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1939 USSR Chess Championship

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11th USSR Chess Championship (1939)
LocationLeningrad
Champion
Mikhail Botvinnik

The 1939 USSR Chess Championship was the 11th edition of USSR Chess Championship. Held from 15 April to 16 May 1939 in Leningrad. The tournament was won by Mikhail Botvinnik. Semifinals took place in Moscow, Leningrad and Kiev. Alexander Kotov, author of the classic book Think Like a Grandmaster, made his debut, achieving the runner-up. Former champion of the 1920s Peter Romanovsky returned to compete, but finishing in last place. The level and popularity of chess was skyrocketing in the Soviet Union, the final round, which featured the duel between Botvinnik and Kotov, sold out all the thousands of tickets available to the public.[1]

Grigory Levenfish and Mikhail Botvinnik in 1937
Alexander Kotov in 1939

Table and results

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11th USSR Chess Championship (1939)
Player 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 Total
1 Soviet Union Mikhail Botvinnik - 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 1 ½ 1 1 1 1 ½ 12½
2 Soviet Union Alexander Kotov 0 - ½ 1 0 ½ 1 0 1 1 ½ ½ 1 1 1 1 1 ½ 11½
3 Soviet Union Sergey Belavenets ½ ½ - ½ 1 ½ 1 1 ½ 1 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 11
4 Soviet Union Vladimir Makogonov ½ 0 ½ - 1 ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 10½
5 Soviet Union Vitaly Chekhover ½ 1 0 0 - 1 ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ 1 ½ 1 1 1 ½ 1 10½
6 Soviet Union Igor Bondarevsky ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 - 0 0 ½ 1 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 1 1 1 10
7 Soviet Union Georgy Lisitsin ½ 0 0 ½ ½ 1 - 1 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 ½ 9
8 Soviet Union Grigory Levenfish ½ 1 0 0 ½ 1 0 - ½ 1 ½ 1 0 ½ 0 0 1 1
9 Soviet Union Peter Dubinin 0 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ - ½ ½ 1 0 ½ ½ 1 1 ½
10 Soviet Union Viacheslav Ragozin ½ 0 0 ½ 1 0 1 0 ½ - 1 0 0 ½ 1 1 ½ 1
11 Soviet Union Vasily Panov 0 ½ 1 ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ 0 - ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ 1 1 8
12 Soviet Union Ilya Rabinovich 0 ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ 0 0 1 ½ - ½ 1 1 0 ½ 1 8
13 Soviet Union Mikhail Yudovich ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ 1 1 1 ½ ½ - ½ 0 0 0 ½
14 Soviet Union Ilya Kan 0 0 ½ 0 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ 1 0 ½ - 1 1 ½ 1
15 Soviet Union Alexander Tolush 0 0 ½ ½ 0 0 ½ 1 ½ 0 ½ 0 1 0 - 1 0 1
16 Soviet Union Iosif Pogrebissky 0 0 0 ½ 0 0 ½ 1 0 0 ½ 1 1 0 0 - 1 1
17 Soviet Union Alexander Chistiakov 0 0 ½ ½ ½ 0 0 0 0 ½ 0 ½ 1 ½ 1 0 - 0 5
18 Soviet Union Peter Romanovsky ½ ½ 0 0 0 0 ½ 0 ½ 0 0 0 ½ 0 0 0 1 -

References

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  1. ^ Cafferty, Bernard. (2016). The Soviet Championships. Londres: Everyman Chess. p. 44