Chess competition in the Soviet Union
The participants of the fourth USSR Chess Championship in 1925. Sitting (left to right): Vilner , Levenfish , Rokhlin (organizer), Gotthilf , I. Rabinovich , Bogolyubov (winner), Ilyin-Genevsky , Duz-Khotimirsky , Romanovsky , Sergeyev , Nenarokov , Verlinsky , A. Rabinovich . Standing (left to right): von Freymann , Sozin , Eremeev (organizer), Grigoriev , Zubarev , Selezniev , Kaspersky, Kutuzov, Weinstein (organizer). The USSR Chess Championship was played from 1921 to 1991. Organized by the USSR Chess Federation , it was the strongest national chess championship ever held, with eight world chess champions and four world championship finalists among its winners. It was held as a round-robin tournament with the exception of the 35th and 58th championships, which were of the Swiss system .
Most wins
List of winners A Soviet stamp dedicated to the 1962 USSR Chess Championship
See also
Publications Mark Taimanov, Bernard Cafferty, Soviet Championships, London, Everyman Chess, 1998 (ISBNÂ 978-1-85744-201-4 )
References ^ "USSR Championship 1952". Chessgames.com. 1953-02-05. Retrieved 2012-05-26 . ^ "USSR Championship 1955". Chessgames.com. Retrieved 2012-05-26 . ^ "USSR Championship 1968/69". Chessgames.com. Retrieved 2012-05-26 . ^ "USSR Championship 1969". Chessgames.com. 1969-10-12. Retrieved 2012-05-26 . ^ "USSR Championship 1977". Chessgames.com. 1977-12-22. Retrieved 2012-05-26 . ^ "USSR Championship 1987". Chessgames.com. Retrieved 2012-05-26 .
Further reading Soltis, Andrew (1999). Soviet Chess 1917-1991 . McFarland & Company. ISBNÂ 0-7864-0676-3 .The Soviet Chess Championship 1920-1991 RUSBASE (part V) 1919-1937,1991-1994 RUSBASE (part IV) 1938-1960 RUSBASE (part III), 1961-1969,1985-1990 RUSBASE (part II) 1970-1984