1980 USSR Chess Championship

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48th USSR Chess Championship
LocationVilnius
Champion
Alexander Beliavsky
Lev Psakhis

The 1980 Soviet Chess Championship was the 48th edition of USSR Chess Championship. Held from 25 December 1980 to 21 January 1981 in Vilnius. The title was won by Alexander Beliavsky and Lev Psakhis. Semifinals took place in Dnipro, Krasnodar, Krasnoyarsk e Tallinn; The First League (also qualifying to the final) wad held at Tashkent.[1][2]

Qualifying[]

Semifinals[]

The qualifying Swiss was now split into four sections of 16 players all-play-alls, perhaps a reflection of the unpopularity of the Swiss system in Soviet circles. All four, at Dnepropetrovsk, Krasnodar, Krasnoyarsk and Tallinn, took place simultaneously in August 1980. The winners respectively were Evgeni Vasiukov, Smbat Lputian, Lev Psakhis and Valery Chekhov gaining a direct promotion to the final.

First League[]

The top seven qualified for the final.[3]

Tashkent, 2-29 October 1980
Player Rating 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 Total
1 Soviet Union Alexander Beliavsky 2590 - 1 0 ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 1 1 ½ ½ 1 11½
2 Soviet Union Vitaly Tseshkovsky 2595 0 - 1 ½ ½ 1 ½ 0 ½ 1 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 10½
3 Soviet Union Sergey Dolmatov 2535 1 0 - 1 0 ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ 0 ½ 1 ½ 1 1 10½
4 Soviet Union Yuri Razuvaev 2515 ½ ½ 0 - ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 10
5 Soviet Union Gennadi Kuzmin 2530 ½ ½ 1 ½ - ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ 0 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 1 1 10
6 Soviet Union Oleg Romanishin 2580 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ - ½ ½ 0 ½ 1 1 ½ 1 1 ½ 1 ½ 10
7 Soviet Union Nukhim Rashkovsky 2520 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ - 0 ½ 1 ½ ½ 0 1 1 1 1 1 10
8 Soviet Union Evgeny Sveshnikov 2570 ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 - ½ 0 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ ½
9 Soviet Union Vereslav Eingorn 2470 ½ ½ 0 0 ½ 1 ½ ½ - ½ 1 ½ ½ 0 1 1 ½ 1
10 Soviet Union Josif Dorfman 2540 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 1 ½ - 0 ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 1 9
11 Soviet Union Konstantin Lerner 2495 ½ 0 0 0 1 0 ½ 1 0 1 - 1 ½ 1 0 ½ 1 ½
12 Soviet Union Georgy Agzamov 0 ½ ½ ½ 0 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 - 1 ½ 1 ½ 1 1
13 Soviet Union Alexander Panchenko 0 ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 - 1 ½ ½ 0 0 8
14 Soviet Union Maia Chiburdanidze 2400 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 0 ½ 1 0 0 ½ 0 - ½ 1 1 ½ 7
15 Soviet Union Alexander Ivanov 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ 0 0 ½ 0 ½ 1 0 ½ ½ - ½ ½ ½ 6
16 Soviet Union Vladimir Tukmakov 2560 ½ 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ 0 0 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ - ½ ½
17 Soviet Union Igor Platonov ½ ½ 0 0 0 0 0 ½ ½ 0 0 0 1 0 ½ ½ - 1 5
18 Soviet Union Fikret Sideifzade 2320 0 0 0 0 0 ½ 0 ½ 0 0 ½ 0 1 ½ ½ ½ 0 - 4


Final[]

The date of the final slipped, as it did not begin at the Lithuanian capital of Vilnius until December 25th. Not really Christmas Day, in a sense, since this feast was not celebrated in the USSR. The delay was due to the 1980 Olympiad being played late in the year.[4]

48th USSR Chess Championship
Player Rating 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 Total
1 Soviet Union Lev Psakhis 2535 - 1 0 ½ 1 ½ 0 1 ½ 0 1 1 ½ ½ 1 1 1 0 10½
2 Soviet Union Alexander Beliavsky 2590 0 - ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 1 1 ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 1 10½
3 Soviet Union Yuri Balashov 2600 1 ½ - ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 10
4 Soviet Union Oleg Romanishin 2580 ½ ½ ½ - ½ 0 1 ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ 1 1 10
5 Soviet Union Artur Yusupov 2485 0 ½ ½ ½ - ½ 1 0 ½ 1 0 ½ ½ 1 1 ½ 1 1 10
6 Soviet Union Sergey Dolmatov 2535 ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ - 1 1 0 ½ ½ 1 0 ½ ½ ½ 0 1
7 Soviet Union Viktor Kupreichik 2535 1 1 ½ 0 0 0 - ½ 1 ½ 0 1 ½ 0 1 ½ 1 1
8 Soviet Union Gennadi Kuzmin 2530 0 0 ½ ½ 1 0 ½ - ½ 1 ½ 1 1 ½ 1 ½ ½ ½
9 Soviet Union Vitaly Tseshkovsky 2595 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ 1 0 ½ - ½ ½ 1 0 1 1 ½ 1 ½
10 Soviet Union Rafael Vaganian 2590 1 ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ - ½ 0 1 ½ 1 ½ 1 1 9
11 Soviet Union Nukhim Rashkovsky 2520 0 0 ½ 1 1 ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ - ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 0
12 Soviet Union Evgeni Vasiukov 2545 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 0 0 0 1 ½ - ½ 1 ½ 1 1 1
13 Soviet Union Sergey Makarichev 2495 ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ 1 ½ 0 1 0 ½ ½ - ½ 0 ½ ½ ½
14 Soviet Union Efim Geller 2565 ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ 1 ½ 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ - ½ 0 ½ 0
15 Soviet Union 2540 0 ½ ½ 0 0 ½ 0 0 0 0 ½ ½ 1 ½ - 1 ½ 1
16 Soviet Union Smbat Lputian 2445 0 0 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ 1 0 - 0 ½ 6
17 Soviet Union Yuri Razuvaev 2515 0 0 ½ 0 0 1 0 ½ 0 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ 1 - 1 6
18 Soviet Union Valery Chekhov 2410 1 0 ½ 0 0 0 0 ½ ½ 0 1 0 ½ 1 0 ½ 0 -


References[]

  1. ^ Cafferty, Bernard; Taimanov, Mark (2016). The Soviet Championships. London: Everyman Chess. p. 186.
  2. ^ Soltis, Andy (2000). Soviet chess, 1917-1991. McFarland & Co. ISBN 0-7864-0676-3. OCLC 41940198.
  3. ^ "Russian Base".
  4. ^ Cafferty; Taimanov 2016, p. 186
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