1937 USSR Chess Championship
LocationTbilisi
Champion
Grigory Levenfish

The 1937 USSR Chess Championship was the 10th edition of USSR Chess Championship. Held from 12 April to 14 May 1937 in Tbilisi. The tournament was won by Grigory Levenfish. Qualification was by way of the championships of Moscow, Leningrad, Kiev, as well as various other events. In October and November 1937, Botvnnik and Levenfish played a match for the Soviet title, which ended in a draw (+5 -5 =3). So Levenfish kept the title.[1]


Table and results

1937 USSR Chess Championship
Player1234567891011121314151617181920Total
1 Soviet Union Grigory Levenfish -0½10111½½½10½1½111½12½
2 Soviet Union Viacheslav Ragozin 1-½½½½1½½½1½½100½11112
3 Soviet Union Alexander Konstantinopolsky ½½-½½½½0½½111½11½½1½12
4 Soviet Union Vladimir Makogonov 0½½-1½11½1½½11000½1111½
5 Soviet Union Sergey Belavenets 1½½0-½1½½½1½0½½½110111
6 Soviet Union Victor Goglidze 0½½½½-½1½½½1½½½01½1111
7 Soviet Union Georgy Lisitsin 00½00½-½11½11½1½½1½111
8 Soviet Union Vsevolod Rauzer 0½10½0½-½0½1½111101½10½
9 Soviet Union Mikhail Yudovich ½½½½½½0½-1½01½11½½0½10
10 Soviet Union Igor Bondarevsky ½½½0½½010-½00½1½111½
11 Soviet Union Ilya Rabinovich ½00½0½½½½½-½1½01½1½1
12 Soviet Union Vladimir Alatortsev 0½0½½00011½-½½011½11
13 Soviet Union Ilya Kan 1½001½0½010½-½1½½½½½9
14 Soviet Union Andor Lilienthal ½0½0½½½0½½½½½-½101½½
15 Soviet Union Vasily Panov 0101½½0000110½-10½018
16 Soviet Union Alexander Budo ½101½1½00½00½00-10½½
17 Soviet Union Vitaly Chekhover 0½½100½0½0½0½110-0½1
18 Soviet Union Alexander Ilyin-Genevsky 00½½0½01½00½½0½11-½½
19 Soviet Union Genrikh Kasparian 000010½010½0½½1½½½-½7
20 Soviet Union Archil Ebralidze ½0½0000½½½00½½0½0½½-5

References

  1. Cafferty, Bernard. (2016). The Soviet Championships. Londres: Everyman Chess. p. 41
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