ChampionshipA04 Reti Opening
22. Alatortsev vs A Konstantinopolsky 0-1311937USSR ChampionshipA91 Dutch Defense
23. V Goglidze vs A Budo  0-1261937USSR ChampionshipE11 Bogo-Indian Defense
24. A Budo vs Panov  0-1341937USSR ChampionshipA44 Old Benoni Defense
25. A Ebralidze vs Lisitsin  0-1591937USSR ChampionshipE34 Nimzo-Indian, Classical, Noa Variation
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Kibitzer's Corner
Oct-02-21  suenteus po 147: This tournament page needs a proper write up, but there's a lot of missing information. We know that the tournament was held in Tbilisi and the dates of the tournament were April 12th to May 14th, 1937, but what were the dates of the individual rounds?

Where was Botvinnik? How did the players qualify for this event? According to the wikipedia page of this event: "Qualification was by way of the championships of Moscow, Leningrad, Kiev, as well as various other events." But that's hardly sufficient.

A link to the Botvinnik-Levenfish match played in Moscow/Leningrad (Oct/Nov '37) should be included in the write up, with the explanation that the draw of the match allowed Levenfish to keep the championship title, but gave Botvinnik a ticket to the AVRO tournament in 1938.

Jul-05-24
Premium Chessgames Member
  GrahamClayton: Champion Levenfish lost three games compared to 2nd place Konstantinopolsky (1 loss) and 3rd place Ragozin (2 losses).

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