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  1. USSR Championship 1927
    The 5th USSR Championship was held in Moscow from 26 September - 25 October 1927. Several new faces joined the usual suspects in an effort to capture the title formerly held by the now departed and disgraced Bogoljubov:

    Fedor Bohatirchuk Mikhail Botvinnik Fyodor Duz-Khotimirsky Sergey von Freymann Nikolay Grigoriev Alexander Ilyin-Zhenevsky Anton Kaspersky Khrisogon Kholodkevich Vladimir Makogonov Abram Model Vladimir Nenarokov Nikolay Pavlov-Pianov Alexander Perfiliev Ilya Rabinovich Vsevolod Rauzer Yakov Rokhlin Peter Romanovsky Alexey Selezniev Alexander Sergeevich Sergeev Andrey Smorodsky Yakov Vilner.

    Three first-timers did quite well. Model tied for 3rd-4th, and Makogonov for 5th-6th with some bespectacled 16-year-old from Leningrad named Mikhail something or other. The latter showed some promise, but you never know how these kids are going to turn out.

    However, the real battle was between the veterans Bohatirchuk, Romanovsky, and Dus Chotimirsky. The last of these lost three straight games late in the tournament to drop out of the running, and Romanovsky took a full point lead. However, a round 20 loss enabled the surging Bohatirchuk to catch up, and they finished tied for the championship. table[
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 1 Bohatirchuk * 0 1 1 1 1 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 1 ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 14.5 2 Romanovsky 1 * 0 ½ ½ ½ 1 0 1 0 1 ½ 1 1 1 1 1 ½ 1 1 1 14.5 3 Dus Chotimirsky 0 1 * 1 0 ½ 1 ½ 0 ½ 1 0 ½ 1 1 ½ 1 1 ½ 1 1 13.0 4 Model 0 ½ 0 * 0 1 0 1 ½ 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 13.0 5 Makogonov 0 ½ 1 1 * 0 ½ 1 1 ½ 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ 1 1 1 1 1 12.5 6 Botvinnik 0 ½ ½ 0 1 * ½ 1 1 1 0 1 1 ½ ½ 1 0 1 ½ ½ 1 12.5 7 Nenarokov 0 0 0 1 ½ ½ * 1 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 1 0 1 0 ½ ½ ½ 1 11.0 8 Grigoriev ½ 1 ½ 0 0 0 0 * ½ ½ 0 ½ 1 1 1 ½ 1 1 ½ 0 1 10.5 9 Ilyin-Zhenevsky ½ 0 1 ½ 0 0 0 ½ * ½ 1 ½ 1 1 0 1 0 ½ 0 1 1 10.0 10 Rabinovich ½ 1 ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ * 1 ½ ½ 0 1 ½ 0 0 1 ½ ½ 9.5 11 Freymann ½ 0 0 0 1 1 ½ 1 0 0 * 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 ½ 9.5 12 Pavlov Pianov 0 ½ 1 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 * 0 0 1 1 1 0 ½ ½ ½ 9.5 13 Sergeiev ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ 0 0 0 0 ½ 0 1 * 1 ½ 1 ½ 1 1 ½ ½ 9.0 14 Perfiliev 0 0 0 0 1 ½ 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 * 0 ½ 1 1 1 ½ 1 8.5 15 Selezniev 0 0 0 0 ½ ½ 1 0 1 0 1 0 ½ 1 * ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 8.0 16 Rokhlin ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ 0 0 ½ 0 ½ 1 0 0 ½ ½ * 1 1 ½ 0 1 8.0 17 Vilner 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 ½ 0 ½ 0 * 1 0 1 1 8.0 18 Rauzer ½ ½ 0 0 0 0 ½ 0 ½ 1 1 1 0 0 ½ 0 0 * 1 1 0 7.5 19 Kaspersky ½ 0 ½ 0 0 ½ ½ ½ 1 0 0 ½ 0 0 ½ ½ 1 0 * 1 ½ 7.5 20 Smorodsky ½ 0 0 1 0 ½ ½ 1 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 0 0 0 * 0 7.0 21 Kholodkevich 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 1 0 0 1 ½ 1 * 6.5 ]table

    Many of the games from this tournament are missing. Those in the collection will be designated by an asterisk (*) in the following list of round-by-round pairings.

    <Round 1>: Rabinovich-Bye; Botvinnik 0 Model*; Perfieliev 0 Selezniev; Makogonov 1 Smorodsky*; Romanovsky 1 Rokhlin*; Vilner 1 Rauzer; Kaspersky 1/2 Grigoriev; Dus Chotimirsky 1/2 Sergeiev; Nenarokov 1/2 Freymann; Ilyin-Zhenevsky 1 Kholodkevich; Pavlov Pianov 0 Bohatirchuk*

    <Round 2>: Bye-Bohatirchuk; Kholodkevich 1/2 Pavlov Pianov*; Freymann 0 Ilyin-Zhenevsky*; Sergeiev 0 Nenarokov*; Grigoriev 1/2 Dus Chotimirsky; Rauzer 1 Kaspersky*; Rokhlin 1 Vilner; Smorodsky 0 Romanovsky; Selezniev 1/2 Makogonov; Model 1 Perfieliev; Rabinovich 0 Botvinnik*

    <Round 3>: Botvinnik-Bye; Perfiliev 1 Rabinovich*; Makogonov 1 Model*; Romanovsky 1 Selezniev*; Vilner 1 Smorodsky*; Kaspersky 1/2 Rokhlin; Dus Chotimirsky 1 Rauzer*; Nenarokov 1 Grigoriev*; Ilyin-Zhenevsky 1 Sergeiev; Pavlov Pianov 1 Freymann*; Bohatirchuk 1 Kholodkevich

    <Round 4>: Bye-Kholodkevich; Freymann 1/2 Bohatirchuk*; Sergeiev 1 Pavlov Pianov*; Grigoriev 1/2 Ilyin-Zhenevsky; Rauzer 1/2 Nenarokov; Rokhlin 1/2 Dus Chotimirsky; Smorodsky 0 Kaspersky; Selezniev 1/2 Vilner; Model 1/2 Romanovsky; Rabinovich 1/2 Makogonov*; Botvinnik 1/2 Perfiliev

    <Round 5>: Perfiliev-Bye; Makogonov 0 Botvinnik*; Romanovsky 0 Rabinovich*; Vilner 0 Model*; Kaspersky 1/2 Selezniev; Dus Chotimirsky 1 Smorodsky; Nenarokov 1 Rokhlin; Ilyin-Zhenevsky 1/2 Rauzer; Pavlov Pianov 1/2 Grigoriev*; Bohatirchuk 1/2 Sergeiev; Kholodkevich 1/2 Freymann

    <Round 6>: Bye-Freymann; Sergeiev 1/2 Kholodkevich; Grigoriev 1/2 Bohatirchuk*; Rauzer 1 Pavlov Pianov*; Rokhlin 0 Ilyin-Zhenevsky*; Smorodsky 1/2 Nenarokov; Selezniev 0 Dus Chotimirsky; Model 1 Kaspersky; Rabinovich 0 Vilner*; Botvinnik 1/2 Romanovsky*; Perfiliev 1 Makogonov*

    <Round 7>: Makogonov-Bye; Romanovsky 1 Perfiliev; Vilner 1 Botvinnik*; Kaspersky 0 Rabinovich; Dus Chotimirsky 1/2 Model; Nenarokov 0 Selezniev; Ilyin-Zhenevsky 1 Smorodsky*; Pavlov Pianov 1 Rokhlin*; Bohatirchuk 1/2 Rauzer*; Kholodkevich 0 Grigoriev; Freymann 1 Sergeiev

    <Round 8>: Bye-Sergeiev; Grigoriev 0 Freymann*; Rauzer 0 Kholodkevich; Rokhlin 1/2 Bohatirchuk; Smorodsky 1/2 Pavlov Pianov*; Selezniev 1 Ilyin-Zhenevsky*; Model 0 Nenarokov; Rabinovich 1/2 Dus Chotimirsky; Botvinnik 1/2 Kaspersky; Perfiliev 1 Vilner; Makogonov 1/2 Romanovsky*

    <Round 9>: Romanovsky-Bye; Vilner 0 Makogonov*; Kaspersky 0 Perfiliev; Dus Chotimirsky 1/2 Botvinnik; Nenarokov 1/2 Rabinovich; Ilyin-Zhenevsky 1/2 Model; Pavlov Pianov 1 Selezniev*; Bohatirchuk 1/2 Smorodsky; Kholodkevich 0 Rokhlin; Freymann 0 Rauzer; Sergeiev 0 Grigoriev

    <Round 10>: Bye-Grigoriev; Rauzer 0 Sergeiev; Rokhlin 1 Freymann*; Smorodsky 0 Kholodkevich; Selezniev 0 Bohatirchuk*; Model 1 Pavlov Pianov*; Rabinovich 1/2 Ilyin-Zhenevsky*; Botvinnik 1/2 Nenarokov*; Perfiliev 0 Dus Chotimirsky; Makogonov 1 Kaspersky*; Romanovsky 1 Vilner*

    <Round 11>: Vilner-Bye; Kaspersky 0 Romanovsky; Dus Chotimirsky 0 Makogonov; Nenarokov 1 Perfiliev; Ilyin-Zhenevsky 0 Botvinnik*; Pavlov Pianov 1/2 Rabinovich*; Bohatirchuk 1 Model*; Kholodkevich 1 Selezniev; Freymann 1 Smorodsky; Sergeiev 1 Rokhlin; Grigoriev 1 Rauzer

    <Round 12>: Bye-Rauzer; Rokhlin 1/2 Grigoriev; Smorodsky 1/2 Sergeiev; Selezniev 1 Freymann; Model 0 Kholodkevich; Rabinovich 1/2 Bohatirchuk; Botvinnik 1 Pavlov Pianov*; Perfiliev 0 Ilyin-Zhenevsky; Makogonov 1/2 Nenarokov; Romanovsky 0 Dus Chotimirsky*; Vilner 0 Kaspersky

    <Round 13>: Kaspersky-Bye; Dus Chotimirsky 1 Vilner; Nenarokov 0 Romanovsky*; Ilyin-Zhenevsky 0 Makogonov*; Pavlov Pianov 0 Perfiliev*; Bohatirchuk 1 Botvinnik*; Kholodkevich 1/2 Rabinovich; Freymann 0 Model*; Sergeiev 1/2 Selezniev; Grigoriev 0 Smorodsky; Rauzer 0 Rokhlin

    <Round 14>: Bye-Rokhlin; Smorodsky 0 Rauzer; Selezniev 0 Grigoriev; Model 1 Sergeiev*; Rabinovich 1 Freymann; Botvinnik 1 Kholodkevich*; Perfiliev 0 Bohatirchuk; Makogonov 1/2 Pavlov Pianov*; Romanovsky 1 Ilyin-Zhenevsky*; Vilner 1 Nenarokov*; Kaspersky 1/2 Dus Chotimirsky

    <Round 15>: Dus Chotimirsky-Bye; Nenarokov 1/2 Kaspersky; Ilyin-Zhenevsky 0 Vilner; Pavlov Pianov 1/2 Romanovsky*; Bohatirchuk 1 Makogonov*; Kholodkevich 0 Perfiliev; Freymann 1 Botvinnik*; Sergeiev 1/2 Rabinovich; Grigoriev 0 Model; Rauzer 1/2 Selezniev; Rokhlin 0 Smorodsky

    <Round 16>: Bye-Smorodsky; Selezniev 1/2 Rokhlin; Model 1 Rauzer; Rabinovich 1/2 Grigoriev; Botvinnik 1 Sergeiev; Perfiliev 0 Freymann; Makogonov 1 Kholodkevich*; Romanovsky 1 Bohatirchuk*; Vilner 0 Pavlov Pianov*; Kaspersky 1 Ilyin-Zhenevsky; Dus Chotimirsky 1 Nenarokov*

    <Round 17>: Nenarokov-Bye; Ilyin-Zhenevsky 1 Dus Chotimirsky*; Pavlov Pianov 1/2 Kaspersky*; Bohatirchuk 1 Vilner*; Kholodkevich 0 Romanovsky; Freymann 1 Makogonov*; Sergeiev 1 Perfiliev; Grigoriev 0 Botvinnik; Rauzer 1 Rabinovich*; Rokhlin 0 Model; Smorodsky 1/2 Selezniev

    <Round 18>: Bye-Selezniev; Model 0 Smorodsky; Rabinovich 1/2 Rokhlin; Botvinnik 1 Rauzer; Perfiliev 0 Grigoriev; Makogonov 1/2 Sergeiev; Romanovsky 1 Freymann*; Vilner 1 Kholodkevich; Kaspersky 1/2 Bohatirchuk; Dus Chotimirsky 0 Pavlov Pianov*; Nenarokov 1 Ilyin-Zhenevsky*

    <Round 19>: Ilyin-Zhenevsky-Bye; Pavlov Pianov 1/2 Nenarokov*; Bohatirchuk 1 Dus Chotimirsky; Kholodkevich 1/2 Kaspersky; Freymann 1 Vilner*; Sergeiev 0 Romanovsky*; Grigoriev 0 Makogonov; Rauzer 0 Perfiliev; Rokhlin 0 Botvinnik; Smorodsky 1/2 Rabinovich; Selezniev 0 Model

    <Round 20>: Bye-Model; Rabinovich 1 Selezniev*; Botvinnik 1/2 Smorodsky; Perfiliev 1/2 Rokhlin; Makogonov 1 Rauzer*; Romanovsky 0 Grigoriev*; Vilner 1/2 Sergeiev; Kaspersky 0 Freymann; Dus Chotimirsky 1 Kholodkevich; Nenarokov 0 Bohatirchuk; Ilyin-Zhenevsky 1/2 Pavlov Pianov

    <Round 21>: Pavlov Pianov-Bye; Bohatirchuk 1/2 Ilyin-Zhenevsky; Kholodkevich 0 Nenarokov; Freymann 0 Dus Chotimirsky; Sergeiev 1 Kaspersky; Grigoriev 1 Vilner; Rauzer 1/2 Romanovsky; Rokhlin 1/2 Makogonov; Smorodsky 1/2 Perfiliev; Selezniev 1/2 Botvinnik; Model 1 Rabinovich

    83 games, 1927

  2. USSR Championship 1929
    The 6th USSR Championship was held in Odessa from September 2-20, 1929, and was weird. The site was strange enough, with the event being held outside Moscow or Leningrad for the first time. And the set-up was different as well. First, 36 players completed in four quarterfinal sections, with the top three in each section advancing into two six-player semifinals. The top two from each semi section were then to play a double round final to determine the champion.

    However, the event was plagued by an accelerated schedule requiring three rounds every two days. Botvinnik later blamed the resulting fatigue and bad nutrition for his failure to qualify for the final.

    In addition, three of the favorites--defending champions Bohatirchuk and Romanovsky, plus Levenfish--did not participate. It seems they made "unacceptable financial demands", seeking compensation for their expenses. And maybe the decision of Those At The Top to abolish prizes had something to do with it.

    The outcome was a unpredictable free-for-all with surprising results, as many new players were determined to upset the established order. It made for an exciting tournament, but not one which was considered a representative championship. By the next championship in 1931, a system had been set up with preliminary nationwide qualifying tournaments, and the experiment of 1929 was not repeated.

    I'm going to take this one section at a time, OK? As usual, many games are missing; those in the collection will be indicated by an asterisk (*) in the round-by-round pairings.

    <Quarterfinal 1>: Alexander Bernstein Alexander Ilyin-Zhenevsky Vasily Panov Yakov Rokhlin Vladislav Silich Nikolay Sorokin Veniamin Sozin Konstantin Vygodchikov Yakov Vilner.

    <Round 1>: Sozin-Bye; Rokhlin 1 Vilner; Bernstein 1 Vigodchikov; Silic 1 Ilyin-Zhenevsky; Panov 0 Sorokin*

    <Round 2>: Bye-Sorokin; Ilyin-Zhenevsky 1/2 Panov; Vigodchikov 1/2 Silic; Vilner 0 Bernstein; Sozin 1 Rokhlin

    <Round 3>: Rokhlin-Bye; Bernstein 0 Sozin*; Silic 0 Vilner; Panov 1/2 Vigodchikov; Sorokin 1/2 Ilyin-Zhenevsky

    <Round 4>: Bye-Ilyin-Zhenevsky; Vigodchikov 1/2 Sorokin; Vilner 0 Panov; Sozin 0 Silic; Rokhlin 1 Bernstein

    <Round 5>: Bernstein-Bye; Silic 0 Rokhlin; Panov 1/2 Sozin; Sorokin 0 Vilner*; Ilyin-Zhenevsky 1/2 Vigodchikov

    <Round 6>: Bye-Vigodchikov; Vilner 1/2 Ilyin-Zhenevsky; Sozin 1/2 Sorokin; Rokhlin 1/2 Panov; Bernstein 0 Silic

    <Round 7>: Silic-Bye; Panov 1 Bernstein*; Sorokin 1/2 Rokhlin; Ilyin-Zhenevsky 1 Sozin; Vigodchikov 1 Vilner

    <Round 8>: Bye-Vilner; Sozin 0 Vigodchikov; Rokhlin 1/2 Ilyin-Zhenevsky; Bernstein 1 Sorokin*; Silic 1 Panov

    <Round 9>: Panov-Bye; Sorokin 1/2 Silic; Ilyin-Zhenevsky 1 Bernstein*; Vigodchikov 1/2 Rokhlin; Vilner 1/2 Sozin table[
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
    1 Rokhlin * 1 = = = = 0 1 1 5.0
    2 Silic 0 * = 1 1 = 1 0 1 5.0
    3 Vigodchikov = = * = = = 1 1 0 4.5
    4 Ilyin-Zhenevsky = 0 = * = = 1 = 1 4.5
    5 Panov = 0 = = * 0 = 1 1 4.0
    6 Sorokin = = = = 1 * = 0 0 3.5
    7 Sozin 1 0 0 0 = = * = 1 3.5
    8 Vilner 0 1 0 = 0 1 = * 0 3.0
    9 Bernstein 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 * 3.0 ]table

    Three surprising qualifiers here. Ilyin-Zhenevsky lost out on tiebreaks thanks to this fragment from <Silich - Rokhlin>, with White to play:


    click for larger view

    Now 37.Qe4+! wins, but the game finished <37.Be4+?? Qf5!!> and black forces mate! Had Rokhlin lost this game, Ilyin-Zhenevsky would have made the semifinals. A proposal was made to admit Ilyin-Zhenevsky to the semis anyway, but was shot down by the 18-year-old Botvinnik who insisted that rules were rules.

    <Quarterfinal 2>: Mikhail Botvinnik Sergey von Freymann Sergei Alexandrovich Mudrev Vladimir Nenarokov Nikolay Pavlov-Pianov Abram Polyak Viacheslav Ragozin Vsevolod Rauzer Nikolai Riumin.

    <Round 1>: Pavlov Pianov-Bye; Poliak 1 Nenarokov*; Freymann 0 Botvinnik*; Rauzer 1 Ragozin; Mudrov 0 Riumin

    <Round 2>: Bye-Riumin; Ragozin 1/2 Mudrov;; Botvinnik 1/2 Rauzer*; Nenarokov 0 Freymann*; Pavlov Pianov 1/2 Poliak*

    <Round 3>: Poliak-Bye; Freymann 1 Pavlov Pianov*; Rauzer 1 Nenarokov; Mudrov 0 Botvinnik*; Riumin 1 Ragozin

    <Round 4>: Bye-Ragozin; Botvinnik Riumin*; Nenarokov 1 Mudrov; Pavlov Pianov 1/2 Rauzer*; Poliak 0 Freymann

    <Round 5>: Freymann-Bye; Rauzer 0 Poliak*; Mudrov 1 Pavlov Pianov*; Riumin 1 Nenarokov; Ragozin 0 Botvinnik*

    <Round 6>: Bye-Botvinnik; Nenarokov 1/2 Ragozin; Pavlov Pianov 0 Riumin; Poliak 1 Mudrov; Freymann 1/2 Rauzer

    <Round 7>: Rauzer-Bye; Mudrov 0 Freymann*; Riumin 0 Poliak*; Ragozin 1 Pavlov Pianov; Botvinnik 1/2 Nenarokov*

    <Round 8>: Bye-Nenarokov; Pavlov Pianov 0 Botvinnik*; Poliak 1 Ragozin; Freymann 1 Riumin; Rauzer 1 Mudrov

    <Round 9>: Mudrov-Bye; Riumin 0 Rauzer*; Ragozin 0 Freymann; Botvinnik 1 Poliak*; Nenarokov 1 Pavlov Pianov table[
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
    1 Botvinnik * 1 = 1 1 = 1 1 1 7.0
    2 Freymann 0 * = 1 1 1 1 1 1 6.5
    3 Rauzer = = * 0 1 1 1 1 = 5.5
    4 Poliak 0 0 1 * 1 1 1 1 = 5.5
    5 Riumin 0 0 0 0 * 1 1 1 1 4.0
    6 Nenarokov = 0 0 0 0 * = 1 1 3.0
    7 Ragozin 0 0 0 0 0 = * = 1 2.0
    8 Mudrov 0 0 0 0 0 0 = * 1 1.5
    9 Pavlov Pianov 0 0 = = 0 0 0 0 * 1.0 ]table

    Before the last round, Botvinnik had clinched a spot in the semifinals; Poliak, his opponent, needed just a draw to advance. Botvinnik played hard and won the game, leaving Poliak out of the semis on tiebreaks. Freymann's qualification was not a surprise, but the experienced players Nenarokov and Pavlov Pianov were never in it.

    <Quarterfinal 3>: Viktor Goglidze Dmitry Grigorenko Ilia Kan Mikhail Makogonov Abram Model Grigory Ravinsky Nikolay Nikolaevich Rudnev Boris Verlinsky Nikolay Zubarev.

    <Round 1>: Model-Bye; Rudnev 1/2 M. Makogonov; Zubarev 1/2 Kan; Goglidze 1/2 Verlinsky; Grigorenko 0 Ravinsky

    <Round 2>: Bye-Ravinsky; Verlinsky 1/2 Grigorenko; Kan 1 Goglidze; M. Makogonov 1/2 Zubarev; Model 1 Rudnev*

    <Round 3>: Rudnev-Bye; Zubarev 1 Model; Goglidze 1/2 M. Makogonov; Grigorenko 1/2 Kan; Ravinsky 0 Verlinsky

    <Round 4>: Bye-Verlinsky; Kan 1 Ravinsky*; M. Makogonov 1 Grigorenko; Model 0 Goglidze*; Rudnev 0 Zubarev

    <Round 5>: Zubarev-Bye; Goglidze 1/2 Rudnev; Grigorenko 1/2 Model; Ravinsky M. Makogonov; Verlinsky 0 Kan*

    <Round 6>: Bye-Kan; M. Makogonov 0 Verlinsky; Model 1/2 Ravinsky; Rudnev 1 Grigorenko; Zubarev 1 Goglidze

    <Round 7>: Goglidze-Bye; Grigorenko 1/2 Zubarev; Ravinsky 0 Rudnev; Verlinsky 1/2 Model*; Kan 1/2 M. Makogonov

    <Round 8>: Bye-M. Makogonov; Model 0 Kan*; Rudnev 0 Verlinsky; Zubarev 0 Ravinsky*; Goglidze 1/2 Grigorenko

    <Round 9>: Grigorenko-Bye; Ravinsky 0 Goglidze; Verlinsky 1 Zubarev; Kan 1 Rudnev; M. Makogonov 1 Model* table[
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
    1 Kan * 1 ½ ½ 1 1 ½ 1 1 6.5
    2 Verlinsky 0 * 1 1 ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 5.5
    3 Makogonov,M ½ 0 * ½ 1 ½ 1 1 1 5.5
    4 Zubarev ½ 0 ½ * 1 1 ½ 1 0 4.5
    5 Goglidze 0 ½ 0 0 * ½ ½ 1 1 3.5
    6 Rudnev 0 0 ½ 0 ½ * 1 0 1 3.0
    7 Grigorenko ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ 0 * ½ 0 2.5
    8 Model 0 ½ 0 0 0 1 ½ * ½ 2.5
    9 Ravinsky 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 ½ * 2.5 ]table

    This started as a three-way battle between Kan, Makogonov, and Zubarev, but a late charge by Verlinsky put him into the semifinals. Model, who had done so well in 1927, absolutely collapsed at the end.

    <Quarterfinal 4>: Solomon Gotthilf Nikolay Grigoriev Pyotr Izmailov Vladimir Kirillov Vladimir Makogonov Solomon Rozental Alexey Selezniev Solomon Slonim [bad player ID].

    <Round 1>: Selezniev-Bye; Kirillov 1 Gottgilf; Grigoriev 1 Rozental; Slonim 1 Yuriev; Izmailov 1 V. Makogonov

    <Round 2>: Bye-V. Makogonov; Yuriev 0 Izmailov; Rozental 1 Slonim; Gotthilf 1/2 Grigoriev; Selezniev 1 Kirillov

    <Round 3>: Kirillov-Bye; Grigoriev 1/2 Selezniev; Slonim 1 Gotthilf; Izmailov 1/2 Rozental; V. Makogonov 1 Yuriev

    <Round 4>: Bye-Yuriev; Rozental 1 V. Makogonov; Gotthilf 1 Izmailov; Selezniev 1/2 Slonim; Kirillov 1 Grigoriev*

    <Round 5>: Grigoriev-Bye; Slonim 0 Kirillov; Izmailov 1 Selezniev; V. Makogonov 1 Gotthilf; Yuriev 1/2 Rozental

    <Round 6>: Bye-Rozental; Gotthilf 1/2 Yuriev; Selezniev 0 V. Makogonov; Kirillov 0 Izmailov; Grigoriev 1 Slonim

    <Round 7>: Slonim-Bye; Izmailov 0 Grigoriev; V. Makogonov 1 Kirillov; Yuriev 1/2 Selezniev; Rozental 1/2 Gotthilf

    <Round 8>: Bye-Gotthilf; Selezniev 0 Rozental; Kirillov 1 Yuriev; 9 Grigoriev 1/2 V. Makogonov; Slonim 1/2 Izmailov

    <Round 9>: Izmailov-Bye; V. Makogonov 1 Slonim; Yuriev 0 Grigoriev; Rozental 0 Kirillov; Gotthilf 1/2 Selezniev table[
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
    1 Grigoriev * = 1 0 1 = = 1 1 5.5
    2 Makogonov,V = * 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 5.5
    3 Izmailov 0 1 * 1 = 0 1 = 1 5.0
    4 Kirillov 1 0 0 * 1 1 0 1 1 5.0
    5 Rozental 0 1 = 0 * = 1 1 = 4.5
    6 Gotthilf = 0 1 0 = * = 0 = 3.0
    7 Selezniev = 0 0 1 0 = * = = 3.0
    8 Slonim 0 0 = 0 0 1 = * 1 3.0
    9 Yuriev 0 0 0 0 = = = 0 * 1.5 ]table

    An exciting and hard-fought section, with the qualifiers not decided until the last moment. Unfortunately, only only one complete game score has survived, but we do have a fragment from a crucial game featuring the ever-popular dancing rook:


    click for larger view

    is from <Izmailov-Grigoriev>, with White needing to get out of check. Obviously, he must go to a dark square, but his choice of 1.Ke3 led to 1...Re2+! winning on the spot. But then, none of the other moves saves White. 1.Kg3 Rg2+!; 1.Kg1 Rg2+! 2.Kh1 Rg4 3.Nf3 e4; and, prettiest of all, 1.Ke1 Re2+! 2.Kd1 Bg4 3.Qb6 (where else?) Ra7!!, and black wins.

    <Semifinals>

    It was impossible to construct round-by-round pairings for these sections, so only crosstables will be presented. An asterisk (*) following the result indicates the game is in this collection.

    <Semifinal 1>
    table[
    1 2 3 4 5 6
    1 Izmailov X = = 1* 1 = 3.5
    2 Kan = X =* 1* = 1* 3.5
    3 Vigodchikov = =* X = = =* 2.5
    4 Botvinnik 0* 0* =* X 1 1* 2.5
    5 Makogonov,V. 0 = = 0 X = 1.5
    6 Silic = 0* = 0* = X 1.5 ]table

    Not the most inspired of play here, with 9 of the 15 games being drawn and Vigodchikov sweeping the field. Botvinnik attributed his failure to fatigue, and looking at his two losses one can well believe that. Both qualifiers were big surprises, making their debuts on the national stage.

    <Semifinal II>
    table[
    1 2 3 4 5 6
    1 Freymann X 1 0 1* 1* 1 4.0
    2 Verlinsky 0 X 1* 1* 1* 1 4.0
    3 Rauzer 1 0* X 0* 1* 1* 3.0
    4 Makogonov,M 0* 0* 1* X 0* = 1.5
    5 Grigoriev 0* 0* 0* 1* X = 1.5
    6 Rokhlin 0 0 0* = = X 1.0 ]table

    This was considerably harder fought than the other semifinal, with only two draws in fifteen games. Experience paid off here, both Freymann and Verlinsky being veterans on the championship stage.

    <Finals>
    table[
    1 2 3
    1 Verlinsky XX 1*1 1*= 3.5
    2 Freymann 0*0 XX 1*1 2.0
    3 Kan 0*= 0*0 XX 0.5 ]table

    Izmailov did not play in the finals, and the reason remains murky. Officially, he had to leave to take his final exams at university, and there were other contemporary reports that he was ill or physically exhausted. However, many years later, his son stated Izmailov had revealed to his wife that he was fit and ready to continue, but was "forced" to leave.

    At any rate, this should not detract from Verlinsky's dominating performance in the finals.

    53 games, 1929

  3. USSR Championship 1933
    The 8th USSR Championship was held in Leningrad on August 16th to September 19th, 1933, with these twenty participants:

    Vladimir Alatortsev Fedor Bohatirchuk Mikhail Botvinnik Vitaly Chekhover Fyodor Duz-Khotimirsky Sergey von Freymann Viktor Goglidze Ilia Kan Vladimir Kirillov Grigory Levenfish Georgy Lisitsin Ilya Rabinovich Vsevolod Rauzer Nikolai Riumin Peter Romanovsky Leonid Savitsky Nikolay Sorokin Boris Verlinsky Mikhail Yudovich Sr Nikolay Zubarev.

    The tournament was a clash between the new generation of Soviet players (led by Botvinnik) and the "Old Guard" who first made their mark before the Revolution. There was no love lost between the two groups. At one point, Dus Chotimirsky tried to play on against Botvinnik in an ending of rook vs. rook (with no pawns) just to irritate the younger man.

    When Botvinnik beat Levenfish in round 14 to take a 2.5 point lead, his friend Ragozin proclaimed it a victory for the new generation. Losing his next two games must have tempered Botvinnik's enthusiasm a bit, but he righted the ship and coasted to victory by a full point. table[
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 Botvinnik * 1 1 1 = 1 = 0 = 0 = 1 1 1 1 = 1 1 = 1 14.0 2 Alatortsev 0 * = 0 = 0 = 1 = 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 13.0 3 Levenfish 0 = * = 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 = 1 1 = 0 1 = = 0 12.0 4 Lisitsin 0 1 = * = 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 = 0 1 1 = 1 1 1 12.0 5 Rabinovich = = 0 = * 0 = 1 1 0 = 0 1 = 1 1 1 1 1 1 12.0 6 Rauzer 0 1 1 0 1 * = = 0 = 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 11.5 7 Chekhover = = 0 0 = = * 1 1 1 1 0 = 0 1 1 0 1 1 = 11.0 8 Bohatirchuk 1 0 0 0 0 = 0 * 1 = 0 1 = 1 = 1 1 = 1 1 10.5 9 Kan = = 0 1 0 1 0 0 * 1 1 0 = = 0 1 0 1 1 1 10.0 10 Riumin 1 0 0 1 1 = 0 = 0 * = 1 = = = = 0 1 = = 9.5 11 Romanovsky = 1 0 1 = 0 0 1 0 = * = = = 0 0 1 = 1 1 9.5 12 Verlinsky 0 0 = 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 = * 1 0 = 1 0 = 1 1 9.0 13 Yudovich 0 0 0 = 0 0 = = = = = 0 * 1 = 1 1 = 1 1 9.0 14 Savitsky 0 0 0 1 = 0 1 0 = = = 1 0 * 1 1 1 = 0 0 8.5 15 Sorokin 0 0 = 0 0 1 0 = 1 = 1 = = 0 * 0 1 0 = = 7.5 16 Goglidze = 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 = 1 0 0 0 1 * 1 = = 0 7.0 17 Freymann 0 0 0 = 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 * 0 = 1 7.0 18 Zubarev 0 0 = 0 0 0 0 = 0 0 = = = = 1 = 1 * 0 1 6.5 19 Dus Chotimirsky = 0 = 0 0 0 0 0 0 = 0 0 0 1 = = = 1 * = 5.5 20 Kirillov 0 0 1 0 0 0 = 0 0 = 0 0 0 1 = 1 0 0 = * 5.0 ]table

    This is one of the lesser known USSR Championships, due in part to the tournament book containing only 46 of the 190 games. While more have been found, along with a number of positions without a complete game score, this collection will be incomplete.

    For that reason, the complete round-by-round pairings are given below. However, it should be emphasized that the following reconstruction is conjectural. It is based on a complete list of Botvinnik's opponents and results, and assumes that the Berger table of pairings was used. While it accounts for the known facts, it should not be considered definitive without firsthand confirmation.

    An asterisk <*> after a game indicates that the complete score is in this collection.

    <Round 1>: Rauzer 1 Alatortsev*; Lisitsin 0 Kan; Kirillov 0 Romanovsky*; Botvinnik 1 Verlinsky; Zubarev 0 Chekhover*; Rabinovich 1 Goglidze*; Yudovich 1 Freymann*; Savitsky 1/2 Riumin*; Sorokin 1/2 Bohatirchuk; Dus Chotimirsky 1/2 Levenfish

    <Round 2>: Alatortsev 1/2 Levenfish; Bohatirchuk 1 Dus Chotimirsky; Riumin 1/2 Sorokin; Freymann 0 Savitsky; Goglidze 0 Yudovich; Chekhover 1/2 Rabinovich*; Verlinsky 1/2 Zubarev; Romanovsky 1/2 Botvinnik; Kan 1 Kirillov*; Rauzer 0 Lisitsin*

    <Round 3>: Lisitsin 1 Alatortsev*; Kirillov 0 Rauzer; Botvinnik 1/2 Kan*; Zubarev 1/2 Romanovsky; Rabinovich 0 Verlinsky*; Yudovich 1/2 Chekhover; Savitsky 1 Goglidze; Sorokin 1 Freymann*; Dus Chotimirsky 1/2 Riumin; Levenfish 1 Bohatirchuk*

    <Round 4>: Alatortsev 1 Bohatirchuk*; Riumin 0 Levenfish*; Freymann 1/2 Dus Chotimirsky; Goglidze 1 Sorokin; Chekhover 0 Savitsky; Verlinsky 1 Yudovich; Romanovsky 1/2 Rabinovich; Kan 1 Zubarev*; Rauzer 0 Botvinnik*; Lisitsin 1 Kirillov

    <Round 5>: Kirillov 0 Alatortsev*; Botvinnik 1 Lisitsin*; Zubarev 0 Rauzer; Rabinovich 1 Kan*; Yudovich 1/2 Romanovsky; Savitsky 1 Verlinsky; Sorokin 0 Chekhover; Dus Chotimirsky 1/2 Goglidze; Levenfish 1 Freymann*; Bohatirchuk 1/2 Riumin

    <Round 6>: Alatortsev 1 Riumin; Freymann 0 Bohatirchuk; Goglidze 1 Levenfish*; Chekhover 1 Dus Chotimirsky; Verlinsky 1/2 Sorokin; Romanovsky 1/2 Savitsky; Kan 1/2 Yudovich; Rauzer 1 Rabinovich*; Lisitsin 1 Zubarev; Kirillov 0 Botvinnik

    <Round 7>: Botvinnik 1 Alatortsev*; Zubarev 1 Kirillov; Rabinovich 1/2 Lisitsin; Yudovich 0 Rauzer; Savitsky 1/2 Kan; Sorokin 1 Romanovsky; Dus Chotimirsky 0 Verlinsky; Levenfish 1 Chekhover*; Bohatirchuk 1 Goglidze*; Riumin 0 Freymann

    <Round 8>: Alatortsev 1 Freymann; Goglidze 1/2 Riumin; Chekhover 1 Bohatirchuk*; Verlinsky 1/2 Levenfish*; Romanovsky 1 Dus Chotimirsky; Kan 0 Sorokin*; Rauzer 1 Savitsky*; Lisitsin 1/2 Yudovich; Kirillov 0 Rabinovich; Botvinnik 1 Zubarev

    <Round 9>: Zubarev 0 Alatortsev; Rabinovich 1/2 Botvinnik; Yudovich 1 Kirillov; Savitsky 1 Lisitsin*; Sorokin 1 Rauzer*; Dus Chotimirsky 0 Kan*; Levenfish 1 Romanovsky*; Bohatirchuk 1 Verlinsky*; Riumin 0 Chekhover*; Freymann 0 Goglidze

    <Round 10>: Alatortsev 1 Goglidze*; Chekhover 0 Freymann; Verlinsky 0 Riumin; Romanovsky 1 Bohatirchuk* Kan 0 Levenfish*; Rauzer 1 Dus Chotimirsky; Lisitsin 1 Sorokin*; Kirillov 1 Savitsky; Botvinnik 1 Yudovich*; Zubarev 0 Rabinovich

    <Round 11>: Rabinovich 1/2 Alatortsev*; Yudovich 1/2 Zubarev; Savitsky 0 Botvinnik*; Sorokin 1/2 Kirillov; Dus Chotimirsky 0 Lisitsin; Levenfish 0 Rauzer; Bohatirchuk 1 Kan; Riumin 1/2 Romanovsky; Freymann 1 Verlinsky; Goglidze 0 Chekhover

    <ROUND 12>: Alatortsev 1/2 Chekhover; Verlinsky 1 Goglidze; Romanovsky 1 Freymann; Kan 1 Riumin*; Rauzer 1/2 Bohatirchuk; Lisitsin 1/2 Levenfish; Kirillov 1/2 Dus Chotimirsky; Botvinnik 1 Sorokin*; Zubarev 1/2 Savitsky; Rabinovich 1 Yudovich*

    <Round 13>: Yudovich 0 Alatortsev; Savitsky 1/2 Rabinovich*; Sorokin 0 Zubarev; Dus Chotimirsky 1/2 Botvinnik; Levenfish 0 Kirillov; Bohatirchuk 0 Lisitsin; Riumin 1/2 Rauzer; Freymann 1 Kan; Goglidze 1 Romanovsky; Chekhover 0 Verlinsky*

    <Round 14>: Alatortsev 1 Verlinsky; Romanovsky 0 Chekhover*; Kan 1 Goglidze*; Rauzer 0 Freymann*; Lisitsin 0 Riumin; Kirillov 0 Bohatirchuk; Botvinnik 1 Levenfish; Zubarev 0 Dus Chotimirsky; Rabinovich 1 Sorokin; Yudovich 1 Savitsky

    <Round 15>: Savitsky 0 Alatortsev; Sorokin 1/2 Yudovich; Dus Chotimirsky 0 Rabinovich*; Levenfish 1/2 Zubarev; Bohatirchuk 1 Botvinnik*; Riumin 1/2 Kirillov; Freymann 1/2 Lisitsin; Goglidze 1 Rauzer; Chekhover 1 Kan*; Verlinsky 1/2 Romanovsky

    <Round 16>: Alatortsev 0 Romanovsky; Kan 0 Verlinsky; Rauzer 1/2 Chekhover*; Lisitsin 1 Goglidze*; Kirillov 0 Freymann; Botvinnik 0 Riumin; Zubarev 1/2 Bohatirchuk; Rabinovich 0 Levenfish*; Yudovich 1 Dus Chotimirsky; 160 Savitsky 1 Sorokin

    <Round 17>: Sorokin 0 Alatortsev; Dus Chotimirsky 1 Savitsky; Levenfish 1 Yudovich*; Bohatirchuk 0 Rabinovich*; Riumin 1 Zubarev; Freymann 0 Botvinnik*; Goglidze 0 Kirillov; Chekhover 0 Lisitsin*; Verlinsky 0 Rauzer; Romanovsky 0 Kan

    <Round 18>: Alatortsev 1/2 Kan; Rauzer 1 Romanovsky; Lisitsin 1 Verlinsky*; Kirillov 1/2 Chekhover; Botvinnik 1/2 Goglidze; Zubarev 1 Freymann; Rabinovich 0 Riumin*; Yudovich 1/2 Bohatirchuk*; Savitsky 0 Levenfish; Sorokin 1/2 Dus Chotimirsky

    <Round 19>: Dus Chotimirsky 0 Alatortsev*; Levenfish 1/2 Sorokin; Bohatirchuk 1 Savitsky*; Riumin 1/2 Yudovich; Freymann 0 Rabinovich*; Goglidze 1/2 Zubarev; Chekhover 1/2 Botvinnik; Verlinsky 1 Kirillov*: Romanovsky 1 Lisitsin; 190 Kan 1 Rauzer

    Thanks to <Benzol> for information necessary for the creation of this collection.

    69 games, 1933

  4. USSR Championship 1939
    The 11th USSR Championship was held in Leningrad from April 16 to May 15, 1939, with the following players:

    Sergey Belavenets, Igor Bondarevsky, Mikhail Botvinnik, Vitaly Chekhover, Alexander Chistiakov, Peter Dubinin, Ilia Kan, Alexander Kotov, Grigory Levenfish, Georgy Lisitsin, Vladimir Makogonov, Vasily Panov, Iosif Pogrebissky, Ilya Rabinovich, Viacheslav Ragozin, Peter Romanovsky, Alexander Tolush, Mikhail Yudovich Sr

    Botvinnik was the clear favorite despite a six-year absence from the Championship, but it wasn't that easy. Alexander Kotov, who was not on anybody's radar screen prior to the tournament, got off to a great start by winning his first four games. He couldn't keep up that pace, but it was round 12 before Botvinnik could finally get in front of him.

    With three rounds to go Botvinnik had a point lead, but then played two draws while Kotov won twice (including a 111-move game) to catch up. As it happened, the leaders met in the final round, and even Botvinnik was pumped. Here's how he described the atmosphere of the last round in his "One Hundred Selected Games">:

    <"The finish was exceptionally interesting. Before the last round Kotov and I had the same number of points; we met in this round, and he played White. Need I say that very many people wished to watch this game? The two halls of the House of Physical Culture were filled before it began. For those who were "unfortunate" the organizers set up a demonstation board on the embankment of the River Moika. The spectators were "accommodated" on the opposite side of the River also, and all traffic came to standstill.">

    In other words, if the game were broadcast on Live Chess today, the site would crash.

    Botvinnik's attitude, at least the one he expressed later, is also enlightening: <"...for by my position in the tournament I had to play to win this game.">

    Remember, he and Kotov were tied! If you can't take the suspense any longer, look at Kotov vs Botvinnik, 1939 or the crosstable below.

    table[
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 1 Botvinnik * 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 1 ½ 1 1 1 1 ½ 12.5 2 Kotov 0 * ½ 1 0 ½ 1 0 1 1 ½ ½ 1 1 1 1 1 ½ 11.5 3 Belavenets ½ ½ * ½ 1 ½ 1 1 ½ 1 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ + 11.0 4 Makogonov ½ 0 ½ * 1 ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 10.5 5 Chekhover ½ 1 0 0 * 1 ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ 1 ½ 1 1 1 ½ 1 10.5 6 Bondarevsky ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 * 0 0 ½ 1 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 1 1 + 10.0 7 Lisitsin ½ 0 0 ½ ½ 1 * 1 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 ½ 9.0 8 Levenfish ½ 1 0 0 ½ 1 0 * ½ 1 ½ 1 0 ½ 0 0 1 1 8.5 9 Dubinin 0 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ * ½ ½ 1 0 ½ ½ 1 1 ½ 8.5 10 Ragozin ½ 0 0 ½ 1 0 1 0 ½ * 1 0 0 ½ 1 1 ½ 1 8.5 11 Panov 0 ½ 1 ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ 0 * ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ 1 1 8.0 12 Rabinovich 0 ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ 0 0 1 ½ * ½ 1 1 0 ½ 1 8.0 13 Yudovich ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ 1 1 1 ½ ½ * ½ 0 0 0 ½ 7.5 14 Kan 0 0 ½ 0 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ 1 0 ½ * 1 1 ½ 1 7.5 15 Tolush 0 0 ½ ½ 0 0 ½ 1 ½ 0 ½ 0 1 0 * 1 0 1 6.5 16 Pogrebissky 0 0 0 ½ 0 0 ½ 1 0 0 ½ 1 1 0 0 * 1 1 6.5 17 Chistiakov 0 0 ½ ½ ½ 0 0 0 0 ½ 0 ½ 1 ½ 1 0 * 0 5.0 18 Romanovsky ½ ½ - 0 0 - ½ 0 ½ 0 0 0 ½ 0 0 0 1 * 3.5 ]table
    [Note: Three games are not included. Romanovsky withdrew after round 15, defaulting his games in round 16 (Bondarevsky) and round 17 (Belavenets). In addition, the score of Levenfish 1 Romanovsky from round 8 is not available. Romanovsky also defaulted adjourned games from round 14 (Panov) and round 15 (Rabinovich), but those games are included. ]

    [ Based on Game Collection: 0, by User: suenteus po 147 ]

    150 games, 1939

  5. USSR Championship 1955
    The 22nd USSR Championship was held in Moscow from February 11 through March 15, 1955. It was certainly one of the strongest of the series, featuring four world champions and nine Soviet champions among its 20 players. The illustrous cast of characters included:

    Vladimir Antoshin Yuri Averbakh Georgy Borisenko Mikhail Botvinnik Salomon Flohr Semyon Furman Efim Geller Georgy Ilivitsky Ilia Kan Paul Keres Viktor Korchnoi Alexander Kotov Georgy Lisitsin Vladas Mikenas Tigran Petrosian Vitaly Shcherbakov Vladimir Simagin Vasily Smyslov Boris Spassky Mark Taimanov.

    Geller started quickly and stayed near the top all the way, but every time he got a bit of a lead he would lose, often through over-optimism. Botvinnik, Smyslov, and Spassky all took their turns, with Petrosian never far behind. Coming into the last round Geller had a half-point lead, but proceded to lose yet one more time and produce the following crosstable:

    1 Smyslov 12.0/19 * 1 0 = = 1 = 1 1 = = = 1 = = 0 1 = = 1

    2 Geller 12.0/19 0 * = 0 = 1 0 = 1 1 0 1 0 1 = 1 1 1 1 1

    3 Ilivitsky 11.5/19 1 = * = = = 0 1 = 1 = = = = = = = 1 = 1

    4 Spassky 11.5/19 = 1 = * = = 1 = = 0 1 0 0 = 1 = = 1 1 1

    5 Petrosian 11.5/19 = = = = * = 1 = = = = = = = = = 1 1 = 1

    6 Botvinnik 11.5/19 0 0 = = = * = 0 = 1 1 1 = = 1 = 1 = 1 1

    7 Taimanov 11.0/19 = 1 1 0 0 = * 0 1 = 1 1 = = = 1 0 1 = =

    8 Keres 11.0/19 0 = 0 = = 1 1 * 0 0 = = 1 = = 1 1 1 = 1

    9 Mikenas 10.5/19 0 0 = = = = 0 1 * = = 1 0 = = 1 1 1 = 1

    10 Furman 10.0/19 = 0 0 1 = 0 = 1 = * 0 1 = 1 = = 0 1 = 1

    11 Antoshin 10.0/19 = 1 = 0 = 0 0 = = 1 * 0 1 = = 0 1 1 = 1

    12 Kotov 9.5/19 = 0 = 1 = 0 0 = 0 0 1 * 1 = 0 1 1 = 1 =

    13 Borisenko 9.0/19 0 1 = 1 = = = 0 1 = 0 0 * = = = = 0 = 1

    14 Flohr 9.0/19 = 0 = = = = = = = 0 = = = * 1 = 0 = 1 =

    15 Averbakh 8.5/19 = = = 0 = 0 = = = = = 1 = 0 * = = = = =

    16 Lisitsin 8.5/19 1 0 = = = = 0 0 0 = 1 0 = = = * = 0 1 1

    17 Kan 7.0/19 0 0 = = 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 = 1 = = * 0 1 =

    18 Simagin 6.5/19 = 0 0 0 0 = 0 0 0 0 0 = 1 = = 1 1 * 1 0

    19 Korchnoi 6.0/19 = 0 = 0 = 0 = = = = = 0 = 0 = 0 0 0 * 1

    20 Sherbakov 3.5/19 0 0 0 0 0 0 = 0 0 0 0 = 0 = = 0 = 1 0 *

    A play-off between Smyslov and Geller started with six straight draws before the latter prevailed in game seven, thus earning the gold medal. Those games will be given at the end of this collection.

    197 games, 1955

  6. USSR Championship 1956
    The 23rd USSR Championship was held in Leningrad from January 10 through February 15, 1956. While not as strong at the previous year's edition, it did feature the first appearance of perennial contenders Tal and Polugaevsky as part of this cast of characters:

    Vladimir Antoshin Yuri Averbakh Anatolij Bannik Isaac Boleslavsky Georgy Borisenko Vasily Byvshev Abram Khasin Ratmir Kholmov Viktor Korchnoi Georgy Lisitsin Lev Polugaevsky Viacheslav Ragozin Vladimir Simagin Boris Spassky Mark Taimanov Mikhail Tal Alexander Tolush Vladlen Zurakhov.

    Though both newcomers did well, Averbakh and Spassky spent most of the tournament conducting the major battle for the crown. Kholmov, Korchnoi, Taimanov, and Tal stayed close, but were not able to maintain themselves in the top places. By round 14, Averbakh and Spassky had 10 points, a full point ahded of Kholmov and 1 1/2 ahead of Korchnoi, Polugaevsky, Taimanov and Tal.

    Averbakh then drew out to reach 11.5. Spassky reached the same score more adventurously with a win over Lisitsin followed by a loss to Korchnoi and a last round draw. Thus, Averbakh and Spassky shared first--with a hard-charging Taimanov, who did what he had to do by winning his last three games.

    1 Spassky 11.5 * 1 1 0 = 1 = 1 = = = = 1 = = 1 = 1

    2 Taimanov 11.5 0 * = = = = 1 1 1 1 = 1 0 = 1 1 1 =

    3 Averbakh 11.5 0 = * = = = 1 = = 1 = 1 = 1 = 1 1 1

    4 Korchnoi 11.0 1 = = * = = 1 = 1 = 1 1 0 = 1 = = =

    5 Kholmov 10.5 = = = = * = = 0 = 1 1 1 = = 1 1 = =

    6 Tal 10.5 0 = = = = * = = 0 = 1 = 1 1 1 = 1 1

    7 Polugaevsky 10.5 = 0 0 0 = = * 1 1 1 1 = = 1 1 0 1 1

    8 Boleslavsky 9.0 0 0 = = 1 = 0 * = = = 0 1 = = 1 1 1

    9 Zurakhov 8.5 = 0 = 0 = 1 0 = * = = = 0 1 1 1 = =

    10 Antoshin 8.0 = 0 0 = 0 = 0 = = * = = 0 1 1 1 1 =

    11 Bannik 7.5 = = = 0 0 0 0 = = = * = 1 1 0 = = 1

    12 Byvshev 7.5 = 0 0 0 0 = = 1 = = = * = 0 0 1 1 1

    13 Ragozin 7.0 0 1 = 1 = 0 = 0 1 1 0 = * 0 0 0 0

    14 Tolush, 6.5 = = 0 = = 0 0 = 0 0 0 1 1 * = 0 1 =

    15 Simagin 6.5 = 0 = 0 0 0 0 = 0 0 1 1 1 = * = 0 1

    16 Borisenko 6.0 0 0 0 = 0 = 1 0 0 0 = 0 1 1 = * = =

    17 Khasin 5.5 = 0 0 = = 0 0 0 = 0 = 0 1 0 1 = * =

    18 Lisitsin 4.0 0 = 0 = = 0 0 0 = = 0 0 0 = 0 = =

    Taimanov's momentum carried over into the play-off match. This was marred by Spassky's illness, which prevented him from playing his second game with Averbakh. However, it made no difference as Taimanov had clinched the gold medal by that point.

    1 Taimanov 3.0 ** == 11
    2 Averbakh 2.5 == ** =W
    3 Spassky 0.5 00 =L **

    NOTE: In Spassky vs Tolush, 1956 (Round 4, Game #31), the colors are reversed.

    158 games, 1956

  7. USSR Championship 1961a
    The 28th USSR Championship was played in Moscow from January 11-February 11, 1961. It was the first of two championships that year, as the January-Februrary scheduling was changed to November-December. The tournament also served as the Soviet Zonal, qualifying four players for the Interzonal held in Stockholm in 1962 (see Game Collection: Interzonals 1962: Stockholm). The players hoping for an all expenses paid trip to Sweden included:

    Yuri Averbakh Anatolij Bannik Isaac Boleslavsky Georgy Borisenko David Bronstein Alexander Cherepkov Semyon Furman Efim Geller Eduard Gufeld Abram Khasin Viktor Korchnoi Anatoly Lutikov Tigran Petrosian Lev Polugaevsky Vladimir Simagin Vasily Smyslov Boris Spassky Leonid Stein Mark Taimanov Vitaly Tarasov.

    The most prominent newcomer was Leonid Stein, whose sixth round win over Petrosian marked him as a player to be watched. It also irked Petrosian to the extent that he unleashed his claws and scored 9 points in his next 11 games, taking a 1.5 point lead with two rounds to go and coasting from there.

    Korchnoi came second with a furious finish, winning his last four games. Geller and Stein took the final two qualifiying spots; the former was at nor near the top most of the way, while the newcomer won a crucial last-round game against Spassky for the final slot.

    1 Petrosian 13.5/19 * 1 0 = 1 = = 1 = 1 1 = = 1 1 1 = = 1 =

    2 Korchnoi 13.0/19 0 * = = 0 1 = 1 = 1 1 1 = 1 = = = 1 1 1

    3 Stein 12.0/19 1 = * 1 = 1 = 0 0 = 0 1 = = 1 1 1 = = 1

    4 Geller 12.0/19 = = 0 * 1 = = 1 1 1 0 0 = 1 = 1 1 = = 1

    5 Smyslov 11.0/19 0 1 = 0 * = = = 1 1 = = = = 1 = = 1 = =

    6 Spassky 11.0/19 = 0 0 = = * 1 0 0 = 1 1 = 1 = 1 = 1 = 1

    7 Averbakh 10.5/19 = = = = = 0 * = 0 1 1 = = = = = = = 1 1

    8 Polugaevsky 10.5/19 0 0 1 0 = 1 = * 0 = = = = 1 = 1 = 1 1 =

    9 Simagin 10.0/19 = = 1 0 0 1 1 1 * = = 0 = = 1 0 0 1 = =

    10 Taimanov 10.0/19 0 0 = 0 0 = 0 = = * 1 1 1 0 = 1 1 1 1 =

    11 Furman 9.5/19 0 0 1 1 = 0 0 = = 0 * = 1 1 = = 1 0 = 1

    12 Bronstein 9.0/19 = 0 0 1 = 0 = = 1 0 = * 1 0 1 = = 0 1 =

    13 Boleslavsky 9.0/19 = = = = = = = = = 0 0 0 * = = = = 1 = 1

    14 Gufeld 8.0/19 0 0 = 0 = 0 = 0 = 1 0 1 = * 1 = 0 = 1 =

    15 Cherepkov 7.5/19 0 = 0 = 0 = = = 0 = = 0 = 0 * 1 1 1 0 =

    16 Lutikov 7.5/19 0 = 0 0 = 0 = 0 1 0 = = = = 0 * = = 1 1

    17 Tarasov 7.0/19 = = 0 0 = = = = 1 0 0 = = 1 0 = * 0 0 =

    18 Borisenko 6.5/19 = 0 = = 0 0 = 0 0 0 1 1 0 = 0 = 1 * = 0

    19 Khasin 6.5/19 0 0 = = = = 0 0 = 0 = 0 = 0 1 0 1 = * =

    20 Bannik 6.0/19 = 0 0 0 = 0 0 = = = 0 = 0 = = 0 = 1 = *

    The Most Brilliant Game Prize was awarded for Simagin vs Stein, 1961 from round 5, which is well worth checking out.

    190 games, 1961

  8. USSR Championship 1964/65
    The 32nd USSR Championship was held in Kiev from December 25, 1964 through January 27, 1965, with a field of twenty players:

    Yuri Averbakh Nikolay Bakulin [unknown player] [unknown player] David Bronstein [unknown player] Ratmir Kholmov Viktor Korchnoi Nikolai Krogius Anatoly Lein Vladimir Liavdansky Anatoly Lutikov Viacheslav Osnos Andrejs Petersons [unknown player] Leonid Shamkovich Leonid Stein Alexey Suetin Mikhail Tal Evgeni Vasiukov

    It saw an interruption in the dominance of Leonid Stein, as Korchnoi came both hungry and in good form. By round 7 he had 6 1/2 points and was already 1 1/2 ahead of the field. By round 11, he had stretched these totals to 10 points and a 2 1/2 point lead. After that, everybody kept a safe distance away and Korchnoi eased up a bit, still clinching first place with two rounds to go.

    1 Korchnoi 15.0/19 * 1 1 = 1 1 1 = 1 1 = = = 1 = 1 1 1 = =

    2 Bronstein 13.0/19 0 * 1 0 0 = = = 1 1 1 1 1 1 = = = 1 1 1

    3 Tal 12.5/19 0 0 * = = 1 = 1 0 1 1 = 1 1 = = 1 = 1 1

    4 Stein 12.0/19 = 1 = * = = 0 1 1 = = 1 = 1 0 1 = = 1 =

    5 Kholmov 11.5/19 0 1 = = * = 1 = = = = = = = = 1 1 1 = =

    6 Shamkovich 11.5/19 0 = 0 = = * 1 = = = = 1 0 1 1 = 1 1 1 =

    7 Lein 11.0/19 0 = = 1 0 0 * = = = = = 1 1 1 = = = 1 1

    8 Krogius 10.5/19 = = 0 0 = = = * = = = 1 = = = 1 = 1 = 1

    9 Lutikov 10.5/19 0 0 1 0 = = = = * = 1 1 = = = = = 1 = 1

    10 Averbakh 9.0/19 0 0 0 = = = = = = * 1 = = = = = 1 = = =

    11 Osnos 9.0/19 = 0 0 = = = = = 0 0 * = = 1 = = = = 1 1

    12 Borisenko 8.5/19 = 0 = 0 = 0 = 0 0 = = * 1 0 = 1 1 1 = =

    13 Suetin 8.0/19 = 0 0 = = 1 0 = = = = 0 * = = 0 = = = 1

    14 Vasiukov 8.0/19 0 0 0 0 = 0 0 = = = 0 1 = * 1 1 1 0 = 1

    15 Bannik 7.5/19 = = = 1 = 0 0 = = = = = = 0 * = 0 = 0 =

    16 Petersons 7.5/19 0 = = 0 0 = = 0 = = = 0 1 0 = * = = 1 =

    17 Sakharov 7.5/19 0 = 0 = 0 0 = = = 0 = 0 = 0 1 = * 1 1 =

    18 Goldenov 6.5/19 0 0 = = 0 0 = 0 0 = = 0 = 1 = = 0 * = 1

    19 Liavdansky 5.5/19 = 0 0 0 = 0 0 = = = 0 = = = 1 0 0 = * 0

    20 Bakulin 5.5/19 = 0 0 = = = 0 0 0 = 0 = 0 0 = = = 0 1 *


    190 games, 1964-1965

  9. USSR Championship 1967
    The 35th USSR Championship was held in Kharkov from December 7-26, 1967, and was dedicated to the 50th anniversary of the October Revolution which brought the Communist Party to power. For such an occasion, it was felt that a return to mass participation was in order, so the tournament was organized as a 13-round Swiss for 130 players.

    Of course, there were other reasons. 1967 had been a very busy year for the top Soviet players, with major international tournaments in Leningrad and Moscow as well as the Sousse Interzonal. Many were expected to skip the Championship to rest, so it seemed a good idea to open things up and see what kind of talent was out there.

    Quite a few of the top stars did skip the tournament, and were probably not too disappointed. The Swiss System format proved very unpopular with complaints about the pairings starting in the very first round. By the end, several players had dropped out and the general opinion was that the Swiss System might work well enough in bourgeois nations like the United States, but the Soviet Union would henceforth stick to its elitist round robins. Tal summed up matters well by remarking: "The Swiss System is good: we should adopt it again for the one hundred year anniversary of the Revolution!"

    Some future stars did make their debuts, such as Lev Alburt, Mark Dvoretsky, Boris Gulko, Gennady Sosonko, Evgeni Sveshnikov, and Rafael Vaganian. However, the co-champions were the experienced players <Mikhail Tal> and <Lev Polugaevsky>. See for yourself:

    <10.0>: 1. Lev Polugaevsky 2. Mikhail Tal

    <9.5>: 3. Evgeni Vasiukov 4. Mark Taimanov 5. Igor Platonov

    <9.0>: 6. Yuri Sakharov 7. Vladimir Antoshin

    <8.5>: 8. Valerij Zhuravliov 9. Vladimir Bagirov 10. Semyon Furman 11. Ratmir Kholmov 12. Viktor Zheliandinov 13. Alexander Zaitsev 14. Alexander Izvozchikov 15. Mikhail Steinberg 16. Viacheslav Osnos 17. Vladimir Tukmakov

    <8.0>: 18. Alexander Chistiakov 19. Eduard Bukhman 20. Lev Alburt 21. Vladimir Savon 22. Alexandr Sinyavsky 23. Anatoly Lein 24. Oleg Donchenko 25. Eduard Mnatsakanian 26. Anatoly Volovich

    <7.5>: 27. Anatoly Lutikov 28. Sergey Krasnov 29. Vitaly Tseshkovsky 30. Bukhuti Gurgenidze 31. Naum L Levin 32. Oleg Pavlenko 33. Yuri Shilov 34. Vitaly Tarasov 35. Gennadi Sosonko 36. Mark Tseitlin 37. Alexander Cherepkov 38. Rashid Nezhmetdinov 39. Elizbar Ubilava 40. Gennady Kuzmin

    <7.0>: 41. Vladimir V Arseniev 42. Viacheslav Dydyshko 43. Samuel Zhukhovitsky 44. Georgy Borisenko 45. Yuri Nikolaevsky 46. Vladimir Doroshkevich 47. Vladas Mikenas 48. <L. Gudim>; 49. Janis Klovans 50. Jacob Murey 51. Oleg Privorotsky 52. Ilya Mikliaev 53. Iivo Nei 54. [bad player ID] 55. Oleg Chernikov 56. Evgeny Sveshnikov 57. Yuri Gusev

    <6.5>: 58. Algimantas Butnorius 59. Aleksander Nikitin 60. <L. Slutsky>; 61. Vanik Zakarian 62. Roman Pelts 63. Nikolay (Yury) Popov 64. Igor Zaitsev 65. Mark Dvoretzky 66. Vladlen Zurakhov 67. Rafael Vaganian 68. Dzhemal Beradze 69. Iosif Slepoy 70. Anatoly Shmit

    <6.0>: 71. Valery Zilberstein 72. Igor Belov 73. <I. Kagan>; 74. Valeri Korensky 75. [bad player ID] 76. <B. Sorokin>; 77. Genrikh Chepukaitis 78. Alexander Shamis-Pavlov 79. Mikhail Shereshevsky 80. Vladimir Bykov 81. <A. Kremenetsky>; 82. Aleksander I Tuzovsky 83. Vladimir Alterman 84. V Voloshin 85. Boris Kalinkin 86. [bad player ID] 87. Khanan Muchnik 88. [bad player ID]

    <5.5>: 89. Evgeny Gik 90. E Karkmazov 91. <E. Belokurov>; 92. Boris Gulko 93. <I. Kalinsky>; 94. Valentin Kirilov 95. Yuri Kots 96. Vladimir Muratov 97. <A. Polikarpov>; 98. <V. Seleznev>; 99. Alexander Vaisman 100. Vladimir Zagorovsky 101. <N. Razvalyaev>

    <5.0>: 102. Evgeny Terpugov 103. Valery M Bykov 104. Roman Levit 105. Archil Tsereteli 106. <K. Cherskikh>; 107. Vladimir Voronov 108. Hillar Karner 109. <A. Smetanin>; 110. <V. Sazonov>; 111. Tonu Oim 112. <Kh. Lyuk>; 113. Robert Seoev

    <4.5>: 114. Neron Valiev 115. [bad player ID] 116. Andrey Lukin 117. Anatolij Noskov 118. Anatoly Anokhin 119. Vakulenko 120. Rein Toomas Etruk

    <4.0>: 121. <I. Evelnin>; 122. Vladimir Karasev 123. Valentin Sorokin 124. <Ya. Amakov>

    <3.0>: 125. <Y. Gureev>

    <1.5>: 126. <M. Varzhepetian>

    <Did not finish>: 127. Valery S Zhidkov (5.0/9); 128. Vladimir Simagin (2.5/4); 129. Oleg Moiseev (2.5/6); 130. Nikolai Kopilov 0.5/5

    Unfortunately, this is about all the information available; no crosstable of the event can be found, and only about one-fourth of the games are available. Told you it wasn't popular.

    187 games, 1967

  10. USSR Championship 1975
    The 43rd USSR Championship was held in Erevan from November 28 - December 22, 1975. It featured a powerful mixture of the generation that came up in the 1940s and 1950s with the newer kids on the block. If you're looking for details:

    Lev Alburt Yuri Balashov Alexander Beliavsky David Bronstein Iossif Dorfman Vladimir Doroshkevich Mark Dvoretzky Semyon Furman Efim Geller Boris Gulko Janis Klovans Tigran Petrosian Lev Polugaevsky Oleg Romanishin Mikhail Tal Rafael Vaganian.

    As so often happened in the Soviet Chamionship, an unheralded player sprung quickly out of the gate. This time it was Boris Gulko, who soard to a full 1.5 point lead on the rest of the field with only four rounds left.

    He couldn't hold it. First, a crushing loss to Polugaevsky in round 12 cut into the margin. Then, in round 14, Petrosian won a protracted queen-and-pawn ending to go up by a half-point on Gulko, Romanishin, Tal and Vaganian. Petrosian took a quick draw in the last round, and watched while the others couldn't quite pull out the full point needed to catch him.

    1 Petrosian 10.0/15 * 0 1 = 1 = = = = 1 = = 1 = 1 1

    2 Romanishin 9.5/15 1 * 0 = = 1 1 1 0 = = 1 = 1 0 1

    3 Gulko 9.5/15 0 1 * = 0 0 1 1 = = 1 1 1 = 1 =

    4 Tal 9.5/15 = = = * = = = = 0 1 1 = = 1 1 1

    5 Vaganian 9.5/15 0 = 1 = * 0 0 = 1 1 1 = 1 = 1 1

    6 Polugaevsky 8.5/15 = 0 1 = 1 * = 0 = 1 0 = = 1 1 =

    7 Geller 8.5/15 = 0 0 = 1 = * 1 = = = 1 = 1 = =

    8 Balashov 8.5/15 = 0 0 = = 1 0 * 1 = = = 1 1 1 =

    9 Bronstein 7.5/15 = 1 = 1 0 = = 0 * 1 = = 0 0 = 1

    10 Beliavsky 7.5/15 0 = = 0 0 0 = = 0 * = 1 1 1 1 1

    11 Dvoretsky 6.5/15 = = 0 0 0 1 = = = = * = 0 = = 1

    12 Alburt 6.0/15 = 0 0 = = = 0 = = 0 = * 1 = = =

    13 Dorfman 5.5/15 0 = 0 = 0 = = 0 1 0 1 0 * 1 0 =

    14 Furman 5.0/15 = 0 = 0 = 0 0 0 1 0 = = 0 * = 1

    15 Doroshkievich 4.5/15 0 1 0 0 0 0 = 0 = 0 = = 1 = * 0

    16 Klovans 4.0/15 0 0 = 0 0 = = = 0 0 0 = = 0 1 *

    Petrosian's play was so impressive that his only loss won Romanishin a prize for "Clever combinational play" (Romanishin vs Petrosian, 1975). Seriously, it was well deserving of the honor.

    120 games, 1975

  11. USSR Championship 1977
    The 45th USSR Championship was held at Leningrad, November 28 - December 22, 1977. The following players finished up just in time to spend Christmas with their families:

    Lev Alburt Vladimir Bagirov Yuri Balashov Iossif Dorfman Efim Geller Karen Grigorian Boris Gulko Alexander Kochyev Gennady Kuzmin Tigran Petrosian Lev Polugaevsky Oleg Romanishin Vasily Smyslov Evgeny Sveshnikov Mikhail Tal Vladimir Tukmakov.

    Well, maybe it wasn't Christmas, but it was a time of peace as two-thirds of the games were drawn, a USSR Championship record. Perhaps it comes as no surprise that Petrosian found his way to the lead. However, a loss in round 8 allowed Gulko to first catch him, then take the lead with a win over Smyslov in round 9. At this point both players went into draw mode, spliting point after point.

    That set up a last-round showdown between the leaders, reminiscent of the situation in 1975 where Petrosian defeated tournament leader Gulko in the penultimate round. However, Boris kept his head (helped by having White this time around) and drew to keep his lead over Petrosian.

    But not over everybody else. The slow pace allowed Dorfman to come back and tie for first with a last round win over Smyslov. Meanwhile, Polugaevsky and Tal fought for a chance to catch Petrosian for third place, and this time the older man prevailed.

    table[

    1 Gulko * = = = = = = = 1 = 1 = 1 1 = = 9.5 2 Dorfman = * = = = = = = 1 = = = 1 = 1 1 9.5 3 Polugaevsky = = * = = 1 1 = 1 = 1 = = = 0 = 9.0 4 Petrosian = = = * = = = 0 1 = 1 = = = 1 1 9.0 5 Geller = = = = * = = = = = = = = = 1 = 8.0 6 Tal = = 0 = = * = 1 = 1 0 = 0 1 1 = 8.0 7 Bagirov = = 0 = = = * = = = = = = = 1 1 8.0 8 Kuzmin = = = 1 = 0 = * = = = 1 = 0 = = 7.5 9 Romanishin 0 0 0 0 = = = = * = 1 1 = 1 1 = 7.5 10 Sveshnikov = = = = = 0 = = = * = = = 0 = 1 7.0 11 Balashov 0 = 0 0 = 1 = = 0 = * 1 = = = 1 7.0 12 Kochyev = = = = = = = 0 0 = 0 * 1 = = = 6.5 13 Smyslov 0 0 = = = 1 = = = = = 0 * 1 0 = 6.5 14 Tukmakov 0 = = = = 0 = 1 0 1 = = 0 * = = 6.5 15 Grigorian = 0 1 0 0 0 0 = 0 = = = 1 = * = 5.5 16 Alburt = 0 = 0 = = 0 = = 0 0 = = = = * 5.0 ]table

    Gulko and Dorfman then drew a six game play-off match *Game Collection: 0 so everybody just called it a day and let them reign as co-champions.

    119 games, 1977

  12. USSR Championship Player Index (A-E)
    This is the first of five indexes which will list all 353 participants in the 58 USSR Championships, the events in which they played, and (in parentheses) their final placing in the tournament. Other indexes can be found at: Game Collection: USSR Championship Player Index (F-K), Game Collection: USSR Championship Player Index (L-O), Game Collection: USSR Championship Player Index (P-S), Game Collection: USSR Championship Player Index (T-Z).

    For further information, click the link to the player's name or consult the games collection for the tournament (a list of the collections compiled so far can be found at Game Collection: USSR Championship Tournament Index). For other questions or the inevitable corrections, please leave a note in my forum.

    Georgy Agzamov 1981 (6-7); 1983 (10-13); 1985 (7-8).

    Vladimir Akopian 1991 (15-22).

    Vladimir Alatortsev 1931 (3-6); 1933 (2); 1934/5 (5-8); 1937 (10-12); 1944 (16); 1945 (12-13); 1947 (16); 1948 (16-17); 1950 (7-10).

    Lev Alburt 1967 (18-26); 1972 (22); 1974 (5-7); 1975 (12); 1977 (16).

    Alexander Alekhine 1920 (1).

    Aleksej Aleksandrov 1991 (50-56).

    Vladimir Alterman 1967 (71-88).

    <Ya. Amakov>: 1967 (121-124)

    Yuri Anikaev 1979 (17-18)

    Anatoly Anokhin 1967 (114-120)

    Vladimir Antoshin 1955 (10-11); 1956 (10); 1957 (16); 1967 (6-7); 1970 (15-16).

    Lev Aronin 1947 (17-18); 1948 (18-19); 1949 (9-10); 1950 (2-4); 1951 (9-10); 1952 (12-13); 1957 (10-11); 1962 (7-8).

    Lev Aronson 1957 (19-22).

    Vladimir V Arseniev 1967 (41-57).

    Konstantin Aseev 1984 (14-16); 1989 (8-9); 1990 (13-14); 1991 (23-38).

    Yuri Averbakh 1948 (13-15); 1950 (14); 1951 (6-8); 1954 (1); 1955 (15-16); 1956 (1-3); 1958 (4); 1959 (7-8); 1960 (6); 1961a (7-8); 1961b (6-7); 1963 (12-13); 1964/5 (10-11); 1968 (11-13); 1970 (8-9)

    Orest Averkin 1969 (12); 1973 (15-16).

    Zurab Azmaiparashvili 1983 (10-13); 1986 (15).

    Vladimir Bagirov 1960 (4); 1961b (20-21); 1963 (11); 1967 (8-17); 1968 (15-17); 1970 (10-12); 1972 (8-9); 1976 (5-7); 1978 (10-13); 1991 (23-38).

    Nikolay Bakulin 1964/5 (19-20).

    Yuri Balashov 1969 (7-9); 1970 (4); 1971 (5-6); 1972 (6-7); 1974 (8); 1975 (6-8); 1976 (2); 1977 (10-11); 1979 (3-4); 1980/1 (3-5); 1983 (5); 1984 (17); 1985 (4-6); 1986 (2-7); 1989 (13-14); 1991 (23-38).

    Anatolij Bannik 1954 (14-16); 1956 (11-12); 1957 (13-15); 1958 (16); 1961a (20); 1962 (7-8); 1964/5 (15-17).

    Evgeny Bareev 1986 (2-7); 1987 (12); 1990 (1-4).

    [bad player ID] 1967 (114-120).

    Sergey Belavenets 1934/5 (9-12); 1937 (5-7); 1939 (3).

    Alexander Beliavsky 1973 (17-18); 1974 (1-2); 1975 (9-10); 1978 (5-8); 1979 (10-13); 1980/1 (1-2); 1981 (6-7); 1983 (10-13); 1984 (5-8); 1986 (13-14); 1987 (1-2); 1988 (8); 1989 (2-5); 1990 (1-4).

    <E. Belokurov>: 1967 (89-101).

    Igor Belov 1967 (71-88).

    Dzhemal Beradze 1967 (58-70).

    Alexander Bernstein 1929 (qf).

    Anatoly Avraamovich Bikhovsky 1965 (10-12).

    Benjamin Blumenfeld 1920 (8).

    Efim Bogoljubov 1924 (1); 1925 (1).

    Fedor Bohatirchuk 1923 (3-5); 1924 (3-4); 1927 (1-2); 1931 (3-6); 1933 (8); 1934/5 (3-4).

    Isaac Boleslavsky 1940 (5-6); 1945 (2); 1947 (2); 1948 (6-9); 1949 (5-7); 1950 (7-10); 1952 (4-5); 1956 (8); 1957 (9); 1958 (9-11); 1961a (12-13).

    Victor Bologan 1991 (5-9).

    Igor Bondarevsky 1937 (10-12); 1939 (6); 1940 (1-2); 1944 (3); 1945 (4-6); 1947 (3-4); 1950 (12-13); 1951 (12-13); 1963 (18-19).

    Georgy Borisenko 1950 (15-16); 1954 (12-13); 1955 (13-14); 1956 (16); 1958 (18-19); 1961a (18-19); 1964/5 (12); 1967 (41-57).

    Mikhail Botvinnik 1927 (5-6); 1929 (sf); 1931 (1); 1933 (1); 1939 (1); 1940 (5-6); 1944 (1); 1945 (1); 1951 (5); 1952 (1-2); 1955 (3-6).

    Michail Brodsky 1991 (57-62).

    David Bronstein 1944 (15); 1945 (3); 1947 (6); 1948 (1-2); 1949 (1-2); 1951 (6-8); 1952 (7-9); 1957 (2-3); 1958 (3); 1959 (12-13); 1960 (12-13); 1961a (12-13); 1961b (3); 1963 (4-6); 1964/5 (2); 1965 (9); 1966/7 (8-9); 1971 (7-8); 1972 (13-16); 1975 (9-10).

    Alexandar Budnikov 1991 (39-49).

    Alexander Budo 1931 (17-18); 1937 (16-18).

    Eduard Bukhman 1965 (14-17); 1967 (18-26).

    Algimantas Butnorius 1967 (58-70).

    Valery M Bykov 1967 (101-113).

    Vladimir Bykov 1967 (71-88).

    Vasily Byvshev 1952 (12-13); 1954 (10-11); 1956 (11-12).

    Valery Chekhov 1980/1 (18): 1984 (14-16); 1991 (15-22).

    Vitaly Chekhover 1933 (7); 1934/5 (5-8); 1937 (16-18); 1939 (4-5); 1945 (10-11).

    Genrikh Chepukaitis 1967 (71-88).

    Alexander Cherepkov 1961a (15-16); 1967 (27-40); 1968 (19).

    Oleg Chernikov 1967 (41-57).

    Alexander Chernin 1984 (10-11); 1985 (1-3); 1987 (5-6).

    <K. Cherskikh>: 1967 (102-113).

    Alexander Chistiakov 1939 (17); 1967 (18-26).

    Dawid Daniuszewski 1920 (9-10).

    Oleg Dementiev 1970 (10-12).

    Yury Dokhoian 1991 (23-38).

    Sergey Dolmatov 1979 (14-15); 1980/1 (6-9); 1981 (10-13); 1986 (11-12); 1987 (7); 1989 (2-5).

    Oleg Donchenko 1967 (18-26).

    Iossif Dorfman 1975 (13); 1976 (5); 1977 (1-2); 1978 (17); 1981 (8-9); 1984 (12-13).

    Vladimir Doroshkevich 1966/7 (21); 1967 (41-57); 1970 (13-14); 1975 (15).

    Aleksey Dreev 1989 (8-9); 1991 (23-38).

    Peter Dubinin 1934/5 (18-19); 1939 (8-10); 1940 (7-9); 1947 (19-20).

    Fyodor Duz-Khotimirsky 1923 (3-5); 1924 (10-11); 1925 (5); 1927 (3-4); 1933 (19).

    Semen I Dvoirys 1986 (16-18); 1989 (13-14); 1990 (10-11); 1991 (50-56).

    Mark Dvoretzky 1967 (58-70); 1974 (5-7); 1975 (11).

    Viacheslav Dydyshko 1967 (41-57).

    Roman Dzindzichashvili 1971 (20-22); 1972 (13-16).

    Archil Ebralidze 1937 (20).

    Jaan Ehlvest 1984 (10-11); 1987 (3-4); 1988 (9-13).

    Vereslav Eingorn 1984 (3); 1985 (9-13); 1986 (2-7); 1987 (3-4); 1988 (5-6); 1989 (2-5); 1990 (7-9); 1991 (39-49).

    Vladimir Epishin 1990 (5-6); 1991 (3-4).

    Rein Toomas Etruk 1967 (114-120).

    <I. Evelnin>: 1967 (121-124).

    3 games, 1937-1987

  13. USSR Championship Player Index (F-K)
    This is the second of five indexes which will list all 353 participants in the 58 USSR Championships, the events in which they played, and (in parentheses) their final placing in the tournament. The other indexes can be found at: Game Collection: USSR Championship Player Index (A-E), Game Collection: USSR Championship Player Index (L-O) Game Collection: USSR Championship Player Index (P-S) Game Collection: USSR Championship Player Index (T-Z).

    For further information, click the link to the player's name or consult the games collection for the tournament (a list of the collections compiled so far can be found at Game Collection: USSR Championship Tournament Index). For other questions or the inevitable corrections, please leave a note in my forum.

    Salomon Flohr 1944 (4); 1945 (did not finish); 1947 (7-8); 1948 (4); 1949 (11); 1950 (7-10); 1951 (9-10); 1954 (12-13); 1955 (13-14).

    Sergey von Freymann 1924 (16-17); 1925 (19); 1927 (10-12); 1929 (2); 1933 (16-17); 1934/5 (20).

    Artur Frolov 1991 (10-14).

    Semyon Furman 1948 (3); 1949 (5-7); 1954 (7-9); 1955 (10-11); 1957 (12); 1958 (17); 1959 (15); 1961a (11); 1963 (14-15); 1965 (4-5); 1967 (8-17); 1969 (22); 1972 (8-9); 1975 (14).

    Viktor Gavrikov 1981 (4-5); 1985 (1-3); 1986 (2-7); 1987 (13-15); 1988 (9-13).

    Boris Gelfand 1989 (2-5).

    Efim Geller 1949 (3-4); 1950 (7-10); 1951 (2-3); 1952 (3); 1954 (10-11); 1955 (1-2); 1958 (7-8); 1959 (10-11); 1960 (2-3); 1961a (3-4); 1963 (4-6); 1966/7 (2); 1969 (3-5); 1971 (14); 1973 (7-8); 1975 (6-8); 1976 (8-10); 1977 (5-7); 1978 (5-8); 1979 (1); 1980/1 (14-15); 1983 (14-15); 1985 (17-18).

    Tamaz Georgadze 1978 (4); 1979 (5-7); 1980/1 (14-15).

    Eduard Gerstenfeld 1940 (17).

    Evgeny Gik 1967 (89-101).

    Giorgi Giorgadze 1989 (10-12).

    Aivars Gipslis 1958 (15); 1961b (8-11); 1963 (9); 1966/7 (3-5); 1969 (10-11); 1970 (5-7).

    Viktor Goglidze 1929 (qf); 1931 (15); 1933 (16-17); 1937 (5-7).

    Grigory Goldberg 1945 (18); 1949 (18-20).

    Boris Goldenov 1947 (17-18); 1952 (20); 1964/5 (18).

    Solomon Gotthilf 1925 (6-8); 1929 (qf).

    Alexander Graf 1991 (5-9).

    Dmitry Grigorenko 1929 (qf).

    Karen Grigorian 1971 (20-22); 1972 (17-20); 1973 (7-8); 1974 (13-15); 1976 (12-13); 1977 (15).

    Nikolay Grigoriev 1920 (5-7); 1923 (9); 1924 (14); 1925 (15); 1927 (8); 1929 (sf).

    <L. Gudim>: 1967 (41-57).

    Eduard Gufeld 1959 (12-13); 1960 (14-15); 1961a (14); 1963 (7-8); 1965 (14-17); 1966/7 (13); 1969 (17-20); 1972 (17-20).

    Boris Gulko 1967 (89-101); 1974 (13-15); 1975 (2-5); 1976 (11); 1977 (1-2); 1978 (10-13); 1981 (15-16); 1985 (9-13).

    <Y. Gureev>: 1967 (125).

    Mikhail Gurevich 1985 (1-3); 1986 (9-10); 1987 (17-18); 1988 (15-16).

    Bukhuti Gurgenidze 1957 (19-22); 1958 (7-8); 1959 (16-17); 1960 (18-20); 1961b (20-21); 1966/7 (14-16); 1967 (27-40); 1968/9 (15-17); 1985 (19-20).

    Yuri Gusev 1967 (41-57).

    Ildar Ibragimov 1991 (23-38).

    Georgy Ilivitsky 1948 (10-11); 1952 (14-15); 1954 (14-16); 1955 (3-6).

    Alexander Ilyin-Zhenevsky 1920 (9-10); 1923 (7-8); 1924 (13); 1925 (6-8); 1927 (9); 1929 (qf); 1931 )10-12); 1934/5 (18-19); 1937 (16-18).

    Sergey Ionov 1991 (23-38).

    Vasyl Ivanchuk 1988 (5-6).

    Pyotr Izmailov 1929 (sf).

    Alexander Izvozchikov 1967 (8-17).

    <I. Kagan>: 1967 (71-88)

    Boris Kalinkin 1967 (71-88).

    Igor Kalinski 1967 (89-101).

    Ilia Kan 1929 (3); 1931 (7); 1933 (9); 1934/5 (9-12); 1937 (13); 1939 (13-14); 1945 (17); 1947 (13-15); 1952 (18); 1955 (17).

    Boris Kantsler 1991 (39-49).

    Albert Kapengut 1971 (10-11); 1972 (13-16).

    Vladimir Karasev 1967 (121-124); 1970 (19); 1971 (15-16).

    E Karkmazov 1967 (89-101).

    Hillar Karner 1967 (102-113).

    Anatoly Karpov 1970 (5-7); 1971 (4); 1973 (2-6); 1976 (1); 1983 (1); 1988 (1-2).

    Genrikh Kasparian 1931 (17-18); 1937 (19); 1947 (10-12); 1952 (19).

    Garry Kasparov 1978 (9); 1978 (3-4); 1981 (1-2); 1988 (1-2).

    Anton Kaspersky 1925 (16); 1927 (18-19).

    Paul Keres 1940 (4); 1947 (1); 1948 (6-9); 1949 (8); 1950 (1); 1951 (1); 1952 (10-11); 1955 (7-8); 1957 (2-3); 1959 (7-8); 1961b (8-11); 1965 (6); 1973 (9-12).

    Alexander Khalifman 1986 (11-12); 1987 (16); 1988 (14); 1990 (5-6).

    Andrei V Kharitonov 1984 (18); 1988 (17-18).

    Andrei Kharlov 1991 (10-14).

    Abram Khasin 1944 (11-14); 1956 (17); 1957 (19-22); 1961a (18-19); 1961b (13); 1965 (13).

    German Khodos 1962 (16).

    Ratmir Kholmov 1948 (12); 1949 (9-10); 1954 (6); 1956 (5-7); 1957 (6); 1959 (4-5); 1961b (8-11); 1962 (4); 1963 (1-3); 1964/5 (5-6); 1966/7 (10-12); 1967 (8-17); 1968/9 (6-10); 1969 (7-9); 1970 (13-14); 1972 (10-11).

    Khrisogon Kholodkevich 1927 (21).

    Rudolf Kimelfeld 1967 (41-57).

    Vladimir Kirillov 1929 (qf); 1931 (10-12); 1933 (20).

    Valentin Kirilov 1967 (89-101).

    Sergey F Kiselev 1991 (5-9).

    Konstantin Klaman 1947 (19-20); 1957 (13-15).

    Janis Klovans 1963 (16); 1967 (41-57); 1968/9 (6-10); 1975 (16).

    Alexander Koblents 1945 (14).

    Alexander Kochyev 1977 (12-14).

    Alexander Konstantinopolsky 1937 (2-3); 1940 (13-16); 1945 (4-6); 1948 (6-9); 1950 (5-6); 1952 (16).

    Nikolai Kopilov 1949 (13-15); 1951 (11); 1967 (did not finish)

    Viktor Korchnoi 1952 (6); 1954 (2-3); 1955 (19); 1956 (4); 1957 (7-8); 1958 (9-11); 1959 (9); 1960 (1); 1961a (2); 1962 (1); 1963 (10); 1964/5 (1); 1965 (10-12); 1966/7 (3-5); 1970 (1); 1973 (2-6).

    Alexander Korelov 1962 (17-18).

    Valeri Korensky 1967 (71-88).

    Peter Korzubov 1991 (39-49).

    Alexander Kotov 1939 (2); 1940 (18-19); 1944 (11-14); 1945 (4-6); 1948 (1-2); 1949 (5-7); 1951 (12-13); 1955 (12); 1958 (12-13).

    Yuri Kots 1961b (14-16); 1962 (9); 1967 (89-101).

    [bad player ID] 1967 (71-88).

    Vladimir Kramnik 1991 (15-22).

    Michal Krasenkow 1991 (15-22).

    Sergey Krasnov 1967 (27-40).

    <A. Kremenetsky>: 1967 (71-88).

    Nikolai Krogius 1958 (9-11); 1959 (18); 1960 (9-10); 1962 (11); 1964/5 (8-9); 1966/7 (7); 1971 (10-11).

    Yuri Kruppa 1991 (63).

    Arvid Kubbel 1920 (5-7); 1923 (6); 1925 (11-13).

    Viktor Kupreichik 1969 (23); 1974 (16); 1976 (18); 1979 (5-7); 1980/1 (6-9); 1981 (10-13); 1985 (19-20).

    Nikolay Nikolaevich Kutuzov 1925 (20).

    Alexey Kuzmin 1991 (15-22).

    Gennady Kuzmin 1965 (18); 1967 (27-40); 1972 (3-5); 1973 (2-6); 1974 (9); 1977 (8-9); 1978 (18); 1980/1 (6-9); 1981 (15-16); 1990 (7-9).

    3 games, 1948-1955

  14. USSR Championship Player Index (L-O)
    This is the third of five indexes which will list all 353 participants in the 58 USSR Championships, the events in which they played, and (in parentheses) their final placing in the tournament. Other indexes can be found at: Game Collection: USSR Championship Player Index (A-E), Game Collection: USSR Championship Player Index (F-K), Game Collection: USSR Championship Player Index (P-S), Game Collection: USSR Championship Player Index (T-Z).

    For further information, click the link to the player's name or consult the games collection for the tournament (a list of the collections compiled so far can be found at Game Collection: USSR Championship Tournament Index). For other questions or the inevitable corrections, please leave a note in my forum.

    Sergey F Lebedev 1923 (11-13).

    Anatoly Lein 1961b (17-18); 1964/5 (7); 1966/7 (6); 1967 (18-26); 1968/9 (11-13); 1971 (12-13); 1972 (10-11).

    Vladimir Lepeshkin 1965 (20).

    Konstantin Lerner 1979 (9); 1983 (16); 1984 (2); 1985 (9-13); 1986 (2-7); 1989 (6-7); 1991 (39-49).

    Grigory Levenfish 1920 (3); 1923 (2); 1924 (3-4); 1925 (2); 1933 (3-5); 1934/5 (1-2); 1937 (1); 1939 (8-10); 1940 (18-19); 1947 (10-12); 1948 (13-15); 1949 (18-20).

    Naum L Levin 1967 (27-40).

    Roman Levit 1967 (102-113).

    Vladimir Liavdansky 1964/5 *19-20); 1965 (14-17).

    Vladimir Liberzon 1960 (16-17); 1966/7 (18-19); 1968/9 (4-5); 1969 (14-15); 1970 (10-12).

    Andre Lilienthal 1937 (14); 1940 (1-2); 1944 (8-10); 1945 (7-9); 1947 (7-8); 1948 (10-11); 1949 (13-15); 1954 (14-16).

    Isaac Lipnitsky 1950 (2-4); 1951 (15-16); 1952 (17).

    Georgy Lisitsin 1931 (10-12); 1933 (3-5); 1934/5 (5-8); 1937 (5-7); 1939 (7); 1940 (11-12); 1944 (11-14); 1948 (6-9); 1954 (4-5); 1955 (15-16); 1956 (18).

    Viktor Lyublinsky 1949 (18-20); 1950 (17-18).

    Iosif Livshin 1954 (19).

    Smbat Lputian 1980/1 (16-17); 1984 (5-8); 1985 (9-13); 1986 (13-14); 1987 (8-11); 1991 (23-38).

    Helmuth Luik 1967 (102-113).

    Andrey Lukin 1967 (114-120); 1991 (57-62).

    Anatoly Lutikov 1959 (10-11); 1960 (12-13); 1961a (15-16); 1964/5 (8-9); 1967 (27-40); 1968/9 (3); 1969 (17-20).

    Elmar Magerramov 1991 (1-2).

    Sergey Makarichev 1978 (10-13); 1979 (5-7); 1980/1 (13); 1991 (15-22).

    Marat Makarov 1991 (39-49).

    Mikhail Makogonov 1929 (sf).

    Vladimir Makogonov 1927 (5-6); 1929 (sf); 1934/5 (9-12); 1937 (4); 1939 (4-5); 1940 (7-9); 1944 (5-6); 1947 (10-12).

    Vladimir Malaniuk 1983 (6-9); 1986 (2-7); 1987 (13-15); 1988 (17-18); 1989 (15-16); 1991 (15-22).

    Evgeni Maljutin 1991 (39-49).

    Isaak Mazel 1931 (8-9); 1934/5 (15-16).

    Jakob Meister 1991 (50-56).

    Vladas Mikenas 1940 (13-16); 1944 (5-6); 1949 (13-15); 1950 (11); 1955 (9); 1957 (18); 1962 (10); 1965 (19); 1967 (41-67); 1970 (17-18).

    Adrian Mikhalchishin 1978 (14-16); 1981 (18); 1984 (4); 1985 (14-16).

    [bad player ID] 1967 (41-57).

    Artashes Minasian 1991 (1-2).

    Eduard Mnatsakanian 1962 (17-18); 1967 (18-26).

    Abram Model 1927 (3-4); 1929 (qf).

    Oleg Moiseev 1951 (15-16); 1952 (7-9); 1967 (did not finish); 1970 (22).

    Khanan Muchnik 1967 (71-88).

    Sergei Alexandrovich Mudrev 1929 (qf).

    Mikhail Mukhin 1972 (3-5).

    August Mund 1920 (14).

    Vladimir Muratov 1967 (89-101).

    Jacob Murey 1967 (41-57).

    Igor Naumkin 1991 (57-62).

    Iivo Nei 1960 (14-15); 1963 (12-13); 1966/7 (18-19); 1967 (41-57).

    Vladimir Nenarokov 1923 (3-5); 1924 (6-8); 1925 (18); 1927 (7); 1929 (qf).

    Valeriy Neverov 1991 (57-62).

    Rashid Nezhmetdinov 1954 (7-9); 1957 (13-15); 1959 (19); 1961b (19); 1967 (27-40).

    Aleksander Nikitin 1959 (20); 1967 (58-70); 1968/9 (20).

    Yuri Nikolaevsky 1966/7 (20); 1967 (41-57); 1971 (17-19).

    Oleg Nikolenko 1991 (23-38).

    Anatolij Noskov 1967 (114-120).

    Maxim Novik 1991 (64).

    Igor Novikov 1984 (5-8); 1990 (12); 1991 (15-22).

    Arkady Novopashin 1962 (12-15); 1963 (18-19).

    Nikolay Novotelnov 1951 (17).

    Tonu Oim 1967 (102-113).

    Lembit Oll 1989 (6-7).

    Viacheslav Osnos 1963 (20); 1964/5 (10-11); 1965 (8); 1966/7 (14-16); 1967 (8-17); 1968/9 (11-13).

    3 games, 1937-1967

  15. USSR Championship Player Index (P-S)
    This is the fourth of five indexes which will list all 353 participants in the 58 USSR Championships, the events in which they played, and (in parentheses) their final placing in the tournament. Other indexes can be found at: Game Collection: USSR Championship Player Index (A-E) Game Collection: USSR Championship Player Index (F-K) Game Collection: USSR Championship Player Index (L-O) Game Collection: USSR Championship Player Index (T-Z).

    For further information, click the link to the player's name or consult the games collection for the tournament (a list of the collections compiled so far can be found at Game Collection: USSR Championship Tournament Index). For other questions or the inevitable corrections, please leave a note in my forum.

    Alexandar G Panchenko 1991 (39-49).

    Vasily Panov 1929 (qf); 1934/5 (13-14); 1937 (15); 1939 (11-12); 1940 (13-16); 1948 (16-17).

    Oleg Pavlenko 1967 (27-40).

    Dmitry Nikolaevich Pavlov 1920 (15).

    Nikolay Pavlov-Pianov 1920 (11-12); 1927 (10-12); 1929 (qf).

    Roman Pelts 1967 (58-70).

    Alexander Perfiliev 1927 (14).

    Andrejs Petersons 1964/5 (15-17).

    Arshak Petrosian 1985 (17-18).

    Tigran Petrosian 1949 (16); 1950 (12-13); 1951 (2-3); 1954 (4-5); 1955 (3-6); 1957 (7-8); 1958 (2); 1959 (1); 1960 (2-3); 1961a (1); 1969 (1-2); 1973 (2-6); 1975 (1); 1976 (3-4); 1977 (3-4); 1983 (6-9).

    Vladimir Petrov 1940 (10).

    Igor Platonov 1967 (3-5); 1968 (18); 1969 (7-9); 1970 (20); 1971 (12-13).

    Mikhail Podgaets 1968/9 (6-10); 1970 (8-9).

    Iosif Pogrebissky 1939 (15-16).

    Abram Polyak 1929 (qf).

    Arkady Polikarpov 1967 (89-101).

    Lev Polugaevsky 1956 (5-7); 1958 (5-6); 1959 (6); 1960 (5); 1961a (7-8); 1961b (2); 1963 (7-8); 1965 (2); 1966/7 (8-9); 1967 (1-2); 1968 (1-2); 1969 (1-2); 1971 (7-8); 1973 (2-6); 1974 (3-4); 1975 (6-8); 1976 (3-4); 1977 (3-4); 1978 (3); 1983 (3-4).

    Nikolay (Yury) Popov 1967 (58-70).

    Oleg Privorotsky 1967 (41-57).

    Lev Psakhis 1980/1 (1-2); 1981 (1-2); 1983 (6-9); 1984 (12-13); 1985 (7-8); 1987 (8-11).

    Abram Rabinovich 1920 (5-7); 1924 (12); 1925 (9-10).

    Ilya Rabinovich 1920 (4); 1923 (7-8); 1924 (5); 1925 (3); 1927 (10-12); 1933 (3-5); 1934/5 (1-2); 1937 (10-12); 1939 (11-12).

    Viacheslav Ragozin 1929 (qf); 1934/5 (5-8); 1937 (2-3); 1939 (8-10); 1940 (11-12); 1944 (11-14); 1945 (7-9); 1947 (9); 1948 (13-15); 1949 (17); 1954 (17-18); 1956 (13).

    Nukhim Rashkovsky 1972 (17-20); 1973 (13-14); 1976 (14-15); 1979 (10-13); 1980/1 (11-12); 1986 (8); 1987 (13-15); 1991 (23-38).

    Boris Ratner 1945 (16).

    Vsevolod Rauzer 1927 (18-19); 1929 (sf); 1931 (8-9); 1933 (6); 1934/5 (17); 1937 (8).

    Grigory Ravinsky 1929 (qf); 1944 (17).

    Yuri Razuvaev 1972 (12); 1978 (14-16); 1979 (10-13); 1980/1 (16-17); 1983 (10-13); 1985 (14-16)/

    N P Razvalyaev 1967 (89-101).

    Nikolai Riumin 1929 (qf); 1931 (2); 1933 (10-11); 1934/5 (3-4).

    Yakov Rokhlin 1927 (15-17); 1929 (sf).

    Oleg Romanishin 1974 (5-7); 1975 (2-5); 1976 (8-10); 1977 (8-9); 1978 (5-8); 1979 (10-13); 1980/1 (3-5); 1981 (3); 1983 (6-9).

    Peter Romanovsky 1920 (2); 1923 (1); 1924 (2); 1925 (6-8); 1927 (1-2); 1933 (10-11); 1939 (18); 1945 (15).

    Solomon Rozental 1924 (15); 1929 (qf).

    Eduardas Rozentalis 1990 (7-9).

    Vadim Ruban 1991 (5-9).

    Sergei Rublevsky 1991 (3-4).

    Iosif Rudakovsky 1940 (20); 1945 (7-9).

    Nikolay Nikolaevich Rudnev 1929 (qf).

    [bad player ID] 1967 (71-88).

    Konstantin Sakaev 1991 (50-56).

    Yuri Sakharov 1960 (18-20); 1964/5 (15-17); 1965 (7); 1967 (6-7); 1968/9 (14).

    Igor Sakovich 1967 (71-88).

    Valery Salov 1984 (14-16); 1987 (1-2); 1988 (3-4).

    Leonid Savitsky 1933 (14); 1934/5 (15-16).

    Vladimir Savon 1961b (17-18); 1962 (20); 1966/7 (10-12); 1967 (18-26); 1969 (10-11); 1970 (5-7); 1971 (1); 1972 (3-5); 1973 (9-12); 1974 (12); 1991 (57-62).

    <V. Sazonov>: 1967 (102-113).

    <V. Seleznev>: 1967 (89-101).

    Alexey Selezniev 1924 (6-8); 1925 (14); 1927 (15-17); 1929 (qf).

    Robert Seoev 1967 (102-113).

    Alexander Sergeevich Sergeev 1924 (16-17); 1925 (9-10); 1927 (13).

    Grigory Serper 1991 (23-38).

    Alexander Shabalov 1991 (23-38).

    Alexander Shamis-Pavlov 1967 (71-88).

    Leonid Shamkovich 1954 (17-18); 1960 (16-17); 1961b (12); 1964/5 (5-6); 1971 (15-16); 1972 (13-16).

    Ruslan Shcherbakov 1991 (50-56).

    Vitaly Shcherbakov 1955 (20).

    Mikhail Shereshevsky 1967 (71-88).

    Yuri Shilov 1967 (27-40).

    Alexey Shirov 1991 (10-14).

    Vladislav Shiyanovsky 1961b (14-16); 1962 (12-15).

    Anatoly Shmit 1967 (58-70).

    Aleksandr Shneider 1990 (10-11); 1991 (50-56).

    Vladislav Silich 1929 (sf).

    Vladimir Simagin 1951 (14); 1952 (14-15); 1955 (18); 1956 (14-15); 1960 (11); 1961a (9-10); 1965 (10-12); 1967 (did not finish)/

    Alexandr Sinyavsky 1967 (18-26).

    Iosif Slepoy 1967 (58-70).

    Solomon Slonim 1929 (qf).

    <L. Slutsky>: 1967 (58-70).

    Sergey Smagin 1985 (4-6); 1986 (16-18).

    <A. Smetanin>: 1967 (102-113).

    Ilia Smirin 1988 (15-16); 1989 (15-16); 1990 (13-14).

    Andrey Smorodsky 1924 (18); 1927 (20).

    Vasily Smyslov 1940 (3); 1944 (2); 1945 (10-11); 1947 (3-4); 1949 (1-2); 1950 (5-6); 1951 (4); 1952 (7-9); 1955 (1-2); 1960 (7-8); 1961a (5-6); 1961b (8-11); 1966/7 (10-12); 1969 (3-5); 1971 (2-3); 1973 (15-16); 1976 (6-7); 1977 (12-14); 1988 (9-13).

    Andrei Sokolov 1984 (1); 1985 (4-6); 1988 (9-13); 1989 (10-12).

    Alexey Sokolsky 1944 (8-10); 1949 (12); 1950 (17-18); 1954 (20).

    <B. Sorokin>: 1967 (71-88).

    Maxim Sorokin 1991 (23-38).

    Nikolay Sorokin 1929 (qf); 1931 (13); 1933 (15).

    Valentin Sorokin 1967 (121-124).

    Gennadi Sosonko 1967 (27-40).

    Veniamin Sozin 1924 (9); 1925 (17); 1929 (qf); 1931 (16).

    Boris Spassky 1955 (3-6); 1956 (1-3); 1957 (4-5); 1958 (5-6); 1959 (2-3); 1960 (9-10); 1961a (5-6); 1961b (1); 1962 (5); 1963 (1-3);; 1973 (1).

    Leonid Stein 1961a (3-4); 1962 (6); 1963 (1-3); 1964/5 (4); 1965 (1); 1966/7 (1); 1969 (6); 1970 (3); 1971 (5-6).

    Mikhail Steinberg 1967 (8-17).

    Mark Stolberg 1940 (13-16).

    Efim Stoliar 1957 (17).

    Alexey Suetin 1950 (15-16); 1952 (10-11); 1954 (7-9); 1958 (14); 1960 (18-20); 1962 (12-15); 1963 (4-6); 1964/5 (13-14); 1965 (4-5); 1966/7 (17).

    Evgeny Sveshnikov 1967 (41-57); 1973 (17-18); 1976 (8-10); 1977 (10-11); 1978 (5-8); 1979 (16); 1981 (10-13); 1985 (9-13); 1991 (23-38).

    3 games, 1940-1981

  16. USSR Championship Player Index (T-Z)
    This is the fifth of five indexes which will list all 353 participants in the 58 USSR Championships, the events in which they played, and (in parentheses) their final placing in the tournament. Other indexes can be found at: Game Collection: USSR Championship Player Index (A-E), Game Collection: USSR Championship Player Index (F-K), Game Collection: USSR Championship Player Index (L-O), Game Collection: USSR Championship Player Index (P-S).

    For further information, click the link to the player's name or consult the games collection for the tournament (a list of the collections compiled so far can be found at Game Collection: USSR Championship Tournament Index). For other questions or the inevitable corrections, please leave a note in my forum.

    Mark Taimanov 1948 (18-19); 1949 (3-4); 1951 (6-8); 1952 (1-2); 1954 (2-3); 1955 (7-8); 1956 (1-3); 1957 (10-11); 1958 (12-13); 1959 (4-5); 1960 (7-8); 1961a (9-10); 1961b (6-7); 1962 (2-3); 1963 (14-15); 1965 (3); 1966/7 (3-5); 1967 (3-5); 1969 (3-5); 1971 (9); 1973 (9-12); 1974 (13-15); 1976 (14-15).

    Mikhail Tal 1956 (5-7); 1957 (1); 1958 (1); 1959 (2-3); 1961b (4-5); 1962 (2-3); 1964/5 (3); 1967 (1-2); 1968/9 (6-10); 1969 (14-15); 1971 (2-3); 1972 (1); 1973 (9-12); 1974 (1-2); 1975 (2-5); 1976 (6-7); 1977 (5-7); 1978 (1-2); 1979 (14-15); 1983 (did not finish); 1991 (39-49).

    Vitaly Tarasov 1957 (19-22); 1961a (17); 1967 (27-40).

    Evgeny Terpugov 1951 (18); 1967 (102-113).

    Gennadij Timoscenko 1978 (10-13); 1981 (17).

    German Titov 1991 (50-56).

    Sergei Tiviakov 1991 (10-14).

    Alexander Tolush 1939 (15-16); 1944 (7); 1945 (12-13); 1947 (5); 1948 (5); 1950 (2-4); 1952 (4-5); 1956 (14-15); 1957 (4-5); 1958 (18-19).

    Nikolay Tselikov 1920 (13).

    Mark Tseitlin 1967 (27-40); 1970 (21); 1971 (20-22).

    Archil Tsereteli 1967 (102-113).

    Vitaly Tseshkovsky 1967 (27-40); 1968/9 (4-5); 1974 (10-11); 1976 (16-17); 1978 (1-2); 1979 (17-18); 1980/1 (6-9); 1981 (10-13); 1986 (1); 1987 (17-18).

    Vladimir Tukmakov 1967 (8-17); 1969 (21); 1970 (2); 1971 (17-19); 1972 (2); 1973 (13-14); 1977 (12-14); 1978 (14-16); 1981 (4-5); 1983 (2); 1984 (5-8); 1985 (14-16); 1987 (8-11); 1989 (10-12).

    Aleksander I Tuzovsky 1967 (71-88).

    Elizbar Ubilava 1967 (27-40).

    Anatoly Ufimtsev 1947 (13-15).

    Mikhail Ulybin 1991 (39-49).

    Rafael Vaganian 1967 (58-70); 1970 (17-18); 1971 (17-19); 1972 (6-7); 1974 (3-4); 1975 (2-5); 1976 (12-13); 1979 (8); 1980/1 (10); 1983 (3-4); 1987 (9-13); 1989 )1); 1991 (10-14).

    Alexander Vaisman 1967 (89-101).

    Vakulenko 1967 (114-120).

    Neron Valiev 1967 (114-120).

    <M. Varzhepetian>: 1967 (126).

    Evgeni Vasiukov 1959 (16-17); 1961b (4-5); 1964/5 (13-14); 1965 (14-17); 1966/7 (14-16); 1967 (3-5); 1968/9 (6-10); 1969 (16); 1974 (10-11); 1980/1 )11-12).

    Gavriil Veresov 1934/5 (13-14); 1940 (7-9); 1944 (8-10).

    Boris Verlinsky 1924 (10-11); 1925 (4); 1929 (1); 1931 (3-6); 1933 (12-13).

    Konstantin Vygodchikov 1923 (11-13); 1929 (sf).

    Yakov Vilner 1923 (11-13); 1924 (6-8); 1925 (11-13); 1927 (15-17); 1929 (qf).

    Boris Vladimirov 1961b (14-16).

    V Voloshin 1967 (71-88).

    Anatoly Volovich 1967 (18-26).

    Vladimir Voronov 1967 (102-113).

    Alexey Vyzmanavin 1984 (9); 1990 (1-4); 1991 (5-9).

    Yuri Yakovich 1986 (16-18); 1991 (23-38).

    Jacob Yuchtman 1959 (14).

    Leonid Yudasin 1981 (14); 1986 (9-10); 1988 (7); 1990 (1-4); 1991 (39-49).

    Mikhail Yudovich Sr 1931 (3-6); 1933 (12-13); 1934/5 (9-12); 1937 (9); 1939 (13-14); 1947 (13-15).

    [bad player ID] 1929 (qf).

    Leonid Yurtaev 1991 (23-38).

    Artur Yusupov 1979 (2); 1980/1 (3-5); 1981 (8-9); 1983 (14-15); 1987 (5-6). 1988 (3-4).

    Vladimir Zagorovsky 1967 (89-101).

    Alexander Zaitsev 1962 (12-15); 1967 (8-17); 1968/9 (1-2); 1969 (17-20).

    Igor Zaitsev 1962 (19); 1967 (58-70); 1968/9 (15-17); 1969 (17-20); 1970 (15-16); 1991 (57-62).

    Vanik Zakarian 1967 (58-70).

    [bad player ID] 1963 (17); 1976 (16-17).

    Abram Zamikhovsky 1931 (14).

    Viktor Zheliandinov 1967 (8-17).

    Valery S Zhidkov 1967 (did not finish); 1972 (21).

    Samuel Zhukhovitsky 1967 (41-57); 1969 (13).

    Valerij Zhuravliov 1967 (8-17).

    Valery Zilberstein 1967 (71-88); 1972 (17-20).

    Nikolay Zubarev 1920 (11-12); 1923 (10); 1925 (11-13); 1929 (qf); 1933 (18).

    Vladlen Zurakhov 1956 (9); 1967 (58-70).

    3 games, 1962-1969

  17. USSR Championship Semifinal, Leningrad 1938
    By the 1930s, the Soviet Union had established a qualification system for its championship tournament. This offered upcoming players a chance to work themselves up through a series of quarter- and semi-final tournaments to the main event.

    For the 11th USSR Championship in 1939, semi-final tournaments were played in 1938 in Leningrad and Kiev. This collection will cover the former, held from May 20-June 13, with this group of players:

    Suren Abramian, Igor Bondarevsky, Mikhail Botvinnik, Alexander Budo, Vitaly Chekhover, Michael David, Solomon Gotthilf, Alexander Ilyin-Zhenevsky, Genrikh Kasparian, Georgy Lisitsin, Vladimir Makogonov, Isaak Mazel, Abram Polyak, Ilya Rabinovich, Peter Romanovsky, Alexey Sokolsky, Alexander Tolush, Gavriil Veresov

    Hold on a moment. What was two-time champion Botvinnik doing in a qualifying tournament? As Botvinnik explained in his "100 Selected Games", he had hardly played in 1937 to pursue an academic degree, and took the occasion to get some practice. "I was not entirely unsuccessful", he remarked.

    Right.

    table[
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 1 Mikhail Botvinnik * 1 = 0 1 = 1 1 1 = 1 1 1 1 1 = 1 1 14.0 2 Peter Arsenievich Romanovsky 0 * = 1 = = = = = 1 1 = 1 1 = 1 1 = 11.5 3 Igor Bondarevsky = = * 1 = 0 = 0 1 1 1 1 0 1 = 1 1 0 10.5 4 Ilya Leontievich Rabinovich 1 0 0 * = = 1 0 = 1 = 0 1 1 1 = 1 1 10.5 5 Vladimir Andreevich Makogonov 0 = = = * = = = 1 = = 1 1 1 1 = = = 10.5 6 Georgy Lisitsin = = 1 = = * 0 = 1 = = = 1 1 0 1 0 1 10.0 7 Alexander V Tolush 0 = = 0 = 1 * = = 0 = 1 = = 1 1 1 1 10.0 8 Vitaly Chekhover 0 = 1 1 = = = * 0 = = 0 = 1 1 = = 1 9.5 9 Alexey Sokolsky 0 = 0 = 0 0 = 1 * 0 1 1 = 1 = 1 = 1 9.0 10 Suren Abramian = 0 0 0 = = 1 = 1 * = = = = = = = = 8.0 11 Genrikh Moiseevich Kasparian 0 0 0 = = = = = 0 = * 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 7.0 12 Gavriil N Veresov 0 = 0 1 0 = 0 1 0 = 0 * = 0 = 1 = = 6.5 13 Isaak Mazel 0 0 1 0 0 0 = = = = 1 = * 0 0 1 0 1 6.5 14 Abram Borisovich Poliak 0 0 0 0 0 0 = 0 0 = 1 1 1 * 0 1 1 = 6.5 15 Alexander S Budo 0 = = 0 0 1 0 0 = = 0 = 1 1 * 0 = 0 6.0 16 Alexander Ilyin Zhenevsky = 0 0 = = 0 0 = 0 = 1 0 0 0 1 * = 1 6.0 17 Solomon Borisovich Gotthilf 0 0 0 0 = 1 0 = = = 0 = 1 0 = = * 0 5.5 18 Michael David 0 = 1 0 = 0 0 0 0 = 0 = 0 = 1 0 1 * 5.5 ]table

    More like target practice for Botvinnik. Bondarevsky kept up for the first third of the tournament, but after that Botvinnik usually led by at least 1.5 points. His round 13 loss to Rabinovich just spurred him on to a 3.5/4 finish.

    The battle for second was more interesting. Bondarevsky held the spot for the first two-thirds of the tournament, but lost three of four games from rounds 13-16. Tolush and Makogonov then took tje spot briefly, but had to play Botvinnik in the last two rounds. In the end, it was the veteran Romanovsky who kept his head and won up second.

    Of course, in a qualifying tournament second place isn't all that important. As it turned out, the 1st-8th finishers played in USSR Championship (1939), where Botvinnik got some more practice.

    <Missing games>:

    Kasparian 1/2 Abramian (round 5)
    Ilyin-Zhenevsky 1 Budo (round 6)
    Tolush 1/2 Makogonov (round 6)


    150 games, 1938

  18. USSR Championship Tournament Index
    This is a summary of tournament pages and game collections for the USSR Championships, listing available and lacking information.

    <Tournament pages requiring work>

    table[
    Missing games: 1920, 1923, 1924, 1925, 1927, 1929, 1933, 1944, 1945, 1967 Round numbers needed: 1929, 1967
    Round dates needed: 1925, 1929, 1933, 1935, 1967, 1968/69, 1975 Full crosstable: 1967
    Separate play-off games: 1952, 1955, 1956, 1963, 1968/69, 1969, 1972 Other: consider dropping "50th" from title of 1983 ]table

    -------

    <No tournament page>

    table[
    1937: Needs introduction, crosstable, round dates 1954: Redo collections. Missing and incorrect games. 1975: round dates
    1977: round dates
    1978: round dates
    1979: round dates
    1980/81: round dates
    1981: Round dates
    1984: round dates
    1985: round dates
    1986: round dates
    1987: round dates
    1988: round dates
    1989: round dates
    1990: round dates
    1991: round dates
    ]table

    ----------

    <1st: Moscow, October 4-20, 1920>

    table[
    Tournament page: USSR Championship (1920) Game Collection: Game Collection: USSR Championship 1920 (Phony Benoni) Missing information: games: (36 of 120
    ]table

    ----------

    <2nd: Petrograd, July 6-24, 1923>

    table[
    Tournament page: USSR Championship (1923) Game collection: Game Collection: USSR Championship 1923 (Phony Benoni) Missing information: games (29 of 91), round dates ]table

    ----------

    <3rd: Moscow, August 23 - September 13, 1924>

    table[
    Tournament page: USSR Championship (1924) Game collection: Game Collection: USSR Championship 1924 (Phony Benoni) Missing information: games (63 of 153), round dates ]table

    ----------

    <4th: Leningrad, August 11 - September 6, 1925>

    table[
    Tournament page: USSR Championship (1925) Game collection: Game Collection: USSR Championship 1925 (Phony Benoni) Missing information: games (51 of 190), round dates ]table

    ----------

    <5th: Moscow, Septenber 26 - October 25, 1927>

    table[
    Tournament page: USSR Championship (1927) Game collection: Game Collection: USSR Championship 1927 (Phony Benoni) Missing information: games (83 of 210), round dates ]table

    ----------

    <6th: Odessa, October 2-20, 1929>

    table[
    Tournament page: USSR Championship (1929) Game collection: Game Collection: USSR Championship 1929 (Phony Benoni) Missing information: games (53 of 180), round numbers, round dates ]table

    ----------

    <7th: Moscow, October 24 - November 14, 1931>

    table[
    Tournament page: USSR Championship (1931) Game collection: Game Collection: USSR Championship 1931 (suenteus po 147) ]table

    ----------

    <8th: Leningrad, August 16 - September 19, 1933>

    table[
    Tournament page: USSR Championship (1933) Game collection: Game Collection: USSR Championship 1933 (Phony Benoni) Missing information: games (69 of 190), round dates ]table

    ----------

    <9th: Leningrad, Deember 7, 1934 - January 2, 1935>

    table[
    Tournament page: USSR Championship (1934/35) Game collection: Game Collection: USSR Championship 1934/35 (suenteus po 147) Missing information: round dates
    ]table

    ----------

    <10th: Tbilisi, April 12 - May 14, 1937>

    table[
    Tournament page: none
    Game collection: Game Collection: USSR Championship 1937 (suenteus po 147) Missing information: introduction, crosstable (available at Game Collection: Ostend 1906 -- Details of Games and Results), round dates ]table

    ----------

    <11th: Leningrad, April 16 - May 15, 1939>

    table[
    Tournament page: USSR Championship (1939) Game collection: Game Collection: USSR Championship 1939 (Phony Benoni) ]table

    ----------

    <12th: Moscow, September 5 - October 3, 1940>

    table[
    Tournament page: USSR Championship (1940) Game collection: Game Collection: USSR Championship 1940 (suenteus po 147) ]table

    ----------

    <13th: Moscow, May 21 - June 17, 1944>

    table[
    Tournament page: USSR Championship (1944) Game collection: Game Collection: USSR Championship 1944 (suenteus po 147) Missing information: round dates
    ]table

    ----------

    <14th: Moscow, June 1 - July 1, 1945>

    table[
    Tournament page: USSR Championship (1945) Game collection: Game Collection: USSR Championship 1945 (suenteus po 147) Missing information: round dates
    ]table

    ----------

    <15th: Leningrad, February 2 - March 8, 1947>

    table[
    Tournament page: USSR Championship (1947) Game Collection: Game Collection: USSR Championship 1947 (suenteus po 147) ]table

    ----------

    <16th: Moscow, November 10-December 13, 1948>

    table[
    Tournament page: USSR Championship (1948) Game collection: Game Collection: USSR Championship 1948 (suenteus po 147) ]table

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    <17th: Moscow, October 16 - November 20, 1949>

    table[
    Tournament page: USSR Championship (1949) Game collection: Game Collection: USSR Championship 1949 (suenteus po 147) ]table

    \----------

    <18th: Moscow, November 10 - December 12, 1950>

    table[
    Tournament page: USSR Championship (1950) Game collection: Game Collection: USSR Championship 1950 (suenteus po 147) ]table

    ----------

    <19th: Moscow, November 11 - December 19, 1951.>

    table[
    Tournament page: USSR Championship (1951) Game collection: Game Collection: USSR Championship 1951 (suenteus po 147) ]table

    ----------

    <20th: Moscow, November 29 - December 29, 1952>

    table[
    Tournament page: USSR Championship (1952) Game collection: Game Collection: USSR Championship 1952 (suenteus po 147) Note: Play-off games should be moved to separate page. ]table

    ----------

    <21st: Kiev, January 7 - February 7, 1954>

    table[
    Tournament page: none
    Game collection: Game Collection: USSR Championship 1954 (suenteus po 147) Missing information: Introduction, crosstable, four games. Note: Collection should be redone to include these missin games:

    Round 12: Lisitsin 1 Sokolsky.
    (RusBase score is identical to Lisitsin vs A Sokolsky, 1954, also in RusBase. Research needed.)

    Round 13: Shamkovich vs Flohr, 1954

    Round 14: Lisitsin vs G Ilivitsky, 1954

    Round 15: Lilienthal 1/2 Ragozin (not in database; resubmitted 2014.03.15

    Crosstable available at Game Collection: Ostend 1906 -- Details of Games and Results) ]table

    ----------

    <22nd: Moscow, February 11 - March 15, 1955>

    table[
    Tournament page: USSR Championship (1955) Game collection: Game Collection: USSR Championship 1955 (Phony Benoni) Note: Play-off match should be separated from tournament. ]table

    ----------

    <23rd: Leningrad, January 10 - February 15, 1956>

    table[
    Tournament page: USSR Championship (1956) Game collection: Game Collection: USSR Championship 1956 (Phony Benoni) Note: Play-off games should be moved to separate page. ]table

    ----------

    <24th: Moscow, January 20 - February 22, 1957>

    table[
    Tournament page: USSR Championship (1957) Game collection: Game Collection: USSR Championship 1957 (suenteus po 147) ]table

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    <25th: Riga, January 12 - February 14, 1958>

    table[
    Tournament page: USSR Championship (1958) Game collection: Game Collection: USSR Championship 1958 (suenteus po 147) ]table

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    <26th: Tbilisi, January 9 - Febraury 11, 1959>

    table[
    Tournament page: USSR Championship (1959) Game collection: Game Collection: USSR Championship 1959 (suenteus po 147) ]table

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    <27th: Leningrad, January 26 - February 26, 1960>

    table[
    Tournament page: USSR Championship (1960) Game collection: Game Collection: USSR Championship 1960 (suenteus po 147) ]table

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    <28th: Moscow, January - February 11, 1961>

    table[
    Tournament page: USSR Championship 1961a (1961) Game collection: Game Collection: USSR Championship 1961a (Phony Benoni) ]table

    ----------

    <29th: Bake, November 16 - December 20, 1961>

    table[
    Tournament page: USSR Championship 1961b (1961) Game collection: Game Collection: USSR Championship 1961 b (suenteus po 147) ]table

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    <30th: Yerevan, November 21 - December 20, 1962>

    table[
    Tournament page: USSR Championship 1961b (1961) Original collection: Game Collection: USSR Championship 1962 (suenteus po 147) ]table

    ----------

    <31st: Leningrad, November 23 - December 27, 1963>

    table[
    Tournament page: USSR Championship (1963) Game collection: Game Collection: USSR Championship 1963 (suenteus po 147) Note: Play-off games should be moved to separate page. ]table

    ----------

    <32nd: Kiev, December 25, 1964 - January 27, 1965>

    table[
    Tournament page: USSR Championship (1964/65) Game collection: Game Collection: USSR Championship 1964/65 (Phony Benoni) ]table

    ----------

    <33rd: Talinn, November 21 - December 24, 1965>

    table[
    Tournament page: USSR Championship (1965) Game collection: Game Collection: USSR Championship 1965 (suenteus po 147) ]table

    ----------

    <34th: Tbilisi, December 28, 1966 - February 2, 1967>

    table[
    Tournament page: USSR Championship (1966/67) Game collection: Game Collection: USSR Championship 1966/67 (suenteus po 147) ]table

    ----------

    <35th: Kharkov, December 7-26, 1967>

    table[
    Tournament page: USSR Championship (1967) Game collection: Game Collection: USSR Championship 1967 (Phony Benoni) Missing information: Full crosstable; games (187 of 832), round numbers, round dates. ]table

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    <36th: Alma-Ata, December 30, 1968 - February 1, 1969>

    table[
    Tournament page: USSR Championship (1968/69) Game collection: Game Collection: USSR Championship 1968/69 (suenteus po 147) Missing information: round dates. At least determine correct year. Note: Play-off games should be moved to separate page. ]table

    ----------

    <37th: Moscow, September 6 - October 12, 1969>

    table[
    Tournament page: USSR Championship (1969) Game collection: Game Collection: USSR Championship 1969 (suenteus po 147) Note: Play-off games should be moved to separate page. ]table

    ----------

    <38th: Riga, November 25 - December 28, 1970>

    table[
    Tournament page: USSR Championship (1970) Game collection: Game Collection: USSR Championship 1970 (suenteus po 147) ]table

    ----------

    <39th: Leningrad, September 15 - October 18, 1971>

    table[
    Tournament page: USSR Championship (1971) Game collection: Game Collection: USSR Championship 1971 (suenteus po 147) ]table

    ----------

    <40th: bake, November 26 - December 25, 1972>

    table[
    Tournament page: USSR Championship (1972) Game collection: Game Collection: USSR Championship 1972 (suenteus po 147) Note: Play-off games should be moved to separate page. ]table

    ----------

    <41st: Moscow, Ocotber 2-26, 1973>

    table[
    Tournament page: USSR Championship (1973) Game collection: Game Collection: USSR Championship 1973 (suenteus po 147) ]table

    ----------

    <42nd: Leningrad, November 30 - December 23, 1974>

    table[
    Tournament page: USSR Championship (1974) Game collection: Game Collection: USSR Championship 1974 (suenteus po 147) ]table

    ----------

    <43rd: Erevan, November 28 - December 22, 1975>

    table[
    Tournament page: none
    Game collection: Game Collection: USSR Championship 1975 (Phony Benoni) Missing information: round dates
    ]table

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    <44th: Moscow, November 26 - December 24, 1976>

    table[
    Tournament page: USSR Championship (1976) Game collection: Game Collection: USSR Championship 1976 (suenteus po 147) ]table

    ----------

    <45th: Leningrad, November 28 - December 22, 1977>

    table[
    Tournament page: none
    Game collection: Game Collection: USSR Championship 1977 (Phony Benoni) Missing information: round dates
    ]table

    ----------

    <46th: Tbilisi, December 1-28, 1978>

    table[
    Tournament page: none
    Game collection: Game Collection: USSR Championship 1978 (suenteus po 147) Missing information: round dates
    ]table

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    <47th: November 29 - December 27, 1979>

    table[
    Tournament page: none
    Game collection: Game Collection: USSR Championship 1979 (suenteus po 147) Missing information: round dates
    ]table

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    <48th: Vilnius, December 25, 1980 - January 21, 1981>

    table[
    Tournament page: none
    Game collection: Game Collection: USSR Championship 1980/81 (suenteus po 147) Missing information: round dates
    ]table

    ----------

    <49th: Frunze, November 27 - December 22, 1981>

    table[
    Tournament page: none
    Game collection: Game Collection: USSR Championship 1981 (suenteus po 147) Missing information: round dates
    ]table

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    <50th: Moscow, April 2-28, 1983>

    table[
    Tournament page: 50th USSR Championship (1983) Game collection: Game Collection: USSR Championship 1983 (Benzol) Note: For consistency, "50th" should be dropped from tournament page name ]table

    ----------

    <51st: Lvov, April 2-28, 1984>

    table[
    Tournment page: none
    Game collection: Game Collection: USSR Championship 1984 (suenteus po 147) Missing information: round dates
    Notes: Round numbers verified by article in "Chess Horizons, v.15, no.4, July/Aug 1984, translating report from "Soviet Sport" ]table

    ----------

    <52nd: Riga, January 22 - February 19, 1985>

    table[
    Tournament page: none
    Game colelction: Game Collection: USSR Championship 1985 (suenteus po 147) Missing information: round dates
    ]table

    ----------

    <53rd: Kiev, April 2-28, 1986>

    table[
    Tournament page: none
    Game collection: Game Collection: USSR Championship 1986 (suenteus po 147) Missing information: round dates
    ]table

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    <54th: Minsk, March 4-29, 1987>

    table[
    Tournament page: none
    Game collection: Game Collection: USSR Championship 1987 (suenteus po 147) Missing information: round dates
    ]table

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    <55th: Moscow, July 25 - August 18, 1988>

    table[
    Tournament page: none
    Game collection: Game Collection: USSR Championship 1988 (suenteus po 147) Missing information: round dates
    ]table

    ----------

    <56th: Odessa, September 22 - October 16, 1989>

    table[
    Touirnament page: none
    Game collection: Game Collection: USSR Championship 1989 (suenteus po 147) Missing information: round dates
    ]table

    ----------

    <57th: Leningrad, October 18 - November 5, 1990>

    table[
    Tournament page: none
    Game collection: Game Collection: USSR Championship 1990 (suenteus po 147) Missing information: round dates
    ]table

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    <58th: Moscow, November 1-13, 1991>

    table[
    Tournament page: none
    Game colelction: Game Collection: USSR Championship 1991 (suenteus po 147) Missing information: round dates
    ]table

    ----------

    <Finally, a few non-USSR Chamionship events of national importance:>

    Game Collection: Vilnius 1912 (All-Russian Masters) (Phony Benoni)

    Game Collection: USSR Absolute Championship 1941 (Benzol)

    Game Collection: USSR Zonal 1964 (Phony Benoni)

    3 games, 1920-1991

  19. USSR First League, Ashkhabad, 1978
    The 46th USSR Championship (1978) was held in three stages. First was a qualifying tournament ("Otborochnii") held in Daugavplis, Latvia, in which 64 players contested a 13-round Swiss. The winner on tiebreak, who immediately advanced to the Top League, was 15-year-old Gary Kasparov, already touted by some as the next Karpov. His co-winner, Igor Ivanov, and the next six top finishers went on the the First League in Ashkhabad, which served as a a semi-final for the Top League.

    This collection will cover the First League; for the Top League held in Tbilisi, see Game Collection: USSR Championship 1978.

    The participants were:

    Lev Alburt, Alexander Beliavsky, Lev Gutman, Igor Ivanov, [bad player ID] / Amanmurad Kakageldyev, Albert Kapengut, Alexander Kochyev, Viktor Kupreichik, Sergey Makarichev, Adrian Mikhalchishin, Yuri Razuvaev, Vladimir Savon, Evgeny Sveshnikov, Gennadij Timoscenko, Vitaly Tseshkovsky, Vladimir Tukmakov, Rafael Vaganian, Artur Yusupov.

    Of these, Vaganian was withdrawn after round 6 to bolster a Soviet Olympiad team weakened by the absence of Karpov and his friends, who were hypnotising the crowds in Baguio City. His games are given in the collection, but did not count in the final results.

    And, speaking of the final results:
    table[
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 1 Tseshkovsky X = = 1 = 1 1 = = 1 1 = = 1 0 = = 10.5 2 Tukmakov = X = = 1 = = = 1 = = 1 1 = 1 = = 10.5 3 Mikhalchishin = = X = = = = = = = = 1 1 1 0 1 1 10.0 4 Beliavsky 0 = = X = = 1 1 = = = 1 = 0 1 1 1 10.0 5 Makarichev = 0 = = X = = = = = 1 = 1 = = = 1 9.0 6 Timoshchenko 0 = = = = X = 0 1 = = 1 = 1 = = 1 9.0 7 Razuvaev 0 = = 0 = = X = = 1 = 1 = = 1 = 1 9.0 8 Yusupov = = = 0 = 1 = X = 1 = 0 = 0 1 = = 8.0 9 Kochyev = 0 = = = 0 = = X 0 1 1 1 0 = = 1 8.0 10 Sveshnikov 0 = = = = = 0 0 1 X = 0 = 1 1 = 1 8.0 11 Savon 0 = = = 0 = = = 0 = X 1 = 1 = = = 7.5 12 Kupreichik = 0 0 0 = 0 0 1 0 1 0 X 1 = 1 = 1 7.0 13 Alburt = 0 0 = 0 = = = 0 = = 0 X 1 1 1 0 6.5 14 Gutman 0 = 0 1 = 0 = 1 1 0 0 = 0 X 0 1 0 6.0 15 Ivanov 1 0 1 0 = = 0 0 = 0 = 0 0 1 X = = 6.0 16 Kapengut = = 0 0 = = = = = = = = 0 0 = X 0 5.5 17 Kakageldyev = = 0 0 0 0 0 = 0 0 = 0 1 1 = 1 X 5.5 Vaganian ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ *Cancelled* ]table
    The original plan was for the top six finishers to advance to the Top League. However, the top seven plus Sveshnikov went on. I have no idea of how Sveshnikov was selected over the other 8-pointers; the table above used Sonnenborg-Berger to break ties.

    <Source>: 46th USSR Chess Championship, 1978 / R.D. Keene, J.D.M. Nunn, R.G. Wade. London : W.R. Bonds, 1979.

    141 games, 1978

  20. USSR Zonal 1964
    While the USSR Championship generally served as the country's Zonal tournament in appropriate years, 1964 saw a separate event. The top six finishers from the recently concluded 1963 Championship (Leonid Stein, Boris Spassky, Ratmir Kholmov, David Bronstein, Efim Geller, Alexey Suetin) were joined by Viktor Korchnoi for a double-round robin tournament to determine the three qualifiers. It was close all the way with no player being outclassed, and only two points separating first from last at the finish.

    Kholmov started the quickest. By round 5, he had three points and was a full point up on the field. Literally. Everyone else had two points. However, he suffered a loss in round 7, leaving these standings at the end of the first half:

    <4.0>: Bronstein; <3.5>: Kholmov; <3.0>: Geller, Suetin; <2.5>: Korchnoi, Spassky, Stein

    However, Spassky got serious in part two and scored 4.5 points in six games to just sprint past the field. Stein also came back strongly, and was able to claim an Interzonal spot with the fading Bronstein. table[
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7
    1 Spassky ** == == 01 1= =1 01 7.0
    2 Stein == ** == == =1 =1 0= 6.5
    3 Bronstein == == ** == 1= 10 == 6.5
    4 Kholmov 10 == == ** 0= 1= == 6.0
    5 Suetin 0= =0 0= 1= ** == 1= 5.5
    6 Korchnoi =0 =0 01 0= == ** 11 5.5
    7 Geller 10 1= == == 0= 00 ** 5.0
    ]table

    42 games, 1964

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