List of Honoured Masters of Sport of the USSR in chess
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Honored Master of Sport was a Soviet state honour, introduced on 27 May 1934 by the Central Executive Committee of the Soviet Union. It was awarded by the to athletes, including chess players, for outstanding performance. The award was in the form of a badge and certificate. 22 athletes were selected for this award in June 1934, including Peter Romanovsky. Out of over 4000 awards, 52 were given to chess players, including three problem composers and two correspondence chess players. Though normally conferred for life, it was revoked in the case of Alla Kushnir and Viktor Korchnoi following their defection from the Soviet Union. Mark Taimanov also had his award revoked in 1971 following his crushing defeat at the hands of Bobby Fischer, but this was restored in 1991.
Title holders[]
Year | Name | Other title |
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1934 | Peter Romanovsky | International Master |
1940 | Nikolai Riumin | |
1941 | International Master | |
1942 | Fyodor Duz-Chotimirsky | International Master |
1943 | Vladimir Makogonov | Grandmaster (retrospective award) |
1945 | Mikhail Botvinnik | Grandmaster |
1947 | Nikolai Zubarev | International Master |
1947 | Grigory Levenfish | Grandmaster |
1947 | Vladimir Nenarokov | International Master |
1948 | Isaac Boleslavsky | Grandmaster |
1948 | Igor Bondarevsky | Grandmaster |
1948 | Paul Keres | Grandmaster |
1948 | Alexander Kotov | Grandmaster |
1948 | Andor Lilienthal | Grandmaster |
1948 | Vyacheslav Ragozin | Grandmaster |
1948 | Vassily Smyslov | Grandmaster |
1948 | Salo Flohr | Grandmaster |
1950 | Vladas Mikėnas | Grandmaster (retrospective award) |
1951 | David Bronstein | Grandmaster |
1952 | International Master | |
1952 | Olga Rubtsova | Woman Grandmaster |
1953 | Elisaveta Bykova | International Master |
1953 | Lyudmila Rudenko | International Master |
1956 | Genrikh Kasparyan | Grandmaster of Chess Composition |
1957 | Kira Zvorykina | Woman Grandmaster |
1960 | Grandmaster of Chess Composition | |
1960 | Viktor Korchnoi | Grandmaster |
1960 | Tigran Petrosian | Grandmaster |
1960 | Mikhail Tal | Grandmaster |
1962 | Grandmaster of Chess Composition | |
1963 | Efim Geller | Grandmaster |
1964 | Nona Gaprindashvili | Grandmaster |
1965 | Yuri Averbakh | Grandmaster |
1965 | Boris Spassky | Grandmaster |
1965 | Leonid Stein | Grandmaster |
1967 | Tatiana Zatulovskaya | Woman Grandmaster |
1969 | Lev Polugaevsky | Grandmaster |
1971 | Nana Alexandria | Woman Grandmaster |
1972 | Alla Kushnir | Woman Grandmaster |
1974 | Anatoly Karpov | Grandmaster |
1978 | Maya Chiburdanidze | Grandmaster |
1985 | Garri Kasparov | Grandmaster |
1986 | Irina Levitina | Woman Grandmaster |
1987 | Elena Akhmilovskaya | Woman Grandmaster |
1987 | Artur Yusupov | Grandmaster |
1989 | Rafael Vaganian | Grandmaster |
1990 | Lyudmila Belavenets | ICCF Grandmaster |
1990 | Alexander Beliavsky | Grandmaster |
1990 | Marta Litinskaya | Woman Grandmaster |
1991 | Vladimir Zagorovsky | ICCF Grandmaster |
1991 | Mark Taimanov | Grandmaster |
References[]
- Karpov, Anatoly, ed. (1990). "Шахматы: энциклопедический словарь". Шахматы: Энциклопедический словарь (in Russian). Moscow: Советская энциклопедия. p. 126. ISBN 978-5-85270-005-6. LCCN 97214322. OCLC 23533106.
See also[]
- Chess titles
- Chess in the Soviet Union
- Lists of chess players
- 1934 in chess
- Awards established in 1934
- 1934 establishments in the Soviet Union