The Russian Chess Championship has taken various forms.
Winners by year (men)
Imperial Russia
In 1874, Emanuel Schiffers defeated Andrey Chardin in a match held in St. Petersburg with five wins and four losses. Schiffers was considered the first Russian champion until his student, Mikhail Chigorin, defeated him in a match held in St. Petersburg in 1879. Chigorin won with seven wins, four losses, and two draws.
In 1899, the format of the championship was changed to a round-robin tournament known as the All-Russian Masters' Tournament. The winners were:[1][2][3][4][5][6][7]
RSFSR
After the formation of the USSR the USSR Chess Championship was established as the national championship. However the Russian championship continued to exist as the championship of the RSFSR. The first two USSR championships in 1920 and 1923 were also recognized as RSFSR championships; the modern numbering of Russian championships begins with these two tournaments. The cities Moscow and Leningrad held their own championships and their players were ineligible to play in the RSFSR championship. However, some did participate as outside competitors: for example, Taimanov finished with the same number of points as Tarasov in the 1960 championship, but only Tarasov was awarded the title as Taimanov was from Leningrad.
Rashid Nezhmetdinov held the record of five wins of the Russian Chess Championship.
Russian Federation
After the collapse of the Soviet Union, the Russian Championship was re-established as a national championship, and players from Moscow and St. Petersburg were allowed to participate. Prior to 2004, the championship was organized as a Swiss-style tournament except for 1997 and 1999, where a knockout format was used. In 2004, the tournament reverted to a round robin with the strongest players in the country directly seeded into the final (called the Superfinal) held in Moscow while others progress through qualifying tournaments.
Winners by year (women)
Events by year
1997
Men
Third place match: GM Alexey Dreev (2650) 1½:½ IM Alexander Lastin (2535)
1998
1999
Men
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
Men
Women
2005
Men
Women
2006
Men
First-place tiebreak
Women
2007
Men
Women
2008
Men
Rapid playoff
Women
2009
Men
Women
2010
Men
First-place tiebreak
Women
First-place tiebreak
2011
Men
Women
2012
Men
Rapid playoff
Women
2013
Men
Women
2014
Men
Women
2015
Men
Women
2016
Men
Women
2017
Men
Women
2018
Men
Women
2019
Men
Women
First-place tiebreak
2020
Men
Women
First-place tiebreak
2021
Open
Women
References
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- ^ Alexey Popovsky. "3 All-Russian Championship - Kiev 2-23.9.1903". Russian Chess Base. Retrieved 2021-01-23.
- ^ Alexey Popovsky. "4 All-Union Championship of Russia- Peterburg 22.12.1905-16.1.1906". Russian Chess Base. Retrieved 2021-01-23.
- ^ Alexey Popovsky. "5 All-Russian Championship- Lodz 4-24.12.1907". Russian Chess Base. Retrieved 2021-01-23.
- ^ Alexey Popovsky. "Championship of Russia- Vilno 18.8.-17.9.1912". Russian Chess Base. Retrieved 2021-01-23.
- ^ Alexey Popovsky. "All-Russian Tournament- Peterburg 23.12.1913-17.1.1914". Russian Chess Base. Retrieved 2021-01-23.
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External links
- Karpov, Anatoly, ed. (1990). "Шахматы: энциклопедический словарь". Шахматы: Энциклопедический словарь (in Russian). Moscow: Советская энциклопедия. ISBN 978-5-85270-005-6. LCCN 97214322. OCLC 23533106.
- RUSBASE (part V) 1919-1937,1991-1994
- RUSBASE (part IV) 1938-1960
- RUSBASE (part III), 1961-1969,1985-1990
- RUSBASE (part II) 1970-1984
- Russian Chess History by Bill Wall.
- Details on the 2007 edition