| USSR Championship (1931) |
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The 7th USSR Chess Championship was held in the Soviet capital of Moscow from October 24th to November 14th, 1931. Eighteen of the Soviet Union's strongst masters qualified for the round robin event through eight championship semi-finals held earlier in the year. The qualifiers for 7th championship were: Vsevolod Rauzer and Mikhail Yudovich Sr. qualified from group 1; Viktor Goglidze, Ilia Kan, and Abram Zamikhovsky qualified from group 2; Alexander Ilyin-Zhenevsky and Isaak Mazel qualified from group 3; Genrikh Kasparian and Mikhail Botvinnik qualified from group 4; Nikolay Sorokin, Vladimir Alatortsev, and Fedor Bohatirchuk qualified from group 5; Alexander Budo and Nikolay Riumin qualified from group 6; Vladimir Kirillov qualified from group 7; and Veniamin Sozin, Georgy Lisitsin, and Boris Verlinsky from group 8. Young Botvinnik finished clear first with +10 to win by two full points, but his road was far from easy, as he began with a loss to Ilyin-Zhenevsky, with a defeat at the hands of Sozin leaving him well off the torrid pace set by Riumin. A run of 6.5/7 brought Botvinnik to within a half point of first to set the scene for the clash of the leaders, in which Botvinnik prevailed. Another victory in the next round would clinch the first of what would be six Soviet chess crowns for the future world champion, as Riumin lost once more. The final standings and crosstable:
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Pts
1 Botvinnik * 1 1 1 1 ½ 1 1 1 ½ 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 ½ 13½
2 Riumin 0 * 1 ½ ½ 1 ½ 0 ½ 1 0 1 1 1 ½ 1 1 1 11½
=3 Verlinsky 0 0 * ½ 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 10
=3 Alatortsev 0 ½ ½ * 1 0 ½ ½ 1 0 ½ 1 1 1 1 ½ 0 1 10
=3 Yudovich Sr. 0 ½ 0 0 * 1 1 0 1 ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 1 ½ ½ 1 10
=3 Bohatirchuk ½ 0 0 1 0 * ½ ½ 0 ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 1 1 1 1 10
7 Kan 0 ½ 1 ½ 0 ½ * ½ 0 0 1 1 ½ ½ 1 1 1 ½ 9½
=8 Rauzer 0 1 0 ½ 1 ½ ½ * 0 ½ ½ 0 1 1 1 ½ ½ ½ 9
=8 Mazel 0 ½ 0 0 0 1 1 1 * ½ 1 1 0 0 ½ 1 1 ½ 9
=10 Lisitsin ½ 0 1 1 ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ * 0 ½ 0 0 1 1 0 ½ 8½
=10 Kirillov 0 1 0 ½ ½ 0 0 ½ 0 1 * 1 ½ 1 0 ½ 1 1 8½
=10 Ilyin Zhenevsky 1 0 0 0 0 ½ 0 1 0 ½ 0 * 1 1 ½ 1 1 1 8½
13 Sorokin 0 0 1 0 ½ ½ ½ 0 1 1 ½ 0 * 1 ½ 0 ½ 0 7
14 Zamikhovsky 0 0 ½ 0 0 0 ½ 0 1 1 0 0 0 * ½ 1 1 1 6½
15 Goglidze 0 ½ ½ 0 0 0 0 0 ½ 0 1 ½ ½ ½ * 0 1 1 6
16 Sozin 1 0 0 ½ ½ 0 0 ½ 0 0 ½ 0 1 0 1 * ½ 0 5½
=17 Kasparian 0 0 ½ 1 ½ 0 0 ½ 0 1 0 0 ½ 0 0 ½ * ½ 5
=17 Budo ½ 0 0 0 0 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 0 1 0 0 1 ½ * 5
This collection would not have been possible without the efforts of <Phony Benoni>.Original collection: Game Collection: USSR Championship 1931, by User: suenteus po 147.
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| Result | Moves |
Year | Event/Locale | Opening |
| 1. Ilyin-Zhenevsky vs Botvinnik |
 | 1-0 | 36 | 1931 | USSR Championship | C90 Ruy Lopez, Closed |
| 2. V Goglidze vs A Zamikhovsky |
| ½-½ | 48 | 1931 | USSR Championship | D43 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav |
| 3. V Sozin vs Alatortsev |
| ½-½ | 67 | 1931 | USSR Championship | C01 French, Exchange |
| 4. I Mazel vs B Verlinsky |
| 0-1 | 44 | 1931 | USSR Championship | A06 Reti Opening |
| 5. Kasparian vs F Bohatirchuk |
| 0-1 | 70 | 1931 | USSR Championship | A46 Queen's Pawn Game |
| 6. Lisitsin vs Riumin |
| 0-1 | 46 | 1931 | USSR Championship | A04 Reti Opening |
| 7. A Budo vs I Kan |
| ½-½ | 48 | 1931 | USSR Championship | E11 Bogo-Indian Defense |
| 8. V Kirillov vs Rauzer |
| ½-½ | 36 | 1931 | USSR Championship | C01 French, Exchange |
| 9. N Sorokin vs M Yudovich Sr. |
| ½-½ | 36 | 1931 | USSR Championship | D17 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav |
| 10. Botvinnik vs N Sorokin |
 | 1-0 | 55 | 1931 | USSR Championship | D60 Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox Defense |
| 11. A Zamikhovsky vs A Budo |
| 1-0 | 51 | 1931 | USSR Championship | E11 Bogo-Indian Defense |
| 12. B Verlinsky vs V Sozin |
| 1-0 | 46 | 1931 | USSR Championship | D32 Queen's Gambit Declined, Tarrasch |
| 13. Rauzer vs Alatortsev |
| ½-½ | 69 | 1931 | USSR Championship | D93 Grunfeld, with Bf4 & e3 |
| 14. Riumin vs Ilyin-Zhenevsky |
| 1-0 | 60 | 1931 | USSR Championship | D02 Queen's Pawn Game |
| 15. F Bohatirchuk vs V Goglidze |
| 1-0 | 35 | 1931 | USSR Championship | A04 Reti Opening |
| 16. I Kan vs I Mazel |
| 0-1 | 40 | 1931 | USSR Championship | A15 English |
| 17. V Kirillov vs Lisitsin |
| 1-0 | 32 | 1931 | USSR Championship | B32 Sicilian |
| 18. M Yudovich Sr. vs Kasparian |
| ½-½ | 31 | 1931 | USSR Championship | B14 Caro-Kann, Panov-Botvinnik Attack |
| 19. Kasparian vs Botvinnik |
| 0-1 | 47 | 1931 | USSR Championship | B40 Sicilian |
| 20. I Mazel vs A Zamikhovsky |
| 0-1 | 33 | 1931 | USSR Championship | A12 English with b3 |
| 21. V Sozin vs I Kan |
| 0-1 | 57 | 1931 | USSR Championship | B88 Sicilian, Fischer-Sozin Attack |
| 22. Alatortsev vs B Verlinsky |
| ½-½ | 57 | 1931 | USSR Championship | D31 Queen's Gambit Declined |
| 23. Ilyin-Zhenevsky vs V Kirillov |
| 0-1 | 42 | 1931 | USSR Championship | B73 Sicilian, Dragon, Classical |
| 24. A Budo vs F Bohatirchuk |
| 0-1 | 44 | 1931 | USSR Championship | A53 Old Indian |
| 25. N Sorokin vs Riumin |
| 0-1 | 46 | 1931 | USSR Championship | A46 Queen's Pawn Game |
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| May-05-13 | | wordfunph: "I got drunk one on vodka when I first became Soviet champion, in 1931. I didn't feel very well afterwards and didn't do it again. I smoked for two months but gave it up because I realised it was harmful." - Mikhail Botvinnik
Source: Curse of Kirsan - Adventures in the Chess Underworld by Sarah Hurst the book was a birthday gift from my good-humored friend <nanobrain>. |
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