1929 USSR Chess Championship

The 1929 USSR Chess Championship was the 6th edition of USSR Chess Championship. Held from 2 to 20 September in Odessa. The tournament was won by Boris Verlinsky. The event was held outside Moscow and Leningrad for the first time. 36 players competed in four quarterfinal sections, with the top three in each advancing into two six-player semifinals. The top two from each semifinals were then to play a double round final to determine the champion (but due to the withdrawal of one of the finalists, the final tournament had only three players).^[1][2]

The champion Boris Verlinsky

Tables and results[]

Quarterfinals[]

1929 USSR Chess Championship, Quarterfinal 1

	Player	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	Total
1		-	1	½	½	½	½	0	1	1	5
2		0	-	½	1	1	½	1	0	1	5
3	Konstantin Vigodchikov	½	½	-	½	½	½	1	1	0	4½
4	Alexander Ilyin-Genevsky	½	0	½	-	½	½	1	½	1	4½
5	Vasily Panov	½	0	½	½	-	0	½	1	1	4
6		½	½	½	½	1	-	½	0	0	3½
7	Veniamin Sozin	1	0	0	0	½	½	-	½	1	3½
8	Yakov Vilner	0	1	0	½	0	1	½	-	0	3
9		0	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	-	3

1929 USSR Chess Championship, Quarterfinal 2

	Player	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	Total
1	Mikhail Botvinnik	-	1	½	1	1	½	1	1	1	7
2	Sergey von Freymann	0	-	½	1	1	1	1	1	1	6½
3	Vsevolod Rauzer	½	½	-	0	1	1	1	1	½	5½
4		0	0	1	-	1	1	1	1	½	5½
5	Nikolai Riumin	0	0	0	0	-	1	1	1	1	4
6	Vladimir Nenarokov	½	0	0	0	0	-	½	1	1	3
7	Viacheslav Ragozin	0	0	0	0	0	½	-	½	1	2
8	Sergey Mudrov	0	0	0	0	0	0	½	-	1	1½
9	Nikolay Pavlov-Pianov	0	0	½	½	0	0	0	0	*	1

1929 USSR Chess Championship, Quarterfinal 3

	Player	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	Total
1	Ilya Kan	-	1	½	½	1	1	½	1	1	6½
2	Boris Verlinsky	0	-	1	1	½	1	½	½	1	5½
3		½	0	-	½	1	½	1	1	1	5½
4	Nikolai Zubarev	½	0	½	-	1	1	½	1	0	4½
5		0	½	0	0	-	½	½	1	1	3½
6	Nikolai Rudnev	0	0	½	0	½	-	1	0	1	3
7		½	½	0	½	½	0	-	½	0	2½
8	Abram Model	0	½	0	0	0	1	½	-	½	2½
9		0	0	0	1	0	0	1	½	-	2½

1929 USSR Chess Championship, Quarterfinal 4

	Player	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	Total
1	Nikolai Grigoriev	-	½	1	0	1	½	½	1	1	5½
2	Vladimir Makogonov	½	-	0	1	0	1	1	1	1	5½
3		0	1	-	1	½	0	1	½	1	5
4	Vladimir Kirillov	1	0	0	-	1	1	0	1	1	5
5	Solomon Rosenthal	0	1	½	0	-	½	1	1	½	4½
6	Solomon Gotthilf	½	0	1	0	½	-	½	0	½	3
7	Alexey Selezniev	½	0	0	1	0	½	-	½	½	3
8		0	0	½	0	0	1	½	-	1	3
9		0	0	0	0	½	½	½	0	-	1½

Semifinals[]

1929 USSR Chess Championship, Semifinal 1

	Player	1	2	3	4	5	6	Total
1		-	½	½	1	1	½	3½
2	Ilya Kan	½	-	½	1	½	1	3½
3	Konstantin Vigodchikov	½	½	-	½	½	½	2½
4	Mikhail Botvinnik	0	0	½	-	1	1	2½
5	Vladimir Makogonov	0	½	½	0	-	½	1½
6		½	0	½	0	½	-	1½

1929 USSR Chess Championship, Semifinal 2

	Player	1	2	3	4	5	6	Total
1	Sergey von Freymann	-	1	0	1	1	1	4
2	Boris Verlinsky	0	-	1	1	1	1	4
3	Vsevolod Rauzer	1	0	-	0	1	1	3
4		0	0	1	-	0	½	1½
5	Nikolai Grigoriev	0	0	0	1	-	½	1½
6		0	0	0	½	½	-	1

Final[]

1929 USSR Chess Championship, Final

	Player	1	2	3	Total
1	Boris Verlinsky	-	1 1	1 ½	3½
2	Sergey von Freymann	0 0	-	1 1	2
3	Ilya Kan	0 ½	0 0	-	0½

Izmailov could not play at the end as he had to go off to take his final exams.^[1]

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