The Women's Soviet Chess Championship was played in the Soviet Union from 1927 through 1991 to determine the women's chess national champion.
The championship was not played on a regular basis in the years 1927–1937 and there was a break during World War II. From 1950 onward it was played regularly all years.
List of winners
# Year Place Winner[1][2] Score 1 1927 Moscow Olga Rubtsova 8½ / 102 1931 Moscow Olga Rubtsova 7½ / 93 1934 Leningrad Olga Semenova Tyan-Shanskaya 7 / 94 1936 Leningrad Olga Semenova Tyan-Shanskaya 9½ / 115 1937 Rostov-on-Don Olga Rubtsova 12½ / 156 1945 Moscow Valentina Borisenko 7½ / 97 1946 Moscow Elisaveta Bykova 14 / 168 1947 Moscow Elisaveta Bykova 12 / 159 1948 Moscow Olga Rubtsova 13 / 1710 1950 Riga Elisaveta Bykova 12½ / 1511 1951 Kiev Kira Zvorykina 11½ / 1712 1952 Tbilisi Lyudmila Rudenko 13 / 1713 1953 Rostov-on-Don Kira Zvorykina 13 / 1714 1954 Krasnodar Larissa Volpert 14 / 1915 1955 Sukhumi Valentina Borisenko 13½ / 1916 1956 Dnepropetrovsk Kira Zvorykina 13½ / 1717 1957 Vilnius Valentina Borisenko[3] 12 / 1718 1958 Kharkov Larissa Volpert[4] 14 / 2119 1959 Lipetsk Larissa Volpert 12 / 1820 1960 Riga Valentina Borisenko[5] 13 / 1821 1961 Baku Valentina Borisenko 13½ / 1922 1962 Riga Tatiana Zatulovskaya 13 / 1923 1963 Baku Maaja Ranniku[6] 14 / 1924 1964 Tbilisi Nona Gaprindashvili 15 / 1925 1965 Beltsy Valentina Kozlovskaya 13½ / 1926 1966 Kiev Nana Alexandria 14 / 1927 1967 Sochi Maaja Ranniku 11 / 1328 1968 Ashkhabad Nana Alexandria[7] 13½ / 1929 1969 Gori Nana Alexandria 15 / 1930 1970 Beltsy Alla Kushnir 14 / 1931 1971 Sochi Irina Levitina 14 / 1932 1972 Tolyatti Marta Litinskaya 12 / 1933 1973 Tbilisi Nona Gaprindashvili 14 / 1934 1974 Tbilisi Elena Fatalibekova 14 / 1835 1975 Frunze Liudmila Belavenets 10 / 1636 1976 Tbilisi Anna Akhsharumova 12½ / 1737 1977 Lvov Maia Chiburdanidze 13 / 1738 1978 Nikolayevsk Lidia Semenova 12½ / 1739 1979 Tbilisi Irina Levitina 12½ / 1740 1980 Alma-Ata Irina Levitina 12 / 1541 1981 Ivano-Frankivsk Nona Gaprindashvili
Nana Ioseliani[8]12 / 1742 1982 Tallinn Nana Ioseliani 12 / 1743 1983 Vilnius Nona Gaprindashvili 12½ / 1744 1984 Kiev Svetlana Matveeva
Anna Akhsharumova[9]9½ / 1545 1985 Yerevan Nona Gaprindashvili 12½ / 1746 1986 Frunze Nana Ioseliani 11½ / 1647 1987 Tbilisi Nana Ioseliani 14½ / 1948 1988 Alma-Ata Julia Demina 12 / 1749 1989 Volzhsky Irina Chelushkina 12½ / 1750 1990 Podolsk Ketevan Arakhamia-Grant 13 / 1651 1991 Lvov Svetlana Matveeva 13½ / 17
Winners of more titles
- 5 titles : Valentina Borisenko, Nona Gaprindashvili
- 4 titles : Olga Rubtsova, Nana Ioseliani
- 3 titles : Nana Alexandria, Elisaveta Bykova, Irina Levitina, Larissa Volpert, Kira Zvorykina
- 2 titles : Anna Akhsharumova, Svetlana Matveeva, Maaja Ranniku, Olga Semenova Tyan-Shanskaya
Notes
- ↑ Anatoly Karpov, ed. (1990). Шахматы. Энциклопедический Словарь [Chess. Encyclopedic Dictionary] (in Russian). Sovetskaya Entsiklopediya. pp. 458–459, 613–614. ISBN 5-85270-005-3.
- ↑ Bartelski, Wojciech. "Women's Soviet Chess Championship summary". OlimpBase. Retrieved 14 November 2023.
- ↑ Valentina Borisenko won the title after a tiebreak match with Kira Zvorykina (2½ – ½ )
- ↑ Larissa Volpert won the title after a tiebreak match with Kira Zvorykina (2½ – 1½ )
- ↑ Valentina Borisenko won the title after a tiebreak match with Tatiana Zatulovskaya (4½ – 3½ )
- ↑ Maia Ranniku won the title after a tiebreak match with Tatiana Zatulovskaya (4–2)
- ↑ Nana Alexandria won the title after a tiebreak match with Alla Chaikovskaya (3½ – ½)
- ↑ The tiebreak match was not played.
- ↑ The tiebreak match was not played.
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